Central Pennsylvania Basketball Officials Association Business Meeting
Susquehanna Township High School 1:00 p.m.
Sunday October 26, 2003

The Central Pennsylvania Basketball Officials Association held its first business meeting of the 2003-04 season on Sunday, October 26th, 2003. The meeting was called to order by Jim Morey, Vice-president at 1:15 p.m. Roll was taken through the use of attendance cards.

Jim Morey welcomed all officials for the upcoming 2003-04 season. He announced that there will be a meeting for new officials immediately after this meeting. He introduced the elected officials that were present. If there are any issues or concerns that come up at any time throughout the year, the elected officials should be contacted. Susquehanna Township has significantly increased our fees for rental of the facility. If anyone has any suggestions for a new site, please contact one of the elected members. The PIAA is currently accepting nominations for District III’s men’s and women’s officials representatives. The necessary form is on our website, www.cpboa.org, if you are interested in applying for one of these positions.

Last year’s honorariums were not given to the elected officials. Ed Salter made a motion that we should pay these individuals an honorarium for their work done for the association. A second to the motion was made by Steve Cooper. It was unanimously approved. The honorariums as outlined by the Constitution will be given as follows: $400 to the Secretary, $300 to the Interpreter, and $200 to the Treasurer. It was reported that there was no Assistant Secretary or Assistant Interpreter last year that needed to be given an honorarium. This year’s Assistant Secretary will be Denise Bagby and the Assistant Interpreter will be James Williamson.

Barbara Eppley, Secretary, gave instructions on filling out attendance cards. They should be signed and dated and turned in at the conclusion of each meeting. If you forget to turn in your card, please contact her as soon as possible. Also, if you do not agree with the attendance as reported on the website, please contact her within one week of the meeting date to rectify this matter. All matters, such as transfers, inactive status, retirements, resignations, need to be submitted to her to file the proper paperwork with the PIAA.

Tim Hughes, Treasurer, presented the annual financial report for the fiscal year ending April 30th, 2003. He reported jacket money comes in and goes directly out of the chapter account. The chapter makes little if any money on jackets. Our biggest expense is the annual banquet. The rental of Susquehanna Township High School for our chapter meetings will be over $600 this year. It was reported that the cup and flower fund spent chapter money to send flowers to those officials who had deaths, births, and illnesses in their immediate families. Patrice Ametrano thanked the chapter for flowers sent for the birth of her daughter. Mike Bennett made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report. A second to the motion was made by Rocky Morrill. The report was unanimously approved by the membership.

John Butler will be handling the ordering of new jackets this year. Please contact him by email at refjohnb@yahoo.com. The cost will approximately be $50.

The raffle will be our main fundraiser for this year. Tickets are currently being printed and will be handed out at a meeting soon.

Mark Carley introduced all new officials. He reported that mentors to these officials have not been assigned yet. He still needs more assistance from veteran officials to serve as mentors. There will be a tournament on Nov. 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, and 16 at Main Street Gym. This tournament will be reserved for mentors to work with new officials.

Renee Kilpatrick, Historian, asks that the CPBOA member information sheet be turned in to her as soon as possible. This sheet is to help the association update it records. Also, it is necessary so that the Mulligan award ballot for this year is correct and complete.

Donnie Eppley, non-PIAA and PIAA assignor, reported that you should check your email daily. Assignments should be available by next Saturday. Keep your person information up to date. In the dialog box on the website’s availability calendar, you should put a note in when you close the date. For example, if you are open for jr. high, but not later in the evening, you should indicate such. Keep your schedule confidential. 3-person assignments are limited this year as approximately 8 schools are using 3-person. Scrimmage assignments will be made at the mandatory meeting on Monday, November 3rd. Sign-up sheets will available. No more than 5 officials will be permitted to sign up for a scrimmage. Non-PIAA schedules are coming in to Donnie and will be given out with the same procedure as last year where officials will bid on assignments. The CYO schedule of games will begin on December 1st. If you are working a non-PIAA assignment on any given day, please type “non-PIAA” in the dialog box on assign by web. Some schools will and will not be using contracts this year. If you receive a contract please send it to the school as soon as possible. If you are turning back the game, the contract goes back to the school, not to Donnie. You should still turn back on games on the assign by web site as well. If there is a conflict on a contract and your assignments on the computer, you should follow the assignment on the computer, not the contract. You should also be contacting your partner(s) prior to every assignment. Everything concerning ratings will be on-line this year. More details will be forthcoming. Game reports and confirmations need to be filed on assign by web before and after all contests. The fee schedule for non-PIAA assignments will be based on the league that you are servicing. They will range from $20 - $38. Mike Bennett has provided directions to all CYO sites that will be posted on the website. Dave Ranck, Gene Evans, and Joe Armstrong will serve as observers this year. Next week’s mechanics clinic will address 2 and 3 person mechanics.

The proposed amendment change to our By-laws was revised to say that the association will not pay the non-PIAA assignor’s phone bill. Mike Stirling made a motion to accept this proposed amendment change. A second was made by Mike Smith. This change was unanimously approved.

Steve Cooper made a motion to adjourn. A second was made by Ed Salter. The meeting was adjourned at 1:56 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,
Barbara Eppley
CPBOA Secretary