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CENTRAL CALIFORNIA SOCCER REFEREE ASSOCIATION
MONTHLY EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER'S REPORT

CCSRA Executive Reports for July 2010

1) Current Active Membership is at 47, many are NEW Members for the first time.

2) GameOfficials (GO) currently has over 350 Referees in the system

   a) Game Officials allows CCSRA to send notices via email to these 350+ of our meetings and events.

   b) If we can get Non-Active CCSRA members to rejoin for the year we will be at 107.

   c) There are still a few Board Members that need to submit their dues for this year.

   d) We have added Wayne Ward as a GO Administrator. He shall become the lead person for those clubs in the Chico/Redding areas and planning to use the GO System.

   e) 1^st Vice-President shall be attending the Mustang Soccer Club Referee Meeting on 7/27 as they will be reviewing and covering any issues of the GO system to their referee membership. (GO Specialists was unable to be present and therefore not covered. Other Instruction was provided by Emeritus National Referee Peter Fletcher, who did very well on several topics.)

3) CCSRA Website -

   a) Recently went through to delete any non-active links and to delete any expired and outdated pages. (let me know if you ever come across anything.

   b) Added a link this month of Veronica Perez's World Cup U20 blog.

   c) Entered basic data regarding upcoming August Meeting Clinic.

4) August Meeting / Clinic

   a) This Meeting is in collaboration with the Folsom Cup Classic.

   b) David Bragg shall be the Instructor.

   c) The Meeting shall be at Folsom Soccer Complex. Friday 6th 7-9pm.

   d) It is likely that Colin and Mike K shall not be able to attend due to WPS assignment that weekend.

   e) Ed, Steve, Nathan can each of you make an attempt to stress the works of CCSRA and how membership supports the programs we offer. Let them know we are at 47 members and our goal is to reach 100.

   f) Also please provide information about the "Female Referee Academy" we are presenting in October.

5) Merchandise

   a) We are investigating multiple avenues to have a Flocked Badge of the CCSRA shield mass produced and held in stock so that membership can purchase and have applied to any merchandise of their own choice. (general estimation is $2.50 per badge so far.)

   b) Other items worth considering: Yellow/Red cards with "www.ccsra.net", hand pump, blue fox whistle with logo or "www.ccsra.net"

6) Next BIG EVENT - October FEMALE REFEREE ACADEMY

   a) Need to post the Flyer created on website. (Done)

   b) Need to send notice to All Female Referees in GO. (Done)

   c) Need to notify other Referee associations in the State of the FEMALE REFEREE ACADEMY. (Done)

   d) CCSRA may consider hosting Saturday "Girls Night Out" Clinic/Banquet/Dinner

   e) Get Tournament Referee Shirt produced?? Thoughts?



7) End of the year AGM preparations

   a) Need to start some preparations earlier than we did last year.

   i) Nominations of Awards of Excellence (Referee of the Year, Youth Referee of the Year, etc.)

   ii) Nominations and Posting of Board Positions available for 2011-2012

   iii) State of the Association Address - Powerpoint Presentation

April 2010

1st Vice President Report:

1. Membership: Upon last review there are still Board members that require update of dues. (Sorry to have asked already, now maybe I'm telling... doubt that you will be removed however!)

That said, if we receive 100% of returning 2009 Members we will achieve over 100 Members in 2010. (Ed Miles, Please send me any updates.)

Though our attendance at meetings as of late have been low we still continue to attract new attendees and first time members.

Now that we have Wayne Ward as a Member at Large connected to a distant area (Redding, Chico) perhaps our footprint has an opportunity to grow.

2. Website: I have begun to post "CCSRA Week in Review" based upon my observations during Association Cup. Hope to add more in the coming days/week.

Please inform me of any outdated material, Dates, Events, ect. or errors when you come across any.

Current postings include: Upcoming Meeting and Instructional Agenda, Upcoming Spring Clinic.

I NEED TO POST ASAP!!! that our own Jake Schmitz is recipient of 2010 Male State Youth Referee of the Year this past Saturday at the CYSA AGM. (Will also post on Groups)

3. CYSA AGM Referee Meetings: Kampmeinert and I attended the CYSA AGM this past Saturday to mainly attend the Youth Referee of the Year Awards.

General Report is that the Vendors Show appears to have dwindled a good amount from the time I attended several years ago.

Jake Schmitz received the Male Youth Referee of the Year for Cal-North!!! and is already selected to attend the Far West Regionals in Arizona.

Mike and I also attended a session by the Santa Clara Youth Soccer Association and Bob Evans. The Topic was Referee Training and Mentoring. They have an excellent Program in the third year of its development. It appears to be a model to both duplicate and learn from.

4. Consideration of New Operational Procedures/Model: After several months of consideration and reflection upon the successes of CCSRA's influence upon the membership and community combined with the weaknesses and low participation/attendance of monthly general meetings/instruction Mike and I had a lengthy debate upon modifying the CCSRA Model.

We think we have the correct motivation and vision and will propose it to the Board during the next Conference call. Please be prepared to discuss your own thoughts regarding what is working and why. What is not working and why. Your ideas for improvement. Then we will share our thoughts before we move in any new direction.

5. Spring Clinic: Jake as you are managing the Pass Back Program I want to ask you this. 1) are you attending the Clinic on April 24th? If so would you be able to bring all/most items to the event for display at our CCSRA Service Station. I plan to man the tent to encourage CCSRA Registration and will distribute any merchandise. PLEASE let me know asap so that we can arrange to do this.

That is it for now... I think...

-Submitted by Colin Arblaster

Treasurer's Report

1. Paid membership is now at 36.

2. I have attached the alphabetical list and the contact info list of the dues paid members.

3. CCSRA checking balance is $1,542.99

4. I am checking the CCSRA P.O. Box at least once a week.

5. Indoor National Championships were FANTASTIC. Holy Crap, what games...! A lot of games fit into three intense days. The referees for the open finals were MENS: Jorge Magana and Ramiro Cruz, Co-Ed: Derek Francois and Ed Miles, and WOMENS: David Simmons and Mario D'Agostino (from Michigan). I have some photos if anyone is interested.

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Member-at-Large Report (Ward):

I attended the last meeting and I am also concerned about the low
attendance. This is an area we need to work on. We may need to send out a
reminder email before each meeting to generate attendance.

CCSRA turn out at Assoc Cup on March 13 was great. Many feedbacks were give
to Referees. I would recommend we go down a level to the Clubs and do a
mentor Day during the season at each Club in the Dist. I believe we need to
upgrade performance before Referees come up to the Cup games.

One of my goals is to form a sub chapter in the Chico area. I have suggested
this in the past and received encouragement from Mike and Colin. I see Colin
has mentioned this effort in his report.

End of report.

Submitted by Wayne Ward