2010 Membership Meetings

General Information

Regular meetings are held on the third Thursday of every month.  Our Annual General Meeting (AGM)l is held every February.  Our calendar year starts runs from March 1st through the end of February.  All meetings start promptly at 7:00PM and generally end by 9:00.

Most monthly meetings now include a one hour training session.  Instruction is given by very experienced training staff provided by the Cal South Referee Committee.  Each training session counts as one hour towards your 5 hour minimum training mandated by USSF for recertification each year.  Attendance is taken at each meeting and the attendance record is forwarded to Cal South where it is used to determine eligibility for annual recertification or upgrades.  Training may be optionally taken at any of the referee associations throughout the Cal South area.  Members are encouraged to attend all meetings to keep up with association business and get the full benefit of the training provided.

Directions to Meeting Room

Meetings are held at the Ventura Adult Education Center at 5200 Valentine Road in the city of Ventura. Take the 101 freeway to the Victoria Avenue exit. Go south one block to Valentine Road (frontage road) and turn west. Continue 0.5 mile to Sperry Avenue, turn left, and then right into the parking lot at the back of building. The training room is at the center left of the back of the building.

Meeting Date

Training Topic

Association Business

Jan 21

2010 CAS Referee Development Program Expectations: Instruction & Assessment

Instructor: Fred Margy

Mr. Margy discussed the following reference materials:

·        Recertification Process Presentation

·        Recertification Procedure

o   Versión Español

·        Upgrade Procedure

o   Versión Español

Ali Hacock gave a short talk on AR Involvement based on a recent US Soccer directive

·        Center and ARs are a team

·        ARs are involved and empowered to participate in game critical decisions

·        Rhythm between ARs and Center

·        ARs should utilize wait and see approach prior to involvement

·        Offside position and assessment of involvement

·        Off ball incidents seen by AR

·        Importance of eye contact

·        Goal line decisions

·        Adjusting to style of Center

·        Members are encouraged to review US Soccer Week in Review topics listed on US Soccer web site.

·        Discussed youth mentoring program

·        Discussed new Cal South live scan requirement

·        Required to officiate youth soccer matches starting in 2010.

·        Need to be included as approved on current list posted on Cal South Web site

·        Implementation delayed to  2/15/2010

·        Members will no longer be assigned games if:

·        They aren’t currently registered with USSF

·        They aren’t current with membership dues, fees, and fines

·        Cal South registration posting is still getting caught up

·        Registration posting is official status used to determine referee status for assignments

·        Members should wait until February before contacting Danielle or Lisa regarding their status

Feb 18

Offside: is the player off or is the player on?

Instructor: Lou Mages

Mr. Mages playfully presented a number of video clips containing examples of good and bad offside calls.

Annual General Meeting

·        Secretary’s report

·        Treasurer’s report

·        Amendments to constitution and bylaws

·        Election of officers

o   1st VP 2 years

o   2nd VP ‘1 year

o   Treasurer 2 years

o   Director of Member Development 2 years

·        New business

Mar 18

“US Soccer Game Management Model”

Instructor: Fred Margy

Training Materials:

Game Management Model Directive

 

Apr 15

“Extending your reach - Command Presence”, Part 1

Training Materials: None

Instructor: Joshua Patlak

Bio: Mr. Patlak is a former FIFA and MLS Referee,  He was a Personal Trainer at “The Hills” Health Club in Santa Barbara for several years.  He us a Certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a Strength and Conditioning trainer, with Distinction

 

May 20

“Extending your reach - Command Presence”, Part 2

Training Materials: None

Instructor: Toros Kibritjian

Bio: Mr. Kibritjian is the Director of the Cal South, State Youth Mentor Program.  He also serves currently as the Director of Instruction and Assessment for the Long Beach Soccer Referee Association.  Toros has had a distinguished career as a member of the international referee community.  He served on the FIFA Referee Panel from 1968 through 1983, and officiated in 49 full international and CONCACAF championship games throughout his career. He has also served as a USSF National Assessor and lecturer, a state referee instructor, and as an NISOA National Assessor.

 

Jun 17

SCSRA-Ventura Instruction

 

Jul 15

SCSRA-Ventura Instruction

 

Aug 19

US Soccer Position Papers

 

Sep 16

Assistant Referee: Signals, Movements on the line, Teamwork, “other” responsibilities

 

Oct 21

Classification of Fouls

 

Nov 16

Misconduct and methods of dealing

 

Dec 20

2010 Program review and 2011 expectations