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MINUTES
OF CASRA MEETING
January 5, 2004 - UIL Building
- President
called the meeting to order at 6:35
pm
- December
03 Minutes as posted on the Website
were accepted as written.
- Treasurer
was absent and Treasurers report was
unavailable
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Presidents Report
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Michelle announced that she was
resigning the officeof President,
effective immediately following
the meeting. She stated this was
due to time constraints, and the
need to focus on referee training
and education programs and her other
referee community work.
- Michelle
announced that Michael Day the Vice
President will be acting President
until an election to fill the vacancy
is held.
- Vice-Presidents
Report
- Michael
Day stated that the re-written Constitution
was available for viewing, review
and comment on the CASRA.net website.
The proposed Bylaws were nearly
finished, and would also be available
within a couple of weeks for review
and comment. Michael stated that
he would like to have a full Executive
Board reviewand approval of the
proposed material before the next
meeting. At the February meeting,
the proposal would formally be presented
to the membership for review and
comment, with a ratification vote
occurring at the March meeting.
- Secretaries
Report
- Secretary
was absent and no report was available
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No reports from the Webmaster, Chris
Rake, nor the Good Call editor, Frank
Thomas.
- No
Old Business
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New Business
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Michelle restated Sue Cicchinelli's
request that CASRA pay for referee
assessments. She noted that the
CASRA Executive board had reviewed
this request and did not think it
was a workable idea, as it would
cost more than we could support,
since we take in only $20 from each
member, and an assessment costs
a minimum of $34. Comments from
the floor included statements from
Mark Elbom that he felt that was
unsupportable, that referees who
wanted to upgrade should do soat
their own cost, and that it really
didn't cost them anything buttheir
time, since the game fee is the
cost of the assessment. This sentiment
was echoed by Dustin Downs, Joe
Payton, Janice Chapman, and several
others, including Frank Thomas.
Michelle commented that it was one
of the items that the men's league
had explored in their meeting with
her. They wanted access to the assessments
if they paid for them, which Michelle
was obliged to tell them was not
possible, due to privacy considerations.
Michelle went on to state that a
referee doesnot have to show his/her
assessment to anyone, and the only
other person who sees it besides
the assessor who writes it is the
State Director of Assessment. It
is confidential information. Frank
Thomas then stated that he was having
a terrible time trying to get an
assessment for upgrade to grade
6, because he could not get Sue
to give him the games. Michelle
and the membership touched on the
inherent conflict in the assignor
being the area director of assessment
as well. Other members stated that
Frank was not the only one having
difficulties getting the assessments.
Michelle mentioned traveling to
San Antonio or Houston to get the
assessments instead. That led to
a question regarding how many state
assessors are in Austin. Michelle
stated that the state assessors
are Mike Brow, Darren Engers, Papadope,
Zeevi, and Cicchinelli. (She indicated
if we could just get them to a clinic,
we could have two more - Steve Eells
and John Imbert.) Michelle noted
that a possible clinic for entry
level assessors would be held here
in Austin the first weekend in March,
but we are awaiting the pleasure
of the SDA. Michelle concluded this
discussion by encouraging people
to get assessments as a means to
grow as a referee. She stated that
all referees should get at least
1 formal and 1 informal assessment
a year.
- Situations
- Not held due to training and TASO
meeting
- A
motion to adjourn the meeting to start
the TASO meeting at 7:15 was made and
seconded. Dr. Korompai provided a 45
minute training session on Fouls and
Restarts.
- Thanks
to Michael Day for taking these minutes.
Respectfully
submitted
Marc Kutner
CASRA Secretary
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