SCSRA-Ventura Chapter Overview

The Ventura Chapter of the Southern California Soccer Referees Association serves members and leagues in the Ventura and Santa Barbara areas. Our members referee USSF affiliated games for the Coast Soccer League, Youth Tournaments sanctioned by California Youth Soccer Association-South, and the Tri-Counties Men's League. We are always in need of new and seasoned referees. General membership meetings are held the third Thursday of every month.

General Membership Meeting Notice

General Information

Our meetings are held in the Education Center room at Moorpark High School. Moorpark High School is located on Tierra Rejada Road in Moorpark, CA. Take California 23 to Tierra Rejada Road. Turn west and continue on Tierra Rejada Road approximately 3.5 miles. Turn right at Mountain Trail Street. The parking lot is 400 feet from Tierra Rejada at 12400 Mountain Trail Street. Enter campus through the parking lot gate on west side of the lot. Go between buildings L & K and then on to the end of building H. The Education Center will be on the right at the end of building H.

Next Meeting

The next meeting will be held at 7 PM on Thursday, February 16^th, 2012. This meeting will include the AGM, the Annual General Meeting and will b e followed by scheduled training.

AGM Agenda:

1) Call to Order-Larry Turner

2) Secretary's Report of 2011 AGM-Tony Fahey

3) Treasurer's Annual Report-Jeff Plunkett

4) Amendments to Constitution & By Laws
There are no plans to amend the documents further until the incorporation process has been completed.
NOTE: This does not preclude a member from submitting an item for consideration.

5) Election of Officers-Larry Turner

a) First Vice-President (2 year term)

b) Treasurer (2 year term)

c) Director of Member Development (2 year term)

6) New Business-Larry Turner

7) Adjourn to Membership Meeting- Larry Turner

Post AGM Meeting Agenda:

1) Training Topic: "Handling the Ball. What does deliberate mean?"

a) Instructor: TBD

b) Instructor Bio: TBD

2) Other Association Business

a) March Tournaments

b) Upcoming Grade 8 recertification clinic

Post Meeting Agenda:

Dinner at local pizza restaurant. Restaurant and directions to be determined.

Training Requirements

Cal South has established minimum training requirements per year to ensure that recertifying referees our referees are current with the latest trends in game management as well as the latest changes to and interpretations of the Laws of the Game. Additional information is available on our Training Page. Contact a Board Member if you have any questions.

Recertification Testing & Grade 5, 6, & 7 Physical

Details regarding a few remaining 2012 clinics and registration instructions are available on the Cal South Clinic Web Page at: Referee Class & Clinic Schedule. Contact Luis if you have specific issues or needs to be addressed. The 2013 recertification clinic dates will be posted a Cal South later this year. These clinics usually become available in June of each year.

Training Attendance Recording

Attendance is recorded at each meeting to document each referee's training credit. Your attendance is reported to Cal South where they consolidate your training attendance with training you get from other venues. We need to know your USSF ID number to ensure that you can get this credit. The most current training record for all attendees of our training sessions can be found by clicking on this Hyperlink

Other Announcements

Game Assignment Questions?

Members with questions regarding their game assignments are asked to contact our assignor, Ian Anderson. Try to work any issues out with him first before contacting our Standards Chair, Mike Skinner, or a board member. Contact information for both Ian and Mike can be found in the Association Officers page of the web site.

Please contact our assignor Ian Anderson at (805) 705-4861 or a Board Member if you have any questions.

Referee Certification

USSF Certification

USSF referee certification is required before you can be assigned games by our association. Instructions for initial certification, recertification and upgrading can be found on our certification web page.

AYSO to USSF Cross-Over Certification

AYSO referees do not need to take the entry level clinic if they qualify. Information for cross-certification from AYSO to USSF can be found on the Cal South Cross Certification Web Page. Our SCSRA-Ventura Director of Member Development Lou Mages at pat.lou.mages@gmail.com if you have any questions.

NISOA (College) Certification

Please email Luis Gutierrez for if you need more information about certification requirements for refereeing college matches. NISOA is not affiliated with SCSRA-Ventura.

SCSOA (High School) Certification

The Southern California Soccer Official Association provides soccer officials for High School Soccer in the Santa Barbara and Ventura County areas. SCSOA is not affiliated with SCSRA-Ventura. Please contact the Ventura SCSOA President Elroi Reimnitz at (805) 405-6249 if you need more information about Ventura and Santa Barbara County's chapter of SCSOA. Information is also available at the SCSOA-Unit I Website. SCSOA is not affiliated with SCSRA-Ventura.

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