2009-10

General Meeting

September 29, 2009

WELCOME

WELCOME

Please Sign In

•On the White Cards – Put your name, today’s date September 29, 2009; and sign it

•After 7:15pm please use the yellow card

•When completed please give all cards to Carl Lendinara

AGENDA

1) Introductions

a) Treasurers Report

2) Welcome New Registrants

3) Good News, Awards & Honors

4) Registration Overview

5) Revenue Effect of Game Cuts

6) Important FHSAA Dates

7) Commissioners & Season Dates

8) Meeting & Training Dates

9) Seminole League Update

10) State Series Guidelines & Structure

11) State Series Clinics

12) Governance

13) Our Uniform

14) Rules & Mechanics Changes

15) Other Business

16) Arbiter Tutorial

INTRODUCTIONS

Executive Board

•President – Lee Lazerson

•1st Vice President – Jermaine Gammage

•2nd Vice President – Don Quick

•Treasurer – Robert Wicker

•Secretary – Carl Lendinara

•Sergeant of Arms – Darryl Williams

•Co-Commissioners – Jeremy Shamash, Harry Kennedy

•Rules Interpreter – Dave Dunning

WELCOME NEW REGISTRANTS

We have over 40 new people who have inquired and/or enrolled this offseason about officiating in the BCBOA.

Not all of them have finalized the process.

GOOD NEWS

Celebrate the good fortune and success of our fellow members…

SERVICE AWARDS

AWARDS

Jim Mulchay AwardJim Mulchay Award – Honoring a rookie official that demonstrated the skills, passion, aptitude and promise in officiating.

Joe DindaJoe Dinda

REGISTRATION OVERVIEW

If you have not registered:

For the BCBOA go to www.bcboaonline.org/jointhebcboa.html

For the FHSAA go to http://www.tech.fhsaa.org/

And click on the ifhsaa link

Register with the BCBOA (www.bcboaonline.org) online $55

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Status for those who are registered and not paid, or not finalized registration process with either the

BCBOA or FHSAA

OFFICIALS WITH REGS ISSUESAlbert Brown

Kamaal DeSouza

Nesta Girard

Arnold Hopkins

Darryl Jones

Brian Licata

Jakiera Nobles

Marc Pavao

Linton Wright

Marcelius Alexander

William Berry

Teddy Brown

John Bruno

Perry Caeser

David Cheeseborough

David Clark

Moses Craig

Andrew Cutler

Mark Egger

Marcellus Green

Robert Klemm

Chris LePorte

Justin Newman

Benjamin Patterson

Jerome Philpart

Warren Powers

Chris Priester

Scott Puleo

Steven Robertson

Terry Saulsby

Anthony Smith

John Sutton

Marc Thomas

Pete Walker

Roosevelt Young

GAMES AND REVENUE LOSS

GAMES AND REVENUE LOSS – WORST CASE

54 High Schools in Broward County includes Public & Private

VarsityLoss of 5 games = 270 Total Loss of Games

X 2 for Boys and Girls Contests = 540 games x $120 per game

= $64,800 Loss for Varsity Bsk

JVLoss of 10 games = 540 total

X 2 for Boys and Girls Contests = 1080 games x $100 per game = $108,000

Total Maximum Loss of revenue is $172,800

29 Public High Schools in BrowardMinimum projected loss is $92,800

IMPORTANT DATES

FHSAA CALENDAR IMPORTANT DATES

•October 9 – 22 Winter Rules Video Presentations Online

•October 23 – November 3 Online Closed Book Exams

•November 5 – 10 Online Open Book Exams

•December 4 – 8 Online Make-Up Exams

•December 8 – Last day to Register Winter Sports

•January 8 – State Series Recommendations are due

ANY TEST QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE

ANY TEST QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE

COMMISSIONERS SEASON AND ARBITER DATES

2009-10 FHSAA WINTER SPORTS CALENDAR

JV begins 1st week of December; end when Girls Bsk ends Week of Jan 30.

Middle School - ?

ARBITER PUBLISH DATES

Nov 2 — Nov 8 - Dec 5

Nov 30 — Dec 7 - Jan 2 (except tournaments)

Dec 28 — Jan 4 - Jan 16

Jan 6 — Jan 18 - Feb 6

SEMINOLE LEAGUE UPDATE

•All is going well

•No reports of incidents or anything out of the ordinary

•Some evaluator notes commented on no division line through the center circle, no coaches box, and no “X” for subs

•A pox on all of us who worked prior to last Thursday, including me for not recognizing this issues.

•Evaluations are being done on a timely basis

•Evaluation Policy

STATE SERIES CREW GUIDELINES

& STRUCTURE

Our goal was too provide an environment where the best officials can excel and be rewarded for their efforts.

STATE SERIES CREW GUIDELINES & STRUCTURE

1. No member of Recommendation Committee on first two crews for boys or girls. – approved by Board on 4/26/09

2. No general member can be on top Two Crews for girls and boys in same season. – approved by Board on 4/26/09

3. If on State Crew in any given year, the following year you can be on State Crew for opposite sex competition only. – approved by Board on 4/26/09

4. Any member cannot attend States, boys and/or girls for more than two years in a row. – approved by Board on 4/26/09

STATE SERIES CREW GUIDELINES & STRUCTURE

5. If you went to States in previous year you can be no higher than Crew#3 for the same sex in the coming year. – approved by Board on 6/24/09 change approved 3-0 on 09/20/09

6. Transfers to the BCBOA cannot be on Crews 1, 2 or 3 in their first year with the Association.

7. If you are on a State Series Crew and the State removes you from that crew, you will be no higher than the fifth (5th) Crew in the following year. If you give back a regional assignment two years in a row, you will be removed from the list in the third year. - approved 4-0 at 6/24/09 Board meeting. Change approved 3-0 on 9/20/09

STATE SERIES CLINIC INFORMATION

The BCBOA has about 29 Officials that have not had a State Field Clinic since or prior to 2005. You must take the field clinic this Fall to be eligible to participate in the State Series.

Last State Field Clinic Attended -

2005 or prior – 29 Members

2006 – 19 Members

STATE SERIES CLINIC INFORMATION

In light of the economic times the FHSAA has approved an extension of Saturday hours at the South Gulf Coast State Field Clinic in Cape Coral on October 24th. The clinic hours will be extended to 9.5 hrs. on Saturday. More details to follow.

South Gulf Basketball Officials AssociationCape CoralDate: Oct. 23-24, 2009Site: Southwest Florida Christian Academy (Fort Myers) When: Friday, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Application Deadline: Oct. 9, 2009Contact Person: Kevin Hetherington, (239) 209-6950, k.hetherington@comcast.net Clinicians: TBASpecial Highlights: TBA• Pre-registration available online through iFHSAA - https://i.fhsaa.org/ - starting in June.

STATE SERIES CLINIC INFORMATION

Central Florida Officials AssociationOrlandoDate: Oct. 30-31, 2009Site: Bishop Moore High SchoolWhen: Friday, 6:30-9 p.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m.- 6 p.m. Application Deadline: Oct. 16, 2009Contact Person: Horace Cannady, (407) 293-1842, Horaceboob@aol.com Clinicians: Archie Mills, Chap Walker, Sanny Olimpo, Willie Batman, Ed Collier, Crystal Beatty, Elaine Dean, Allen Cramer, Jim Mills, Avarice SmithSpecial Highlights: • Great high school teams across Florida participating• Educational material from the officiating summit in Tucson on judgment and decision making• A special guest speaker» Recommended Hotel - La Quinta Inn, 626 Lee Rd, Orlando, (407) 645-5600 • Pre-registration available online through iFHSAA - https://i.fhsaa.org/ - starting in June.

ASSOCIATION GOVERNANCE

Draw everyone’s attention to the Governance page of the website for all of the guidelines, by-laws and Constitution governing our association.

Please familiarize yourself with what is expected of you, and what you should expect of the Board.

OUR UNIFORM

RULES AND MECHANICS

Dave Dunning – BCBOA Rules Interpreter

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OTHER BUSINESS

ARBITER TUTORIALHarry Kennedy – Co-Commissioner