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Minutes of NOA Board of Directors Meeting
January 28, 2008

Call to order- The meeting was called to order at 7:30 pm at Hackney’s in Lake Zurich. Those in attendance were: Randy Steen, Tom Vogan, Mike Babicz, Jerry Blum, Rocky Nelson and Mike Roseman, Don Swanson, Jim Bernardi, Darrell Schrag, John Widmayer, Darrell Schrag, Darnell Jones.

Approval of minutes for Sept. 17, 2007- Tom Vogan moved to accept the minutes of Sept. 17, 2007. Mike Babicz seconded the motion. The motion was passed unanimously.

Treasurer’s report- Randy Steen- The balance in the checking account is $7758.17. A motion to accept was made by Mike Babicz and seconded by Mike Roseman. The motion was passed unanimously.   

Secretary’s Report- Jerry Blum- 
-Send all Tournament assignments to me so I can get them in the next issue of the Zebra.
-e-mail your promotions to Jerry Blum and Mike Roseman
-Girls post season send where you are working to Sal Vasta and Boys 3A to Jeff Rutledge and your 4A assignments to Fred Allman. Motion to accept by Mike Babicz and seconded by Rocky Nelson

Membership Chairman’s Report- Mike Roseman-
-Total membership is 149 we are down 14 from last year. 10 of these are from baseball.
-122 basketball  and 61 football members
-we need to recruit new football members
-advertise in the newspapers, Community Colleges and the High Schools

Assignment Chairman’s Reports-

Football- Bob Brown( Mike Babicz )
-Football crew chiefs get your sheets to Ed Stanley now.
-Assigning meeting will take place Feb. 10, 2008.

Basketball- Mike Babicz-
-At Quentin Rd.
-45 reg. season games covered by 28 Officials 13 Varsity (3 Man)
-Tournament : 26 games covered by  28 officials ( 3 Man )
-15 College Slots ( 3 Man )
Keep your Quickbase availability updated

President’s Reports-

Football- Tom Vogan-  nothing new

Basketball- Rocky Nelson-
-Meetings were well attended
- New elected officials were: President- Troy Whalen, At Large Rep.-Darrnell Jones,
Assignment Chairman- Mike Babicz
-Observers program is proving more difficult than expected. We will try to coordinate with other associations for mutual help.
-Effort will be made to connect new officials with a mentor

IACAO- Jim Bernardi-No report

Banquet Committee Report- Randy Steen-
-the April 12, 2008 date from Jerry Ming will not work.
-Checked with Hackney’s in Lake Zurich for May 3, 2008 and it is good with them. The committee will set up the menu at a later date.  It was motioned by Tom Vogan and seconded by Jim Bernardi and was passed unanimously.

Norm Geske Scholarship- Peter King- (Randy)- Fund balance is at $12243.24.
Bob Brown Fund- Randy- Balance of $ 3051.00. We would like to be 2 years ahead. The NOA contributes $250.00 per year to this fund. We need to have more members contributing. A note was received from last years award winner requesting  to change his award form Bemidji State  to McHenry Community College.  Motioned was made by Don Swanson and seconded by Randy Steen to approve this. The vote was unanimous to approve.

Keith Ryan Scholarship- Mike Babicz
-Nominees were: Norm Ericson, Tom Baba, Dennis Doud, and Bob Brown.
-a vote was taken and Bob Brown was selected to receive the award as the official.

Lifetime Member- Paul Brott, Willie L. Jackson and Dennis Doud were nominated for Lifetime membership. There was a motion by Jim Bernardi to induct all three as lifetime members and seconded by Jerry Blum. The vote was unanimous to induct all three. We will compile a list of Lifetime members and NOA members of the year.

Old Business- BB top 15 forms will be on the NOA website.
-Officials who have worked the State Finals need to be moved down or off the Top 15 list.
-if the official has worked the Finals twice or more they should be left off the list or only put on it if there are any slots left open. This will allow other officials to move up.
-Insurance was discussed to protect the Directors and Officers of the NOA.
This would cost $385.00 per year. Mike Roseman motioned to purchase the Insurance and it was seconded by Jim Bernardi. The vote was unanimous to approve.

New Business-NOA
-Board Meetings for next season.
-Concerns regarding the professional behavior of an official were discussed.
-A card will be sent to Bob Brown
-Discussed upgrading the website
-Discussed ways of helping new officials get started positively.

Motion to adjourn- Rocky Nelson motioned and Tom Vogan seconded and it was passed. The meeting adjourned at 9:03 pm.

Respectfully submitted by Jerry Blum 1/28/08

The next Board meeting will be May 19, 2008 7pm at Hackney’s