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Meeting Minutes for SCBOWBO
| November 3, 2008 |
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Legion Memorial Golf Course Clubhouse 144 West Marine View Drive Everett, WA 98201 5:40 Course cafeteria open for snacks and beverages. The apprentice meeting was held from 5:45 PM to 6:20 PM. Nathan Murphy, Kevin Stride and Todd Weber led the session. 6:20 PM - Kevin Stride reminded officials that the concessions were open for food and beverages. 6:33 PM - Kevin Stride called the general meeting to order. 6:34 PM - Lee Ottini reminded officials that all boys Jr. High games are self-assign. The games have all been taken, but Lee will unassign some games from "veteran officials" to make sure that our new officials are given enough junior high games. Lee reminded officials to click on the "ready" button in Arbiter once their availability calendars are filled out. Lee also reminded officials to NOT leave dates open for both the girls and the boys associations. If you open a date up to the girls association, block it for the boys association and vice versa! Dan also reminded officials to get their availability calendars updated ASAP. State passes are available for purchase to all officials for $10.00 This will get officials in to any state tournament game for any sport for the rest of the 2008-09 athletic seasons. Dan reminded officials to attend the Arbiter training session on Sun, Nov 16 if they need any help on Arbiter. 6:37 PM - Kevin Stride reminded officials to see Kevin Erickson after the meeting if they do not have a current picture to be posted on the websites and in Arbiter (or if they do not like their current picture). He also reminded officials that there will be one more floor training session on Sunday, Nov 9 at MLT HS from 9 AM to 10:30 AM. Veterans are encouraged to attend to help out. 6:40 PM - Guest Speaker Jason Schaefer addressed the group and mentioned several of the things that have helped his officiating career (Jason has had a meteoric rise to D-1 in only 6 years of officiating). Jason said to "be careful what you wish for" because you might find yourself assigned to a big game before you are ready. Work hard, but have some patience. Work as many games as possible when you first start officiating. Be humble. Listen to others that you respect. Emulate things that you see that are successful and avoid the mistakes you observe. Work each game like it is the biggest game of the day. If things happen that aren't great, learn and move on. We all struggle at times. If you get some input that you don't necessarily agree with, ask a valued mentor what they think of the information. Find a mentor...perhaps more than one. Talk about unusual game situations and other basketball items with your mentor. Don't forget to talk other things with your fellow officials. Get to know them personally. Enjoy the camaraderie of the group. From each official you respect, you should be able to add a few things to your toolbox from talking to them and from watching them work games. Set goals every year. Attend camps in the off-season. Watch game tapes and then watch them with a mentor. Have a postgame conference. Attend the Friday night get-togethers with your fellow officials. Work on your mechanics - they are of utmost importance at the high school level. Be good when reporting to the table as well as at the spot of the foul. You can earn 7 points at the spot of the foul - don't leave those final three points unused. Earn those last 3 points at the table and make it a 10 point call. Study your rules. One thing a younger official can do is know the rules and can help out a veteran in a game with that rules knowledge. Enjoy the ride and stay humble. Use self talk in games (silent, or even talking out loud). 7:20 PM - Short break to order food and beverages from concessions. 7:30 PM - Mark Myers passed out a handout on the new free throw positioning mechanic and discussed it briefly. 7:35 PM - Trent Harwood went over a few, selected test questions. Kevin Stride reminded officials that they must be a certified official to work varsity games (certified means that you paid your dues, attended enough meetings, passed the test and took the online clinic). 7:40 PM - Leslie Tidball talked about the SCBOWBO scholarship program. Through donations from officials, two athletes will be given $500.00 scholarships. Donation slips were passed out. Officials can have their donation deducted from their paycheck at the end of the season. 7:45 PM - Paul Patterson and Wayne Sneva talked about "Think Pink" week which is a cancer fundraiser. They recruited 3 committee members for their committee. More info on this as the season progresses.
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