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Probably the item that caused the most consternation was the list of communities with "red marks" that had been distributed at the prior SDHSAA board meeting.  We also received a copy of that, and Mr. Carney quite sensitively described that there were several  items, from height of baskets to restaurant seating,  on the list that schools `had called him to correct, so that the document was really quite an effective tool  to assist schools and the association communicate about abilities to host events.  He noted that Aberdeen for instance has added many motel rooms in the last year, and that the list needed to be updated to reflect that. 
• Another item causing consternation was the creation of a foundation, with money from the association being diverted to the foundation.  The association does have reserves of $1.6 million, and their budget does allow for tournament costs to cover enough of their operating costs so that schools are not charged as much for operations as they would be otherwise, so that is helping our schools keep costs of activities down.
• We didn't get into questions like number of football classes; however because of individual committee members' experience, we did discuss problems with the recent soccer addition a little.  In the end they were encouraged to maintain openness in

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