CENTRAL CALIFORNIA SOCCER REFEREE ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

April 11, 2008

Call to Order:  AGM was called to order by President Steve Dommer at 7:45 pm.

Roll Call:  Officers present:  Steve Dommer, Matt Schmitz, Jim Sandison, Dave Richard, Kurt Olson

Introduction of Guests:  None

Instructional Period:  Videotape of pre-game instruction from professional match in San Francisco with four national referees, featuring Tim Weyland.  Discussion followed led by Matt Schmitz.

Ryan Boyko (Advantage of Home Field):  Studies suggest that at professional level, fan noise may affect referee decisions in favor of the home team.  Complete power point presentation can be found on CCSRA webpage.

Reports:

President’s Report (Steve Dommer):  Thanked all officers particularly Matt Schmitz for assistance in instructional period. 

Awards (Kurt Olson):  Hall of Fame awards to Bart Jones and Diane Brown

CCSL Awards (Colin Arblaster): 

Referee of the Year – Matt Schmitz

Assistant Referee of the Year – Dave Richard

Proposals for Changes:  None proposed.

New Business:

Election of Officers:

President:  Vacant at this time.

First Vice-President:  Jim Sutton

Second Vice-President:  Jim Sandison

Secretary:  Dave Richard

Treasurer:  Ed Miles

At-Large:  Kurt Olson

Good of the Game:  Next meeting will be September 12.  Steve Dommer will continue to work on the website.

Suggested web site:  ussoccer-data.com then to referee then to pro assignments then to topics of interest – view lessons learned each week in MLS (by Brian Hall and Herb Silva).

Meeting was adjourned at 8:45 pm.