2015 CUA Annual Meeting Mo unt Ple a sa nt Hig h Sc ho o l Mo unt Ple a sa nt, NC Sunda y Ja nua ry 11, 2015
2014 CUA Meeting Minutes Ja n 26, 2014 – Mt Ple a sa nt HS • By L a w Ame ndme nt to c re a te a nd de fine dutie s o f • “Co mmunic a tio ns Offic e r” - a ppro ve d T re a sure rs Re po rt - a ppro ve d • Bo a rd I ntro duc tio ns a nd Re spo nsib ilitie s • Supe rviso r o f Umpire s re ma rks • Me e ting Adjo urne d • 2014 CUA Annua l Me e ting 1/ 11/ 2015
Treasurers Report 2014 CUA Annua l Me e ting 1/ 11/ 2015
CUA Board Ja y G. K o b yla rz - Pre side nt • Da rin T yso n - Vic e Pre side nt • Bo b We ida w - T re a sure r • K e vin Pa rre lla - Re c o rding Se c re ta ry • Chris Pa dg e tt - T ra ining • K e vin Bro wn - Rule s • Mike T ho mpso n - Grie va nc e • Cha unc e y Bo we rs - Co mmunic a tio ns • K irk L unde ll - Dire c to r • Cra ig Ro b e rso n - Dire c to r • Je te r Mc K inle y - Me mb e r E me ritus • 2014 CUA Annua l Me e ting 1/ 11/ 2015
CUA Supervisor Comments Gar y Swanson Re gional Supe r visor of Umpir e s • Car olinas Umpir e Assoc iation Ce ll- 980- 621- 1003 Work- 704- 436- 9321 e xt. 1307 F r ank Dic e sar e Assoc iate Supe r visor of Umpir e s • Car olinas Umpir e Assoc iation 980- 581- 7069 2014 CUA Annua l Me e ting 1/ 11/ 2015
1. Re pr e se nt the Car olinas Umpir e Assoc iation and • your se lf at the utmost pr ofe ssional le ve l this ye ar . A. Act accordingly in the parking lot, entrance to the field, on the field and on the way home. B. Hold the game to its highest integrity. C. Be impartial and educational. D. We get paid to be professional and not get caught up in the emotions of the players, coaches and spectators. STAY ABOVE IT AND THEM. E. If you get flustered…it’s over for you and your partner. NO MELT DOWNS. F. You are the game manager. G. If you curse or make a lewd gesture, I won’t be able to help you. H. We are always being filmed 2014 CUA Annua l Me e ting 1/ 11/ 2015
Arbiter/Assignments 2. Close out date s on ar bite r now. • I plan to star t sc he duling F e br uar y 8th. o If you c an’t umpir e until 5:00 e mail me and put it on the bloc k page of the o ar bite r . 3. Ac c e pt assignme nts on the ar bite r imme diate ly afte r • you r e c e ive the m. 3 days give n, but ac c e pt as soon as you look. Don’t ke e p the m pe nding. Afte r 3 days the y ar e automatic ally de c line d. E xpe c t a phone c all. Che c k the ar bite r , your e mail and my we bsite e ve r y day. o If you don’t bloc k off a date and I give you a game on that date and you don’t o ac c e pt it, I c an’t use you. Stay ope n/ available with us on T ue sdays and F r idays. I ne e d 110- 120 umpir e s o on those nights. 4. E mail me c onflic ts of inte r e st and put the m on ar bite r • bloc k page . You wor k at the sc hool, you have c hildr e n at a sc hool, your wife wor ks at a o sc hool. Good fr ie nds with a c oac h, br othe r is fir st base c oac h. 2014 CUA Annua l Me e ting 1/ 11/ 2015
Arbiter/Dues/Email 5. Some of you don’t have pic tur e s on the ar bite r • ye t. I c an’t sc he dule you any game s and you c an’t do sc r immage s until this is o y 8 th . c omple te d… F e br uar 6. Some of you have n’t paid state due s ye t. No • game s, sc r immage game s or r ule books until paid. y 8 th . F e br uar 7. You must have the same e mail addr e ss on the • ar bite r , NCHSAA and te sting we bsite s. You won’t be able to take the te st and you’ll be ine ligible to wor k game s, o 2014 CUA Annua l Me e ting 1/ 11/ 2015
Fees/Payment/Reports y 1 st . 8. Booking fe e s of $71.00 by F e br uar • L ate fe e will be $96.00. o e brua ry 8 th . No g a me s a ssig ne d until fe e s a re c olle c te d… F o 9. Payme nts • CUA no longe r making payme nts o Most high sc hools will pay on Re fPay o CUA to still pay for middle sc hool game s o Var sity $71.00 for a single . o $61.00 for junior var sity. o $61.00 for Middle Sc hool. o $90.00 for a single UNCC Club T e am. $140.00 for two se ve n inning game s. T he y will o pay you afte r the game . 10. Cre w Chie f arbite r re ports are due by noon the ne xt day. • L ate r e por ts will c ar r y a $25.00 fe e . o If Ar bite r is down, the n e mail it to me at gary_swanson@hotmail.c om. o Afte r midnight go to Arbite r, the n sc he dule page . Unde r F IL T E R the r e ’s a date box o dr op down. Hit SHOW AL L and the n hit APPL Y and the game and RE D R will appe ar for the r e por t. 1/ 11/ 2015 2014 CUA Annua l Me e ting
Game Time/Crew Chief 11. Game time ar r ivals: • Middle Sc hool and Junior Var sity = 30 minute s be for e . o Var sity = 1 hour be for e . o Che c k in with home te am AD or He ad Coac h and find out fr om the m • what time the fir st pitc h will be thr own. JV umpir e s don’t le ave until you se e the var sity umpir e s. o 12. Cr e w Chie fs c ontac t par tne r s 36 hour s be for e . • If par tne r doe sn’t r e spond 24 hour s be for e the game c all Gar y. o Car r y your c e ll phone s on game days. o Have c e ll phone s tur ne d on 2 hour s be for e game time . o Call your par tne r e ar ly if you ar e in tr affic and have your pr e game at that o time . If par tne r is not answe r ing 30 minute s be for e game time c all F r ank. o 13. Don’t c hange fie ld position assignme nts unle ss • Gar y agr e e s to it. 2014 CUA Annua l Me e ting 1/ 11/ 2015
Warnings/DQ 14. War ning, wr ite it down. • Re str ic t. o Disqualify/ E je c t. o Call Gar y imme diate ly afte r the game for r e str ic tions/ DQ’s and e je c tions. o Do not te ll anyone if the r e ’s an e je c tion or disqualific ation. T e ll the m you’ll tur n the for m into me o and I’ll le t the administr ator s know the ne xt mor ning by 7:00 am. Do sample r e por t on CUA we bsite and se nd. o He ar bac k fr om Gar y and se nd offic ial r e por t into NCHSAA for public sc hool game s. o T he offic ial for m is on NCHSAA.or g. o Pr ivate sc hool and middle sc hool game s, the CUA we bsite for m will be the offic ial for m that I’ll o se nd to Pr inc ipals and AD’s. F illing out for ms, put only the fac ts… NO OPINIONS. o 15. Assistant Coac he s don’t ge t same pr ivile ge as he ad c oac he s. • T he y c an’t ar gue or le ave the dugout or the ir positions on the fie ld. T r y to have he ad c oac h he lp you. Wr ite it down. o If you r e str ic t assistant c oac h… the HE AD COACH IS AL SO RE ST RICT E D. o If he ad c oac h doe sn’t he lp you… r e str ic t both of the m. o 16. Playe r s or c oac he s e je c te d or DQe d? 99% of the time I want a • war ning. A phone c all to Gar y is mandator y afte r e ve r y Re str ic tion, DQ or E je c tion. o Put all war nings in postgame ar bite r r e por t. o 2014 CUA Annua l Me e ting 1/ 11/ 2015
Blocks/Travel 17. Non bloc ke d off days me an you’r e available to • wor k that day and will be r e ady whe n ge tting a phone c all that day. On your off days have your c lothe s and e quipme nt in the c ar . o If you ac c e pt one of the se game s late in the day… good things ar e o c oming for you. 18. T r ave l distanc e , I’ll do the be st that I c an. How • bout those gas pr ic e s!!! I’d like to ke e p e ve r yone le ss than an hour fr om home . Can’t always be o done . Sc hool pr oximitie s ar e not the ir fault, the y de se r ve the be st we c an se nd. o T he be tte r the umpir e the mor e he may have to tr ave l. o T r ave l a longe r distanc e ? Hope fully we c an ge t you a double he ade r at o that loc ation 2014 CUA Annua l Me e ting 1/ 11/ 2015
Cordial vs Social/Rules 19. Stay out of the te am dugouts. • 20. Avoid fr ate r nization with c oac he s, playe r s and • fans. “Sile nc e c an’t be quote d.” o 21. Wor k on your r ule s. T oo many umpir e s we r e not • able to do the playoffs last ye ar be c ause of low te st sc or e s. T e st date s ar e Mar c h 23- 27. o All umpir e s that wish to be e ligible for var sity game s and the playoffs must o now sc or e a 75. If a fir st or se c ond ye ar umpir e sc or e s le ss than a 75 but sc or e s above a o 65 he will be e ligible to do junior var sity game s this ye ar 22. Whe r e do we stand in be twe e n innings? Pitc hing • c hange s? 2014 CUA Annua l Me e ting 1/ 11/ 2015
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