At 7:02 P.M. on
January 22, 2003, the first football board meeting was held at Roy
Getzoff’s office in Weston.
Members present: Roy Getzoff, Steve Epstein, Tommy James, Jim
Mulcay, Vince Mundo, Larry Simpson, Guy Tagliente, Bruce Walker,
Kevin Williams, and Tom Winston.
TOPICS COVERED
1.
Association’s financial
status was presented by Tag.
2. Bruce received a
check for $540 from Don Cifra to be distributed to attendees who
took leadership roles in the state football clinic.
3. Because there will
be 46 schools to cover next season (up from the 38 we serviced
last year), Bruce Walker suggested we send a letter to
principals, requesting that they schedule some games for Thursdays
and Saturdays, but unfortunately most schools have already fixed
their game dates for next year.
4. We could possibly
lose four white hats for the upcoming 2003 season:
Steve Beck, Richard Callura, Willie Roberts, and Bruce Walker.
5.
Vince Mundo said that
we had 84 varsity officials last year, and that if we go from 14
crews to 16, we’ll have just one extra official.
6. We simply have to recruit new officials by such means as
recruiting from junior colleges, youth league coaches who have
stopped coaching, etc.
7. Roy will assign certain officials to tutor
white hats and other officials who may not be eligible next season
because of test scores.
8. Opinions were
expressed as to who would take Don Cifra’s place next year.
9. John Craven
explained the 2003 meeting dates and what would take place on some
of those dates. The June 23 meeting date may be changed.
10. Vince said that we
must look at leadership abilities, not just the test
score in choosing white hats.
11. An e-mail will be
sent to ALL evaluators to send in their evaluations by January 31,
2003, of officials they evaluated last season.
12.
More evaluations are
needed. Vince believes that an evaluator can also time games. But
some in our group took umbrage to such an unfeasible suggestion.
Vince says evaluations are needed to quiet the grumbling officials
who aren’t picked on a crew. Vince then expatiated on how he
derived at the final evaluation of an official.
13. Because
of a dearth of officials for the upcoming season, we need to allow
officials who have finished two (?) or three years to be eligible to
become varsity officials. Also suggested- -for the 2003 pick
meeting, each white hat must choose one of these first-year varsity
officials.
14. Larry
Simpson talked about officiating philosophy such as
advantage/disadvantage, meaningless foul calls, etc.
15.
Roy will assign
leadership roles for the upcoming season.
16. For
upcoming spring jamborees, Vince wants white hats to do more
evaluating than just refereeing games.
17. Bruce talked about
state title game they worked in Tallahassee.
18. The
meeting lasted a little over two hours. Next meeting will be held
at Tommy James’s house on Wed., Feb. 19, at 7:00 P.M.
Tommy James,
Secretary
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