Attendee
Officers: Sabrina Ruehl, Bob Murphy, Pam Blessington, Karl Thomas, Pat
McNamara, Stuart McAllister, Christine Helmer
Call to Order:
Sabrina
Ruehl (7:34 pm)
Review and
Approval of Previous Minutes: (September 14, 2005)
A clarification was requested for the
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Pam Blessington moved that minutes be approved as corrected.
Christine Helmer seconded.
Motion carried.
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Summary of Action Items from
this Meeting: |
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Clarification
of League Rules regarding Number of Referees:
At the May 18th AGM two
changes to the DASL Constitution were approved by the league members. Article XVII, Home Team Responsibilities, was
changed such that home teams are no longer responsible for referees and referee
instructions.
Article XIX, Referees (shown below)
adds the option of playing a game with only one referee.
“XIX.
REFEREES
All DASL games will be officiated in accordance with FIFA rules, except as
superseded by DASL rules. No "Gentleman's Agreements" concerning
either the rules or playing conditions shall be made by the playing teams.
Referees shall be currently licensed (national, state or local organization).
If two referees are not available for a game:
A. Both teams may agree on playing the game with only one
referee or
B. The referee may authorize two persons over 15 to act as
linesmen so the game may be played.
If neither of the two options can be
met, the VP of the league will try to reschedule that game as soon as possible
prior to the end of the current session.
If the game cannot be rescheduled or neither team can play on the
scheduled date, the game will be recorded as a null game. If either team
refuses the scheduled make up date or cannot field a team they will incur a
forfeit.
Referee requirements are:
C. A three person
system: center referee at least twenty-one (21) years old and two lines person
at least fifteen (15) years old. Or
D.
A two person system: both referees at least eighteen (18) years old. Or
E.
In the event of a referee not showing up; one referee with the consent
of both teams.
Teams will share the referee cost, as
determined by DASL, on an equal basis and will pay the referees prior to the
start of the game. Qualified referees shall be paid for all games to which they
are assigned and for which they appear, even if the game is forfeited or
unplayed for any reason. In case of games either forfeited or canceled with
less than twenty-four (24) hours notice, the team responsible for the forfeit
or cancel shall also be responsible for either notifying or paying the
referees.”
It should be noted that the issue of
referee cost (addressed by Article XIX) was not changed. “Teams will share the referee cost, as
determined by DASL, on an equal basis and will pay the referees prior to the
start of the game.”
Thus all games played in DASL have an
option of one of these three ways of providing referees. If three refs are scheduled for a game, the
teams should expect to pay equally for the privilege.
Referee assignment varies from City
to City. In practice most teams will
have 2 referees.
League
Reports:
Disciplinary Chairmen’s Report: Pat McNamara
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Game
cards are still slow to come in.
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P.
Blessington agreed to provide 30 labels addressed to PM and 60 addressed to AG
for city reps to use for sending in game cards.
Operations Report: Adam
Germek (not present)
Via e-mail
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The schedule
has been ironed out for the most part. Only
three games (on October 30th) don’t have field locations. The website will be updated once fields are
secured.
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When possible,
game results will be posted every Tuesday.
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The results of
all games played to date have been reported.
Registrar Report:
Karl Thomas
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Requested the
return of the league PC to update rosters.
Action by P. McNamera to turn over PC to K. Thomas.
Treasurer Reports:
Pam Blessington
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City Rep
Reports:
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One upcoming
game is scheduled for 8:30 am – an unusual time. Teams should pay special attention to this
and remind players.
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At
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Some referee
complaints reported to the referee coordinator – J. Walshe:
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Referee got in
the way of play
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Referee did
not know the rules regarding a throw-in to the keeper.
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Rain numbers
have been posted on the web site.
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Teams need to
review the contact information of team representative and the jersey colors
listed on the web site and to contact A. Germek regarding the need for any
changes.
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C. Helmer will
be vacating her positions of team representative and city representative. [K. Thomas offered to fill in as City
Representative until the AGM in May.]
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Wanted to
straighten out the issue with number of referees. [See Clarification of League Rules at the
beginning of the minutes.]
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At a recent
game, a Yellow Card was not noted on the game card. How often does this happen?
San Ramon: Bill
Gilfillan (not present)
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No Report
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No Report
Unfinished Business:
None.
New Business:
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There has been
an issue regarding the new rules allowing play if there is only 1 referee. At a game where there was only referee
present, a team that did not have enough players to start the game would not
agree to play with only 1 referee. After
some discussion, it was generally agreed that before reconciling the issue of
playing or not playing with one referee, both teams must have the required
minimum number of player and all of the other game requirements must be met –
lined field, goals, flags, game ball.
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Regarding
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A concern was
expressed about DASL having trouble recruiting and keeping players,
particularly women. Some DASL players
from Brentwood and
Member’s
Concerns:
None.
Meeting adjourned at 8:40 pm.
Motion to
Adjourn – Christine Helmer
Seconded – Pat
McNamera
Next meeting is November 9, 2005
Round Table Pizza,
Minutes submitted by:
Bob Murphy
Secretary
November 6, 2005