NATIONAL OFFICIALS COMMITTEE OF

USA TRACK & FIELD

2017 ANNUAL MEETING REPORT

Columbus, Ohio

November 29 - December 3, 2017

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Mike Armstrong Chair

Rich Schornstein Doug Allen E. Scott Rose Secretary Treasurer Vice Chair –Awards

Roger Burbage Laurie Boemker Marty Johnson

Vice Chair – Certification Vice Chair – Rules Vice Chair – Training

INDEX

Index Agendas

Executive Committee Meeting General Session Meetings

Officers’ Reports:

Chair’s Report Secretary’s Report

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes December 3, 2015 Annual Meeting Minutes December 4-5, 2015 Executive Committee Mid-Year Meeting Minutes April 17-19, 2016 NOC Voting Delegates, 2017 Annual Meeting

Treasurer’s Report Vice Chair Awards Report Vice Chair Certification Report Vice Chair Rules Report Vice Chair Training Report

Subcommittee Chairs’ Reports:

Appeals/Selection Ethics & Goals Law & Legislation Technology Communications Equipment & Facilities Evaluations Insurance Nominations Uniform/Merchandise Best Practices Affirmative Development

National Officials Committee

2017 Executive Committee Meeting Agenda Columbus, Ohio

Thursday, November 30, 2017

11:00 am – 12:50 pm

Meeting Call to Order Mike Armstrong

Motion for Change of Order for Business Mike Armstrong

Reading / Approval of Minutes Rich Schornstein

Summary of Reports of Officers Chair Mike Armstrong

Treasurer Doug Allen

Secretary Rich Schornstein

Vice Chair of Certification Roger Burbage

Vice Chair of Training Marty Johnson

Vice Chair of Rules Laurie Boemker

Vice Chair of Awards Scott Rose

Old Business Nomination of Candidates for Election Don Berry / Val Foss

Selection Subcommittee Update Mike Armstrong

Hall of Fame / Awards Banquet Scott Rose

Certification Issues Roger Burbage

Rules Review Issues Laurie Boemker

IAAF Issues Laurie Boemker

Young Officials Program & Grants Don Berry

NCAA Issues Bob Podkaminer / Len Krsak

Evaluations Rich Schornstein

Best Practices Rich Schornstein

Insurance Matters Bob Tice / Irene Herman

New Business Appointment of Committee Chairs Mike Armstrong

NOC Operating Procedures – Proposed Revision Mike Armstrong / Rich Schornstein

Officials Uniform & Merchandise David Smith

USATF / NOC IT Issues Mike Armstrong / Zack Raubuck

Certification of Minors Mike Armstrong / USATF Staff

Proposed LDR Officials Award Mike Armstrong / David Katz

Law & Legislation John Murray

National Officials Committee 2017 Annual Meeting Agenda – General Sessions 1 & 2

Columbus, Ohio Friday, December 1, 2017 9:00 am – 11:50 am, NOC General Session #1

Saturday, December 2, 2017 2:00 pm – 4:50 pm, NOC General Session #2

Meeting Call to Order Mike Armstrong Roll Call Rich Schornstein Motion for Change of Order for Business Mike Armstrong Reading / Approval of Minutes Rich Schornstein Officers’ Reports

Chair Mike Armstrong

Treasurer Doug Allen

Secretary Rich Schornstein

Vice Chair of Certification Roger Burbage

Vice Chair of Training Marty Johnson

Vice Chair of Rules Laurie Boemker

Vice Chair of Awards Scott Rose

Nomination & Intro/Election of Election of NOC Officers Don Berry / Val Foss Vice Chair Certification

Subcommittee Reports Affirmative Development Raymond Pierre

Appeals Selection Delores Murray

Communications Scott Rose

Equipment and Facilities Specifications Bob Springer

Evaluations Rich Schornstein

Insurance Bob Tice / Irene Herman

Law and Legislation John Murray

Selection Mike Armstrong

Uniforms and Merchandise David Smith

Technology Mark Heckel

Old Business

Hall of Fame / Awards Banquet Scott Rose

Certification Issues Roger Burbage

Rules Review Issues Laurie Boemker

IAAF Issues Laurie Boemker

Young Officials Program & Grants Don Berry

NCAA Issues Bob Podkaminer / Len Krsak

Best Practices Rich Schornstein

New Business

NOC Operating Procedures – Proposed Revision Mike Armstrong / Rich Schornstein

USATF / NOC IT Issues Mike Armstrong / Zack Raubuck

Certification of Minors Mike Armstrong

Election of New NOC Officers Don Berry / Val Foss / Organiz. Svcs

Vice Chair Certification Guests/Topics/Discussion

USATF CEO Max Siegel

USATF President Vin Lanana

NOC Board Member Len Krsak

IAAF Update David Katz

Para Athletics Information Cathy Sellers

NCAA Officials Assignor Nathan Smurdon

Athletes Advisory Committee Jeff Porter

Spokane Conv. & Vis. Bureau

USATF Legal Dept - Claims

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COMMITTEE REPORT

CHAIR’S REPORT

MIKE ARMSTRONG

USATF National Officials Committee Chair’s Report

2017 USATF Annual Meeting 2017 has been a year of many transitions for the NOC. This is true not only in those who hold office, but in many other areas. Those include:

Our national re-certification process

A new certification website and procedure

A new officials’ website

The requirement of both SafeSport and Background Screens for certification

Distribution of the National Officials’ shirt There is still much work to be done and improvements to be made, but we are moving in a good direction. Along with these changes, we have taken steps to improve our recruitment and mentoring of young and new officials, to move some of our Rules Reviews to an online format, to create new and better ways to train and certify officials in Electronic Measuring and Electronic Recording, to provide resources to purchase equipment needed for officiating, and more. Future projects include training opportunities for rising Implement Inspectors, Technical Managers, and Referees, new online training modules that utilize video, and creating new resources to assist Certification Chairs in their work. Throughout these changes, there have been many individuals who have accepted extra responsibilities on behalf of the NOC and officials across the country. Though I cannot list them all, some that I want to acknowledge are Roger Burbage (who stepped in as interim Vice-Chair for Certification), Rich Schornstein and Laurie Boemker (who led the way in preparing rules reviews), and Mark Heckel (who has facilitated several projects as Chair of our Technology Sub-Committee). Also, the USATF National Office has been very responsive to our needs and requests. Though many of these areas are still being refined, they continue to work with us to improve areas for the betterment of our officials. Those who have worked with us include Vin Lananna, Max Siegel, Renee Washington, Norman Wain, Sara Reese, Sarah Austin, Desiree Friedman, Lindsay Toussant, Zack Raubuck, Luke Fimreite, and others. Respectfully Submitted, Mike Armstrong Chair, USATF National Officials Committee

Certification Process and National Shirts As of October 27, 2017, there were 4,586 officials who have completed the certification process. Of that number, 677 have not entered a shirt size and, therefore, have not received their national shirt. Though the re-certification period after each Olympic Games is always difficult, this one had extra challenges with a new website and the added requirements of SafeSport and the Background Screen. I want to acknowledge the patience and hard work of those who serve our officials as Association Certification Chairs. These men and women put in many hours to serve their fellow officials and our sport. Please take time to thank your Association Certification Chair for his or her work on your behalf. Certification of Officials Under-18 Because of the requirement of a Background Screen for Certified Officials, the status of officials under the age of eighteen has been a point of discussion between the NOC and the USATF national office for several months. Because of their age, those officials are unable to complete the Background Screen. This issue is still being discussed by the USATF national staff and a plan of action should be finalized soon. 2017 Championship Meet Officials The 2017 USATF Senior Indoor Championships were held on March 3-5 in Albuquerque, NM. Seven selected officials declined their assignments and were replaced by selected alternates. It was a well officiated meet with just two protests filed – one in the running events (denied) and one in the field events (upheld). The 2017 USATF Junior and Senior Outdoor Championships were held on June 22-25 in Sacramento, CA. Two selected officials declined their assignments and were replaced by selected alternates. Our officials did an outstanding job officiating the meet in spite of severe heat. There were nineteen protests and appeals filed. Five were in field events with four denied and one upheld. Fourteen were in running events with eleven denied and three upheld. 2018 Selection Process for Championship Meets Applications closed on October 15, 2017 for the 2018 USATF Senior Indoor, Junior Outdoor, and Senior Outdoor meets. There were 350 officials who completed applications. The selection of officials for these meets will take place on November 28-29 at the USATF Annual Meeting in Columbus, OH. NOC Election Per National Officials Committee Operating Procedures, the NOC will conduct one election at the 2017 USATF Annual Meeting to select a Vice-Chair of Certification to complete the current term, ending in December of 2018. Evaluations A new online evaluation form was introduced for the 2017 USATF Junior and Senior Outdoor Championships, Masters Outdoor Championships, and Junior Olympic Championships, as well as a new

online evaluation form used by Association Certification Chairs to evaluate those from their associations who applied for USATF Championship meets. All systems worked well. Best Practices Rich Schornstein has worked with the USATF National Office to update the NOC Best Practices library and transition it to the USATF Officials’ website. This library contains a wealth of information and is highly recommended to officials of all levels and disciplines. NOC Operating Regulations The officers of the NOC will be presenting some changes to our Operating Regulations. Most of the changes are editorial and organizational. Other changes include updating the descriptions of the Nomination and Technology Committees, adding the Young Officials Committee, defining the role of Parliamentarian, and moving the responsibility for preparing certification rules reviews from the Certification Sub-Committee to the Rules Sub-Committee. Board Report At the request of USATF President, Vin Lananna, and NOC Board Representative, Len Krsak, I prepared a report for the USATF Board of Directors on the “Recruitment, Certification, Retention, and Rewarding” of USATF Competition Officials. This report will continue to be developed and expanded as we seek to address these issues. Young Officials Development

Young Officials Grant

o The National Officials Committee budgeted for fifteen $500 grants to help young officials (under-40) travel to USATF National Championship meets to gain experience. There were nine applicants, all of whom received a grant. They officiated at the USATF Youth Indoor, Outdoor, and Cross Country Championships, the USATF Junior Olympic Championships, and the USATF Masters Indoor and Outdoor Championships. All of the grant recipients had good experiences at their assignments and grew as officials. I want to thank Donald Berry for his work in making this program work. The 2017 recipients were: Tanner Bisbee (Maine Association), David Glasberg (New England Association), Deborah Green (Potomac Valley Association), Cheyenne Hall (Colorado Association), Courtney Kromko (Maine Association), Candice Pierre (Southwestern Association), Alexandra Schober (Adirondack Association), Aisling Stephenson (New England Association), Clifton Taylor (Utah Association)

o Young Officials Think Tank

In an effort to get more input and ideas from young officials regarding recruitment, retention, training, and mentoring, I initiated a “Young Officials Think Tank” – an email group that shares ideas and experiences. This group is proving to be very helpful in evaluating what we can do to better raise up young officials in USATF.

o Young Officials Committee

In order to keep the recruitment, retention, training, and mentoring a priority for the NOC, the officers of the NOC are recommending the addition of a permanent Young Officials Sub-Committee to the NOC Operating Procedures.

Committee Appointments

I want to express my appreciation to those who have accepted the responsibility to serve as chairs of NOC Sub-Committees. Those individuals are:

Affirmative Development – Raymond Pierre (Southwestern Association)

Appeals/Selection – Delores Murray (Southwestern Association)

Communication – Scott Rose (Ohio Association)

Equipment and Facilities – Bob Springer (Pacific Northwest Association)

Ethics and Goals – Betsy Reed (Nevada Association)

Evaluations – Rich Schornstein (Colorado Association)

Insurance – Bob Tice (North Carolina Association) and Irene Herman (Pacific Association)

Law and Legislation – John Murray (Pacific Association)

Nominations – Valaree Foss (Maine Association)

Technology – Mark Heckel (Three Rivers Association)

Uniforms and Merchandise – David Smith (Southern California Association) I also want to express my appreciation to those who have accepted the responsibility represent the NOC on other USATF committees. Those individuals are:

Men’s Track & Field – Bob Gidari (New England Association)

Women’s Track & Field – Kathy McLymond (Niagara Association)

Race Walking – Gary Westerfield (Long Island Association)

Men’s Long Distance Running – Jeffrey Bauer (Ohio Association)

Women’s Long Distance Running – Barbara Palma (Adirondack Association)

Cross Country – Ken Kraft (New York Association)

Masters Track & Field – Sherry Hott (Arizona Association)

Masters Long Distance Running – Gloria Louis (Southern Association)

Youth Athletics – Perry Jenkins (Niagara Association)

Associations – Karen Krsak (Ohio Association)

Para Athletics – Tom Southall (Colorado Association)

Law & Legislation – John Murray (Pacific Association)

Organizational Services – Linda Melzer (Ohio Association)

Rules – Laurie Boemker (New England Association)

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COMMITTEE REPORT

SECRETARY REPORT

RICH SCHORNSTEIN

National Officials Committee

Executive Committee Meeting

Orlando, Florida

Thursday, December 1&3, 2016

MINUTES

Meeting Called to Order by Chair Krsak at 10:00am. Those in attendance: Len Krsak, Chair; Tom Hott, Secretary, Doug Allen, Treasurer, Scott Rose, Vice Chair of Awards, Rich Schornstein, Vice Chair of Training, Bob Podkaminer, Vice Chair of Rules, Don Berry, Parliamentarian; Rodger Burbage, sitting in for Vice Chair of Certification. Absent: Jimmy Stuart, Vice Chair of Certification. Motion by Don Berry, second by Rich Schornstein, to allow for adjustments to agenda. Motion carried. Motion by Scott Rose, second by Don Berry, to approve the minutes of the Dec 3, 2015 Executive Committee Meeting. Motion carried Motion by Tom Hott, second by Rich Schornstein, to accept the treasurer’s Report. Motion carried. Summary of Reports …… Entire reports to be given at the General Session

Chair Chair Krsak’s Report has been posted in the Officials’ Newsletter and is included in the Annual Report. Vice Chair of Certification Roger Burbage is filling in for Jimmy Stuart. Mr. Burbage reported he has most of the hardware and software necessary to produce officials’ cards and the processing of the cards will begin a soon as possible. Vice Chair of Training Vice Chair Schornstein’s report has been posted in the Officials’ Newsletter and is included in the Annual Report. Vice Chair of Rules Vice Chair Podkaminer’s report has been posted in the Official’s Newsletter and is included in the Annual Report.

Vice Chair of Awards Vice Chair Rose’s report has been posted in the Official’s Newsletter and is included in the Annual Report.

Old Business NOC Elections Chair Krsak and Lil Mahoney, member of the Nominations Committee, reported on the nomination and election procedure.

Hall of Fame/Awards Banquet Scott Rose reported on the Hall of Fame/Awards banquet. There are still some tickets left for the banquet. Evaluation Project Rich Schornstein discussed a proposal to make the event head evaluations of officials crews the same as the certification chair’s evaluations. These evaluations would be provided to the national meet selection committee for review.

Officials Insurance Situation Len Krsak reported on the officials’ insurance situation including who paid the premiums in the past. USATF included funds in the 2017 officials budget to cover the premiums for the insurance. Bob Tice proposed a survey of USATF associations to determine what insurance coverage is currently in place across the country and what coverage is needed. Decisions will then be made on the basis of this survey and other information. Funding for Young Officials Len Krsak reported that the Executive Committee voted at the mid-year meeting to fund a young officials’ stipend to assist the younger officials to travel to national youth and masters meets. Funds are now included in the Officials’ budget. The certification chairs will be contacted soon after the Annual Meeting to begin the process. Officials Uniform Shirt Len Krsak reported on the new uniform shirt. The shirt will be blue and each official will receive one shirt upon certification for the next Olympiad. NOC Updated Operating Procedures Tom Hott reported on the proposed amendments to the NOC Operating Procedures. The document will be presented to the NOC at the Annual Meeting on Dec 2. New Business Selection Committee Proposed Changes Len Krsak reported on the success of the current selection process. Referee/NTO Program Len Krsak suggested the Executive Board table the discussion. NCAA Proposal Bob Podkaminer reported on the history of the NCAA certification program as discussed a few years ago. The NOC Executive Board voted at that time to end the discussion with the NCAA. Chair Krsak was contacted recently to ask if the NOC would assist in staffing NCAA meets. Chair Krsak replied that the NOC could and would do this. A proposal was presented to the NCAA for the NOC to create a certification for officials to serve as key officials at NCAA championships. The discussion is continuing at this time. Motion by Tom Hott, second by Rich Schornstein, to present the concept to the NOC at the Annual Meeting on Dec 2 and to appoint a committee to continue the discussion with the NCAA. Motion carried. Motion by Tom Hott, second by Bob Podkaminer, to appoint Len Krsak and Bob Podkaminer to the committee to continue the discussion. Motion carried.

Officials Background Screening Len Krsak reported the background check is good for 2 years and will need be retaken at the end of the two years. SafeSport Course Len Krsak reported that an official who has taken the SafeSport course is covered through 2020.

Motion by Rich Schornstein, second by Scott Rose, to move to closed session to discuss personnel issues. Motion carried. Motion by Rodger Burbage, second by Don Berry, to come out of closed session. Motion carried. Motion by Tom Hott, second by Scott Rose, to adjourn until Dec 3. Motion carried. Motion by Tom Hott, second by Doug Allen, to come out of recess at 3:45 pm Dec 3. Motion carried. Motion by Tom Hott, second by Scott Rose, to accept the resignation letter of Jimmy Stuart as Vice Chair of Certification. Motion carried. Chair Len Krsak appointed Rodger Burbage to fill the position of Vice Chair of Certification. Chair Len Krsak appointed Jimmy Stuart to the position of Chair of the Technology subcommittee. The Executive Committee made the following recommendations for changes in the NOC Operating Procedures:

1. At Large members of the NOC cannot hold any other position in the NOC

2. Define the Parliamentarian position

3. Move the responsibility for writing the rules reviews from the Vice Chair of Certification to the

Vice Chair of Rules.

The 2017 Mid-Year Executive Committee is tentatively set for April 16-18 in Northwest Arkansas.

Motion by Scott Rose, second by Bob Podkaminer, to adjourn. Motion carried.

National Officials Committee

2016 Annual Meeting

December 2&3, 2016

Orlando, Florida

MINUTES

Meeting called to order by Chair Krsak at 9:09 am. Declaration of quorum by Secretary Hott Motion and second to allow adjustments to agenda. Motion carried. Vince Lanana, newly elected President of USATF, brought greetings. Motion and second to approve the minutes of the 2015 NOC Annual Meeting. Motion carried. Motion and Second to accept the Treasurer’s Report. Motion carried. Election of New NOC Officers Each candidate was allotted 3 minutes to present a campaign speech. Chair—Mike Armstrong was elected Chair Secretary—Rich Schornstein was elected Secretary Vice Chair of Training—Martin Johnson was elected Vice Chair of Training Vice Chair or Rules—Laurie Boemker was elected Vice Chair of Rules Officers Reports Chair Chair’s report included in Annual Report. Chair Krsak presented Chair Awards to the following individuals: George Adams Karl Eagleman Susan Feldman Ed Gorman

Karen Homan Sherry Hott Marty Johnson Fred Newhouse

Dave O’Brian Tom Priester Max Siegel Mark Youmans

Vice Chair of Certification—An update was provided by Rodger Burbage. Vice Chair of Training--Vice Chair of Training’s report included in Annual Report. In addition, Vice Chair Schornstein reported that the rules reviews for recertification will be available through the Association Certification Chairs. Vice Chair of Rules--Vice Chair of Rules’ report included in Annual Report. Vice Chair of Awards--Vice Chair of Awards’ report included in Annual Report. Old Business Funding for Young Officials Don Berry reported on the Funding for Young Officials project. The 2017 NOC budget includes $7500.00 for this project. Details and applications will be sent to Association Certification Chairs early in 2017.

Steve Miller, Chair of the USATF Board of Directors, brought greetings. Max Siegel, CEO of USATF, brought greetings. New Business Updated NOC Operating Procedures Amendments to the NOC Operating Procedures were presented. Motion and second the approve the amendments. Motion carried. Chair Krsak reported a major change in the Vice Chair of Certification duties and the formation of a Technology Subcommittee. Motion and Second to adjourn until 2:00 pm Dec 3, 2016. Motion carried. Motion and second to come out of adjournment 2:00 pm Dec 3, 2016. Motion carried. Election of At-Large members of the NOC John Murray, Fred Newhouse, and Delores Murray were elected as At-large members of the NOC. Insurance Program Chair Krsak reported the USATF has provided funding to the NOC to provide liability insurance for all Certified officials in 2017. Bob Tice reported on a survey that will be send to officials early in 2017 asking for their input on the insurance program. Officials Shirts Chair Krsak reported that each official who certifies for the 2017-2020 Olympiad will be eligible to receive one official’s shirt at no cost and will be able to purchase one additional shirt. Referee/NTO Program Lorie Boemker reported that the NTO program as it presently exists will be reviewed and a report will be available to officials in the near future. Law and Legislation David Greifinger presented a resolution he planned to present at the closing session of the convention for consideration by the members. The resolution addresses the ability of the CEO and the Board of Directors to suspend a member without prior due process. NCAA Proposal Bob Podkaminer reported on a request from the NCAA to provide training and certification for NCAA officials. At this time, the request is for Referees only. However, the discussion with the NCAA will also include Chief Starters, Chief Clerks, Chief Umpires, and Chief Marshalls (all appointed by the NCAA). The discussions are ongoing and at this time the NCAA is studying the proposal. Officials Background Screening Chair Krsak reported the background screenings are valid for two years and each official will be required to submit to a background screening after the two-year period expires. SafeSport Course Chair Krsak reported the officials who have completed the SafeSport program are covered until 2020. Guest/Topics/Discussion IAAF Update

David Katz reported that the IAAF was extremely pleased with the IAAF Indoor Championship held in Portland. No protests were filed during the entire meet. Mr. Katz also reported the IAAF approved a new constitution at its meeting in Monaco this week. Further information will be forthcoming from that meeting. USATF Marketing Chair Krsak reminded members to check with Chelsey Chang at USATF when developing anything that includes the USATF logo for approval. Paralympic Information The Paralympic committee made a presentation to the NOC and asked for additional officials for their meets. Diversity Committee Irene Herman and Kimberly Ford reported on the activities of the Diversity Committee and asked for a representative from the NOC for that committee. NCAA Rules Committee Mark Kostek reported the new NCAA rule books are available both on line and print version. Selection Committee report of officials for the 2017 National Championships The list of selected officials will be posted outside the meeting room immediately after the close of the meeting and is also available on line. Motion and second to adjourn. Motion carried.

National Officials Committee

Executive Board Mid-Year Meeting

April 17 – 19, 2016 - Columbus, Ohio

MINUTES

Meeting Called to order at 2:58 pm by Chair Krsak. In attendance: Chair Len Krsak, Secretary Tom Hott, Treasurer Doug Allen, Awards Vice Chair Scott Rose, Certification Vice Chair Jimmy Stuart, Rules Vice Chair Mark Kostek, and Training Vice Chair Rob Buzaitis, Parliamentarian Don Berry. Also attending: Rich Schornstein. Lindsay Toussant joined the board on April 18. Motion by Len Krsak, second by Don Berry, to have a floating agenda. Motion carried. Motion by Rob Buzaitis, second by Mark Kostek, to approve the minutes from the December 3, 2015 Executive Board meeting. Motion carried. The Executive Committee received the Treasurer's report. Officer’s Reports Chair Chair Krsak presented his report to the Executive Board. Discussion of the Safe Sport and Background Checks. A copy of the report is attached. Certification Vice Chair Stuart reported on the SafeSport and background check issues. USATF is building a completely new membership system. The new system is targeted to be finished by August, 2016. At this time, SafeSport and background checks will be required for official's re certification. All officials who certified in the 2017-2020 Olympiad will receive a new official's shirt. Beginning with the 2017 selected meets, acceptance will be done on line. Rules Vice Chair Kostek reported he has received one contact for a rule interpretation since the 2015 Annual Meeting. Training Vice Chair Buzaitis reported the clinics at the Annual Meeting went well. No webinars since the Annual Meeting. Interim Vice Chair Schornstein presented a list of possible clinic topics. Discussion of which topics to present at the 2016 Annual Meeting. Motion by Don Berry, second by Doug Allen , recess until 8:30 am April 18, 2016. Motion by Don Berry, second by Mark Kostek, to come out of recess at 8:20 am. Motion carried. Awards Vice Chair Rose reported that he will send the award nomination forms to the 11regional award chairs for review. Motion by Scott Rose, second by Doug Allen, to add to the award criteria that members of the Hall of Fame are ineligible to be considered for individual awards. Motion carried. Scott reported he has developed a new form for nominations. Scott is developing a plan to shorten the evening. Discussion of method of selection to the Hall of Fame. Discussion of award trophies. Scott will send a selection of

potential awards to each sponsoring organization for their consideration. Each organization will select one design for their award. Newsletter Editor Rose reported readership of the newsletter is down. 37% of officials opened the newsletter in February. He requested content from the members of the Executive Board. Old Business Officials Insurance Situation Discussion of rider on USATF liability insurance for officials. Due to the fact that there have been no approved claims on this insurance since its inception in 2008, the insurance is under review. This covers uncompensated officials for negligence at non sanctioned meets. Does not cover medical expenses for the official or others. The Executive Board will work with the National Office and the Association Committee to resolve this issue. Re certification Reviews Vice Chair Stuart reported on the re-certification reviews. He has an outline of the new review instruments. The new reviews will be ready for certification chairs by November 1. There will be an on- line option for Apprentice, Association, and National level. Perhaps a portion of the Master evaluation will be on line. Best Practices Rich Schornstein reported on the Best Practices on the web site. 122 best practices documents currently exist. He expressed a concern with updating the documents. Chief officials at the national meets are asked to review the documents each year, but response to that request is limited. There was a discussion of what can be done to encourage the chiefs to respond. USATF Board Seat An amendment to the Operating Procedures will be proposed to the NOC at the 2016 annual convention regarding the official's representative to the USATF board. New Business NOC Elections Training Vice Chair Kostek has resigned his position effective May 1, 2016. Motion by Don Berry, second by Rob Buzaitis, to accept Training chair Kostek's resignation and confirm the appointment of Bob Podkaminer as interim chair. Rules Vice Chair Buzaitis has resigned his position effective May 1, 2016. Motion by Len Krsak, second by Tom Hott, to accept Rules Chair Buzaitis resignation and confirm the appointment of Rich Schornstein as interim chair. The NOC Chair, Secretary, Training Vice Chair, Rules Vice Chair, and the At-Large positions are open for election at the 2016 Annual Meeting. Selection Committee Appointee Chair Krsak will make the appointment closer to the dates of the Selection Committee Meeting. Selection Committee Proposed Changes A discussion of current method was held and agreement that the current method needs to remain as is. The proposal to the Executive Board is not a rules issue, but a USATF Bylaws issue. Therefore, this committee can take no action. The Executive Board is committed to making the selection more transparent and will work on providing additional information to all officials. Proposal to purchase new projectors

Motion by Rob Buzaitis, second by Scott Rose, to purchase two new projectors cost not to exceed $2500.00 total. Motion carried. Motion by Don Berry, second by Rob Buzaitis, to recess until 1:00pm. Motion carried. Motion by Mark Kostek, second by Don Berry, to come out of recess at 1:13pm. Motion carried. Referee / NTO Programs Motion by Jimmy Stuart, second by Doug Allen, that the NOC Executive Board draft a proposal for the USATF Law &Legislation committee to move the IAAF Technical Officials subcommittee from the USATF Rules committee to the National Officials committee. Motion carried. Motion by Rob Buzaitis, second by Mark Kostek, to propose to the NOC to eliminate the Master Referee Certification subcommittee from the NOC Operating Procedures. Motion carried. Motion by Rob Buzaitis, second by Don Berry, to direct the Vice Chair of Certification to eliminate the grade 3 Referee certification. Motion carried. Electronic Measurement Agreement that Electronic Measurement needs to be standardized. Rich Schorntein will contact electronic measurement officials asking them to write a best practices document. Funding For Young Officials proposed by Mike Armstrong Motion by Rob Buziatis, second by Scott Rose, to create a line item in the NOC budget for grants to be awarded to young officials. Motion carried. Motion by Don Berry, second by Rob Buzaitis, to recess unti. 8:30 am April 19, 2016. Motion carried. Motion by Mark Kostek, second by Scott Rose, to come out of recess at 8:27 am April 19, 2016. Motion carried. Motion by Don Berry, second by Mark Kostek, to adjourn at 9:05 am. Motion carried.

NOC Voting Delegates, 2017 Annual Meeting

Association Certif

Ofcls # as of 31 July

LastName FirstName

Adirondack 27 Shufelt Joseph Alabama 65 Tolbert-McClinton Connie Alaska 0 No Cert Chair Arizona 64 Armstrong Russell Arkansas 103 Armstrong - Elected Officer Addtl Delegate N/A None Designated Alternate Delegate N/A None Designated Border 30 Swearingen Larry Central California 8 Powell Jerlene Colorado 97 Schornstein - Elected Officer Alternate Delegate N/A Halik Ed Connecticut 82 Grimes Yvonne Dakotas 30 Jensen Dee Florida 125 Larsen G. Rod Addtl Delegate N/A Thurston Janice Georgia 117 Ozell Phillip Addtl Delegate N/A Slayton Cindy Gulf 134 Jolivette Alishia Addtl Delegate N/A Love Christie Hawaii 54 Sutton Richard Illinois 73 Rainey Jamero Indiana 92 Trego Michael Inland Northwest 20 Lowe Christopher Iowa 110 Broek Curtis Addtl Delegate N/A Geiger Al Kentucky 120 Bocock Gordon Addtl Delegate N/A Newton Frank Lake Erie 75 Woytek David Long Island 30 Westerfield Gary Maine 51 Berry Donald Michigan 69 Weir Douglas Mid-Atlantic 106 Edwards Earl

Addtl Delegate N/A Yerger Ken Minnesota 47 Fergus David Missouri Valley 140 Dupree Debra Addtl Delegate N/A None Designated Montana 14 Coley Chad Nebraska 10 Maryott Michael Nevada 6 Reed - Subcommittee Chair Alternate Delegate N/A

New England 124 Boemker - Elected Officer Addtl Delegate N/A Gidari Bob Alternate Delegate N/A Lavelle Pat New Jersey 73 Sabin Crawford New Mexico 30 Williams Rhiny New York 69 Weissglas Reginald Niagara 60 McLymond Kathy North Carolina 144 Clayton LB Addtl Delegate N/A Charlton Lynn Ohio 132 Krsak Len Addtl Delegate N/A Shaul Duane Oklahoma 10 White Jacqueline Oregon 140 Phoenix Scott Addtl Delegate N/A Castro Pete Ozark 68 McNeil Wanda Pacific 259 Hume James Addtl Delegate N/A Kleeman George Addtl Delegate N/A Shirey John Pacific Northwest 49 Springer - Subcommittee Chair Alternate Delegate N/A Hickman Darlene Potomac Valley 80 Price William San Diego-Imperial 0 Bache Lolitia Alternate Delegate N/A Beltz Jay Snake River 68 Barnes Linda South Carolina 94 Funnie Perry South Texas 137 Williams Ricardo 'Ricky' Addtl Delegate N/A Moore Yolanda Southern 103 Louis Gloria Addtl Delegate N/A McMillan Lloyd

Southern California 100 Fuller Duke Addtl Delegate N/A Harris Susan Southwestern 224 Carlisle Jim Addtl Delegate N/A Barton Mica Addtl Delegate N/A Adams George Tennessee 10 Brown, lll James Three Rivers 67 Long Bruce Utah 31 Archuleta Robert Virginia 107 Anderson William Addtl Delegate N/A McCann J. Christopher West Texas 51 Blackburn Leslie West Virginia 69 Messenger Richard Wisconsin 43 Preston Jay Wyoming 0 None

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NOC Officers NOC Chair Armstrong Mike NOC Vice Chair, Certif Burbage Roger NOC Vice Chair Rules Boemker Laurie NOC Vice Chair Training Johnson Marty NOC Vice Chair Awards Rose Scott NOC Treasurer Allen Doug NOC Secretary Schornstein Rich Other Members

Affirm. Dev Cmte Pierre Raymond Appeals Selctn Cmte D. Murray - At Large Member Communic. Cmte Rose - Elected Officer Ethics & Goals Cmte Reed Betsy Eqpmt & Facil Specs

Cmte Springer Bob Evaluations Cmte Schornstein - Elected Officer Insurance Cmte Herman Irene Insurance Cmte Tice Bob Law & Legisltn Cmte J. Murray - At Large Member Nominations Cmte Foss Val Selection Cmte Armstrong - Elected Officer

Uniform & Merch Cmte Smith David Technology Cmte Heckel Mark NOC At-Large Murray Delores NOC At-Large Murray John NOC At-Large Newhouse Fred USATF Pres Apptmt Brand Connie USATF Pres Apptmt Hott Tom USATF Pres Apptmt Jenkins Perry USATF Pres Apptmt Kelly Bill Associations Cmte Pretty Pat Para Athletics Cmte Galli Phil Athlete's Adv Cmte None Designated Athlete's Adv Cmte None Designated Athlete's Adv Cmte None Designated

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COMMITTEE REPORT

TREASURER’S REPORT

DOUG ALLEN

National Officials Committee 2017 YTD Budget v. Actual

(01-01-2017 thru 09-30-2017)

Budget

Actual Expenses YTD

Committees

Awards

NOC Awards

$ 3,000.00

$ 2,002.47

Hall of Fame

Banquet

16,000.00

7,365.75

Gifts

Certification

Committee Expense

1,000.00

1,192.87

Database Main/Website

1,200.00

1,320.02

Support Service

700.00

Newsletter

800.00

E-Learning

300.00

On Line Forms

2,000.00

Certification Supplies/Postage

5,000.00

2,266.04

Equipment and Facilities

600.00

Law & Legislation

100.00

Nominations

200.00

Rules

100.00

Selection

7,500.00

220.47

Young Officials Grant

7,500.00

3,000.00

Training

3,000.00

735.83

Video

3,500.00

Clinics

7,500.00

948.00

Polo Distribution

35,000.00

Misc. Committee Expenses

2,800.00

56.66

Official's Insurance

31,510.00

Subtotal

$ 129,310.00

Travel & Meetings

NOC Mid-Year Meeting

10,830.00

7,760.73

USATF Annual Meeting

5,530.00

USATF Meet Liaison

USATF annual Meeting - Flat Rate

4,000.00

Subtotal

$ 20,360.00

2017 National Official's Committee Budget

$ 149,670.00

Actual Expenses YTD

$ 26,868.84

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COMMITTEE REPORT

VICE CHAIR AWARDS REPORT

E. SCOTT ROSE

2017 USATF NOC Annual Report

Vice Chair Awards

The following N.O.C. Awards Committee report has been condensed to reflect on what has transpired during the past 12 months. As was started by the past Vice Chair of Awards, Gordon Bocock, a combined yearly and historical report is available upon request. It is my intentions to maintain a historical record of the Awards Program including the National Outstanding Association Officials program.

Association Awards:

In 2017, the first year of the Tokyo Olympiad period, 54 associations were eligible for the National Outstanding Officials Award. Alaska, San Diego – Imperial, and Wyoming were not eligible because they have no National, Master or Emeritus level officials. After many attempts to contact all of the respective association certification chairs using email and the N.O.C. newsletter, the following associations were non-responsive: Central California, Florida, Inland Northwest, Long Island, Minnesota, Missouri Valley, Montana, Snake River, Tennessee and Utah. As of October 31, 100 certificates have been mailed to 44 associations.

Horace Crow Award

This marked the 26th year for the Horace Crow Award. This year the Awards Committee received and presented 12 nominees to the National Officials Executive Committee. This list of outstanding officials was narrowed down to the 5 finalists for the 2017 Horace Crow Award: o Martin Johnson ~ outstanding horizontal jumps official from Colorado Association o Kathy McLymond ~ outstanding vertical jumps official from the Niagara Association. o Delores Murray ~ outstanding field event official from the Southwestern Association. o John M. Murray ~ outstanding throws official from the Pacific Association. o John Shirey ~ outstanding vertical jumps official from the Pacific Association.

Charles Ruter Award This year will mark the 20th year for the Charles Ruter Award. This year the Awards Committee received and presented 8 nominees to the National Officials Executive Committee. This list of outstanding officials was narrowed down to the 5 finalists for the 2017 Charles Ruter Award: o Tiffany (Banks) Chin-Aleon ~ outstanding starter from the Southwestern Association. o Lloyd M. Cornelius Jr. ~ outstanding finish line official from the New York Association o Lloyd “Bert” Garcia ~ outstanding clerk from the New Mexico Association. o Larry Henning ~ outstanding umpire from the Indiana Association. o Karen Homan ~ outstanding umpire from the Missouri Valley Association.

John Davis Award This year will mark the 17th year for the John Davis Award. This year the Awards Committee reviewed and presented 2 nominees to the National Officials Executive Committee. The finalists for the 2017 John Davis Award are: o Theodore “Teddy” Hayes ~ outstanding official and humanitarian from the Pacific Association. o Richard Robert ~ outstanding official and humanitarian from the Southern California Association

James Grey Award

This year will mark the 11th year for the James Grey Award. This year the Awards Committee reviewed and presented 3 nominees to the National Officials Executive Committee. The finalists for the 2017 James Grey Award are:

o Donald P. Berry ~ Outstanding official and Certification Chair from the Maine Association o John Deardorff ~ outstanding official from the Missouri Valley Association. o Stan Scott ~ outstanding official from the West Texas Association.

Lori Maynard Award This year at the convention we will mark the 8th year for the Lori Maynard Award. This year the National Officials Executive Committee was presented with five finalists from the National Race Walk Committee for the 2017 Lori Maynard Award. o Jim Hanley ~ an outstanding race walk official from the Southern California Association. o Patricia Hanna ~ an outstanding race walk official from the Ozark Association. o Diane Graham-Henry~ an outstanding race walk official from the Illinois Association. o Dan Pierce ~ an outstanding race walk official from the Colorado Association. o Reginald Weissglas ~ outstanding race walk official from the New York Association

Andy Bakjian Award This year at the convention we will mark the 36th year for the Andy Bakjian Award. This year the Awards Committee had 5 nominees to review. Of those four are in their first year of eligibility and one is in his third and final year of eligibility. The 5 eligible nominees were presented to the National Officials Executive Committee. The following are the finalists for the 2017 Andy Bakjian Award. o Douglas Allen ~ outstanding official from the Kentucky Association o Roger Burbage ~ outstanding official from the North Carolina Association o Marvin Johnson ~ outstanding official from the New York Association o John Shirey ~ ~ outstanding official from the Pacific Association o David E. Snyder ~ outstanding official from the Southern California Association

Hall of Fame Inductees Nominations were accepted from anyone in the track and field community. They were solicited from the general certified USATF Officials Committee. Nominations came from other sources such as members of the National Sports Committees or Coaches Committee. Solicitations were made of those who have been inducted into the Officials Hall of Fame. The following highly deserving officials are the 2017 Hall of Fame Inductees:

o Tom Hott ~ Arizona Association o David Katz ~ New York Association o Richard Messenger ~ West Virginia Association o Bob Tice ~ New Carolina Association

Respectively Submitted E. Scott Rose N.O.C. Vice Chair ~ Awards

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COMMITTEE REPORT

VICE CHAIR CERTIFICATION REPORT

ROGER BURBAGE

2017 USATF NOC Annual Report

Vice Chair, Certification

As the appointed Vice Chair of Certification to fill the vacancy this past year, the following reflects what transpired during the past 12 months:

The Officials Certification Database is now hosted on the USATF server and is tied in with the USATF Membership Database. The transition was difficult and there were a number of concerns that have been resolved. There are a number of improvements that are in the future agendas.

I have assembled a 4-member Regional Certification Assistants group. Their challenge is to communicate with the Certification Chairs with their concerns.

I have assembled a Subcommittee of Officials to share official’s questions and concerns.

The Background Check and SafeSport confirmations were conducted and reported to the National Office.

I have communicated with all groups via newsletters and emails. This process enables the Certification Chairs to share information with their membership.

A Certification Chair Clinic will be held at the Annual Convention. The agenda will include items that will assist Certification Chairs in processing Certification.

There are approximately 4240 Certified Officials for the 2017-2020 Olympiad. This includes 413 new officials. These figures will change as applicants are being processed at this time.

Respectfully Submitted, Roger Burbage

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COMMITTEE REPORT

VICE CHAIR RULES REPORT

LAURIE BOEMKER

2017 USATF NOC Annual Report

Vice Chair Rules

This will complete my first year as Vice Chair of Rules for the NOC. It has been a great experience working with the NOC Executive Committee, Certification Chairs, many officials around the country and the Rules Subcommittee listed below. Regina Bagby, Southwestern Nick Campbell, Oregon Lloyd M. Cornelius Jr, New York Paula Everdell, Pacific Northwest David Fergus, Minnesota Tish Hanna, Ozark Susan Marie Harris, Southern California

Courtney Kromko, Maine Travis Kupiec, New England Mary Onken, New York Richard Robert, Southern California James Smyth, North Carolina Mike Trego, Indiana Dustin Williamson, Maine

The minutes from the Rules Subcommittee meeting held at the USATF Annual Meeting in December of 2016 are attached as part of this report (Exhibit B). An agenda for the Rules Subcommittee is also part of this report (Exhibit A). The following reflects what transpired during the past 12 months:

A “Rule Made Simple” document was created regarding the summary of the 2016 Rules Changes.

The previous Rules Review Team were as follows:

Track & Field Rich Schornstein (Leader)

Mike Trego Kathy McLymond

James Smyth George Adams

Implement Inspector Richard Messenger (Leader)

Doug Allen Ivars Ikstrums Phil Leake

Bruce Long Eric Smith John Greathouse Jon Turner

Race Walk

Ron Daniel

Referee & Combined Events

Mike Armstrong (Leader) Fred Newhouse Laurie Boemker Jim Carlisle

Mary Onken Ed Gorman Pat Pretty Betsy Reed

John Murray

The group did considerable work with the Rules Reviews which was finished by them and some new people in February of 2017. The Current Rules Reviews for 2017-2020 are up to date.

We started contributing monthly submissions to the NOC Newsletter which included “Rule of the Month,” IAAF, NCAA, NFHS and World Para Athletics updates and other rules related issues.

This was a rules year for IAAF and we have 76 changes proposed for consideration. The USATF Rules Proposal package was posted in November and distributed electronically to all Association Certification Chairs. It will be the topic for discussion at the NOC Rules Subcommittee meeting scheduled for Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 8:00 AM.

We had a Rules Subcommittee Conference call on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 7:30 PM EST. We discussed Rules Review Survey, Online Rules Review, Referee Newsletter, Rules Update, Spanish Version Rules Review, the Rules Subcommittee Functions and the Annual Meeting.

We have been working on an Online Rules Review. Mark Heckel, Susan Marie Harris and Travis Kupiec have put some demos together. Rich Schornstein and Susan Marie Harris had originally started this project. We have also been working in collaboration with Vice Chairs of Certification and Training on this. One or two options will be presented at the NOC Rules Subcommittee meeting.

A Rules Review Survey was put together by Mike Trego. There were 464 responses to the survey by the deadline. This will be a topic of discussion at the Annual Meeting and some type of Infographic will be presented summarizing the results.

A Spanish version of the Apprentice/Association Level was put together by Richard Robert. We still have some areas to finalize and hope to launch it in early part of 2018.

USATF Rules Proposals for 2018 are currently being submitted. A solicitation for rules proposals will be made to all Association Certification Chairs via electronic communication in 2018 as well.

Exhibit A

National Officials Committee 2017 Vice Chair Rules Meeting Agenda (Tentative)

Thursday, November 30, 2017 Hyatt Regency Columbus, Franklin A

8:00 AM – 9:50 AM Call to Order Motion Call for Adjustment to Agenda Approval of Minutes from 2016 NOC Rules Subcommittee Meeting Distribution and Discussion regarding Summary of Proposed USATF Rules Package -- Full package is available on-line before meeting 2018 Adopted Rules Summary for NFHS and Points of Emphasis Results of Rules Review Survey Online Rules Review Update NCAA Update Spanish Rules Review Update Other Business Adjourn

Exhibit B

National Officials Committee 2016 Vice Chair Rules Meeting Thursday, December 01, 2016

The 2016 Vice Chair Rules Meeting was called to order at 8:02 a.m. by Vice Chair Bob Podkaminer. The minutes of the 2015 NOC Rules Subcommittee Meeting were approved. Copies of the Rules Summaries for USATF, NFHS, and NCAA were distributed for discussion/explanation. Participants were encouraged to attend youth and masters sessions for concerns about their rules. USATF Rules Proposals Summary Vice Chair Podkaminer encouraged everyone to look at the entire proposal online and bring proposals to him. He led the group through the summary provided noting that very little reflected change in competition but rather change in procedure and clarification in certain instances. NFHS Rules Change Summary Richard Messenger discussed high school rules changes per the handout provided. He noted that the biggest change is that Rules 6 and 7 have become one rule. Vice Chair Podkaminer shared that it is important to see the level of cooperation taking place in getting rules and interpretation closer and closer so that you don’t have to remember special situations, although it will be necessary in some situations. There is an absolute need for some specialized rules; i.e., youth and masters. NCAA Rules Change Summary Vice Chair Podkaminer highly encouraged everyone to go through the NCAA rules changes as there are some major changes in interpretation. He encouraged people with concerns to go to the rules committee meetings and to get there on time. David Katz praised Vice Chair Podkaminer for his reviews as an ITO in Rio. Discussion of NOC Rules Subcommittee Function Vice Chair Podkaminer discussed the function and past activities of the NOC Rules Subcommittee. George Kleeman shared the history of and need for the subcommittee in relation to the change in the number of tests and rules reviews required. He also noted that we now have a larger training committee than existed at the time the subcommittee was formed. Rich Schornstein, Training, shared his role this year in rules review and the amount of work required by numerous people who put several hundred hours into the effort. He asked the audience to give considerable thought to where this responsibility should exist. Vice Chair Podkaminer stated that rules review location will be discussed at the general session.

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COMMITTEE REPORT

VICE CHAIR TRAINING REPORT

MARTY JOHNSON

2017 USATF NOC Annual Report

Vice Chair Training

At the 2016 USATF Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL, elections were held for various NOC offices as required by our bylaws. As a result of this election, I was selected to be the new NOC Vice-Chair for Training. With that in task in hand, I undertook the following actions thus far during 2017:

1. Decentralize the Training Committee activities: Past Vice-Chairs have worked in a one-project-at-a-time mindset using the entire Committee. I prefer to work by identifying tasks and/or projects that have a bona fide need for our constituent officials. To that end, I worked with committee members and the past chair to identify projects of need and interest to our members, found interested parties to lead teams, and let good people do good work with only the necessary oversight. The final products still funnel through me and the committee, but the day to day process is left to the individual team leads.

2. Training Committee Projects: to date we have come up with several planned training activities and tools. Some of them are still in process, and others are taking much longer than hoped for to get off the ground. a. Video-based modular training: Different learning modalities are essential when dealing

with large populations of students as not all of our officials have the same learning styles and/or strengths. While the current text-based systems are good (rulebooks, training slides, etc.), this is not the best method for teaching everyone. Unfortunately, hands-on training is not practicable as there are over 4700 certified officials distributed across 57 associations. To that end, I have been working with Mark Heckel (Pennsylvania), our Technology Subcommittee Chair, to not only get video from Eagle Eye to edit into targeted training scenarios, but we are also filming our own vignettes appropriate to a variety of training modules. This will be an ongoing and long term project, but we hope to have a sample for viewing and posting early in 2018.

b. Certification Upgrade Checklists: As many of you that work meets outside your association or local area have noticed, training and certification levels vary across the country. Using some material originally developed by Eric Zemper (Michigan) and Lee Richards (Colorado – now Maine), I have a task force, headed by L.B. Clayton (North Carolina) and Doug Weir (Michigan) working to incorporate checklists to verify what skills are required in each discipline to advance to a new certification level as well as a positive check that these skills have been mastered. This work is being done in conjunction with the NOC Vice-Cahir for Certification, Roger Burbage, and will be briefed to the Association Certification Chairs at the Annual Meeting.

c. Ready Reference Cards: The Best Practices library originally developed by Rich Schornstein, our NOC Secretary, has proven to be invaluable for our officials across the country. It has been shown to be especially useful when new officials, or those new to a particular event, tackle an assignment. Unfortunately, many of us show up to smaller meets and are thrust into an unfamiliar situation without having had the opportunity to peruse the Best Practices library for the relevant documents the night before. Our NOC Vice-Chair for Rules, Laurie Boemker, brought back a small pocket size edition similar to our Best Practices from UK Athletics. A team led by Ed Halik (Colorado) comprised of two individuals from each area of expertise – Starters, Umpires, Race Walk, Horizontals, Verticals, Throws, Clerks spread

around the country is working on taking the best parts of the UK publication and our own USATF Best Practices library and putting it in a pocket sized guide for all officials. The cost and availability of this will be discussed at the Annual Meeting (will it be an item sold in our Official’s Resources section, or is it something we can get USATF to purchase for each official when they certify each year).

d. EDM/EDR Training: Each year USATF and NCAA national championships are held, records are set, and we manage to fumble through the EDR process because we insist on using untrained or barely trained volunteers. There are many certified officials trained in the use of FieldLynx who are quite capable of recording marks, wind readings, and even protest or dark marks without managing to either display them to the crowd or put them up on the live stream for the whole world to see. The problem is, we don’t have a coherent method that is used across all venues, and many of these good officials don’t have the official imprimatur signifying their ability to perform this critical task. I have been working with Cody Dannen and his crew from Flash Results to develop a training class. This would be taught twice each year during the brief off-season (probably August). Officials would travel on their own dime, pay for the clinic, and get an entire day of hands on training on the FieldLynx system, including a skills test at the end. The training will include marks (metric and imperial), wind readings (how and when to take them), protest marks procedure, connecting to the display boards, set up (rulebook, etc.),creating a final, interval changes and added heights in the verticals, forcing athletes to finals, and all of the other tasks that are entailed in the EDR arena. This would allow us to finally use the EDR system as an official record, because it will be kept and managed by a certified official. That helps with the certification of records as well.

e. Annual Meeting Clinics: As always, the Training Committee organizes a variety of clinics for officials attending the Annual Meeting, and this year is no different. This year’s slate includes: Implement Inspection – Richard Messenger (West Virginia)

Modular Approach to Official Training – Chris Kunzelman (Pacific Northwest)

Head Event Official Protocols – Randy Brown (Southwest)

EDM/DR Training and Ready Reference Cards Update – Ed Halik (Colorado) and Marty

Johnson

Certification Upgrades – L.B. Clayton (North Carolina) and Doug Weir (Michigan)

Referee Scenarios – Robert Kern (Wisconsin)

As you can see, it has been a busy year, and we hope to have some great training videos for everyone to see by this time next year. Martin D. Johnson NOC Vice-Chair for Training

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COMMITTEE REPORT

SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS

No Reports Submitted For:

Appeals/Selection Ethics & Goals

Technology

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SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT

COMMUNICATIONS REPORT

E. SCOTT ROSE

2017 USATF NOC Annual Report

Communications Subcommittee Report

The N.O.C. Communications Committee has used the N.O.C. Newsletter as the primary means of sharing information with the National Officials Committee and certified officials thru out the 57 associations. Distribution of the N.O.C. Newsletters has been via email blasts using MailChimp Marketing Service. Recipients of the newsletters must self-register; there is no automatic registration when certifying. Newsletters can also be obtained by those individuals that have a Twitter account and follow the “USATF Officials”. From December 2016 thru October 2017, the Communications Committee has published 15 newsletter, 11 monthly editions plus four special editions. A special edition in April was to encourage safety practices while working track and field meets. The special edition in May was to enlist officials to apply to work the Youth Nationals in Lisle. Each of those special editions was sent to the entire subscriber list for the newsletter. The November edition will be distributed after this report has been submitted and will highlight the upcoming Annual Meeting in Columbus. Two additional special editions were sent in the middle of September and October regarding the application process for the three national championships. The two editions were sent to only currently certified National and Master level officials. Email addresses were downloaded from the official’s data base located on the USATF server. A complete list of email addresses that were sent the application notices is on file. Since December 2016, the newsletter has lost 284 subscribers. We currently have 6762 subscribers. Of those subscribers, only 37 percent actually open the newsletter when it arrives which is above the national average of 17 percent. The two special editions regarding the national application were opened by 59 and 52 percent respectively. The newsletters have featured regular submissions such as the “Notes from the Desk of Our Chair” and Points of Emphasis on Rules from our Rules Chair. There have also been updates on the Awards program, Hall of Fame selections and Best Practices updates. Respectively submitted,

E. Scott Rose N.O.C. Communications Committee Chair Email: esrose@roadrunner.com

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SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT

EQUIPMENT/FACILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE

BOB SPRINGER

2017 USATF NOC Annual Report

Equipment and Facilities Specification Subcommittee

October 25, 2017 During the year two newsletters, one in February and one in October were sent out to Throwing

Officials, Technical Manager, Implement Inspectors, and other interested officials. All officials that are certified as Implement Inspectors at any level automatically receive the newsletter. Also, all Certification Chairs receive a copy. Anyone else wishing to receive the newsletter must request a

copy. Each newsletter was sent to approximately 800 subscribers. There were no major issues that came up this year. We did find that the number of rejected shots

was higher due to surface problems. Either rough surface or finger holds caused shots to be rejected at a higher rate than other implements. Any rules changes this year will be discussed at our meeting on Thursday, November 30 at 3:00PM. Bob Springer Bob Springer, Chair 2017 Implement Report Summary

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SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT

EVALUATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE

RICH SCHORNSTEIN

2017 USATF NOC Annual Report

Evaluations Subcommittee

In the past, evaluations were accomplished by event heads for their crew members at the USATF Senior Indoor and Outdoor championship events. Thos evaluations were made on paper forms through 2012 or 2013. Those evaluations have been lost. Evaluations were made electronically and posted to Official’s Profile pages for the years 2015 and 2016. No evaluations were done in 2016. For 2017, the NOC Executive Committee directed resumption of the evaluations, and widened the scope to include national Masters and Junior Olympic competitions, and to include evaluations of event heads by a crew member. We enjoyed good responses in obtaining evaluations in 2017. Approximately 300 evaluations were submitted in 2017. The old officials pages, hosted on Jimmy Stewart’s server were lost, and the new USATF system has not yet been adapted to create an Official’s Profile page for every official. Going forward, once the system has the capability, evaluations from 2017 and forward will be posted to the Official’s Profile page for officials to view at their leisure. Until such time, individual officials may request to see their evaluations, which will be e-mailed to them. Approximately 25 evaluations have been provided to officials in response to their request for them in 2017. Submitted by Rich Schornstein Chair, NOC Evaluations Subcommittee

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SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT

Insurance Subcommittee

BOB TICE

2017 USATF NOC Annual Report

Insurance Subcommittee

Although the Official’s Non-Sanctioned Insurance was renewed after cancelation, it was decided to determine what if any action should be taken regarding alternate sources of coverage. Our goal was to attempt to find out what is any additional coverage existed in our Associations, what, if any impact NFHS membership had our local associations and they were aware of the extent of NFHS Insurance. We were also interested to find out if Associations had any additional coverage for the USATF Officials.

Both the Chair and the Certification Chair were contacted in 51 Associations. For 17 Associations, neither officer responded. Most notable was that none of the Associations had taken out any additional coverage for their membership and only 17 indicated that members also belonged to the NFHS. Most were aware of the NFHS policy limitations. Some of our USATF Officials have additional coverage.

During the first quarter, the NOC was notified that USATF will provide in the future, coverage for the full Officials Non-Sanctioned Insurance Premium

It was determined that the USATF Sanctioned Insurance policy had been revised, creating of concern to our committee. Most specifically sections dealing with the terms VOLUNTEER and WAIVERS. Legal advice was solicited from Shelby Sharpe, William Hickman and William Pollinger. All of the legal counsels rendered criticism of the document. Mike has provided their and our concerns along with recommendations to the National Office. After continued attempts to get action little has been forthcoming from the National Office.

In addition the National Office provided the opportunity to review a FAQ document on insurance which they wished to send to our NOC membership. It contained information we deemed not appropriate for distribution in its current form. The National Office was informed of our concerns and to date no revisions have been provided to us.

Bob Tice

Insurance Committee Chair

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SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT

NOMINATIONS REPORT

VAL FOSS

2017 USATF NOC Annual Report

Nominations

As you are all aware this year we are having a Special Election for the NOC. The candidate list received by the Nomination Sub-Committee from voting members of the NOC, for the position of Vice Chair of Certification, consisted of solely one nominee, Roger Burbage. It should be noted that if anyone else wishes to place their "hat in the ring" for this position, additional nominations can be accepted on the floor during the voting process, which shall be conducted at the first session (General Session #1) to be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Friday morning, December 1st at around 9:00 a.m. Room location has yet to be determined. If any NOC member should have any questions concerning the election process, do not hesitate to contact either Valaree Foss and or Lillian Mahoney. NOC - Vice Chair of Nomination Sub Committee. Valaree Foss

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SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT

UNIFORM/MERCHANDISE REPORT

DAVID SMITH

2017 USATF NOC Annual Report

Uniform and Equipment Subcommittee

Since accepting the Chairmanship of this committee in mid-2017, my goal has been to develop a viable program to provide all certified officials with more options/choices for uniform items at an affordable price from a single source that supplements the choices currently available. Since no options are currently offered for either basic or advanced equipment used regularly by officials, I am developing a proposal for all officials to be able to go to a single source for the purchase of necessary “tools of the trade” at a discounted price. The same is true for more advanced equipment such as laser measurement devices and high quality certified steel tape measures. As to uniforms, from a national level, officials are currently offered only three uniform items. The first is the National Shirt purchased directly from USATF. The second is a windbreaker type jacket and the third a two-piece Gore-Tex rain suit from Boathouse Sports. These uniform items are very high quality while at the same time being very expensive. My proposal is to offer multiple uniform items at a more affordable price for the everyday official through an authorized vendor that can be accessed by all officials through our national official’s webpage. All the items offered could be customized to reflect the officials association and name, if desired, as well as the USATF logo. Items currently available are short and long sleeved shirts for men and women, hats with stitched logos (baseball, wide brimmed straw hats with band, and wide brimmed UV blocker sun hat), hat bands, logo patches, medium weight and heavy weight jackets with either a removable polar fleece vest or long sleeve polar fleece jacket, all with stitched logos. Associations and/or groups of officials could also receive additional discounts for bulk purchases. The equipment proposal is in two parts. First, I intend to propose a “New Officials Starters Kit” that contains the very basic items that every official should have in her/his bag. This would be purchased directly from a national vendor of track and field equipment at a discounted price. This vendor will also have other important equipment items available at a discounted price. A link to this vendor would be accessed through the national official’s webpage. The second part of the proposal is to make available to the general official population advanced electronic measurement equipment at a discounted price through a licensed manufacturer’s representative. Access to this dealer would also be through the national official’s webpage. A separate proposal will be presented to organize equipment kits for key officials to be used at USATF Championship meets. The initial kit would be for Marshalls and would contain such items as armbands, hatbands and vests with “Marshall” printed boldly on each. Hand held radios would also be a part of this kit. The kit would be part of the total equipment package stored and transported by USATF staff to these meets. Kits for other groups, such as referees and ITO’s/NTO’s could be put together upon request. All of the foregoing is still in the concept and research stage and will require consultation with, and approvals from, both the NOC and USATF. The specialty kits will also require funding approval from the NOC. It is hoped all of this can be accomplished and made available to our officials by the start of the 2018 outdoor season. Submitted By: David Smith, Chairman, Uniform and Equipment Committee

NOC

COMMITTEE REPORT

BEST PRACTICES REPORT

RICH SCHORNSTEIN

2017 USATF NOC Annual Report

Officials’ Best Practices & Resources

The Best Practices library experienced many problems as it was migrated from Jimmy Stewart’s server to the USATF server during 2017. Several documents were lost, many others were delayed in getting posted to the new site, and the site was not accessible for two months. The site itself underwent reorganization and a change to improve layout and appearance. All available documents are now viewable on the site. The number of items in the library materials now totals over 320 entries. These consist of 90 “Resource” documents (rulebooks, monographs, and videos), and 230 Best Practices documents. During 2017, more than 40 items were either updated or added to the library; and 8 items were deleted. There’s been limited, though very useful input from officials around the country to suggest additional materials for the site. Further inputs – for new or updated materials - are always welcome. Best Practices materials, with the distinctive logo at the top of the page, are appearing in the hands of officials at more and more competitions. Officials, Officials’ Chairs, and Certification Chairs can help spread the word about the existence of, and the value of these documents. To see all documents, go to http://www.usatf.org/Resources-for---/-groups-officials-/Officiating-Resources.aspx.

Respectfully Submitted,

Rich Schornstein

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SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT

AFFIRMATIVE DEVELOPMENT REPORT

RAYMOND PIERRE

2017 USATF NOC Annual Report

Affirmative Development Report

Demographics – 2016 & 2017 Selections For National Championship Meets

Summary: The Demographic Report compiled by the Affirmative Development Subcommittee breaks down the age, race, and gender, of everyone who applied for, and were chosen by, the national officials' selection committee in 2016 and 2017. Below are some conclusions.

In 2016 there was an unusually large number of championships to apply for: 5 in all. For those 5 championships, the applicants totaled 1,209. In 2017 there were only 2 championships to apply for and applicants totaled only 405. There appears to be no shortage of individuals willing to officiate the big championships, and demand far outstrips supply.

Ideally the officials' demographic will closely match the demographic of the athletes they officiate. For example, if half the athletes in a meet are female, half the officials should be female... ideally.

Regarding race: The applicant pool is dominated by Caucasians. At every championship, the applicants were between 74% and 76% Caucasian. The only exceptions were at the Indoor Combined Events' and the USA Jr.'s, were the percentage was 81% and 71% white respectively.

The selection pool is dominated by Caucasians. This is inevitable with the percentage of Caucasian applicants being so high. The remaining applicants / selectees is comprised almost entirely of African-American. 5-7% of applicants belong to other races, and will mostly be left out of the remainder of this assessment.

The selection process favored African American officials more in 2017 than in 2016. At USA Jr./Sr. Outdoors in 2017 the percentage of Caucasian applicants who got selected was 65%... whereas the percentage of African American applicants who got selected was 78%. Earlier that year at Indoors, the percentage was almost perfectly even: 51% of all Caucasian applicants were selected, and 52% of all African American applicants were selected. Compare that to 2016... At USA Indoors 38% of all Caucasian applicants were selected, and 33% of all African American applicants were selected. At IAAF Worlds, 33% of all Caucasian applicants were selected, and 27% of all African American applicants were selected.

Selection to the 2016 Olympic Trials was the least favorable to non-Caucasians. 45% of all

Caucasian applicants were selected to the Olympic Trials, versus 28% of all African American applicants.

Regarding Gender: The applicant and selection pool is dominated by Males. Males made up 75-77% of all applicants to every championship, and about the same percentage of selectees.

There was only one Championship where the selection process favored female officials more than Male. 2016 Indoor Combined Events. 26% of all female applicants were selected versus 19% of all Male applicants.

The highest percentage of Male officials were selected to the highest profile meets. 2016 World Indoors and 2016 Olympic Trials officials were 78% Male. All other championships were around 75% Male. The lowest percentage of male officials was at the 2016 Indoor Combined Events where they only made up 70%.

Regarding Age: Officials Under 50 only make up 12% -16% of all applicants There aren't enough young officials applying.

The application and selection pool is dominated by officials over 60. At every championship officials 60+ years of age make up 60%-70% of all applicants and selectees. At World Indoors, the highest percentage – 72% were over 60.

Overall, the selection process is more favorable to officials 50+ than to officials under 50. For Olympic Trials, 43% of all applicants over 50 were selected, but 34% of all applicants under 50 were selected. Most championships had numbers similar to this... but there were exceptions.

There were exceptions where the selection process was more favorable to officials under 50. 2016 Indoor Combined Events, 42% of all applicants under 50 were selected. This was the highest of all the age groups.

The selection process to the 2016 USA Jr. Outdoors was highly favorable to young officials. 2016 USA Indoor Championships, 62% of all applicants under 50 were selected, and 66% of all applicants in their 50's were selected.