Board Meeting Minutes

 

May 2008

 

 

 

 

May BFOA Board Meeting – Minutes                                             5/18/08

Meeting took place at Guy Taglienti’s home

Start: 4:00pm,  Present: Craven, Taglienti, Gazzano, Bowen, Sager, Liese, Not Present: Baker, Davis, Winston, Getzoff

Financials & Treasury:
Bryan Baker advised John Craven he wasn’t going to make the meeting, however he advised there were no changes in the financials. He also advised he received a bill for hosting and that will be sent to Rocky Gillis to allow the BCAA to pay.

Two Referee Replacements (Warren & Buzard):
There will definitely be two openings and possibly two training positions. New white hat evaluations will be done during the spring schedule. The members who met the requirements and advised the board that they wanted to be considered will be evaluated.  They are:  S. Beck, M. Fein, T. Brown, M. Rodwell, and B. McKinney.  Bryan Davis is in charge of evaluations this year and will ensure all the white candidates will get evaluated during the spring. The two selected as alternates will be assigned to Ciardello and McEver’s crews. Steve C. and Terry M. will train the new alternates.

Training & First Meeting:
Tom Winston was not present, however he informed the board that the first meeting of the year will have a guest speaker. The guest speaker will be former GMAC high school official, Big East college referee, NFL Europe and current rookie NFL white hat, Al Riveron.  Refreshments will be provided, in the form of pizza and drinks for the meeting.

Patches:
New shirts starting this year, members will have to put the American Flag in the place of the Association of the Year patch from 2005. The BFOA will purchase 100 patches for the membership to start, then possible more as we approach the playoffs. Roy Liese made a motion to purchase the American Flag patches to replace the Association of the Year patch. Guy Taglienti seconded, all in favor, motion passed.

Strategic Plan for upcoming year:
Roy Liese reviewed the strategic plan with the board, covering topics including: Varsity crews, JV crews, Committees, Recruitment, BCAA Issues, Elections, Banquet, Treasury, Mentor program, Meetings, Training, Registration, Rules clinics for coaches, Administrative meeting with AD’s, Member communications, Mechanics, Game Reports, and Playoff Hospitality.  As the board moved through each area, we looked for things that need work or are fine. Areas that will need addressing, include but are not limited to: varsity crew eligibility, recruitment, member communications, and mechanics.

New Business:
Board members will have name tags on at the first meeting so new members know who they are. Taglienti and Davis will handle refreshments for this meeting.

Taglienti suggested that the BFOA donate two $500 scholarships to BCAA a graduating senior. No other officiating association does it and the student would be selected by BCAA. He will write an amendment for our bylaws to be voted on at the end of the year.

Meeting Adjourned: 5:10 pm