Prince William Soccer Referee Association

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Prince William SoccerReferee Association
Spring Referee
March 26,
2007 Meeting
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Business Agenda

• Reading of Previous Minutes
• Corrections / Amendments
• Approval
• Reports of Committees
• Unfinished (Old) Business
• New Business

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Welcome

• Introductions
• PWSRA Board
• Sr. Referees
• Youth Referees of the Year
• New Referees

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Agenda

• PWSI Remarks
• Modified Rules for Spring
• Youth Referee Time
• Mentor Program Overview
• Handbook
• NASO-ON
• Pay
• Assessment
• Assigning Announcement

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PWSI Remarks

• PWSI President
• PWSI Vice-President
• House Commissioner
• Chairman, Rules Discipline

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Modified Rules for Spring

• John Andre
• U08s
• Stop after 12 minutes
• Resume with restart waiting to happen
• Available at pwsra.org

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Youth Referee Time

• Lauren Sclater

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Mentor Program Overview
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NASO-ON

• Guide to Local Association Management
• Access to legal and tax information
• Association discounts on NASO memberships

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PWSRA Handbook

• Available for download (PDF)
• In Arbiter, click on Forms
• Then Handbook
• SECTION 1. UNIFORMS...............................
  ....................................6
• SECTION 2. GAME PROCEDURES........................
  .........................7
• SECTION 3. MODIFIED RULES.........................
  ..............................9
• SECTION 4. ASSIGNING GUIDELINES...................
  ......................11
• SECTION 5. REFEREE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR
  ASSIGNING...12
• SECTION 6. ASSIGNORS RESPONSIBILITY..............
  .................14
• SECTION 7. INCLEMENT WEATHER......................
  ......................15
• SECTION 8. PAY SCHEDULE...........................
  .............................17
• SECTION 9. FIELD DIRECTORY........................
  ............................18
• SECTION 10. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS................
  ...............19

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New Pay Scale

• Survey results revealed overall satisfaction with
  pay
• Asked for minimal increase to address inequities
• Increases for U14, U16, U19, Adult
• U14 1.00 / 0.50
• U16 3.00 / 1.00
• U19 2.00 / 1.50

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New Pay Scale
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Assessment

• Permissible under Bylaws
• Upon a majority vote of the members at any
  meeting, fees or payments may be authorized.
  (Article IV, Section 5)

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Assessment

• Each member shall be entitled to one vote at all
  meetings of the members of PWSRA. (Article V,
  Section 1)
• A majority vote of the members present shall
  govern in all matters properly brought before the
  meeting. (Article V, Section 2)
• Members attending meetings shall constitute a
  quorum capable of transacting all business
  properly brought before the meeting.  (Article V,
  Section 3)

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Assessment

• The Case for Assessment
• PWSRA has no money or operating budget
• Cannot make a simple mailing. Cannot afford a 39
  cent stamp
• Association must be proactive
• Need small operating budget for
• Professional web hosting
• Sponsorship of Pride Academy
• Provide gifts to guest speakers

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Assessment

• The Case for Assessment
• Hire mentors for pre-season referee clinic
• Provide T-shirts to mentors
• Pay fees for NASO-ON
• Upfront money for referee flip coins
• Purchase door prizes
• Sponsor referee thank you picnic
• Buy perpetual plaque to recognize Youth Ref of
  Year
• Provide scholarship to YROY

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Flipping Coin
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Assigning

• WAGS Tournament
• Oct 6-8 2007
• New Process
• theArbiter.net
• New Scale
• WAGS Scale
• New Assignors
• Capital Soccer Referee Association (MD)

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WAGS Tournament

• New Process
• Games to be assigned electronically via
  theArbiter.net

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WAGS Tournament

• New Scale
• Site Coordinators
• 100 per day
• Referees
• WAGS Rate regardless of length of game
• Example A U17 game will pay 55/35
• No more 9 checks!

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WAGS Tournament

• New Assignors Capital Area Soccer Referee
  Association (CASRA Maryland)
• Tournament Assignors for Maryland Tournaments
• No membership fee for this tournament
• Sub Assignors
• Sharon Deplitch, Occoquan Park
• One yet TBD, Bull Run Park
• Barry Sherry, Prince William