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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:
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:
Account balances: Checking $12,000 (approx); Savings $893 (approx)
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:
Next meeting: Date: July 7 at Marquette Stadium (for those who sign up) Yakima Soccer Referee Association Membership Meeting April 11, 2007 Items:
Temporary replacement: Hans Michielsen
Any members interested in participating as a Board member, please let us know.
Savings: approx $ 830 Checking: approx $ 3,800
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.
If you have a bad or worrisome experience, please write up that experience so that it can be relayed to the Youth Soccer Association.
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.
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:
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
December 31, 2005 deadline for USSF Recertication
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
Hs scheduling: problems because lots of JV teams not formed HS
playoffs:
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):
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. 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. ·
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