Here are the notes from todays Meeting - Reach out if you have any questions.

 

Next Meeting 6-29 - Malcom Yonge Building - 6pm - 8pm - enter from the back side parking lot.

 

6/15/20 – SEFOA – Officials Meeting

New location - Malcom Yonge Building on East Jackson

– 15 in attendance

-    Board in attendance – Brian J., Clif H., Mark R., Jeff S. (Justin L unable to attend)

 

Social Distancing  - No congregation before, during or after.

Board Updates

-    3 meetings from March to June

-    Covid – restricted person to person, all meetings are conference calls

-    Teams discussed for contracts, and those contracts were distributed today

-    Meeting dates and Rules classes determined. (See bottom of this communication)

-    New location issues – Jeff S – UWF Policy change due to Covid w/ new location

-    New Officials needed – Numbers need to increase

-    Arbiter pay – new for 2020 for SEFOA -

-    Change in Pay – Went through with 2019 voted pay rate increase.  R’s to get $5 More only for 2020, the other $5 to         pay for Arbiter Pay (per varsity contest), 2022, $10 for Rs + $5 Arbiter fee will be an additional admin fee passed to the schools

-    Test – if you don’t take it, you don’t make it.

-    Printed books no digitals – registered get one, Mechanic and Case book to association (1)

-    Arbiter vs Federation – NFHS and Arbiter are due to split 6/30

-    Insurance – due to arbiter and NFHS split, General Liability insurance is reduced from 2M to 1M per incident

-    Fees – no FHSAA Change, SEFOA – no change

-    Zoom Meetings or other – still in process

-     Reviewed All notes from the presidents meeting.  Listen below from link if you desire.

 

New Rules

-    Player Designee – Re: Timeouts

-    ½ time reduction – Re: under 3min, due to weather delay

-    40 sec change for defense injury – Re: deception and clock manipulation by B

-    25 second change for COP After kick – Re: Must have COP

-    Disconcerting acts yardage reduction from 15 to 5yard – does not change Unsportsmanlike behavior

-    Spike change- Re: any player directly behind center can now spike.

FHSAA meeting

-    Ejections – AT6 must be turned in with in 24 hrs

-    Officiate in the rules, not in the stands

Registration / Test

-    Registration - Opens July 10t - Deadline Aug 10 ($10 late fee)

-    Exam Aug 3 – Sept 7 – no makeup tests, no auto fill answers

-    If you have had an email change.. use old email to login, change to your new email under your settings in Arbiter, then register with new log in

-    JLA same as previous years

Championships –

-    Crews need to work last 2 weeks if possible to send tape to be evaluated.  Notice to Frank B. one week prior if possible to have on site evaluator.

Future Meetings – dates and current game schedule

• 6/29 – Rule 2 - Johnsey

• 7/13 – Rule 3 and 4 - Jeff

• 7/20 – Rule 5 - Justin

• 7/21-24 – Coaches meeting with Board

• 7/27 – Rule 6 and 7 - Johnsey

• 8/3 – Rule 8 - Clif

• 8/7 or 8/8 – Field Training – Request 2 Schools for IntraSquad trainings TBD

• 8/10 – Rule 10 - Johnsey

• 8/17 – Rule 9 - Mark

• 8/24 – TBD

 

 

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