Transcript January 25, 2014

2014 Spring Association Meeting
JANUARY 25, 2014
OLD BUSINESS
July 28, 2013 meeting at Cardinal Gibbons High
School
 Motion Passed which stated, “The Disciplinary
Committee will be the Executive Board”
 Board election which has Jude Carr (President),
Abbas Piran (Vice President), Jeremy Smith
(Secretary), Bill Gibson, Ayman Nabulsi, Demah
Payne, and Larry Stroud, Jr (Members at Large)
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NEW BUSINESS
New Member Welcome
 SURVEY MONKEY RESULTS
 Done to give the Association a voice
 Most Responses were positive but I would like to
address a few items
 100 people responded

Clarification on Spring Rating
 On-Line Store
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NEW BUSINESS-NEW MEMBERS
Welcome
 Stephen Bickford
 Paul Curry
 Dylan Ejlaji
 Hicham El Bariqi
 David Hicks
 Ashton Larkin
 Felipe Lorenzo
 Patrick McDade
 Ross McKernan
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John Mosser
Chris Weston
Welcome Back
 Aldo Emerath
 Romain Morales
 Todd Sutton
SURVEY MONKEY RESULTS
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Do you feel you are a better official this season
(the boys 2013 season) compared to last
season (the 2013 girls season)?
Yes-88
No-12
SURVEY MONKEY RESULTS
How Many Clinics Did You Attend this Summer?
1 Clinic-18
2 Clinics-10
3 Clinics-16
4 Clinics-17
5 Clinics-17
6 Clinics-22
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SURVEY MONKEY RESULTS
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Do you feel the clinics have made you a better
official?
Yes-94
No-6
SURVEY MONKEY RESULTS
DO YOU THINK THE PLAYOFF SYSTEM IS FAIR?
Yes-69, No-21, Unsure-10
“The commitment to drive and attend all the clinics
and scrimmages required to make a Class 1 or 2
takes a lot of time. It tough to justify all that time
and travel for a $70 playoff game or two.”
“No. Once an official is playoff-qualified, the
selection process puts more emphasis solely on
experience/grade rather than ability.”
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SURVEY MONKEY RESULTS
What are some changes you would like to
see done to IMPROVE the Triangle Soccer
Officials Association?
__________________________________
-”Hold a significant number of the clinics were
the vast majority of your Officials are.”
Response: We are all in this together. Thus
the reason we are meeting in Wilson and
Chapel Hill this spring.
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SURVEY MONKEY RESULTS
-“for games that have to travel long distances to see the
possibility of giving the referee the two games on the
same place”
------------------------------------------------------------------RESPONSE: Mark Dreibelbis, “If you expect an official to
work multiple games, give their optimal effort, be able
physically and mentally to perform at a high level of
productivity, working multiple games is an unreasonable
expectation and diminishes the overall officiating product
during the contest(s).”
SURVEY MONKEY RESULTS
-”Have observers come out to more of the actual regular
season games and assess”
-”More opportunity to receive assessment/specific feedback.
Less politics in game assignments.”
-----------------------------------------------------------------------Response: I have an open policy that you can get assessed for
$50.00.
NOT ONE PERSON HAS TAKEN THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I OBSERVED 24 Games this fall. I can’t be everywhere
SURVEY MONKEY RESULTS
“I’m not sure what exactly
the Board does”
-We meet twice a year to
prepare for the upcoming
season
-During the season we
handle topics that come up
about the Association
-Per vote from our Summer
Clinic, we handle
Disciplinary Matters
SURVEY MONKEY RESULTS
“Continue to refer to I have so many College Referees
middles. Due to the fact that you are a college
Referees does not make you better than many Refs
which you have. Many Referees are happy with being a
professional and excellent Referee.”
-----------------------------------------------------------------RESPONSE: STRIVE TO BE THE BEST OFFICIAL YOU
CAN BE. THE PLAYOFFS DESERVE THE BEST
OFFICIALS! It is my job to find those officials who met
the criteria on and off the field and put them on the
game(s).
SURVEY MONKEY RESULTS
“Especially with no more double headers, I
would like to see less travel for all these single
games.”
------------------------------------------------------------RESPONSE: The average trip to a game this fall
was 23.9 miles. The average trip to a game last
spring was 24.3 miles.
SURVEY MONKEY RESPONSES
DO YOU LIKE THE TIMELINESS OF
ASSIGNMENTS?
Yes 96
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No 4
SURVEY MONKEY RESPONSES
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DO YOU LIKE HAVING OBSERVERS AT YOUR
SCRIMMAGES?
YES-97
NO-3
NEW BUSINESS-SPRING RATING
https://www.nchsaa.org/intranet/downloadManag
erControl.php?mode=getFile&elementID=8397&ty
pe=5&atomID=10736
 For the spring, each scrimmage will DOUBLE as a
clinic.
 Go to 2 other clinics (Thursday and Feb 13 at East
Chapel Hill, Feb 6 at Fike) and do 3 scrimmages
you will received 6 clinics and 3 scrimmages
 Scrimmages will be self-assigned (see handout)
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FYI
Many have asked about new warm-up shirts
and polos.
 You can buy this and other Triangle Soccer
Referee merchandise on our On-Line Store.
 The link is on the far left of our website
http://arkansasapparel.net/Triangle_Soccer_Ref
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CONGRATULATIONS
Justin Finger, NCYSA
Male Youth Referee of
the Year
Sarah Curry, NCYSA
Female Adult Referee of
the Year
IN CLOSING
I am very proud of what we have accomplished
in 1.5 years.
 However, we cannot be content.
 Let’s strive for the best in 2014!
 See you at the Carolina Ale House (512
Creekside Drive) for some awards and
fellowship.
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