Tabroom Staff & Ombudsperson

Tabroom

Policy - Maggie Berthiaume
PF - Jonathan Waters
LD - Richard Bracknell
Speech - Brianna Crockett & Jamie Wills

Ombudsperson

Clay Stewart - clay.t.stewart at gmail dot com

Should you have a protest, you should reach out to the ombudsperson.

4.41 To lodge a protest at one of the state tournaments, a coach must adhere to the following regulations:

(a) Submit to the tournament ombudsperson in writing (either handwritten and given directly to him/her or typed and sent to the ombudsman’s email) a document titled PROTEST with the following information enumerated:

(1) PROTESTOR: Coach’s name, school, date, and time

(2) VIOLATION: List here the specific by-law you believe has been violated

(3) EXPLANATION: Short explanation of who has violated this by-law and why you believe the by-law has been violated along with any other pertinent information you believe the ombudsman may need to present to the executive committee

(4) DESIRED RESOLUTION: Explain here what you would like to see happen as a result of this perceived violation and why this would be the justified course of action.

(b) Upon receipt of the protest, the ombudsperson will notify all individuals and/or teams involved and conduct any research and interviews necessary in an attempt to gather all pertinent information regarding the perceived violation and then present the protest to only Executive Committee members for review.

(c) After the Executive Committee reaches a decision regarding the perceived violation in the protest, the ombudsperson will reply to the protestor in writing with a document titled PROTEST RESOLUTION with the following information enumerated:

(1) OMBUDSPERSON: Coach’s name, school, date, and time

(2) RESPONSE TO PROTEST: Here will be the Executive Committee’s affirmation or negation of the by-law violation along with an explanation of said response.
(3) RESOLUTION: Here will be the Executive Committee’s action regarding the protest.

(d) Protests of the Executive Committee’s action taken regarding a protest will not be entertained. All decisions by the Executive Committee should be considered the final say on the matter.

(e) Protests made at state tournaments will be made available to the GFCA membership to review and discuss at the Spring Meeting. They should be attached to the formal Spring Meeting agenda when it is disseminated via email with student names redacted and, if the protest was approved, an explanation of what action was taken.