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Minutes of NOA Board of Directors Meeting
Sept. 30, 2009

Call to order-The meeting was called to order at    ??    pm at Hackney’s in Lake Zurich. Those in attendance were:  Mike Babicz, Jerry Blum, Rocky Nelson, Al Smigiel, Tom Vogan, Mike Roseman, John Widmayer, Don Swanson, Bob Brown

Approval of minutes for May. 18. 2009-   Motion to accept was made by             
Al Smigiel and seconded by  Mike Roseman . The vote to accept was unanimous.

Treasurer’s report-Randy Steen-Checking Account balance-$8,065.63
Norm Geske Fund-$11,107.86 ,  Bob Brown fund- $4,115.00.
Al Smigiel made a motion to accept and Rocky Nelson seconded. The vote
was unanimous to accept.                    .

Secretary’s Report- Jerry Blum-
Special Olympics Basketball is coming up soon. Officials are needed to help
out. If you have never worked these games, you will love it.

Membership Chairman’s report- Mike Roseman-
We have 166 total members. Football 69 with 20 new members, Basketball 97 with 17 new members.

Assignment Chairman’s Reports-
Football- Bob Brown
Things are going well but having a challenge finding games for officials.

Basketball- Mike Babicz-
All games for Jerry Heidlauf have been filled plus some new ones.
Quentin Rd. schedule is in and are just about filled for all levels.

President’s Reports-
Football- Al Smigiel-
The football meetings were very good. We averaged about 22-25 members .
Elections were held and Darrell Schrag is the new president and Mike Roseman
Is the new at large member.

Basketball- Troy Whalen- 
Harry Bohn will do a rules interpretation meeting for us on 10/21/09 and
will conduct training afterward.
We will go over the test at a series of meetings starting with the first one.
The mentoring program will be for members with 5 years or less of experience.

IACAO- Jim Bernardi- No report

Banquet Committee-Randy Steen-
The Banquet is tentatively scheduled for May 1st 2010 at Hackney’s
In Lake Zurich for around 70 people.

Norm Geske Scholarship- Peter King-balance $11,107.86.                      

Bob Brown Scholarship- Randy Steen-balance $4,115.00.                     

Keith Ryan Scholarship- Mike Babicz-
Last year was the second largest gathering ever.
All but one inductee will attend.
Who will we nominate for next year? Suggestions: Norm Erickson,
John Widmayer.
Can these be any official or just from Lake County?
We will finalize at the Jan. meeting.

Lifetime Member-will check for nominees for the Jan. meeting.

Old Business-  By-Laws changes.
These will be sent to the Board members for review at the Jan meeting.
Think about a Grant proposal for next year. Randy has a template.
Discussion about the Incorporation of the NOA that was recently
Completed.

New Business-
Football Top 15—discussion of how many games required for different point values. Should these be in line with the IHSA?

The next Board meeting will be on Jan. 11, 2010 at Hackneys at 7pm. The following board meeting will be on May 17, 2010.

Motion to Adjourn-Tom Vogan moved to adjourn at 8:44 pm and it was seconded by Mike Babicz. All approved.

Respectfully submitted by Jerry Blum, Secretary