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Yakima Soccer Referee
Association
Board meeting, May 11, 2009
Present: Ron
Sabari, Art Ramirez, Pat Spurgin, Jeff Gaskell, Stu McCurdy and Hans
Michielsen
President Ron
Sabari called the meeting to order at 5:30 PM
Item:
-
Starting next year, referees will be paying some
amount of L&I.
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Executive session:
Personnel Issue
President Sabari called the
meeting back to order.
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Yakitak tournament is May 16 and 17.
-
MidSummer Classic is June 26, 27 and
28.
Respectfully Submitted,
Hans Michielsen
Secretary
Yakima Soccer Referee Association
Board meeting, February 9, 2009
President Ron Sabari called the meeting to order at 5:30
PM
Item:
1. February
20-22 clinic (at Wide Hollow) has been posted. The Youth Association has advertised the
clinic. An e-mail to Ron Sabari is
needed to reserve a spot (ronsabari@aol.com) or call Ron at
952-0150.
2. Referees who still
need to recert may call Hans at 952-3506 or Ron at 952-0150.
3. Treasurer’s
report: checking $ 16,199.22 and savings: $ 850.68.
4. Season starts second
week in March.
5. Stu has been researching
assigning software. It looks like
there is a reasonable possibility to have working software fairly soon. There is a current demo. The cost of this would be $4 per referee
per season ($8 per year per referee).
6.
Elections:
Vice
President: Candidate - Pat Spurgin.
No additional Candidates
Treasurer: Candidate - Jeff Gaskell. No additional
Candidates
Member at Large #1 - No Candidates.
Art Ramirez is nominated from the floor.
Motion made to unanimously approve the slate of candidates by Hans
Michielsen.
Seconded by Mark Fisher.
Motion carried with a unanimous show of
hands.
7. Risk
Management:
Any
referee who has ever submitted a risk management form as a referee and who has
successfully logged on to the website to take the WOA test does not have to
re-submit that risk management. You
do not need a card on your person to referee school
games.
For
Youth games: you must have a risk management card on you at the time you perform
as a referee. If you do not have
one, you must go see Sally at Yakima Youth Soccer to get one.
8. Commissioner’s
Cup:
All
yellow and red cards must be submitted to the website. You need a password to submit the
cards. Use the directions on the
website to get a new password.
Respectfully Submitted,
Hans Michielsen
Secretary
Yakima Soccer Referee Association
Membership meeting, January 14, 2009
President Ron Sabari called the meeting to order at 7:00
PM
Item:
1. Checking balance:
approx $ 10K.
2.
Recertification information has been sent to SRA.
3. February 20-22 clinic (at
Wide Hollow) has been submitted to the SRA web site, but has not been posted
yet. The Youth Association has
advertised the clinic. An e-mail to
Ron Sabari is needed to reserve a spot
(ronsabari@aol.com).
4. We owe money back to
several school districts because of games that were not played. The amount is about $ 2,900.
5. Stu has been
researching assigning software. It
looks like there is a reasonable possibility to have working software fairly
soon. There is a current demo. The cost of this would be $4 per referee
per season ($8 per year per referee).
6. Hans needs to
verify what the rules are about re-certification for 2009.
7. RMA (risk
management authorization) clearance is needed for several referees. For Youth Soccer, referees can go on the
Youth website (yysa.org). WOA risk
management is different and should be automatic. The contact for WOA is Pat
Spurgin.
8. The adult
association is now run by Parks and Rec.
At this point, they have not committed to how they will deal with
referees. Right now, USSF referees
would have no liability coverage.
9. Ron has asked the
Youth Board for an increase in referee fees. They will be voting on this at their
next board meeting.
10. Ron still has the
paperwork for those referees who wish to upgrade to Grade 7. Those referees will have to take the
initiative by filling out the forms, sending a letter of intent and documenting
the required games.
11. Training: State Cup
rules.
Respectfully Submitted,
Hans Michielsen
Secretary
Yakima Soccer Referee Association
Membership meeting, November 12, 2008
President Ron Sabari called the meeting to order at 7:00
PM
Item:
1. Checking balance: $
21,863. Savings balance: $
800.
According to Ron, checks will be sent prior to Christmas for the first go
around (reffing fees minus the mileage).
2. There will not be a
general membership meeting in December.
Recertification sessions will be scheduled for December 10, 2008 from 5
PM until 7 PM.
3. Elections in January 2009 will be for Vice
President (Pat Spurgin), Treasurer (Jeff Gaskell) and Member at Large 1 (Stu
McCurdy).
NOTE: Any members who are interested in any of these positions should let
Hans Michielsen know (hansmichielsen@charter.net).
4. Jeff read us from
the New York Times on how the baseball word series are really just a north
American championship, unlike the football world championship which in fact has
teams from all over the world competing.
5. The YVSRA Board has
written a letter to WIAA to clarify the interpretation of the shin guard
rule. We would like to understand
how to enforce the rule.
Respectfully Submitted,
Hans Michielsen
Secretary
Yakima Soccer Referee
Association
Membership meeting, September 10,
2008
Present:
Ron Sabari, Art Ramirez, Pat Spurgin, Stu McCurdy, Jeff Gaskell, Hans
Michielsen
President Ron Sabari called the meeting to order at
7:00 PM
WOA Changes:
1. Blood on person and/or uniform: Player
must leave the field and must be released by the trainer prior to
returning. Also, the uniform must
be appropriately treated prior to return (at the next legal
substitution).
2. Manufactured headgear is
allowed.
3.
Difference between illegal (not allowed on the field) and inappropriate
(wrong size, shape, version, etc) gear.
4.
During the pregame, the referee must ask both coaches whether the players
are legally and appropriately dressed for the game. On the first offence, the coach is
cautioned. On the second, the
player (different or same offending player) gets the caution.
Item:
1. Checks for the
middle school (Spring), play-offs and mileage should go out in the next two
weeks.
Fall
season has been pre-billed.
2. Checking balance: $ 13K.
3. Hans needs to times and dates/locations for
recertification. Hans needs to
order supplies. Hans needs to check
on who needs hours. Chris Barnes is
ready to do an upper level clinic.
We will attempt to schedule for October 2, 9, or 17th as a
Chris Barnes workshop).
4. Jeff’s back. He is back on the board serving out
Member at Large #2.
E-mail: mgrheffg@hotmail.com.
Phone: 509 834 3315.
5. Art resigned as the
treasurer in a huff. The board
appointed Jeff as the treasurer upon his resignation as member at large #3. The board appointed Art as member at
large #3.
6. Slate of candidates
for the upcoming election:
a. Vice President (Pat
Spurgin)
b. Treasurer (Jeff
Gaskell)
c. Member at Large #1 (Mark
Fisher)
c. Member at Large #2 (Jeff
Gaskell)
d. Member at Large #3 (Art
Ramirez)
NOTE: Any members who are interested in any of these positions should let
Hans Michielsen know (hansmichielsen@charter.net)
Respectfully Submitted,
Hans Michielsen,
Secretary
Yakima Valley Soccer Referee
Association
General
Meeting
June 11,
2008
Item:
1. High School
checks
Checks went out
on time. Post season, Middle School
games and travel will be included in the next few weeks. Checks should appear in 60 days. We have paid WOA.
2. Current
Balances
Checking:
$10,458.22; Savings: $837.85.
3. WOA website
Clinic and
certification will be available on June 30, 2008.
4. Jeff Gaskell
Is back in
town. He has agreed to serve again
on the board, serving out Member at Large #2.
5. On line
assigning
There have been
discussions with the Tri Cities Referee Association about adding “protected
areas” to their on-line assigning website.
Another option would be Arbiter.
We are currently investigating pros and
cons.
Eventually the
Board will come to the membership with a proposal on which to
vote.
6. Mid Summer Classic
June 27, 28 and
29. Please let Art know about
your availability.
7. Training
The training
involving the Red’s games will be posted on the
website.
Respectfully Submitted,
Hans Michielsen
Secretary and ARA
Phone: 952-3506
Yakima Soccer Referee Association
Board meeting, June 9, 2008
President Ron Sabari called the meeting to order at 5:35
PM
Item:
1. Checks went out on
time. Post season, ms games and
travel will be included in the next few weeks. Checks should appear in 60 days. We have paid
WOA.
2. Checking: $ 10,458.22 Savings: $
837.85.
3. WOA website on June 30,
2008.
4. Jeff’s back. He is back on the board serving out
Member at Large #2.
E-mail: mgrheffg@hotmail.com.
Phone: 208-819-6618.
5. There have been
discussions with the Tri Cities Referee Association about adding “protected
areas” to their on-line assigning website.
Another option would be Arbiter.
We are currently investigating pros and
cons.
Yakima Valley Soccer Referee
Association
Annual General Meeting
April 9, 2008
1. President’s message
Ron introduced the new board members and the new
initiatives:
-
Members are
invited to the board meetings each second Monday of the month prior to the
regular meeting. Board meetings are at Pat Spurgin’s office on
2nd Street. Members must confirm their board
meeting attendance prior to the meeting.
-
Super Y
league training will be held on April 27th at Marquette Stadium at 10 AM - 2 PM. There is
a physical involved (dash, 12 min run).
-
Stu McCurdy
is heading a committee trying to update the bylaws of the referee association.
-
Ron will be
developing a budget for the association’s activities.
2. Outside training:
There will be three Reds games where referees can
get three hours each of outside training. That should make it easy to accumulate
the hours necessary for recertification.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Hans
Michielsen
Secretary and
ARA
Phone:
952-3506
Yakima Valley Soccer Referee
Association
Annual General Meeting
March 12, 2008
Elections
The following slate of candidates was
nominated:
President, Ron Sabari
Vice president, Pat Spurgin
Treasurer, Art Ramirez
Member at large, Mark Fisher (replacing the
position held by George Town)
Stu McCurdy
made a motion to accept the entire slate by unanimous acclamation. The motion
was seconded and the membership unanimously voted in the affirmative. At the
conclusion of tonight’s meeting, the new Board Members are serving in their
elected office.
Training
for next year
Effective
immediately, there will not be an Area Referee Administrator (ARA). Although
there is not a lot of difference in practice, there will be some
changes:
1. Training
will occur monthly at the referee membership meetings.
2. Outside training hours will be provided through
our association (9 hours in total). Two trainings will occur during the summer
at two different Yakima Reds games. Referees who sign up for this training will
be issued a free ticket for the game, and will meet with the crew for the game.
Such crews usually consist of National referees.
3. Recertification will be possible on three
different occasions. Recertification needs to be completed prior to December 31. Dates for recertification will be
published on the website and via e-mail. Please make sure that your correct
e-mail address is on file with
the Association.
Training
Ron reminded
us of the importance of being at games at an appropriate time. For a school ball
game, the center should arrive 25-30 minutes prior to the game in order to have
time to check goals, field markings, nets, etc. ARs should be at the game 20
minutes prior to the game to allow for some pre-game discussion. Federation
rules have referees arrive 20 minutes prior to the game.
AAAA, AAA and
A overtime rules are two five-minute overtimes with golden goal, then kicks from
the mark. For friendly matches and cross-division matches, check with the
coaches. When unsure, a check with the coaches is a good idea. JV rules for
overtime in the CBL is straight to shots from the mark.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Hans
Michielsen
Secretary and
ARA
Yakima Soccer Referee Association
Membership Meeting
Agenda
June 13, 2007
Items:
-
Treasurer’s
report
Account balances: Checking $12,000 (approx);
Savings $893 (approx)
-
Outside
training hours
Outside training hours for re-certification. Each
referee needs at least two (2) outside training hours and a total of five (5)
hours of training per year.
Date 1: July 7th (Saturday’s PDL game). There will be 30 spots (tickets and
meals).
Date 2: July 21st (Also a Saturday). Again 30 spot (tickets and
meals)
Referees will not be able to go twice,
unless they pay for their own meal.
We will advertise these events State-wide.
Each meeting will generate three training
hours.
Sign-up through an e-mail to Hans;
hansmichielsen@charter.net
3. Mid Summer
Classic
110 teams. Tournament is scheduled for June 29, 30
and July 1st. Talk with Art about assignments.
4. School
Ball
School ball starts September 11. There will be a
WOA training available prior to that date. Most likely, that training will be
on-line as was the case this past school year.
5. Letter to
ADs
The YVSRA will compose a letter to be sent to
district athletic directors to remind them of the following issues:
-
Summary of
new rules
-
Postponement
of the shin guard logo rule
-
Shin guard
appropriateness
-
Hair clips
in girls’ ball
-
Burning
lines and other safety issues.
Next meeting:
Date: July 7 at Marquette Stadium
(for those who sign up)
Yakima Soccer Referee Association
Membership Meeting
April 11, 2007
Items:
-
President’s resignation
Temporary replacement: Hans
Michielsen
-
Additions to the Board needed
Any members interested in participating as
a Board member, please let us know.
-
Treasurer’s report
Savings: approx $ 830
Checking: approx $ 3,800
-
Special Olympics
Reminder:
We have been requested to provide some
volunteer referees for an Eastside tournament on April 22 at Davis
field.
There will be 20 teams participating. Games start
at 10 AM. There will be 15 minute halves on a short field (three fields are laid
out on the Davis field). Please let
Art Ramirez know if you are able to participate.
-
Youth
Association
If you have a bad or worrisome experience,
please write up that experience so that it can be relayed to the Youth Soccer
Association.
-
Training
Today’s training was concerned with
injuries below the waist. A presentation was made by Shane Sigler from
Orthopedics Northwest.
This training counted as “outside training”
hours.
During the Yakima Reds season, there will
be two classes for referees that will also count as “outside training”
hours.
-
Future Training
Next meeting: May 9,
7 PM at Wide Hollow School.
March 29,
2006 YVSRA board meeting
1.
Art and Ron are coordinating on an entry level clinic for Selah in
April.
2.
WOA advises the association that coaches and ADs cannot choose officials
to be assigned to post season play without exposing WIAA to liability for
discrimination in employment.
3.
Concerns raised about new field being used at Ellensburg. Board agrees that the AD should be
advised that field is a danger to players and officials due to unevenness and
sprinkler head conditions. YVSRA
will recommend that they return to Mt. View or immediately fix the
conditions.
4.
Art reiterated the pattern of assignment for HS matches: at varsity
level, 2 lines for each center assignment.
5.
Insufficient numbers of officials are up to date regarding the highschool
rules, so the board is pursuing strategies to inform officials of the need for
officials doing varsity matches to attend training sessions at the monthly
membership meeting.
6.
Middle school start date April 17, 2006.
7.
Annual general meeting April 12, 2006.
General
Meeting of YVSRA 10/12/2005
Attendees:
Kevin Lavis
George
Town
Jeff
Gaskell
Mark
Fisher
Stu
McCurdy
Pat
Spurgin
Art
Ramirez
Ron
Sabari
Hans
Michielsen
Items discussed:
- Meeting between YYSA and YVSRA is being pursued to
assure adequate coverage of competitive league because of problems with
schedule changes, field changes, etc. without coordination between the YYSA
competition director and the assignor.
- Other states are experimenting with sitting cautioned
player out for 10 minutes in highschool matches.
- Handling:
involves controlling or propelling the ball intentionally with the
hand/arm. Contrast the ball
striking the hand due to forceful kick/unpredictable spin or a reflexive
flinch by a player protecting his/her face that doesn’t produce control. This continues to be a matter of
debate, since some folks argue that the outcome of the contact with the
hand/arm determines whether the player should be penalized, while others argue
that intent controls, regardless of the outcome of the contact. A referee judgment is required in
either case.
- The Great Big Shinguard Controversy: reinforcing shinguard safety with
highschool. YVSRA sent out a
reminder to athletic directors regarding NFHS shinguard requirements. Some ADs objected to the notice,
thinking that it was new information.
NFHS publications at start of season reinforced requirements for safe
shinguards. Note that coaches are responsible for assuring adequacy of player
equipment.
- Good of the Game: Sunnyside v. Selah: Field used for both soccer and
American football, so both markings were on the field. In addition, marks were obscured from
heavy field use. Early in the
second half, there was a collision in the box with stoppage of play. Sunnyside retained possession. Later in the match, a PK was awarded
to Sunnyside. Initial spot for
the PK was on the PAT (American football) mark. Ball went into the net. Based on the shouts from the coaching
staff and crowd, referee realized that the ball was taken from the wrong
spot. Ordered a re-kick from the
correct spot. Sunnyside player
missed the PK. From that point on, every call was subject to criticism by the
Sunnyside coach and fans. This suggests that a field inspection before the
match is important. Part of the
problem was that the penalty spot was obscured from field usage. In addition, pre-game would have
allowed everyone to be aware of field problems. Pre-game conference involving coaches
is required, so make the most of the opportunity to communicate with the
coaches.
Minutes
of October 5, 2005 YVSRA Board Meeting
Financial status of YVSRA: $5,925.37 (not a
reconciled amount) in bank account
Spurgin will
find out about WOA fees for next billing to allow more rapid payment of
officials
Assigning: October 19 meeting w/ Hillman re:
Ridgestar system of assigning (on-line self assigning and billing
software).
Recertification: Next meeting of membership on
October 12 at Wide Hollow; 7:00 subject to final verification. November 9
meeting will be USSF recertification
- No tests on November 9 started after
7:30
December 31,
2005 deadline for USSF Recertication
- Art will obtain lawbooks, patches
Youth laws information: Casts are allowed so long as they don’t
present a danger in the opinion of the referee—
Scheduling issues:
Difficulty in
coordination of youth recreational and competitive league matches
- Meeting between Jeff /Art and YYSA to assure
effective scheduling of competitive matches
Hs
scheduling: problems because lots
of JV teams not formed
HS
playoffs:
- Could be 7 or 8 local games
- Need early game times for unlighted
fields
- Each team that participates in playoffs will be
provided the opportunity to name their top 10 hs officials to be selected for
their playoff matches
Yakima Soccer Referee
Association
Board meeting, September 21, 2005
President Jeff Gaskell called the meeting to order at 5:55
PM
Present: Jeff Gaskell, Pat
Spurgin, Art Ramirez, Hans Michielsen
Guest: Laurel Voss
(dna)
Item:
Shin
Guards
Pat will send
an e-mail to the ADs indicating that shin guards must be two (2) inches above
the ankle and age appropriate. All
referees will be reminded.
Art will send the e-mail addresses of the ADs to Pat.
Clear
examples are both WV-Hanford pictures from the Herald-Republic from last
Monday.
Finances
Selah, East
Valley and West Valley have not made the MS payments from spring
We need
to make sure to have sufficient money reserved to make the WOA fees (will be $60
per official).
Payments
Cancelled
games for which the assignor did not receive cancellation within 24 hours of
game time, will be billed to the schools.
We will
be billing out High School at the end of the season.
Facility
Hans will get a
meeting room for board and membership meetings at a West Valley School District
building. Wide Hollow would be
preferred.
District 6
John Hillman is
looking for a chapter to try out assigning software. Next board meeting will be on October
19, 2005 at Pat’s office. John will
be invited to that meeting.
Yakima Soccer Referee Association
Membership Meeting
May 9,
2005
Board Members Present: Pat Spurgin, Art Ramirez, George Town,
Ron Sabari.
Items:
1.
Treasurer’s report
Balance is the same at $
6,000. No outstanding
payables. School billings are being
updated with ref’s mileage, and then will be invoiced to the
schools.
2.
Training:
Ron, reviewing the High School
season, how Ref’s could improve?
Good perspective from (Coach) Stu
McCurdy.
Better communications.
Field conditions, cards,
and direction of play.
General discussion:
Disent.
3.
Greg Stoval: with an
up-date on the Yakitak
tournament.
May 14 and 15: (5 v 5). The YYSA is still looking for referees
to participate. All games will be
the Ahtanum Youth Park. There are
140 teams scheduled, with 14 fields going.
Players will be issued wrist bands
of, green, yellow, or orange to identify them as a team
member.
A referee clinic to go over the rule
changes prior to the tournament will be held prior to the first game on Saturday
at 7:30.
4. Mark
Fischer: The
mid-summer classic tournament.
Still moving ahead on schedule.
Motel rooms may be a bit scarce.
5.
Pat: There will NOT be any ref’s from our
association going to the H.S. state tournament. The state has a NEW formula for
selecting ref’s. We did not qualify
for any of the openings this year.
There will be NO LPT tournament in
Yakima this year.
There is a new formula for selection
of teams into: Premier divisions.
State wide there is less of a need
for tournaments. Tri-city’s will
still host
U-14.
6.
Questions
asked (Jeff will follow-up):
May answers:
1. Which training activities
will continue to be eligible for annual certification
Not addressed at this meeting.
2. Why Stu was notified that he
has not been a member of NHSF as he was trying to log on to their web
site?
Washington State (WIAA) is no longer associated with NHSF. We used to be members up until a couple
of years ago. We are still on their mailing list and still receive some of their
materials.
3. Can we get the home bleacher
at Davis moved back a yard or so?
Done
Next meeting: second Monday of
June.
Respectfully
submitted,
George Town
Membership Meeting
April 11, 2005
Board Members
Present: Jeff Gaskell, Pat Spurgin,
George Town
Item:
1.
Treasurer’s
report
Balance is at $
6,000. No outstanding
payables. School billings are
complete and are ready to be invoiced to the school.
2.
Training
Pat
discussed the issuance of cards: In
USSF – youth, a cautioned player does not need to leave the field. However, in WOA, a cautioned player
still needs to leave the field.
With respect to
the soft bracelets (like the Livestrong bracelets), rules do not allow for those
to be worn in WOA (cf, ban on adornment and the possibility of injury to the
player wearing these or an opponent).
The other
issue that was discussed, was the size of the shin-guards worn by players (must
be size and age appropriate).
3. Yakitak tournament is coming up May 14 and 15 (5 on
5). The YYSA is still looking for
referees to participate in that. A
referee clinic prior to the tournament will be held prior to the first game on
Saturday at 7:30.
4. May 1 is the Special Olympics jamboree at Davis High
School. Games will likely be held
from 8:30 until 1:00. We will post
the actual schedule as soon as that schedule is published. Referees will be needed for this
tournament, although Special Olympics will not be able to pay. Having said that, the tournament is a
hoot.
5. George handed out the updated 7 + 7 (cautionable and
sending-off offences).
6. Questions asked (Jeff will follow-up):
- Which training activities will continue to be eligible for
annual certification
- Why was Stu notified that he has not been a member of NHSF
as he was trying to log on to their web site?
- Can we get the home bleacher at Davis moved back a yard or
so?
Next meeting: second
Monday of May.
Respectfully
submitted,
Hans Michielsen,
Secretary
Notes: Check on cards being legible.
Annual General Membership Meeting
February 14, 2005
Item:
1.
Election for open YVSRA positions
Current
openings: Vice president (Current: Pat
Spurgin)
Treasurer
(open)
Member at
large #1 (Current: Art
Ramirez)
Member at
large #2 (Current: Steve
Smith)
Nominations:
For: Vice
president – Pat Spurgin
For:
Treasurer – Art Ramirez
For: Member at large #1 -- Ron
Sabari
For: Member
at large #2 -- Brian Reed, George Town
President Gaskell asked if any additions/amendments to
the slate of candidates. Brian Reed
is removed as a candidate for the MaL #1 and #2 positions.
Mr
McCurdy made a motion to approve the slate as amended. Mr Collins 2nd.
Motion carried.
Mr Kelly made a motion to direct the secretary cast a
single ballot as no positions are opposed.
Mr Town 2nd.
Motion carried.
2. Classes
coming up:
o
WOA clinic on the
16th of February at Davis High School (Cafeteria).
o
Grade 8: Feb 18, 19 and
20. Entry-level clinic (grade 8) at
302 South First Street. Art
(452-3250) and Ron (952-0150) will do instruction. Cost: $40 per
person.
3. Coed season
Check
has been received from the Adult League.
Checks to referees will go out shortly.
4. President Gaskell called the meeting at
7:38 PM
Soccer Referee
Association
Board
Meeting
Present: Jeff
Gaskell, Pat Spurgin, Art Ramirez, Ron Sabari, Hans
Michielsen.
Board meeting, January 26,
2005
Item:
1. Status on nominations for open YVSRA
positions
Current openings: Vice president
(Pat Spurgin)
Treasurer (open)
Member at large #1 (Art
Ramirez)
Member at large #3 (Laurel
Voss)
Nominations:
For: Vice president – Pat
Spurgin
For: Treasurer – Art Ramirez
For: Member at large #1 -- Brian Reed, George
Town
For: Member at large #3 -- Ron
Sabari
These names should go on the postcard to be mailed 30 days
prior to the election. Art will
check with Brian about his availability.
2.
Postcard:
The postcard should have:
The slate of nominees
The trainings that are scheduled
Grade 9: Feb 6,
8 AM – 2 PM, Selah Civic Center, 216 South First Street in Selah. Art (452-3250) and Ron (952-0150) will
do instruction. Cost: $25 per
person.
Grade 8: Feb 18, 19 and 20. Entry-level clinic (grade 8) at 302
South First Street. Art (452-3250) and Ron (952-0150) will do instruction. Cost: $40 per
person.
WOA clinic: Feb 16 at 6:30 PM at Davis High School
(Cafetaria).
Our website:
HYPERLINK "http://www.yvsra.net"
www.yvsra.net
3.
Financial:
Jeff shows a balance of $3,655. EV is still standing out (approx:
$1,400). So is Toppenish MS and
perhaps another one. Adult still
owes us the entire fee.
We still owe assigning fees to Art and there is some amount
owed to Ron for MS, a few years back.
There has been a discussion with the Adult League re the fees
for those games. Bill is willing to
talk about it, but their budget cannot deal with $40 at this time. We will need to investigate what is
being paid across the state. Jeff
will follow up with Bill.
Membership
Meeting
December 13,
2004
Item:
1.
Board Meeting Report:
Topics discussed:
·
Games fees
·
Game fee distribution
·
Payables
(WOA Fall Membership, Middle School Spring Assigning, Fall
Assigning)
·
Receivables
(school districts) Current balance
is $14,644 as of tonight
·
Election
and new nominees
·
Visit
to YYSA Board Meeting on 12/6 - purpose of the visit was to discuss
the assignment of referees at the LPT and summer youth
tournaments.
2.
Risk Management
·
Each referee will have to make sure that a risk management form has been
filled out.
3.
Distribution of HS & MS game fees
·
Checks
have been made out. They will be
issued upon receipt of invoices - total balance needs to be at least
$21,000 for the checks to be covered.
4.
Election nominations: VP,
Treasurer, At-Larges
Vice president (currently: Pat Spurgin) - Candidate: Pat
Spurgin
Treasurer (currently Ron Sabari) – Candidate: Art Ramirez. (Caveat: the Treasurer’s position must
be filled by a person who has served on the board the term immediately preceding
his/her term as treasurer)
Member at Large (currently: Steve Smith) (this position requires the
sending of the postcards to remind members of upcoming meetings) – Candidate:
Eduardo Uribe
Member at Large (currently: Art Ramirez) – Candidate: Ron
Sabari
5.
Web sight info
The web site
has been up and running. The board
owes Michael a year’s worth of web fees ($5 per month).
6.
This evenings
training
·
Past
seasons' issues pro & con
·
Ron’s
passionate plea to recruit young referees to bolster our ranks.
·
During
this discussion, membership proposed that the YVSRA ask the school to reduce the
number of Saturday games in order to increase the availability of referees for
the Youth games. President Gaskell
will bring the issue up at the upcoming school soccer meeting.
Yakima Soccer Referee Association
Present:
Jeff Gaskell, Pat Spurgin, Steve Smith, Art Ramirez, Ron Sabari, Hans
Michielsen.
Board meeting, December 2,
2004
Item:
1.
Status on nominations for open YVSRA positions
Notes: Pre-qualifications for
Treasurer:
Existing/prior board
member?
Operate with sense of
urgency
or
Continue to
collectively gather/distribute funds
Discussion:
Re the treasurer position. The system is still very laborious. That would speak to having a committee
if not the whole board. Consensus
is that for at least the coming year, we will continue to have the work of the
treasurer be done by committee.
We will fill the treasurer position now and use the
coming year to train the new treasurer.
Current
openings: Vice president (Pat
Spurgin)
Treasurer
(open)
Member at
large #1 (Art Ramirez)
Member at
large #3 (Laurel Voss)
Nominations:
For: Vice
president – Pat Spurgin
For:
Treasurer – Art Ramirez
For: Member
at large #1 -- Brian Reed, Arthuro Avillar
For: Member at large #3 -- Ron Sabari,
Eduardo Uribe
2. Assignors:
Notes:
LPTs
Mid-summers Classic
Hotel rooms for June weekends
Special training/projects
'Stinky Pigs' issues: past and present
Discussion:
Mr
President has had a discussion with Greg Stoval re the assigning for the Mid
Summer classic. Current assignors
do not know the referees (from in town as well as out-of-town). Mr Stoval will apparently contact Art to
be involved in the assigning. We
may need to attend a YYSA board meeting.
Jeff will contact Mark Fisher to attend a YYSA meeting. The same may hold true for the
LPTs. If YYSA continues to assign
by themselves, they should receive the assignor information. Ideally, Art would assign for both
tournaments.
Re Special Projects: We will need to research whether we
will have visitors at the tournaments.
Art will find out dates, ages and possible visitors.
3. Licensing classes:
Notes:
Update on Selah
Parks Program
YYSA involvement/promotion
Discussion:
Selah Parks has an active soccer program (550 kids) that
has a need for referees. We should
plan on a next referee licensing class sometime soon. There will be Selah kids
interested.
Dec 5th will be recert from 9AM – 5 PM at the
Pine Shop.
·
Fees:
Notes:
WOA: suggestion of fees plus 15% deduction
Discussion:
Re USSF fees: we will now be charging for the recert. If
folks don’t come to the scheduled training, they will
pay.
Re WOA fees: Board members pay their own way and will
continue to do so. We will charge
an additional $5 to referees for all referees 17 year and
over.
In addition we owe referee registration fees to
WOA.
5. Fall 2004 game fees
distribution:
Notes:
Mail
In person
Postcard notification
Will call
Discussion:
When the balance in the checkbook hits $25K, we will
release the checks by mail.
6. December Membership meeting
agenda
Discussion: We need to give notice of the Annual
General Meeting at the December 13th
meeting.
·
Training: Ron
·
Open the floor to past season
issues.
·
Distributions of checks
·
Dues and fees (We may need to develop a list of membership
benefits).
·
Certification (WOA clinics and the
like)
·
Candidates for the open positions.
·
Yakima Soccer Referee
Association
General meeting, May
10, 2004
President Jeff Gaskell
called the meeting to order at
7:00
PM
Item:
1.
Update on past due payables - Pat Spurgin
·
Spring
MS 2003
·
Spring
Post Season HS 2003
·
Fall
HS V/JV Season 2003
·
Fall
MS 2003
·
Fall
Post Season
·
Spring
MS 2004
·
Spring HS
V/JV Season 2004
·
Spring
Post Season 2004
·
Any
residual Adult
Ron handed out a listing of all 02 - 03 season games,
by referee, that have not been paid yet.
Individual checks will be made out to the referees, by season. Ron asked that referees let him know of
any discrepancies in the statements.
2. Treasurers'
report
$22,000 is owed to the
referees for 02 – 03 season school ball, represented by the summaries handed out
tonight. All these games have been
billed to the school districts and payment from the districts is expected by the
end of the school year (around the middle of June).
3. LPTs, Mid-Summer Classic, other tourney info - Art
Ramirez, Jeff Gaskell
First and second weekend in June is
U17
U14 is the third weekend in June.
Midsummer Classic is the last weekend in
June.
Some requests regarding professional behavior:
·
Referees,
please wear a black t-shirt under your uniform and have an otherwise
professional appearance;
·
Make
sure to not create an impression of favoritism by spending more time “chatting”
with one team over another;
Art handed out a
summary of:
1.
registration requirements for the
different referee grades,
2.
a WASRC (Washington State Referee
Committee) memo on referee abuse and
3.
a statement about referee conflict of
interest.
Greg (YYSA) discussed his concern about the lack of
referees for the five on five tournament.
$800 had to be refunded in the adult portion of the tournament.
There were some instances reported where games were uncovered
(we’re not exactly sure how many) or referees showed up late.
Gregg indicated that he
needs:
1.
experienced referees for the adult games
2.
sufficient number of referees for all
games
3.
insurance that all referees know the rules
4.
assurance that all referees behave
professionally
Jeff proposed that we have a standing subcommittee that
focus on being prepared for tournaments (LPTs, 5 on 5, Mid-Summer Classic).
YYSA (Gregg and Mark) will give some suggestions in writing that may improve the referee
aspect of the tournament.
4. Adult League - Art
Ramirez
League is running pretty well.
5.
Next Entry Level Clinic - Art Ramirez The next clinic is scheduled for May
21, 22 and 23.
6. LPT/Advanced Clinic - Steve
Smith
June 11 and 12 will be the advanced clinic (Friday night and
Saturday). Game will be at
Ahtanum.
The
Above Items Shall Take Only 15 Minutes - Short, Crisp, Concise, Clean,
Clear!!!!
7. Training tape (balance of last months
tape) - Art
Ramirez
8. Next months General Meeting Date –
June 14, 7
PM
at the Pine Shop.
Yakima Valley Soccer
Referee Association
2004 Annual General
Meeting
1.
Election of
Officers
Elected were: Jeff
Gaskell – President
Hans Michielsen – Secretary
Art Ramirez – Member at Large #1
Laurel Voss – Member at Large #3
2.
Entry –level
clinic
An Entry-level
clinic has been scheduled for the Valentines day weekend. The clinic will be held on February 7, 8
and 9, 2004. Location: 22 Spruce Street.
3.
Board Meeting
Schedule
The next two board
meetings will be held on:
Monday, February
2nd, 2004
Monday March
1st, 2004
Location of the
meeings: 22 Spruce
Street
4.
Possible new meeting
facilities:
Mr Sabari is
planning a new meeting facility at 300South 1st Street.
Respectfully submitted on
this 12th day of January, 2004
Hans
Michielsen
Secretary
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