VENTURA COUNTY REFEREES ASSOCIATION

Minutes of the Referee Meeting

Sept. 19 2001

 

           

 

The meeting was called to order by Eduardo Rodriguez at 7:35 p.m.

New members Dan Nagl, Dan Nagl Jr. & Michael Castander were introduced to membership.

BOD/Committee Reports

Secretary:  Minutes were distributed to members prior to meeting.  Discussion on minutes that some things were left out.  Minutes will be revised and posted on the web site.

Treasurer: Joe Puliti provided Status of checking and savings account. Report is available for all members to review

Standards Committee: Chairperson Not present. Waived report.

Assignor: Members have not provided assignor with their up to date availability.  To get CSL games a referee must register with the CSL on their web site. They assign you a User ID (name) and password.  The site has selection for referee availability and Assignment acceptance system.  Referees must access the CSL website to confirm or refuse assignments. Use the following URL to access their web site for referees. http://www.coastsoccer.com/referees 

 

There is a problem with accepting partial assignment.  Assignor is not automatically notified if you only accept partial assignment.  You must e-mail/ notify Assignor if you accept partial assignments.  Also if your availability falls outside of the CSL windows of 8- noon, noon to 4, 4 to 8pm contact Assignor with your availability directly.  The proper procedure is to contact Assignor directly if you can only accept partial assignment, before you input the acceptance into the CSL web site.  You will get an e-mail from CSL when Assignor assigns you games.  You are to go to the web site and see Assignment Assigned.  Assignments are by fields and days. Input your acceptance within 48hrs or contact Assignor directly if there is a problem or you can only accept partial assignments.

 

Assignor usually assigns Sat games on Monday and Sun games on Tues. By Wed Assignor starts to reassign games that have not been accepted. We need to get out the word to referees not present at meeting on how CSL referee assignments work. El Camino league referee assignments will be directly from Assignor.

 

Assignor stated that there still is a problem with the availability of referees.  There doesn’t seem to be enough referees available for the number of fields that we have assigned from CSL & El Camino league.  There are 105 referees associated with the VCRA, but only 30 are available on any given Sat or Sun.  Some referees have not signed up with CSL yet and some have not responded to Assignor with their availability.

 

CSL web site provides the referee with a list of the referee team assigned to the game you have accepted.  The list includes their e-mail.  Members requested a list of the referees phone numbers be provided to the membership. 

 

Member requested if it was possible if he could call a fellow referee and get them to work game with them.  Member requested if a VCRA referee phone list could be provided to members so he could call a fellow referee.  BOD decided that a phone list could be provided, but the list would be treated as a Confidential List.  Anyone for any reason who doesn’t want his or her phone number on the list, his or her name phone number would be removed from the list.  After some discussion the BOD decided that all game assignments MUST go through Assignor.  If you know someone, then contact Assignor and get Assignors okay before you call him or her to work your game with you.

 

A motion was call for and seconded for a vote of Appreciation of all the work Association Assignor Joe Campisi does for us.

 

Training:

Topic: Filling out the Game Match Report correctly.  Must have coaches License Number on CSL report. Keep cards in your possession until end of game.  Return all cards to coach.  Only keep a card if there is an Assault.  If you issue a Red Card- i.e./ send off for a player.  Or if you send off a coach.  You indicate on the Match Report the reason for send off.  The reason must be One of Seven send off offenses. You must also complete a USSF Supplement Referee report and state reason for the send off.  Use correct Misconduct terminology in the report.  (At the 64-minute player # 18, received a Caution for Unsporting Behavior for hard tackle to opponent.  This was second Cautionable offense and player # 18 was sent off for receiving a second caution (yellow card). Remember Serious Foul play when Ball is in play and Violent Conduct is when Ball is out of play.   Fax a copy of the Referee Supplemental Report to Assignor or VCRA President Edwardo (fax # 384-0060) Limit comments on the report to the facts with no opinion.  For report writing remember 5 Ws and H-Who was involved (i.e. player #, team x), What happen (player did this), What didn’t happen, When did it happen, Where did it happen, How did it happen.  You must be specific; you must not give opinions, just state the facts.  If you must deal with misconduct from sidelines either by spectators or coach.  First you warn the coach, Coach you are being warned for the following behavior.  Never show a coach a yellow or red card.  Second: if sideline or coaches behavior continues then you Send off the coach. You do not eject them.  Coach you are being sent off for the following behavior.  After the Coach is sent off, if there is no Administrator there with Both a Blue Risk Management card and a white Administrator card assigning them to that team, then the game is Terminated. That is why you must keep Cards until after the match.

 

Check in. Their must be a Blue Risk Management Card with coaches license # and a white Administrators card with coaches specifically assigned to team you are checking in.  If both cards are not present, There IS NO GAME.

 

Assault: If there is an assault on a referee, keep the offenders cards.  Fill out a report and send report and cards to

 

MATCH Reports for CSL are to be sent to CSL 924 E. Chapman Ave Orange, Ca 92866

Adjournment:

Eduardo Rodriguez moved to adjourn the meeting and the motion was seconded.  The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 p.m.

 

Attendance

Al Tafoya                     Joe Campisi                       Rick Weyek             Mike Skinner

Leo Henggeler            Jeff Plunkett                       Larry Turner             Eduardo Rodriguez

Leslie McCormick            Joe Puliti                Dan Nagl Sr                        Dan Nagl Jr.

Michael Castaneda            Lance Pilsbury            Diana Tubbs              Ron Millender

Ed Rigsbee                 Mike Thompson            Dick Falk                 Mark Yabrof