CENTRAL FLORIDA OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION

Executive Board Meeting – 12-16-07

The meeting was opened by the president, Jeff Deen, at 3:43 PM, in the Edgewater High School Senior cafeteria.

The minutes for the last meeting posted on the web site were approved.

Jeff discussed an anonymous letter of apology that was received after an anonymous letter of complaint that was sent to the FHSAA, detailing displeasure with the assigning process for basketball officials in the CFOA. Jeff announced that the best position for the CFOA was to leave the issue alone and get on with the season.

Cary Fields presented the planning efforts that were ongoing to put on a professional CFOA Hall of Fame banquet. Selection and notification of selected recipients or families was a slow process. Doc’s Restaurant and menu were reviewed and discussion on dates followed. April 19 was suggested as a possible date, but availability of the restaurant or members may force another date selection. The price/cost of the dinner was discussed and Horace Cannady made a motion, Mike Goodspeed second, for the cost to the CFOA membership would be $25 per person and the CFOA would pay anything over that amount. Motion passed. Raising the dues to cover that and other rising cost issues was discussed and Greg Vanatta made a motion, Prince Pollard second, to raise the early registration dues to $20 for football and flag football, and $30 for basketball. Motion passed.

A school sportsmanship award was discussed and Greg Vanatta made a motion, Horace Cannady second, to have the 3 Vice presidents decide on the school and allocate $400 and a plaque for the award. Motion passed.

Discussion on the fine schedule for canceled games. Record keeping emphasis and amounts were undecided. Horace Cannady made a motion, Greg Vanatta second, to pursue the documenting and collection of fines for canceled games. Motion was tabled to the next meeting.

Mike Goodspeed spoke about the cost, the excellent help, and the success of the CFOA involvement with the FHSAA Championship series games held in Orlando. He reported the FHSAA was extremely satisfied with the quality of service provided by the CFOA during the entire schedule of games. Mike’s organization effort both before and during the games scheduled was praised.

Greg Vanatta announced that 2007 was a good collection year from both the schools and officials. He said he was disturbed by the large number of game assignments per week. Greg said he noticed too many inadvertent whistles this year in football. He discussed the ejected fan at Oviedo High School. He offered a concern that he witnessed too many officials ignoring the requirement for high school mechanics, and are using college mechanics in basketball.

Members present: J. Deen, H. Cannady, D. Trawick, K. Fessler, P. Pollard, C. Fields, M. Goodspeed, G. Vanatta, R. Taylor.

Members absent: G. Cahen.

Guests: W. Bateman, D. Herndon, R. Nickerson, S. Olimpo, A. St. Pierre, C. Walker.

Meeting adjourned at 5:35 PM

Respectfully Submitted,

Roland Taylor, CFOA Secretary 1-24-08