Mssagest

MINUTES

MFOA Board Meeting

Sunday, March 9, 2014 @ 4:00 PM CTAE – Ocala, FL

Board members in attendance – A. Summers, C. Anderson, C. Dill,

J. Law, J. Pole, K. Townsend, Coppock,P. Gery, R. Lindeman, R. Sullivan, T. Adams,T. Bedford, T. Lee, T. Singer, & W. Clayton.

Board members not in attendance – D. Soluri

  • Call to Order – @ 4:08PM by A. Summers
  • Previous minutes – T. Adams. Motion by P. Gery to accept minutes as posted, 2nd by M. Coppock. Motion carries.
  • Treasurer’s Report – J. Pole. Motion by P. Gery to accept report as presented, 2nd by K. Townsend. Motion carries.

Old Business –

  • Web page – - D. Soluri. Nothing has changed on the web page. Minutes from the last two meetings have been posted. The final basketball rankings are posted with direction for those with problems or questions.
  • State Football/Basketball Clinic Update – R. Pettus has been contacted about hosting the State Football Clinic on August 16, 2014. T. Bedford has sent out an email to all football officials to respond if they are interested in working on the committee for the upcoming State Clinic.
  • Basketball Playoff Crews update – FHSAA Girls’ State Semi-Final 6A (Yvette Jones, Emma Rhodes, & Chris Adams) & Boys’ State Semi-Final 3A (Bob Nelson, Steve Berg, & Jesse Ayotte).
  • FHSAA Sportsmanship Award Nomination – T. Adams. Will send out a broadcast to W. Clayton to send out to officials for suggestions for this form.
  • 2014 MFOA Awards Banquet Update – M. Coppock. Handed out proposals for hosting the Annual Banquet in Lake City on June 7, 2014. T. Adams will send out a Save the Date announcement to W. Clayton to broadcast out to all officials.
  • Other – None presented.

New Business –

  • Baseball News – R. Lindeman. Mid-season meeting was held today. All is well so far this season, except rainout days. Playoff selection committee is underway and crews will be chosen at the next meeting on Sunday, March 30, 2014. A. Summers will forward the FHSAA Playoff Selection form when he receives it.
  • Basketball News – C. Anderson/M. Coppock/T. Lee. M. Coppock. Question was brought up in regards to individual officials receiving their evaluations. T. Bedford will check with M. Reece in regards to getting those out to everyone involved. C. Anderson discussed the cut off date for the evaluations. This date should be before the playoff selection committee begins working on the list of crews. Discussion was held. Evaluations should be emailed soon to the officials to whom this pertains.
  • Softball News – J. Law. Biggest problem this year so far is the weather and having to reschedule.
  • Football News – T. Bedford /C. Dill/K. Townsend. – None presented.
  • Flag Football News – K. Townsend. 22 registered officials. Games started last week. Going well so far this year. Official forms will be available for registration and booking fees next year. Schools will also pay contract fees.
  • Baseball/Softball Registration final update – 43/48 Baseball Officials and27/34 Softball Officials have properly registered as of the final deadline– T. Adams.
  • Baseball/Softball Booking Grievance – T. Lee. Findings of the committee were presented. Discussion was held. This document will be included with this month’s minutes.
  • MFOA Annual Business Meeting, April 26, 2014 – North & Central Football Director, Baseball Director, Vice-President, Central Basketball Director, Treasurer. C. Anderson and M. Coppock will oversee the nomination committee. C. Dill will send out on the Arbiter in regards to submitting policy, procedures, and constitution changes.
  • Future MFOA Board Meeting location – J. Pole has accepted a position with UF and our board meetings will no be able to be held at the Banner. T. Adams will contact S. Carpenter in regards to the possibility of meeting @ CTAE.
  • Other –

Reports –

  • Suspensions/Fines – T. Singer will contact R. Rocker in regards to accepting game assignments while not being properly registered.
  • Other – None presented.
  • Associations that supported the FHSAA Basketball Finals; Quincy, GMAC, Panama City, West Central, Lake Region, Coral Coast, East Coast, West Coast, Northwest, Broward, Pinellas, Gulf Coast, Suwannee, Central Florida Officials Assn. (Orlando) hosted for the two weeks, and Mid Coast (hosted for a day).

Adjourn – Motion to adjourn @ 5:53PM by J. Law, 2nd by P. Gery. Motion carries.

NOTES: Next M.F.O.A. Board meeting, Sunday, April 13, 2014 @ 4PM. Location – TBA