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Beaumont Chapter Football Officials Association
Chapter Business Meeting Minutes
November 3, 2003
The Beaumont Chapter met at 1900 hours in the Jury Impaneling Room of the
Jefferson County Courthouse for the last end of season business meeting of the
2003 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.
President Downey also reminded the membership that applications for the Beaumont
Chapter scholarship were available and that the end of season banquet was the
following Monday, on November 10, and that the membership was responsible for
bringing door prizes. The banquet will be at the Port Arthur Club and will cost
$12 per person with the chapter subsidizing the remainder of the banquet cost
through the scrimmage fees.
Secretary's Report
Secretary Geoff Kret reminded the membership that annual dues are
payable at any time. Season summary forms revised by the secretary for the TASO
points system were made available to the membership and it was noted that it and
2004 dues are payable by the end of the year. Late and reinstatement fees will
be incurred if not received before January 21 of 2004 as specified in the
Chapter Constitution.
Secretary Kret reviewed the spreadsheets on the wall regarding conversion
from the C/A/R system to the new TASO points system. Members were urged to check
the list and submit corrections as required. It was specifically pointed out to
the membership that if there was a box filled in with 25 points in RED on the
spreadsheet, it meant there was no record on file for that year for that
official and he was being assigned the default 25 points for 2000, 2001, and/or
2002. It was further noted that photo books and rosters would be reclassified by
Divisions for next year.
The Secretary read the Chapter Business Meeting Minutes for 27 October 2003.
Motion to approve was by Beau Hicks, second by Carl Briggs, and carried by voice
vote.
Unfinished Business
- President Downey read the second reading of a proposal by Charles Graham
for a revision to the Chapter By-Laws to delete Article XX Policies, Number
6-c. The proposed change is to delete verbiage regarding the varsity game
fill-in process, since the process for filling varsity vacancies exists in a
different form under By-Laws Article V. Beau Hicks moved to accept the
proposal to delete Article XX, Policies, Number 6-c. Second was by Paul
Francis. A very lengthy discussion followed about the differences in wording
between Policy 6-c and Article V regarding how varsity game fill-ins are
administered. Eric Carcerano moved to table the vote on the proposal to
delete Policy 6-c until after the proposed revision to the whole of Policy 6
is acted upon. Second was by Beau Hicks. The motion to table carried by a
show of hands.
- President Downey read the second reading of a proposal by Charles Graham
for a revision to the Chapter By-Laws to Article XX, Policies, Number 12.
The proposed change is to revise that item to read: "All members of the
Beaumont Chapter must work a minimum of four different sub-varsity dates
each year or he/she will not be eligible to work any varsity games the
following year. If an official feels they have a legitimate reason for not
fulfilling this obligation, he/she can present their request for exemption,
in writing, to the Board of Directors for approval." This proposal was
moved to accept by Charles Graham, second by Albert Richard. Discussion
followed about the differences in wording between the proposed revision and
the wording presently in the Policy which was just revised in the chapter
business meeting of November 4, 2002. Considering the proposed revision to
be less strong wording than the present Policy Number 12, the proposal
failed on a show of hands by 5 for to many against.
- A comprehensive revision to By-Laws Article XX, Policies, Number 6 was
handed out by President Downey on paper copies to the chapter membership and
is incorporated by reference herein. The handout constituted the second
reading of the proposed revision. The revision is a complete revision and
structuring of the crew chief and crew member selection process being
submitted to the chapter membership by the board of directors. For purpose
of clarity, the revision was broken down into three pieces, Policy 6-a, 6-b,
and 6-c, for motion, discussion, and vote.
- Policy 6-a: States criteria and process that must be adhered to by a
member desiring to become a varsity crew chief for the first time.
Following discussion, Eric Carcerano moved to accept the proposal,
second was by Paul Francis. The proposal passed by a show of hands.
- Policy 6-b: States guidelines for the board of directors to use in
approval of existing Crew Chiefs for continuation or formation of a new
crew for the following season. Also states guidelines for approval of
the make-up of the crews submitted. Following discussion, Mike Defee
moved to accept the proposal, second was by Ron Cessac. The proposal
passed by a show of hands.
- Policy 6-c: Establishes an appeals process and process to appoint an
Appeals Committee for ruling on unfavorable crew and crew chief
approvals. Following discussion, Ron Cessac moved to accept the
proposal, second was by Mike Defee. After a head count to determine the
existence of a quorum, the proposal passed by a count of 32 for to 4
against.
- Finally, President Downey asked if a motion to untable the proposal to
delete the original Policy 6-c was to be brought forth. Hearing no motion to
untable, the President declared that proposal dead due to a lack of motion.
New Business - no new business was brought forth
Ed Nantz moved to adjourn the meeting. Voice vote was overwhelming in
support.
The next chapter business meeting will be a regularly scheduled business meeting
on Monday, July 19, 2004 at the Jefferson County Courthouse Jury Impaneling
Room.
Geoffrey Kret, Secretary
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