Board members present: Greg Kuehnle, Bob Oates, Tom Swaisgood, Barb Nye,

Mark Fisher, Fred Czaja and Karen Raszka

1. President Greg Kuehnle discussed the financial report in the absence of the Treasurer. Our current money market account will be moved to a savings account at 5/3 bank to avoid the service charges that would have been charged if we left the account where it previously was. New signatory cards have been submitted to 5/3 Bank for our accounts.
2. President’s Report: The 2012 high school assignor’s contract has been given to Karen Raszka.  Signed copies are on file. She will send a copy of the contract along with the payment due to OHSAA in the near future. The assignment contracts to the high school AD’s will be sent to them around April 1. Jerry Snodgrass contacted Teri Potter and asked her to schedule a State Rules Meeting for Monday, July 30 at 7:15pm. Mark Fisher is checking to see if he can obtain space for us at Northview HS.
3. OHSAA Report: Bob Oates announced that the High School teams who won the sportsmanship awards are the Anthony Wayne girls and the Findlay boys. Next year instead of giving 2 soccer balls to the coaches it was decided to give them a plaque. Bob is attempting to schedule a high school certification class sometime before April 30.  Ref Day at the Crew will be scheduled. It should meet the HS meeting requirement but no longer will count towards USSF credits. Bob is reviewing the high school fitness test and is assessing ways to improve the rating structure currently in place.
4. Roger Fey sent the following information to be presented at the meeting: 2 new referee clinics are set up and Tom Swaisgood is working on 2 additional clinics. Possible locations include Sylvania Southview and/or Perrysburg. We also plan to have 2 or 3 Bridge clinics. Probably will have another last chance recert, possibly at Tri-C in Cleveland or perhaps in Lima. The grade 7 clinic has not been decided but at the SRC meeting Bill Nest suggested that June 16/17 was best for him. 
5. Toby Tomazic is working with Bill Nest to set up an assessor clinic no farther south than Findlay, hopefully on April 14/15. Tom Swaisgood is trying to get VanBuren for that clinic and dates. All those interested in becoming an assessor should contact Toby.  You must have 3 years experience as an official and be a USSF Grade 7 official to be considered as an assessor candidate.
6. College Rep Report -Fred Czaja. Announced that Steve (Perry) Vaciluk and Danielle Raszka have been identified as potential college refs and that they were both recipients of scholarships to the Elizabethtown PA event.  Fred is developing a mentoring program which he plans to expand in order to help retain young officials and improve skills of any interested members. He will be assisted by Ron Carpenter, Bob Oates, and others.  Fred, along with Win Otto, is organizing a large party for the NWOSOA members, similar to what we had many years ago during the days of Eddie Clements  and is hoping to have it around the end of April or first of May.
7. Old business- it was voted to return the $25 assigning fee to Craig Gauger since he was unable to referee the games.
8. New business: The next 2 board meeting dates are April 26, 2012, and June 28, 2012. Both will be at 7pm with the location to be determined. State rules meeting will be July 30, 2012 at 7:15 pm – location to be determined. Karen Raszka said the AD’s need to input the HS games by March 15 so the the preliminary run of games can be done by April 1. She also stated that we will need to move the nwosoa.org website to a new web host as our current host is discontinuing their service. Mark Fisher and Bob Oates motioned to approve spending up to $10/month for web hosting fees if necessary. All approved.
9. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm---motion by Mark Fisher, seconded by Barb Nye.         
10. Respectfully submitted by Greg Kuehnle, President

1. Vice-President Greg Kuehnle discussed the proposed amendments to our Constitution and Code of Regulations; a motion was made by Bob Oates and seconded by Terry Konz to accept the amendments; all those present voted unanimously to accept the Constitution and Code of Regulations as written.  Greg also recognized and paid honor to outgoing President Vaughn Hoblet and praised his accomplishments and hard work during the past 2 years.
2. Treasurer Bob Galvin distributed the proposed 2012 budget and answered a few questions.  A motion was made by Roger Fey and seconded by Ron Carpenter to accept the proposed budget.  All present voted yes unanimously.
3. Election of officers--- the following people were elected:   President—Greg Kuehnle; Vice-President—Doug Cubberley; Secretary—Terri Potter; Treasurer—Bob Galvin; At-Large positions—Bob Oates, Fred Czaja, Mark Fisher, Barb Nye.
4. Bob Oates announced that the High School teams who won the sportsmanship awards are the Anthony Wayne girls and the Findlay boys. 
5. Roger Fey discussed many USSF issues, including registration and testing which will be online this year.  He announced that recertification classes will be offered in February and March and that there will no longer be a USSF Grade 9.                                                                                         
6. It was announced that Toby Tomazic is now a state-level assessor, having recently been certified in Chicago.  He is making plans to sponsor an assessor clinic locally---all those interested in becoming an assessor should contact Toby.  You must have 3 years experience as an official and be a USSF Grade 7 official to be considered as an assessor candidate.
7. Fred Czaja is now the at-large college rep on our Board of Directors and led a discussion concerning the mentoring program which he plans to expand in order to help retain young officials and improve skills of any interested members.  He will be assisted by Ron Carpenter, Bob Oates, and other volunteers.  Fred also suggested that he would like to organize a large party or year-end banquet for the NWOSOA members, similar to what we had many years ago during the days of Eddie Clements and Juergen Mudrow.
8. Assigner Karen Raszka displayed her newly-bought computer which was sorely needed due to filling many game assignment slots.  She discussed matters relating to Arbiter and announced that Feb.1 will be the start date for officials to input schedule information and availability on Arbiter.
9. The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 pm---motion by Pete Tomassini, seconded by Barb Nye.         
10. Respectfully submitted by Terri Potter, Secretary