1. 2011-12 General Meeting October 3, 2011 WELCOME Season Starts in 20 Days !

2. WELCOME Please Sign In On the White Cards – Put your name, today’s date October 3 rd, 2011; and sign it After 7pm please use the other color card When completed please give all cards to Mike Prociuk

3. MEETING AGENDA 1)Books 2)Account Status 3)Welcome New Registrants 4)Service Awards 5)Registration Overview 6)Member Registration Status 7)Our Uniform 8)Important Dates 9)Varsity and Public School Overview 10)Mentor Program 11)Commissioner Report 12) Key Meeting Dates 13) Amendment 14) Other Business, Questions 15) Special Guest

4. BOOK PACKETS 2011-12 + insurance form if you want it.

5. ACCOUNT STATUS Wells Fargo $ 8,891.49 Paypal $ 603.86 TOTAL $ 9,495.35

6. WELCOME NEW OFFICIALS We have over 30 new people who are completed or in the midst of registering for this season. New Officials Intros

7. Service Awards

8. REGISTRATION OVERVIEW

9. If you have not registered: For the BCBOA go to www.bcboaonline.org For the FHSAA returning officials: https://officials.fhsaa.org/ https://officials.fhsaa.org/ FHSAA new officials: http://www.becomeanofficial.org/

10. Registration Status REGISTRATION OVERVIEW

11. ~185 Registrations to-date (includes) Fully completed Only FHSAA Only BCBOA Over 30 Brand New or returning after years of absence When you are complete and fully paid, Harry is notified to add you to Arbiter

12. New Officials Status

13. Return Officials Status If your name appears here, it means you are in the midst of the registration process. An “X” means you have completed the vertical row. A blank box means this is missing. If your name does not appear here, you have completed your registration, or you have not begun it. Those not completed by Oct 9 th are not members for 2011-12.

15. IMPORTANT DATES

16. FHSAA CALENDAR IMPORTANT DATES Rules Video Presentation – Oct 7 – 20 Open Book Test – Online – Oct 21 – 26 Closed Book Test – Online – Nov 3 – Nov 14 Make-Up Exam – Online – Dec 2 – 6 Your maximum score is 75

17. BCBOA 2011-12 MEETING and TRAINING DATES On the Website

18. 2011-12 Varsity and JV Public School Overview Varsity – There will be games every night of the week. Majority of nights the schedule will be: 4:30 PM - JV Boys or Girls 6:00 PM - Girls Varsity 7:30 PM - Boys Varsity May be some nights of single Varsity game at 7pm Extra $2 Travel for all Varsity and JV Contests JV – Many other games will be played on Saturdays 5-6 Saturdays will be round robin 9a – 2p Multiple sites 3 Schools at each of ten sites in Round Robin Play Game every hour…or so Six (6) min Quarters Five (5) min halves

19. 2011-12 JV Public School Vendor Payment JV Round Robin Saturdays One contact at the school Hand each vendor form to that one contact Fill form out at site Only one travel charge That contact will put your vendor form in the correct “pony” envelope so the correct school receives and can process payment Know who the visiting school is for the game(s) you do Follow up promptly to see AD received form Advice is to not let it go past a week to see if form was received

20. BCBOA MENTOR PROGRAM

21. Experienced officials in support of our newer officials Saturday JV Schedule lends itself well for program Goals: Observation, advisement, partnership, support Commitment for one season Mentor Goals – Pregame, constructively during, and post game guidance, effective communication skills Mentee Goals – Observation. Listen effectively, ask questions, work to employ mentor recommendations Mentors will be paid $25 for the game they evaluate providing they get evaluation done by Tuesday following Saturday event. sign up sheet

22. COMMISSIONER

23. KEY MEETING 2011-12 DATES October 17 Genr’l Mtg –Arbiter Training. Test Review. November 14 Genr’ Mtg – Food & Turkey Drive December 19 Genr’l Mtg – Toy Drive December 26 – List of 42 Publicized January 3 - List of 42 approved January 13 – List of 42 due to FHSAA. January 9 – 22 – Nominations for open Board of Directors positions / online posted January 24 Genr’l Mtg – Formal nominations for Board of Directors, seconds and candidate presentations. Mon, Feb 7 7am through Wed, Feb 9 11:59:59pm – On-Line Elections for Board of Directors open positions Feb 13 Genr’l Mtg – Annual review

24. Amendment Motion to propose a change to By-Law Article XI, Section 2 to read: a.Meeting attendance requirements and subsequent penalties will be established by the Board of Directors and presented in BCBOA Guidelines. a.Motion, Peter Stewart, seconded Mike Prociuk. passed 4-0. Must be presented and passed by membership according to association governance to be in effect. b.Reasons – To improve attendance at general meetings and subsequent training sessions. c.To allow for maximum accrual of points per the FHSAA d.To allow for changing landscape should association make the move to electronic meetings e.According to our Constitution we will vote on this in our October meeting.

25. FHSAA Pregame Mechanics Change

26. Pregame – Will be posted on line 15:00 Prior to Tip – Officials on Floor at respective spots 12:00 – Captains Meetings – Pregame Conference U1 and U2 stand with backs at table facing floor watching their respective teams. Officials return to position opposite the table 10:00 – Referee checks book 1:00 – ALL officials return tableside for the introduction of the players and playing of the national anthem. Officials stand on the side of their respective team responsibility. The officials will introduce themselves to the timer and scorer. During the playing of the National Anthem, officials will stand side by side facing the flag. After pregame activities – officials remove jackets. Umpires go their block, referee goes to Division line opposite the table. At horn, Umpires go to teams to get them onto the floor and properly attired with shirts tucked in.

27. Halftime – At horn of 2 nd Quarter end – ALL officials meet at center circle and wait for teams to clear the floor. Referee goes to table to make sure all is good and change the arrow to the direction it should point to start the second half. All officials leave the court together, and return to start the 3 rd Qtr together.

28. OTHER BUSINESS, Questions?

29. Special Guest NBA Official John Goble