•   CALL TO ORDER :

Jon Hunt , President of NSBO, called meeting to order at 11:10 am, Sunday

October 20^th, 2002.

The Fall AGM was held as a joint meeting with both Executive and General members invited to attend one open meeting.

• ADDITIONS TO AGENDA

Under New Business :

g-      Fees

h-      Fiba Exam

i-        Website

j-        Recruitment Brochure

k-     Constitution Amendment

·        APPROVAL OF AGENDA

The agenda was amended to reflect changes made to the original proposed agenda.

MOTION #1

“The revised agenda was put forth for acceptance by the membership.”

Moved :        Jon Hunt

Seconded :   Chris Holland

Passed  :       Unanimous

Action :        None

• APPROVAL OF SPRING MINUTES :

Motion # 2 : To approve fall minutes.

  Moved     –  Lindsay Steele

  Seconded –  Cliff Tye

Passed :      Unanimous

Action :      None

• Correspondence :

            None

• REPORTS FROM EXECUTIVE

All reports were presented in written form and tabled at the meeting. These reports are available through the area supervisors or by accessing the web site. Below are some of the highlights and topics covered in the reports.

President’s Report :

1- Executive changes – Jon Hunt assumed President’s chair following the 

                                         resignation of Bruce Duffy.

                     - Sam McNeish assumed Vice President’s chair.

*** both position are up for re-election in the Spring.

2- Level 11 clinic held in Moncton was a success and was well attended by NS members.

3- AUS Selection Process

4- Long Term Planning

5- Female High performance development week-end

6- Registration

*** Other topics as outlined in report tabled

Vice President’s Report :

Tabled under President , Jon Hunt report.

Sam spoke briefly on his decision to take on the challenge of the position. He did not table a separate report.

Provincial Supervisor Report : (Reg Caulfield)

The report included the following topics …

             I.      Opening remarks

          II.      Objectives2002\2003 season

       III.      AUS

        IV.      ACAA

           V.      BNS

        VI.      National Assignments

CIS Men’s       – Rodger \ Reg Caulfield

CCAA Men’s   - Ted Wallace, Jon Hunt, Paul Hanson, Nick Morash, 

                            Wendell Skier, Peter Caufield.

Midget Women- Sam McNeish

Juvenile Women- Paul Debelie

                                           Brian States

           AWARDS :

          Rod Shoveller  -  Angela Thistle

          Frank Baldwin -  Gil Ross

          Wink Wilcox    -   Gary Balcom

          Scholarship      - Erin Schaus

          25 year awards – Jack Murphy, Kerry Taylor, Bill Doyle, Lindsay Steele, 

                                        Paul Lalande, Greg Parsons & Barry Crozier.

     VII.      CABO Camp – Montreal – huge success.

Provincial Interpreter : (Roger Caulfeild)

(see report).

Provincial Supervisor Report – Reg.  Jewkes

Reg went over first major initiative for this year – female identification tournament.

NSAC hosting national small college womens B-Ball Championships.

Provincial Registrar :

Summarized # of officials at each level by area.

Discussed increase of 40 p-1 < 50.

Provincial Treasurer :

1-      presented report outlining financial position.

2-      Presented June 30^th, 2002 – Financial Position Statement.

3-      Presented General Fund Position.

4-      PD Fund balance & use of funds to date was discussed.

      5-   Annual budget was presented.

Area Supervisor Reports

As per reports – not all areas tabled a report.

* Matters arising from the Minutes :

a-      Rules & Regulations re: motions #3,#6 & #7

b-      ACAA Men’s – Three Person Crew

c-      NSSAF Tournament Play

d-      High Performance Female Official Initiative

Note : Above topics were discussed at the meeting.

           Only action arising from discussion was for Nick to provide Gary Balcom

           with small college assignments.

• New Business :

 a.-   NSBO training camp – Bluenose Classic.

       Andrew Wallis coordinator of the event presented a report on the outcome of

       the event.

b.-   Contract Negotiations :

       Topic was discussed. It was decided that a third member would be required on

       the negotiations committee.

Motion #3

“That Andrew Wallis become third member of the negotiating committee for upcoming contracts”

Moved :     Sam

Seconded : Lindsay

Passed : Unanimously

c-   NSBO Local Area Accounting Form :

 Andrew Wallis led the discussion on this topic. Chris Holland in the end presented a motion regarding the matter.

Motion #4

Area Supervisor will be responsible to ensure that financial information on the local area is reported to that area in a manner acceptable by all members. (Clarification : Supervisor is responsible to ensure this happens but ; not necessarily that they prepare report.”

Moved :      Chris

Seconded :  Bruce

Passed :

1 opposed

d.   Re-assignment of Awards Committee duties.

Reg Caulfield requested that the Awards Program be handled by new individual. Itt was recommended that this program fall under the duties of the Vice President.

Motion # 5

“ That Awards Program become responsibility of Vice President.”

Moved :     Reg

Seconded : Ted

Passed : Unanimously

e.-   ACAA women’s rule changes

ACCA women will adopt the NCAA rules used by the men’s league.

f.-   NCAA\CIS Event

Jon Hunt made members aware of upcoming tournament. Encouraged our attendance.

g.-   FEES

Jon indicated to the membership that member fees will remain the same for the 2002\2003 season.

h.-   FIBA Exam

Topic was discussed. Ralph Smith expressed concerns over marks being effected by questions relating to topics that are not often encountered in games. Rodger responded to this by indicating that the people at the top expect us to no the rules inside out with no exceptions.

i.-   Website 

Website changes and associated costs were presented by the Webmaster – Paul Hanson. He presented the membership with costs related to these changes and presented a expense listing to the membership for approval of expenses.

Motion #6

“Approve Website update \ changes associated costs as presented by Webmaster”.

Moved :      Paul Hanson

Seconded :  Gary Balcom

Passed :  Unanimously

J.-   Recruitment Brochure

Topic was discussed with respect to the need for a development of such a brochure.

Motion #7

“Chris Holland to take on task of creating a recruitment brochure”

Moved :      Ken Fells

Seconded :  Erin Schauss

Passed : Unanimously

AUS BUSINESS :

A.-   2001\2002 Ranking Process

Discussion to place on the outcome of the prior year ranking system and placings.

Individuals expressed interest in having these rankings published on the website. A  motion on this topic was brought forth but after discussion was withdrawn.

A question arose regarding the past weighting of marks within ranking system. The breakdown was indicated as follows :

Fixed :

Exam       - 10 pts

S-AGM    -  5 pts

F-AGM   -   5 pts

L2-Clinic-  10 pts

Total            30 pts

Variable \ Subjective :

Mens\Womens Commissioner – 30 pts

Interpreter                               -  15%

Provincial Assessor                 -  15%

Avg – Crew Chiefs                  -  10%

Total                                          70 pts

Topic of what constitutes leave of absence was discussed for CIS panel members.

Motion # 8

With respect to Art. 4.2.1. – AUS Selection Committee.

“Any member of the AUS Panel has the right to apply for and be granted a leave of absence for one season or part thereof. A member who applies for more than one leave of absence in a row or reapplies after resigning shall be treated as a new applicant by the AUS selection committee”

Moved : Lindsay

Seconded:  Bruce Duffy

Passed : Unanimously

Motion # 9

“Motion to adjourn meeting”

Moved : Jon Hunt

Seconded: Reg

Passed:  Unanimously

Meeting ended at 2:00 pm.

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