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Minutes of the NOA Board of Directors Meeting
(June 9, 2004)

Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. by Peter King at Hackney’s Restaurant in Lake Zurich. Board members present: Mike Babicz, Bob Brown, Vince Cannon, Peter King, Rocky Nelson, Randy Steen, Don Swanson, Fred Swanson, Tom Vogan, Mark Thompson, and Mike Rosemann.

Approval of January 14, 2004 Minutes
A motion was made to approve the January 14, 2004 minutes. It was seconded and the motion passed.

Secretary’s Report - Randy Steen
The IHSA was sent the association informational sheet and a roster. This is an annual request that must be done in order for the association to be recognized by the IHSA.

Membership Chairman’s Report - Mike Rosemann
Mike Rosemann is the new membership chairman. He plans on looking on the IHSA website for registered officials in our area who do not belong to an association. He will then contact them and try to get them to join the NOA.
Randy Steen updated the NOA roster and turned it over to Mike.
Peter King will update the NOA brochure to reflect the changes in officers and give it to Mike Rosemann.
Mike Rosemann is busy contacting members who have not yet paid their dues. About 47 members are still unpaid.
From now on, the membership chairman will collect the dues and then forward them on to the treasurer. To save on postage, the dues notice will be put in with the Fall newsletter.

Treasurer’s Report - Randy Steen
A check for $30 was given to Rocky Nelson and Mike Babicz to cover the registration fee for the Officials Conference in Peoria this July. Rocky and Mike are the association delegates representing the NOA.
A check for $100 was sent to Harry Bohn for the requested donation for the Officials Conference in Peoria. The NOA is also contributing a door prize.
The NOA will save around $100 a year in bank charges as some of the account features have been changed.
Current balance: $9,504.80

Football Assignment Chairman’s Report - Bob Brown
It was a quiet winter because of the December assignors’ meeting.
Three crews from Wisconsin are working for Bob Brown.
There are about seven or eight prelim crews in the suburban area.
Bob Brown is working on trying to recruit officials from Wisconsin to join the NOA.

Basketball Assignment Chairman’s Report - Mike Babicz
John Dacey is the new girls North Suburban assignor. John will continue to use NOA members for assignments.
Jerry Heidlauf gave Mike Babicz over 100 slots to fill with NOA officials.
Quentin Road will continue to be assigned by the NOA.
The special website that Mike Babicz created will be used this year for assigning.

Baseball Assignment Chairman’s Report - Vince Cannon
Vince Cannon has worked closely with Steve Taylor, the new assignor for the North Suburban. Officials who contacted Steve early got more games than the officials who waited later. The A.D.’s liked the new system, but the coaches were not as happy. Steve Taylor will send the NOA a check on July 1st for officials who wanted their NOA dues taken out of their game fees.

Football President’s Report - Mike Babicz
Mike Babicz is lining up speakers for the 2003 meetings. Jeffery Stern will be one of the speakers. Specific dates of the meetings will be forthcoming.
Mundelein High School will be the location for the meetings this year.
A new officials section at the first couple of meetings will again be offered.

Basketball President’s Report - Rocky Nelson
The meetings were fairly well attended, with several NOA members used as speakers. The NOA had another great year in the various state tournaments.
For the NOA/AOS joint meeting, Rocky Nelson is going to try to get a sportswriter as a speaker. Rocky Nelson also wants one of the meetings to have a few of the local coaches as speakers. Tim Robbins is the new basketball representative.

Baseball President’s Report – Ron Guy
No report given.
Vince Cannon mentioned that the group had a good year.

I.A.C.A.O. Report - Jim Bernardi
No report given.
Peter King mentioned that Fred Allman is the new chairman of the basketball clinic.

Banquet Committee’s Report - Randy Steen
Approximately 80 people attended the 2004 banquet at the Libertyville Sports Complex.
$2,518.70 was spent on the banquet.
The board decided to move the banquet back to Jerry Ming’s place in 2005. Randy Steen will contact Jerry Ming about the specific details of the banquet.

Norm Geske Fund - Peter King
Jordan Victor of Buffalo Grove High School is the recipient of the scholarship this year.
Current balance: $14,357.10

Bob Brown Fund – Randy Steen
John Mason of Prairie Ridge High School is the 1st recipient of this scholarship.
Current balance: $395.00

Old Business - Board Members
Peter King mentioned that Jim Bernardi is working on getting the NOA incorporated.
Mike Babicz gave the board an update on Tom Kinkelaar.
Vince Cannon mentioned that not all baseball members have been paid by John Sahlberg from last year.

New Business - Board Members
Ken Swanson and Ian MacAuley were discussed as possible Lifetime Members for 2005.
It was decided that all Top 15 lists will be posted on our website beginning in the fall.
Randy Steen will evaluate our dues situation and present a report to the board at the next board meeting on whether dues should be lowered for next year.
It was decided that dues will be collected in August next year for all sports.
It was decided that to change the way we elect members to the board. From now on, each sport assignment chairman will be elected during the regular sport meetings. A member will now be able to vote at the banquet and by absentee ballot if not in attendance. Also, all nominations for general chairman, secretary, treasurer, and membership chairman will now be sent to the secretary. The secretary will then put all nominations on the ballot.
Vince Cannon will draft new guidelines for non-paying clinics and present the guidelines at the next board meeting.
It was decided that Tom Kinkelaar is the NOA’s nomination for the Keith Ryan Lake County High School Sports Hall of Fame.
It was decided that all sport meetings will be at Mundelein High School.
The next board meeting will be on January 5, 2005 at Hackney’s in Lake Zurich. 

Adjournment
A motion was made to adjourn the meeting.  It was seconded.  The motion passed and the meeting was adjourned at 10:25 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Randy L. Steen, Secretary