Minutes of the Fall Business
Meeting
November, 2010
The
meeting was called to order by President Rob Noble at 7:02 PM in the Cafeteria
of Washington High School. An attendance sheet was passed for members and applying
members to sign in lieu of a roll call.
Spring
Meeting minutes were on the web site. It
was moved by Joe Schmall and seconded by Sonny Deke to accept minutes as written. Motion carried.
Pinky
Primrose went over the Financial numbers. The Steering Committee reviewed the finances
in their meeting on October 26, 2010. We
have $5602.17 in the our accounts. Primary expenditures since Spring
were the Banquet and annual fees to ArbiterSports. It was moved by Jack Jaspers and seconded by
Pat Dolphin to accept the financial report.
Motion carried.
Rob Noble
reviewed the Executive Committee meeting held Ocotber
26. Topics included discussion of CRAOA
rules meeting formats and the changes in FB this year. In general the format was well received, but
created opportunities too many dise
conversations. We need to focus on group
participation and
mentoring
of the newer officials.
IHSAA eliminating the Part II test and impact on CRAOA membership
requirements. Social opportunities within
CRAOA. In an effort to increase
banquet attendance, we are trying to move out of the middle of the week. Interest has also been expressed in both golf
outings and a Kernel's game. Contact
Rob if
you have ideas or want to work on setting up an activity.
Pinky preseneted the Fall Newsletter as the
Executive Secretary's report. Membership is
just over 150 officials, 80 in Basketball and 92 in Football. Our 74th Annual
Banquet will be Friday, April 15, 2011 at the Touch of Class. We will honor a number of officials for
service to the CRAOA, including Bill Yeisley (45
years) and Don Haugen (35 Years). We had
a record number of officials/crews supporting the football playoffs this
year--Great work. Scheduling of
basketball is underway (as are junior high basketball games). Recorded history of the association currently
goes back 54 years.
Day-to-day
operations have been positive though the football season. No complaints were received about particular
games/officials from the schools. There were minor issues with young officials
at the wrong school and the no-show rate of officials was acceptable.
Chris Heidelbauer and Bill Yeisley met
with the Middle School ADs in early Summer to review a number of topics. -- Schools seem willing
and excited to support four-man football crews. This is seen as a positive
teaching move for officials that will create better safety for the players as
well. -- Middle school football field conditions, particularly Franklin and
McKinley, were discussed. These are
supported at the District Level and were identified as needing
improvement. (Officials noted that there
was no improvement, but that the number of games held at
between
school and official.
Applying Members.
The
following were proposed by Bill Yeisley for a move
from Step II to fullmembership for football: Vincent Abel, Chad Bryant, Cal Corrin, Jeff Frese, Chris Kenney,
Roman Mitchell, Steve Schaub, and Doug Wagner. Motion by Pat Dolphin and
second by Mike Mitchell. Motion
passed with no discussion.
The following
were proposed to move from Step I to Step II:
Zach Bonar, Sam Burdt, Braeden
Garrett, Kevin Johnson, Seth Leonard, Dannon Kelley,
Brent Klostermann, John Morgan, Calvin Norris, and
Cody Oakes. Motion by
Mike Mitchell and second by Bill Ross.
Motion passed with no discussion.
Bill presneted a transfer official for full membership: Scott Fritz. Motion by Jack
Jaspers and secon by Patrck
St. John to extend full membership.
Motion Passed.
A motion
was made by Chris Heidelbauer and seconded by Don
Haugen to drop active members who have not taken the test prior to November 9
back to Step II. This date provides a
one-week grace period after this meeting to complete this requirement. Individuals included are Mark Borchardt, Doug Kelley, Lenny Mais,
Brian Phillips, Kent Sesker, David Ver Woert, and Chip Weeces. Motion
passed.
Willie
Guy was removed from the roster for lack of test and failure to pay dues. A motion was made by Pat Dolphin and seconded
by Jered Kessling. Motion
passed.
A motion
was made by Mike Mitchell and seconded by Dave Messerli
to drop members back to Step II who failed to meet the meeting requirement or
request a waiver. The members will have
until November 9 to request a meeting waiver (Bill Ross, Adrian Simonson). Matt Fandel is also
in this category, but has retired from officiating. Motion passed.
A new
officer repersenting Basketball will need to be
selected at the April meeting. Anyone
with interst should talk to a current officer.
A motion
was made by Mike Mitchell and seconded by Tyler Turner to begin the process of
updating the CRAOA Constitution/Bylaws to incorporate changes in membership requirements after
the IHSAA discontinued the Part II Closed Book exam in 2011-2012 school
year. Discussion reached a consensus
that the CRAOA's specific testing requirement should
state that the IHSAA/IGHSAU testing requirements be met. A re-write of these bylaws was done about
four years ago, so this shoudl not be extensive
work. This change will be presented at
the April meeting for adoption. Any intersted in working on this change should contact Rob
Noble. Motion passed.
A motion
to adjourn was made by Mike Mitchell and seconded by Sonny Deke.
Motion passed at 7:56.