MINUTES FOR THE CRAOA FALL BUSINESS MEETING

November 5th, 2002

Washington High School
Tuesday, November 6th, 7:00pm

President Dan Hilby called the meeting to order at 7pm. Roll call of the members present was taken by attendance sheet at 7pm.

The April 2002 minutes from the spring business meeting were distributed for review. A motion to accept the minutes as presented was made by Paul Schuetz, seconded by Dick Pohosky, and the motion passed.

The Financial Report was also distributed for review. There was no discussion except Pinky did comment that the association is in good shape. A motion by Joe Schmall to accept the report as presented was made, seconded by Don Haugen. The motion passed.

Dan Hilby gave the report from the executive committee which met on October 26th. He stated it was a rather uneventful meeting. New officials were discussed and it was felt that overall they did a nice job. Test scores were reviewed and Bill Yeisley commented that next year he wanted to change the training for new officials by adding 2 more sessions as well as have a mid-year meeting.

Pinky Primrose then gave the Executive Secretaries Report. He stated that the association would be going to one banquet due to lack of attendance. This year it would be held on April 9th, probably at the 5 Seasons Center. Duane Banks was trying to get Ferentz as the speaker. A new president was to be elected at the spring meeting. It is to be a basketball candidate and any suggestions should go to Dan or Pinky. The fee structure was discussed and the association is trying to get Denny Goettel to agree to a sliding percentage scale for non varsity games. This way anytime the varsity game fee in the Mississippi Valley is raised, all other game fees will raise automatically. The percentage presented was 60% for sophomore, 55% for freshman, and 50% for middle school. New officials are still needed. There are currently 87 football officials and 65 basketball officials. The budget is in good shape, with no problems anticipated. The web page is going well with plenty of hits and members were encouraged to visit it. There were some early football assignments missed, but overall it was a good year. There were 16 members of the association receiving football playoffs. Bill Yeisley did an excellent job with new officials and with the basketball season just getting under way, it appears there will be 15 new step one officials and 6 step two officials. There will be over 800 games that need to be assigned. Joe Schmall made a motion that we accept the Executive Secretaries Report and it was seconded by Steve Hamilton. The motion passed.
A letter was received from Randy Krejci asking to waive the attendance requirements. There were also several people who did not meet the requirements nor did they send a letter. Dan Hilby will call those officials asking their intention to stay in the Association.

Dan then talked briefly on the trip to Boone to meet with Wulkow last spring. Since this item was talked about at the previous business meeting, further discussion was directed towards private discussions with Dan or Dick.

Bill Yeisley was commended for the fine job he did with the new recruits. Overall, test scores were up and one new official even scored a 95. It was also brought up about exploring the possibility of moving the meeting site. Pinky then explained that by utilizing Washington High School there was a cost savings for printing, as he was able to use the school copier.

Nine of the new officials that Bill Yeisley worked with passed the test and met all the meeting requirements. They are Brent Gasper, Fred Griffins, Ethan Huisman, Kai Johnson, Curt Olson, Steve Petro, Patrick St. John, Steve Schaub, and Ron Van Hoeck. Also meeting the requirements for transfer to full membership were Rob Harbin, Mike Jones, and Ron Lanning. There were two transfers, Pat Casey and Rob Noble. Bill recommended that all advance and there was no discussion. They were all voted on together and Steve Hamilton made the motion to advance everyone, and Paul Schuetz seconded. The motion passed.

The motion to adjourn was brought up by Dick Pohosky and seconded by Dave Brousard.
Meeting adjourned at 7:35.

Respectfully submitted by Dave Brousard.