Varsity Crews

 

Beaumont Chapter Football Officials Association
Chapter Business Meeting Minutes
October 29, 2001

The Beaumont Chapter met at 1900 hours in the Jury Impaneling Room of the Jefferson County Courthouse for the first end of season business meeting of the 2001 season.

The meeting was opened in prayer and called to order by President Gary Downey.

President Downey asked for unusual situations from the previous week's games. He then briefly discussed the scratch situation in the two 4A districts. President Downey also reminded the membership that applications for the Beaumont Chapter scholarship were available and that the end of season banquet was two Mondays from now, on November 12.

Secretary's Report

Secretary Geoff Kret handed out yellow cards to the crew chiefs with instructions to use at their discretion. The secretary went over the game assignments for the week, and reminded the membership that annual dues are payable at any time. The season summary (revised forms to be available next week) is due by the end of the year and dues are late if not received before January 21 of 2002. Both dates are specified in the Chapter Constitution.

Election

Mr. Downey turned the conduct of the meeting over to the election committee. John Green chaired the election process. The President, 2nd Vice-President, and Secretary-Treasurer ran for reelection unopposed. Motion from the floor was made, seconded, and approved to elect those offices by acclamation. The office of 1st Vice-President was contested by Mr. Wayne Pratt and the incumbent, Mr. John Ballard. Mr. Ballard won by count of paper ballots. The Member-at-Large and Divisional Representatives were elected by their respective groups at the end of the business meeting.

Unfinished Business - There was no unfinished business.

New Business

  • President Downey read the first reading of a proposal by Sandy Turner for a revision to the Chapter By-Laws to Article IV, Secretary-Treasurer. The proposed change is to revise service fees for the sub-varsity assignors from $75 per year to $150.
  • President Downey read the first reading of a proposal by Sandy Turner for a revision to the Chapter By-Laws to Article XX, Policies. The proposed change is to revise item 6a to require that crew member names and positions be presented by June 1 instead of April 1.
  • A proposal by Bob Wortham to revise Article IX of the By-Laws, Uniform, to include the American Flag as a permanent part of the uniform was read
  • A proposal by Ron Cessac to have the Board of Directors meet with District Executive Committees regarding the numbers and cost of scratches was read. President Downey stated that he would take this submittal as a directive to the board and not a specific article of the Constitution or By-Laws to be revised.

Following the readings, election of Divisional Representatives and the Member-at-Large was conducted by their respective groups. The Member-at-Large will be Frank LeBlanc. Division 1 Rep will be Bob Wortham, Division 2 Rep will be Wayne Pratt, Division 3 Rep will be David Landrum, Division 4 Rep will be Mike Defee, and the Division 5 Rep will be Greg Sims.

The next chapter business meeting will be a regularly scheduled business meeting on Monday, November 5, 2001 at the Jefferson County Courthouse Jury Impaneling Room.

Geoffrey Kret, Secretary
3-November-01