1. The Board meeting began at 7:03 P.M. on Wed., March 19, 2003, at Tommy James’s house.

2. Those present: Larry Simpson, Kelvin Williams, Guy Taglienti, Steve Epstein, Roy Getzoff, John Craven, Vince Mundo, Tom Zace, Tom Winston, and Tommy James.

3. Secretary James read the minutes of the Feb. 19 Board meeting.

4. Tag reported that as of March 10, we have $3,085.37. $540 of that amount was proceeds from our Field Clinic last year.  It was decided to disburse that amount by reimbursing the out-of-county clinicians that participated in the clinic their $40 registration fee, and that our 21 local clinicians would be paid $16 each.

5. Vince said that after meeting with Don Cifra that he agreed to move two Friday-night games to Thursday.

6. Vince said that there are currently 20 plus varsity games scheduled per week so the 16 crews will work one game every week, and approximately 5 crews will have an extra game in any given week.

7. Vince admonished us about RECRUITING officials from other associations.

8. Vince said that 6 additional officials (John De Christopher, John Ferrelli, Derrick Harris, Steven Jeremia, Marc Rodwell, and Anthony Smith) have met the criteria and will become varsity officials this year, which will give us approximately 90 varsity eligible officials.  Vince also suggested 6 additional names which he recommends the Board approve to be put on the Varsity list to provide additional flexibility in creating the 16 crews needed this season (a total pool of approximately 96 officials to choose 80 officials from).

9. There was a long discussion as to which officials deserved to be among the 96 varsity officials.

10. It was decided that ALL state and local dues must be paid BEFORE officials are put on the varsity list, and made eligible for the pick meeting.

11. Information was received that during a discussion at the Official's Advisory Committee the FHSAA reiterated that officials must work a position 50% position of the season in order to work that position during playoffs.

12. Information was received that Annice Canady, Pete Walker, and Ernest Sellers are currently prohibited from officiating.

13. We anticipate needing to appoint 3 - 5 new varsity white hats for the 2003 season.

14. The Board discussed moving the site of the year-end banquet to Rolling Hills Resort (now named Grand Oaks).  A Luau theme was discussed and more information will be gathered before making a final determination.

15. The next Board meeting will be held Wed., April 9th at Grand Oaks Country Club. So the board can tour the facilities.

16. Roy assigned Tommy James to head up the Welcoming Committee for new officials.

17. A letter will be put on the web-site inviting all officials to attend the first general meeting. Letters will be mailed to officials who don’t have an email addresses.

18. At the Board's request Tom Winston is requesting an interpretation from the FHSAA and or NFHS on the circumstances surrounding the ending of the Dwyer/Edison playoff game last season.  So a definitive explanation can be made to the membership.

19. Because potential TEACHER recruits will most likely not be around during the summer, Tom wants to have the training of teacher officials before the school year ends. TEACHER training sessions will be held Tommy’s classroom at South Plantation at 7:00 P.M. on April 22, 24, 29, May 1,6,8,13, and 15.

20. Steve said that Huttonhoff will send out a memo to all schools requesting that teachers interested in officiating attend the training sessions.

21. Meeting was adjourned at 9:31 P.M.

Very truly yours,