IAABO EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2011 8:00AM

NHTI Concord, New Hampshire

 

MINUTES

 

 

Call To Order: By President Zecha  8:00 AM

 

Attending: Dedopoulos, Delois, Dichard, Driscoll, Fronk, Lambert, Marcotte, Matte, Ordway, Pelletier, Rossetti, Semprini, Smith, Vickery, Wolff,  Zecha

 

Absent:  Kyle, Moylan, Plumer

 

September 25, 2011 Meeting Minutes:  Reviewed, Dedopoulos submitted typing and grammatical changes, motion made to accept Pelletier/Marcotte, approved.

 

Secretary/Treasurer report:  Reviewed without change, motion made to accept Smith/Pelletier, approved.

 

Ordway presented the final accounting of the 2011 IAABO Fall Seminar.

Total ‘assessment’ collected from the district boards was                                $24,300.00

Amount of Assessment Spend on 2011 Fall Meeting                                       $10,294.09

Balance of Assessment                                                                                                $14,005.91

 

Discussion about the amount that would be returned to the district boards brought forth a, motion was made to return $30 of the $60 assessment paid ($12,150), with Board 32 retaining $1855.91 made by Zecha/Smith, approved.

 

Ordway will distribute checks to district board Secretary/Treasurers.

 

Preliminary Assignments Review:  Zecha asked Ordway to explain the document that he had distributed earlier.  Ordway discussed the limitation of the Arbiter software and what information / reports were available with the level of selection that was being sought.  The “Game Count” report is a report that can be produced at any time prior, during and after the season (before the season’s data is purged) and shows individuals assignments by High School level and gender.  The report can be produced for each district board separately.  After all questions were answered and other discussion regarding the use and protection of this proprietary information a, motion was made to provide the “Game Counts” report to the district board Presidents as soon as possible for preliminary assignments review and to make the report available to the district board Presidents with their board officials information when required, Zech/Delois, approved.

 

Rossetti distributed the already printed reports to the district board presidents.

 

Assigner Report:   Rossetti presented the general process that he follows when assigning games.  Starting the northern areas of the state and working toward the southern schools.  Some schools still have not submitted their schedules and contact has been made with the individual schools.  The missing schedules are generally in the southern part of the state.  Rossetti asked that the district board Presidents return their input from the “Games Count” report as soon as possible so that changes could be made and a second pass review could be completed,  targeting Wednesday, 11/23/2011 as the date for publishing the assignments.

 

Evaluation Committee :  Dichard presented and explained the wok the committee had done since our last meeting.  He had distributed the summary document via email prior to today’s meeting and discussed the detail in that summary.  The consensus was that the committee had targeted a number of areas that could be improved upon with the present peer review process and had outline a broader review/observation/evaluation plan that included the district board initiatives in the observation area.  The group recommended some small changes to the current peer evaluations (via the Arbiter) for this year if the changes could be made in a timely manner so as to be effective prior to the start of the season. The two areas of change that were recommended were to require comments on every evaluation submitted and to modify the description of the areas being evaluated.  Rossetti and Ordway both felt these changes could be made prior to the start of the season.  The group recommended the more significant changes and broader look at this subject continue and be refined for future use.  A motion was made to improve and enhance the current peer evaluation on the Arbiter, Marcotte/Pelletier, approved.  Dichard will forward requested changes to Ordway for updating the Arbiter.

 

Interpreter Report:

Marcotte indicated that the 2011-2012 season required both the rules test and mechanics test. Tests are due to the local board secretaries on or before November 28, 2011.  He discussed the quality of the Mechanics Test questions and ask for suggestions about its validity.  The general feeling was that the test would provide more good than harm if not taken.  If individual questions presented major problems, they would be looked at individually as in the past.

 

Marcotte talked about the use of arm sleeves by players.  He presented the information that he exchanged with the NHIAA and the discussions he has had regarding the NHIAA and the NHIAA’s desire to require a waiver to wear the arm sleeve.  Ordway added that no official notification had been made and the NHIAA policy & procedures did not address this yet.  Marcotte referred to an email exchange between Mr. Corbin and Smith, but did agree that nothing else had been published; for now the rule shall be interpreted as written until definitive information can be obtained from the NHIAA.  Smith will follow up with the NHIAA on this.

 

Supervisor Report:

 

NHIAA Athletic Director’s Meeting - Smith reported that he was invited and attended the Athletic Director’s and that he reached out to them for input on the evaluation of officials.  Nothing was decided and all was taken under advisement.

 

NHIAA Basketball Committee Meeting - Smith shared information from the Basketball Committee meeting stating that very little attention was given to officiating and the majority of time was spent on the movement of schools from one division to another.  He was asked to be prepared with preliminary and quarter final tournament assignment suggestions for the net scheduled meeting on January 13, 2012.

 

John Clark Award – Denis Reisch and Roland Bourque were presented for consideration.

 

NHFS Awards – Bob Hodson was presented for consideration of one of the four award categories.

 

Officiating Fees – Currently fees are $80 for Varsity and $60 for Junior Varsity.  Fee changes are scheduled for the 2013-2014 season and must be submitted for consideration by April 2012 at a meeting of the Sports Officiating Committee.

 

 

 

Old Business:

 

Assigner Annual Review – Not addressed

Will be dropped from next Agenda unless specifically requested to be left on.

 

Rankings to support Assignments -  Not specifically addressed

Will be presumed to be included in the charge of Evaluation Committee

 

Assigner’s Position description: tabled to a future meeting.

 

Assigner Backup: tabled to a future meeting.

 

Official’s Uniforms: tabled top a future meeting.

 

The following items were not address and will be carried to the next agenda:

 

 

 

Next Meeting:  Sunday, December 11, 2011 @ 8:00 AM @ NHTI

Adjournment: Motion was made, Marcotte/Pelletier, to adjourn @ 11:00PM, approved.

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Dennis Ordway, Secretary/Treasurer