March 10, 2008 Weekly Minutes
SOUTHWESTERN OREGON UMPIRES ASSOCIATION MINUTES - 3/10/08
THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT DAN HAMPTON AT 7:02PM.
OFFICIALS' SCHEDULES WERE HANDED BY COMMISSIONER SEAN CHESER. SEAN ALSO
BROUGHT UP THE NEW SCHEDULE FORMAT. ALSO, HE MENTIONED THE MILEAGE RATE
- 48.5c PER MILE. THE FIRST PERSON LISTED ON THE SCHEDULE IS THE HOME
PLATE UMPIRE. SEAN ALSO MENTIONED RATES ($50.50 FOR 6A AND 5A GAMES,
$45.50 FOR 4A GAMES). THE RATE OF PAY CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE OAOA
WEBSITE.
SCHEDULES WILL BE POSTED ON THE SWUA WEBSITE ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
BO BOTITTA BROUGHT UP PAY RATES FOR OUT-OF-TOWN GAMES (GOLD BEACH AND
BROOKINGS) WITH DINNER.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON THE UMPIRE EVALUATION, WHICH WAS TABLED THE
PREVIOUS WEEK. THERE WAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO INTEGRATE THE
EVALUATION PROGRAM, AND IT WAS SECONDED. THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
BO BOTITTA READ, IN ITS ENTIRETY, A PREVIOUS VERSION OF AN EVALUATION
PROGRAM THAT WAS USED SEVERAL SEASONS AGO.
VICE-PRESIDENT DAN ARMSTRONG MADE UP EVALUATION FORMS FOR BASEBALL AND
SOFTBALL UMPIRES. A MOTION WAS MADE AND SECONDED FOR MAKING COPIES OF
THE FORMS FOR ALL OFFICIALS. THE MOTION PASSED.
NEW UMPIRE PULL-OVERS WERE DISPLAYED FROM discountumpiregear.com.
BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL UMPIRES LATER SEPERATED INTO THEIR GROUP MEETINGS.
NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, MARCH 17TH, 7:00PM IN PIRATE HALL
AT MARSHFIELD HIGH SCHOOL.
THESE MINUTES SUBMITTED ON FRIDAY, MARCH 14TH, 2008.
RESPECTFULLY,
BILL CRAWFORD, SECRETARY
SOUTHWESTEN OREGON UMPIRES ASSOCIATION