REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CEDAR RAPIDS
ATHLETIC OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION
February 20, 2012
I. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by
President Fred Griffiths at 7:00 p.m. in the cafeteria of Washington High
School. An attendance sheet was passed
for all in attendance to sign in lieu of roll call. 28 members were in
attendance.
II. Minutes of Fall 2011 Meeting. The Fall Meeting Minutes were available
on the website. It was moved by Pat
Casey and seconded by Paul Schuetz to accept the
Minutes as written. Motion carried.
III. Financial
Report. Pinky Primrose reviewed the
financial information with the membership.
The Executive Board met and reviewed the finances as well. There is currently $3,158.84 in the bank
accounts. It was moved by Pat Casey and
seconded by Paul Schuetz to accept the financial
report. Motion carried.
IV. Executive
Board Report. Information from the
Executive Board Meeting on February 13, 2012, was shared with the
membership. Pinky Primrose reported that
the Executive Board is considering an annual dues increase of $5 to cover the
costs of training, Arbiter registration and annual banquet. Pat Casey will step down as trainer of new
basketball officials, and Corey Burkle has agreed to
take on the job. Pinky Primrose also
reported that junior high football games will be moving from 3 officials to 4
officials. There is ongoing discussion
about 3-man crews for sophomore basketball games, but nothing definite to
report yet. Pinky also referred members
to the Spring Newsletter on the website for the balance of his report. The 75th CRAOA Banquet will be
held on Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at the Touch of Class. The speaker will be Joel Oswald.
V. Membership. The following basketball officials were
proposed by Pat Casey for moving from Step
I to Step II: Quinn Becker, Jerry Frasher, Ken Heying, Doug King,
Cody Oakes, Kurt Schindler, Dan Thomas, David Thul
and Doug Wagner. Motion was made by Paul
Schuetz and seconded by Chris Oberbroeckling. The motion passed with no discussion.
The
following members were proposed by Pat Casey for moving from Step 2 to Full Membership: Chad Bryant, John Morgan, Al O’Bannon, Todd Rabey and Mark Troendle. Motion was made by Jack Jaspers and seconded
by Dan Hilby.
The motion passed with no discussion.
Pat
Casey proposed approving the transfers of Jason Arends,
Jeffrey Downing, Joel Duffy, Charles Epperson and Steve Wise to Full Membership
in the Association. Motion was made by
Mick Langguth and seconded by Jared Kesling. The motion
passed with no discussion.
Jay
Brandt, Ron Mescall and Jason Habrock
have been dropped from membership.
Corey Burkle was nominated to serve as the Third Vice President
from the basketball side. No further
nominations were received. Motion was
made by Paul Schuetz and seconded by Sonny Deke to
approve Corey Burkle as Third Vide President. The motion passed with no discussion.
A
Motion to Adjourn the meeting was made by Jeff Frese, and seconded by Tyler Turner. Motion passed and meeting adjourned at 7:40
p.m.