General Meeting October 16, 2012 WELCOME

Please Sign In On the White Cards – Put your name, today’s date October 16, 2012; and sign it After 7:15pm please use the other color card When completed please give all cards to Troy Bailey

BASICS What’s a foul Is all contact a foul? If not, how do you discern the difference? Advantage vs Disadvantage Stay in your primary Trust your Partner Referee the defense Call the Obvious Communicate Effectively

Stay in your Primary T L Officiate what is in your area Don’t ball watch Allow your partner to blow, or blow it (within reason) in their area

Trust Your Partner Trust your partner to make the call C’mon get if you must Trust each other to handle the discussion of a play maturely Don’t ball watch T L

Referee the DEFENSE In the perimeter, find the angle to see more of the floor Look through the ball Don’t focus just on the dribbler…look ahead Pick up the DEFENDERS as you move down the floor Primary defender Secondary defender Know where they are, and where they might come from T L

Referee the DEFENSE In the lead, move back off the ball Know where primary defenders and secondary defenders are Referee from the waist up When drive comes from Trail position double whistles in the paint are good to have Patient whistle See what players can play through T L

Call the Obvious If the whole gym knows it is a foul, it is a foul If you partner passes or misses on a foul that the whole gym knows is a foul, you come and get that No gotcha violations Judgment is developed over time after seeing hundreds if not thousands of plays Know when you missed a call, be the first to admit it, accept it, move on from it. T L

Communicate Effectively Dress professionally Be properly groomed Don’t let your first impression be the wrong impression Know your signals Know your mechanics Learn the rules Know the rules Use your voice “Fake it until you make it!” T L

General Meeting October 16, 2012 WELCOME

WELCOME NEW REGISTRANTS We have over 40 new/transfer officials who have completed, or finalizing registration process for this season. New Officials Intros

Service Awards

Jim Mulchay Award Presented To Brandon Adams

ACCOUNT STATUS Wachovia $2, Paypal $5, TOTAL$7,930.21

BFOA / Lunsford Update BFOA Member Lawsuit Attorney, and BFOA member Brad Lolus filed our complaint on Tuesday October 2nd in the 17th Judicial Circuit. BFOA member Robert Silver is the plaintiff. The complaint is two fold, it asks the court to decide: 1) If sports officials should be exempt from a level 2 background check as a result of the "line-of-sight" provision in the statute 2) If Broward county's fee structure for background checks is in compliance with the 30% cap outlined in the statute You can review the actual complaint in it's entirety:

NO Touching Players Incident during a HS JV Football game in Duval County Player was very innocently touched, and blown out of proportion by Coach We have reviewed all the information concerning the alleged contact initiated by you in a contest involving Green Cove Springs Junior High School. There is recognition that physical contact was made by you when walking a student-athlete off the field. At this time, you are receiving an official reprimand for the incident. While our office does not believe the physical contact was at all harmful in nature or intent, it still should not have occurred. We thank you for replying to our requests. Sincerely, Justin Harrison Assistant Executive Director

Evaluation Opportunity Next week October 22 and 24 Three games per night 10/22 at Boca High School, I95 and Glades 10/24 Pope John Paul, Military, North of Glades, north of Lynn University Multiple Evaluators Evaluations for 150, 200, 250 looking to improve on an evaluation, or to just be evaluated. Full Uniform For more information or to schedule your evaluation, please contact Bryan Chouinard at

Coaches For Cancer Created by Coach Jason Looky at Cypress Bay Coaches vs. Cancer games Saturday, Dec. 1st at Cypress Bay HS. 12 Teams will gather to play that day in a 6 game format with games being played at: 12:30, 2:00, 3:30, 5:00, 6:30, 8:00pm All of the security, clock, and gate people have volunteered their time for the event. 100% of the proceeds are being donated to the American Cancer Society, and Gilda's Club. Varsity Eligible Officials who are willing to donate their time let me know by . Harry will officially assign.

COMMISSIONER AND SEASON DATES

Justin Newman Re: Jerseys

Derrick Harris Re: Kreul

IMPORTANT DATES

FHSAA CALENDAR IMPORTANT DATES Basketball Rules Exam – Online – Oct 17 – Minutes, 50 Questions Basketball Makeup Exam – Online – Nov Minutes, 50 Questions Your maximum score is 75 for makeup exam

FHSAA WINTER SPORTS CALENDAR Oct 22 – Girls practice begins Oct 29 – Boys practice begins Nov 5 – Girls Preseason games start Nov 12 – Girls Season starts / Boys Preseason starts Nov 19 – Boys Season Starts / Middle School Starts Nov 26 – Middle School Starts Dec 1 – JV Saturday Round Robin games start – Mentor Program Jan 28 – Feb 2 Girls Districts Feb 7, 12, 16 Girls Regional Dates Finals – Feb Feb 4 – 9 Boys Districts Feb 14, 19, 23 Boys Regional Dates Finals – Feb 26 – Mar 2

COMMITTEE INTRODUCTIONS

Committees Assignment Committee Terry Saulsby, Lindsay Stewart, need one Grievance Committee PJ Battaglia, Jeremy Westbrooks, Bob Surgan Training Committee Dan Eberly, Jeff Eicholtz, Bill Lasher Evaluation Committee Bryan Chouinard, Ed Magan, Bob McKinney Recommendations Committee Dennis Schwartz, Teddy Brown, Anthony Smith, Mike Prociuk, Joe McGrath State Series Crews Guidelines

STATE SERIES CREW GUIDELINES & STRUCTURE Our goal was too provide an environment where the best officials can excel and more opportunity can be given to those who put the work in to achieve a higher standard of officiating. Minimum Requirements Member in-good-standing with BCBOA and FHSAA Rank 1 or 2 official State Field Clinic within past four years BCBOA Three-Man Training (unless you went to Eval Camp or SFC in the Fall)

8. If you are on a State Series Crew and the State removes you from that crew, you will be no higher than the eighth (8th) Crew in the following year. If you give back a regional assignment two years in a row, you will be removed from the list in the third year. - approved 4-0 at 6/5/2012 Board meeting. NOTE: For those officials that gave back Regional Assignments last year, the old Guideline stands which means you can be no higher than Crew 5 this season. However, if you gave back a Regional Assignment last year and this coming season, you will not be on a crew in Change to State Series Crew Guidelines

STATE SERIES CLINIC INFORMATION East Coast Basketball Officials Association Date: Sat Nov 3rd, 2012 When: Saturday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Application Deadline: Sat Oct 20th, 2012 Site: St. Andrew's School - Boca Raton Phone: (561) Contact Name: Mark DeAltey Counties: Palm Beach County Clinicians: Freddie Williams, Joe Cassierre, TBA Special Highlights: · Participating Teams: TBA · Guest Speaker · Coaches Roundtable Pre-registration available at

OUR UNIFORM ~ cost $185.00

NEW UNIFORM JERSEY State required for District Play this season All brand new officials must buy this new Jersey Board is supportive of all crews wearing the same uniform jersey Honigs is offering a special price of $25 for this new shirt when bought in bulk Board supports and has approved the association contribution of $10 toward the purchase of one shirt bought in advance of the October 16 th meeting Online order form ending 5-7 days in advance of meeting Payment of $15 on October 16 th directly to Honigs. Association will cut a check for $10 times the number of officials who purchased one shirt. Approximate investment $1700

GUIDELINES & FINES

Make sure you review the appeals process located in our Guidelines.

RULES AND MECHANICS CHANGES Dave Dunning – BCBOA Rules Interpreter

POINTS OF EMPHASIS POINTS OF EMPHASIS 1.Sporting Behavior 1.Pregame situations 2.Taunting/Self Promotion 2.Guidelines for Teaching and Officiating 1.Handchecking and Body Fouls 2.Screening 3.Post Play 4.Rebounding 3.Injury Data and Prevention 1.Injury Data 2.Injury Prevention

WEBSITE OVERVIEW

OTHER BUSINESS Training on Wednesday Sept 19 th 7-9pm Coconut Creek HS Next General Meeting Oct 16th