Meeting Minutes for SCBOWBO

Meeting Minutes for January 24, 2008

SCBOWBO General Meeting January 24, 2008 Location: Everett Boys and Girls Club 2316 12th St. Everett, WA 98201 Apprentice Meeting: Meeting called to order at 6:30 PM Kevin Stride led the apprentices in a group discussion on various game scenarios that different officials had seen over the course of the season.  Q & A session followed. General Meeting Meeting called to order at 7:30 PM Trent Harwood began the meeting talking about an article that appeared in the Marysville Globe lately that was very critical of SCBOA officiating at a recent game.  Trent met with the reporter and invited the reporter to come to a game, including the pregame conference. Kevin Stride accepted Host School Nominations:   Lynnwood, Stanwood, South Whidbey, Sultan, Granite Falls, Jackson,  Leslie Tidball accepted Sportsmanship Player of the Year Nominations:  Erin Jones, Kristi Kingma, Mary Ochiltree, Lindsey Nueman, Ayssa Smith, Rosey (Oak Harbor), Brittney Harris,       Jack Palmer:  Coach of the Year Nominations:   Lynnwood, Meadowdale, Jackson, Snohomish, E-W Board Nominations Accepted:  Allan Hall, Tim Wheatley, Bob Zamora, Dave Stocker,  Wayne Sneva.   Golf Outing:  Trent announced that the boys association is hosting a golf tournament for officials, coaches and AD's on April 12.   8:00 AM shotgun start, 4-person scramble.  Notify Shayne Day to sign-up. Trent Harwood:  Post-season banquet is in the planning stages.  Date and location to be announced soon. Special Olympics:   Bruce Hoffman asked for officiating volunteers for the Special Olympics tournament at Kamiak HS on Sunday, February 10. Trent had some overhead viewfoils that demonstrated C/T/L Rotations when "going long" after a foul against the offense. Dealing with Coaches, Parents and Fans - Trent.  "I might have missed that one" (seldom and 1st half only).  "You might be right on that."   "I definitely know I/we are/were right on that one."  "That's not the sportsmanship we are looking for tonight." When talking to coaches:  Respect who they are.   Listen and learn to nod.  Learn how to say OK, then nod.   If you are frowning, you look mad.  Are you mad?  When talking, raise your eyebrows.  Approachable - are you?  Consistent - with both coaches?Do you need to talk about every play when a coach talks to you? When do/should we talk to coaches? * Meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM Board Meeting Meeting called to order at 9:00 PM Trent announced that SCBOWBO have 100% completion on the test, clinic, and background check.   The board gathered lessons learned and how to improve the process of getting all three parts complete for all officials in a timely manner.             Discussed district level games:   Officials 1-25 could get a district game, long as they have met all the requirement per the constitution.             The Board discussed ways officials can make up meetings:    Any official can observe any level game (Frosh, C, JC, VAR) on a night they are not working.  They need to evaluate, train, and give feedback to the officials and turn in a sheet to either the assigner or a board member.  Also an official can stay at one site, and evaluate multiple games long as it is a different crew working each game. * Meeting adjourned at 9:40 PM