Basketball Pre-season Meeting Minutes

November 22, 2010

1. Attendees
   Ashley Vanderborgh, George McDougall
   Brenton Pilling, CBOA
   Danny Eveleigh, Springbank
   Erhayat Ozcan, Chestermere
   Geoff Goodreau, George McDougall
   Gregg Moss, George McDougall
   Ian Fergus, Bert Church
   Ian Pollard, CBOA
   Jacquie Mirtle, RVS
   Kris Nielson, Cochrane
   Kristina Rentz, George McDougall
   Mike Sera, Bert Church
   Randy Peron, Cochrane
   Ryan Haggarty, George McDougall
   Shane Hansen, Beiseker
   
   
2. Commissioner/Statistician
   Thank you to Mike Sera, from Bert Church, for working as commissioner and statistician this season. A special thanks goes to Mike for all his work on our schedules.
   
   
3. CBOA/FIBA Rules
   Dick Vanderstam is the assignor for the CBOA. His email address is vdstam@telusplanet.net and his phone number is 403-616-7727. CBOA rates have increased to $48 per official per game. The game rate increased to $42, travel stayed the same at $6 per game per referee. Action: Coaches are to get pre-Christmas tournament requests into Dick ASAP. Update: Our request to "shuffle the deck", i.e. not always get the same officials in the same region was addressed. Dick said he would attempt to do this but officials have final say on what assignments they accept.
   
   Ian Pollard And Brenton Pilling attended the meeting on behalf of the CBOA and presented rule changes. Action: Coaches are to review the rule change document found on the ASAA site (click here), paying particular attention to:
   - 24-second rule
   - 8-second rule
   - game clock
   - unsportsmanlike foul in last two minutes of the game.
   
   
4. Schedule
   Went over schedule changes.
   Updated schedules are posted on the web (click for link):
   JV Girls
   JV Boys
   Varsity Girls
   Varsity Boys
   
   Procedure for rescheduling games: Coaches negotiate a new date - please don't cc me on this. All four teams in the double header must agree to the change. Coaches then inform their administrators. Principals then contact me with the final agreed upon date and I try to reschedule officials. I will confirm with coaches and principals when I'm able to reschedule the game.
   
   
5. Divisional Championships
   Divisional schedules are online. JV quarter final and semi finals games are played at the higher seed. Varsity quarter finals are played at the higher seed and semi finals are all played at Cochrane. Bronze (junior) and gold medal games will be at Cochrane .
   Action: JM to update divisional championship program, copy, and send to Cochrane High.
   
   
6. Zone and Provincial Championships
   Zone and provincial championship schedules are online.
   
   
7. League Fees
   Junior teams - $720
   Senior teams - $700
   
   
8. Team Rosters
   ASAA registration deadline is Dec. 15. Deadline to add students is Feb. 15. Action: Coaches are to send rosters to Mike Sera and Jacquie Mirtle by November 26.
   
   
9. Scoring and Results
   Action: BOTH COACHES are to email scores to Jacquie (jmirtle@rockyview.ab.ca) and Mike Sera (michaelsera@hotmail.com) no later than 9:00 the next morning. Host schools: HOLD ON TO THE SCORE SHEETS. Please don't discard as we may have to refer to them throughout the season. If there has been a game ejection or several technical/unsportsmanlike fouls, then the host school will fax the scoresheet to Jacquie at 403-945-4011.
   
   
10. Rules and Regulations
    Our discipline policy states:
    
    Players/coaches ejected from a game due to unsportsmanlike and/or flagrant conduct are automatically suspended for the next league or play-off game and receive a disciplinary letter from the commissioner with copies sent to the coach, principal and sports coordinator.
    Under FIBA rules, a player can get an unsportsmanlinke foul for conduct that is not necessarily unsportsmanlike or flagrant, i.e. during the last two minutes of the game. We need a qualifying statement in our handbook that addresses this. Action: JM to inform coaches, administrators, and the RVSA executive that the policy is to be revised at the Parameters meeting and that, unless a player is ejected because of two flagrant unsportsmanlike fouls, he/she will not serve a game suspension.
    
    Suspensions will be upheld for Article X 3.
    Any player/coach accumulating two technical fouls during a game is suspended for the next league or play-off game and receives a disciplinary letter from the commissioner, with copies sent to the coach, principal and sports coordinator.
    
    
11. Code of Conduct
    Action: Athletes, parents and coaches must sign Code of Conduct forms before the first league game or they are not eligible to participate. Principals are to send their declarations to the sports coordinator prior to the first league game.
    
    
12. Respect in Sport
    Coaches are also reminded that completion of the Respect in Sport program is mandatory and must be completed by the start of your season.This applies to teacher and community coaches. Thank you for your compliance.
    
    
13. Awards
    Banners are for the divisional event only. Schools do not keep them.
    - Each team gets a Heart Award
    - 12 All-Stars are awarded, with each team receiving at least one all-star
    - Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Most Valuable Player are also awarded
    
    Note: It is the head coach's responsibility to be informed about the league, keep up with what is happening during the season, attend the post season meeting, and make an informed decision for all-stars and major award winners.
    
    
14. Banquet
    The banquet is scheduled for Monday, April 11 at Cochrane High.
    
    
15. Post-Season Meeting
    The post-season meeting is Tuesday, March 22 at 4:30.
    
    
16. Other
    Action: JM to compile coaches' list and put on web.