SFOA 8/4/08 Board Meeting Minutes
Attendees: Dick Redmond, Ed Sullivan, Steve Patterson, Gail Blanton, Guy Spiros,
Randy Helms, : David Barber, Ray Glen, Steve Patterson
Missing: Ed Bates
Meeting called to order at 7:00 PM by David Barber.
Dick Redmond presented the Board 7/28/08 meeting minutes to Board. The minutes
were accepted.
The 7 man crew option was discussed and it was determined that the correct thing
to do was to not allow 7 man crews for varsity games since SFOA does not have
enough varsity ready officials for all games to have expanded crews.
Contracts are still missing from Mitchell and Lakewood Ranch. They will probably
need to be contracted to determine what is holding up the contracts.
Contacting new schools was discussed but since the season is about to start the
subject was tabled for now.
Whether or now to have a banquet was discussed. It was pointed out how few
people attended last years banquet and since we had to guarantee many more than
attended, SFOA paid for many people that did not attend. It was decided to poll
the general membership to see how many would be interested in attending a
banquet this year.
Bob Weil handed out the results of the playoff poll. The general consensus is
that most people prefer the crew concept, and all generally like the current
procedure. Many did say that they do not adequately understand the current
procedure so explanation may be required. The questionnaire indicated that the
#1 crew should not be allowed to repeat as the #1 crew. If crew evaluations are
accomplished, it was felt by some Board members that these evaluations should be
included, some how, in the playoff procedure. There is some question about
performing enough evaluations to be meaningful. One solution brought up was to
have the evaluators perform 2 evaluations per night. It was pointed out that
when this was attempted several years ago that it was not successful. No
decisions were made or voted on by the Board.
The Board meeting was adjourned at 7:03 PM