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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 |