Triangle Soccer Officials Association Business Meeting Sunday July 28, 2013

Business Meeting Agenda  Call to Order  Election  Old Business  New Business  2013 Points of Emphasis  Adjourn

Election of Officers  Ayman Nabulsi, Bill Gibson, and Demah Payne are up for re-election  Nominations from the floor?

Old Business “1-2-3” strike policy was added to our STANDING RULES for late officials. This was approved in January of 2013  1 st offense: Written warning from Regional Supervisor  2 nd offense: Next 2 assignments taken away  3 rd offense: Done for the remainder of the season. May apply for re-instatement at the beginning of the next season

New Business  Motion: The Disciplinary Committee will be the Executive Board  Discussion?

New Business  Any other new business?

Professionalism  New Policy enacted in January  6 games out of 2167 where referees had unexcused lateness reported  2 games where an official did not show  2 referees had their next 2 assignments taken away  1 referee suspended for the remainder of the spring season and for the fall season 2012 Points of Emphasis

Let’s Strive for Perfection in this Area in the Fall of 2013

We have some of the best HS Soccer in the State …and in the NATION!  Green Hope Boys A State Public School Champs  Greenfield A Private School Champs  Green Hope Girls A State Public School Champs, NSCAA #1 Ranked team in the NATION  Cardinal Gibbons Girls A State Champs, NSCAA #19 Ranked team in the Nation

Spring Season Fred Lanzi NCHSAA Distinguished Service Award Robert Dail NCSCA Official of the Year

Spring Season Jeremy Smith  Referee of Men’s East-West Game 2A West Regional Final Ayman Nabulsi, Jeremy Smith, Robert Dail

Changes in Schools for Schools added for  Community Christian in Wilson  Crossroads Christian in Hendersonville  Kestrel Heights in Durham  Triangle Research Charter in Durham Schools Lost  Lee County  Southern Lee

New Members for 2013  Rafael Baptista  Richard Bell  Dan Berud  William Compton  Michael Huey  Matt Katsuleris  Adunda Kebede  Brian Lee  Ross Marnock  Mark McDonough  Milton McNey  Thomas Molineaux  Shane Niebaum  Mark Novosel  Chris Parkin  Nic Parkin  Joseph Perfetto  Scott Plaster  Bradley Reid  Peter Reith  Mark Slentz  Nick Strednak  Luke Waddell  Drayton Williams  Pak Keung Yip

2013 Points of Emphasis Take Care of Business in August  Bench Placement (not behind AR’s line)  Wrong Color Tape and different color socks You Have To Get To The Field Early To Take Care of This _________________________________________

2013 Points of Emphasis Take Care of Business in August Player/Coach Decorum-Any loud outbursts by coaches and players can’t be ignored *Be very hard in scrimmages on correcting behavior **HOWEVER, don’t be like the ref in US game who let the US get beat up and then Jurgen gets tossed!!!!!

2013 Points of Emphasis Game Management Call The Fouls!!!!! If it smells like a foul in the defensive third or the middle third……. Call It!

Steve Siomos-Big 10, MAC, and Horizon League Assignor  “If you call the fouls, you don’t have to give the yellow cards”  “If you don’t have to give yellow cards, you don’t have to give red cards”

Game Management Points to Ponder LET THE GAME COME TO YOU Don’t Go Looking For Stuff Stay out of the Newspaper “The Best Referee is the one Who is seen at the Right Time”

Dates To Mark on Your Calendar  August 10-Scrimmage Jamborees at Northern Durham, Heritage, and WRAL (104 referee slots needed)  August 19-23: On-Line Testing Window  Friday and Saturday September 6-7: NCSCA Coaches Kick-Off Classic at Wake Med. Park (41 games over 2 days)  Saturday November 2, 2013: NCHSAA 2 nd Round of Playoffs

Dates To Mark on Your Calendar  Friday December 5 or Saturday December 6: End of Season Party in conjunction with the NCAA Women’s Final 4  Saturday January 25 or Sunday January 26 : Spring Clinic at Downtown Raleigh Hilton done in Conjunction with the NCYSA Show

In Closing  We made great strides in  However, there is room for improvement in  Last year’s focus was Professionalism  Let’s not forget what was preached last year  Work this year on………. GAME MANAGEMENT