Madison Area Soccer Referees Unit | Monday March 30 2009 Meeting
Fitchburg Community Center

7:00 p.m. : Referees take their seats
7:05 to 7:10 : Welcome and Plan for Meeting

7:10 to 7:30 : Spring 2009 USSF Season: Reminders & Notices

• Zero-tolerance of coach/manager/player abuse of referees
• Payment of referee fees for team no-shows
• Arbiter game-report for coach/manager/fan infractions
• Role of District Referee Administrator
• Review of "GameDay Cheat Sheet" given to MAYSA team managers
• Developmental assessments for referees
• Arbiter: Game assignments & score-reporting
• Clubs with recreational game assignors
• Tournament and State Cup Requests for Assignment
• MASRU website and e-mail addresses
• Monthly MASRU meetings

7:30 to 7:50 : Instruction

• Re-certification for 2010 and other training dates
• Laws of the Game: Reminder on changes for 2008-09
• A wee bit of instruction

7:50 to 8:00 : Refreshment Break!

8:00 to 8:10 : Review of MASRU Board Initiatives for 2009

• Clubs: Increase 3 person crews on rec games
• Clubs: Increase licensed assigning of refs to rec games
• Clubs: Improve relationships with referee coordinators
• Let coaches give feedback on referees (Spring 2009 pilot test)
• Offer Summer 2009 large-scale entry-level clinic

8:10 to 8:15 : Treasurer's Report
8:15 to 8:25 : Nomination and election of 2009 MASRU Board
8:25 to 8:30 : Last Questions and Feedback (all)
8:30 p.m : Adjourn