Meeting Minutes: Monday, November 10, 2008:
Legion Memorial Golf Course
Clubhouse
144 West Marine View Drive
Everett, WA 982015:40 Course
cafeteria open for snacks and beverages.
5:45 PM to 6:20 PM: Gregg Bartley, Nathan Murphy and Kevin Stride,
along with several veterans led the apprentice meeting.
6:35 PM - Mark Myers called the meeting to order
6:40 PM - 6:45 - Pat Kaminske reminded officials that their current
address must be in Arbiter in order for checks to be sent to officials. HS
checks come after the end of the season. Rec ball bills at the end of each month
and then it takes 2-3 weeks after that before the checks get sent out.
6:45 - 6:50 PM - Mark mentioned that scrimmages and jamborees are
starting soon. It is a chance for the coaches and players to get to know us a
little bit. When you arrive to a scrimmage, find out from the coaches what the
format will be. As the coaches if they need us to address players and or
parents. Build some rapport and have fun. Let the coaches stop the scrimmage
whenever they want to so they can instruct and correct.
6:50 - 7:00 PM - Lee Ottini and Dan Taylor informed officials that jamborees and
scrimmages require full dress official's uniform. Dan's first scrimmage is at
MLTHS on Nov 25 at 5:30 PM. There are also two jamborees on Dec 1. State passes
are still available for purchase by officials for $10.00 Lee reminded officials
that the time that they block up to in Arbiter makes them unavailable at that
time. In other words, if you block from 8 AM until 3:45 PM, you will not be
available for a 3:45 PM game. Don't block past 3:15 if you want to be available
at 3:45. Cascade League Junior High games start at 3:00 PM. Lee mentioned that
49 out of 98 officials in Arbiter are ready to be assigned. That means that the
other 49 officials have not filled out their availability and then checked the
"ready" button in Arbiter. Only 26 officials out of 98 are certified by the WOA.
That means that only 26 officials have completed the online test and clinic.
Duane Taylor mentioned that only 31 SCBOWBO officials are certified. If you
can't logged in to the WOA website, call Lee or Dan to have them get it fixed.
November 17 is the drop-dead date for having Arbiter complete in order to be
assigned for the first assigning period. Lee reminded veterans to NOT sign-up
for a junior high game if Arbiter already shows another veteran signed up for
that game. We need to let apprentice officials work the jr. high games matched
up with veterans.
7:00 PM - 7:40 - Guest Speaker Billy Rodgers, former head
men's coach at North Seattle Community College and current boys coach at Ballard
High School. He has observed officials at state tournaments and also at the
college level. Coach Rodgers said that the number one thing that coaches need
from officials is communication. He also said that players like officials who
talk to them. A partnership between officials and coaches is critical because
the game is for the players. A coach wants to know that the officials are in
charge so that nothing "crazy" is going to occur in the game. Officials need to
know the flow of the game and how the game is being played. Is it ragged and
rough or being well played? Only then can officials know if a particular call is
a good for the game. Coaches want consistency.. coaches and players can adjust.
Hustle is always appreciated and Billy loves to see officials who sweat because
of how hard they work. Officials can really have a positive effect on kids by
being good role mentors. Conversations between officials and coaches need to be
short and then it's time to move on. Don't stop learning... you can always
improve.
7:45 - 8:15 PM - Paul Patterson showed 4 plays from his
college game and talked about the calls made. Then Paul talked about the 10
progressive steps to becoming a better official. 1) Act like you are in charge -
because you are. 2) Mechanics and Signals 3) Positioning and coverage areas 4)
Call Selection 5) Game Flow/Game Management 6) Become a great partner 7)
Player/Coach Awareness 8) Rules 9) Partner Involvement/Awareness 10) Leadership
Paul also discussed the observer program for SCBOA which will occur during JV
and Varsity games. Gregg Bartley will be observing junior high games to help
apprentice officials.
8:10 PM - 8:15 PM Golf Tournament/Banquet (Mark and Shayne)
8:15 - 8:25 PM - Mark Myers passed out two articles from
Referee Magazine (Chalk Talk) for officials to take home.
Meeting adjourned by Mark Myers at 8:25 PM.
