Las Cruces Soccer Referee Association General and Board Meetings
November 14, 2012
Board Meeting
Board Meeting Minutes November 13, 2013
Gerald Thomas Hall, Room 200
Meeting called to order at 6:00 PM by Ray Burchfield
Attendance Ray Burchfield, Paige Ramsey, Jose Briones, Jean McKeever, Elliott
Willman, Bill Lindeman
Absent Tom Duttle, Lisa Willman, Andy Bristol
New Business
Las Cruces Youth Soccer League (LCYSL) Meeting Report Ray attended the November
12, 2013 meeting.
• The LCYSL board concerned games not covered, lack of referees. Jason
McClure (LCYSL President) under impression two $1000 checks were given to the
referee association for recruitment. (Jean convinced this not the case but will
check. Advertising on NMSU campus and in the Las Cruces Sun sign-up sheet would
be minimal cost or free). The League requests a grade 9 clinic be held (will be
offered on line). The LCYSL will begin managing not only U6 but also U8 games
next fall.
• Proper check in of players to prevent player that is not on roster from
playing.
• Many missing game reports, 90. All game reports due by November 30 if referees
want to be paid for those games (will see if that is in our contract)
• Registration deadline for next season January 30, 2014.
• Spring Tournament: Border Cup will be replaced by Striker Cup.
• Crowd control. Jason wanted referees to do more (Bill said that is not our
job. As referees we should talk to coach and it is coach’s responsibility to
keep their fans under control).
Road construction, Bruins Lane and Tashiro Drive has begun. Only access to
the fields may be through Motel Blvd.
Meeting adjourned at 7:00PM
Submitted by
Elliott Willman
General Meeting
Minutes for General meeting on 11/13/2013
Called to order at 7:03pm by President Ray Burchfield.
Minutes September and October - Tabled
Treasury report: Members were reminded to pay dues. Verbal report $3,000 in
account, money is used to pay for door prizes and travel reimbursement.
Indicated no money was received from youth league for promotion of training
clinics
LCYSL report: Ray attended LCYSL board meeting on November 12, 2013
1. Construction project underway on Bruins Road, only access to High Noon fields
is from Motel Boulevard, the only parking available is on east side of field of
dreams
2. Care in game reports is important, need to include Jersey Number, Name and
Time of goals or penalties
3. Missing 90 game reports, 30 of which had referees.
4. Check player cards more carefully
5. League Registration ends on January 30 for spring season
6. League plans on having a tournament in the spring, no date set (Striker Cup)
Jason McClure, President of LCYSL spoke. His remarks included the following
comments
1. Want to hold a joint meeting between LCYSL and LCSRA, no date set
2. Please do not allow players not registered on the team scheduled to play
3. League needs more help
4. Referees are important to the league
5. Wants referees to police coaches and stop games in abusive situations
6. Trying to identify and eliminate insolent and bullying coaches
7. Fall season had too many games without referees
8. League will provide field marshals in the spring
9. Considering having referees file game reports on the field, no longer through
Arbiter
10. League employees referees, referees are independent contractors
11. League wants to provide support for referees
12. Write bad behavior of coaches in game reports
13. Disciplinary committee is addressing 2 coaches who have played players in
games which were not registered on the teams scheduled
14. Appreciate the help received in the fall
15. Do not file game reports for games you did not referee
16. Report any problem parents in game reports
17. Will not pay for games with no game reports filed
18. No referee contracts were signed this year
19. Thinking of using an assignor
20. Will see if coaches can start printing league issued rosters
21. Control games more, put coaches on spot, require coaches to control parents
22. Report any cussing by coaches in report
23. U-8 is going to parent game managers(referees) in the fall
24. Only 38 referees called games in the fall season (2013).
25. League appreciates referees
26. Talked about changing to bi-weekly payment to the referees on the field
27. Remember we are all about the kids
28. Need more volunteers on the LCYSL board
29. Holding a coaches meeting in January to emphasis training level
30. Interested in offering pay raises
State District Referee Report: No report
MVSL Report: Bill Lindemann Scolded referees for not showing up, no men’s game
this week.
Assessor’s Remarks: No report
Youth Representative: Paige Ramsey stated “be confident and try not to make
mistakes”
Training provided by Bill Lindemann and Tom Scott – appropriate jerseys Law 4
slogans and dives reviewed process to log into arbiter in order to review master
schedule including everyone scheduled on games
lcsra@yahoo.com
access
Adjourned at 8:55 PM
Checks were then distributed.
Submitted by Lisa Willman, Secretary, LCSRA