News from CCSL

The Commissioner of our outdoor league posted the following news today. Note that we are still planning to start up March 30th. We have a new referee assignor. We have a very stiff fine for not contributing at least one ref to the league. Thankfully, we have 2 1/2 refs: let's pay special thanks to Jer, Liam, and Nathan.

1) Spring Season - Captains meeting is still planned for Monday March 10th @6:30. Meeting is going to be held at Nick’s office once again, but please note that they have moved down the street from where the meeting has been held in the past.

Strategic Analysis
4075 Wilson Blvd
3rd Floor
Arlington, VA

We are still targeting a season start on March 30th and hope to push up the scheduling as much as we can to not have last minute notice, but as usual, there are some field availability dependencies that we are still waiting on. There are no plans to increase the season fees this season, so the team dues are still $1,650. So you may want to start collecting cash from your teams. Also, if you have anything that you would like brought up at the Captains meeting with either proposed rule or bylaw changes or otherwise, please let me know ahead of time. There are a few ideas that the exec committee is debating and we may reach out to poll you all prior to the meeting (to save ourselves some time and headache at the captains meeting).

2) Referee Assigning – The previous assignor Carmella Alvarro unfortunately had to step down from her league position during the offseason due to time constraints on her from a new job. Per our league bylaws, with the offseason vacancy, we have appointed a replacement and are very excited to have Jesse Rosenthal coming in as our new assignor. Jesse is already a USSF assignor in Arlington and was a previous CCSL board member in a past life. Were very sorry to lose Carm, but its great to have Jesse on board. Jesses email address is globalprisms@yahoo.com should you need to contact him.

There is some action required on your part. As you already know we rely greatly on our player ref pool to ensure that we have 3 certified referees at each and every game. As such each team is required to provide a ref to be available for a minimum of 5 games or have to pay an additional fine. I need each team to email Jesse and me the name of the individual(s) that fulfill your teams requirement. You may recall that last captains meeting, we passed a rule change raising that fine to $500 if you do not provide a referee. It’s a pretty steep fine so it would behoove teams to supply referees. In truth we would rather have the available referees than the money. There are many planned courses to be able to get a player certified. See below for upcoming certification and recertification courses.

Upcoming Referee Clinics for Recertification:
"If you already have received a USSF badge for 2008, you are all set. If not,
please make plans to attend a USSF Grade 8 Referee Recertification Clinic.
Upcoming clinics that are still open are listed at this address:
https://www.youthleaguesusa.com/mdcva/2007/cgi-bin/webclasses2.cgi

Highlighting:
2/26-2/27 at West Springfield HS in Springfield, VA
3/1 at Jelleff Boys / Girls Club, 3265 S. Street, NW in Washington, DC
3/3-3/4 at West Springfield HS in Springfield, VA
3/5-3/6 at Clearview Elementary - Cafeteria in Herndon, VA
3/11-3/12 at West Springfield HS in Springfield, VA
3/29 at Hunters Woods Community Center in Reston, VA

Cost for registration is $45 - checks should be made payable to the "State
Referee Program"

New Referee Clinics - if you have not refereed before:

1)
02/18/2008 - 03/07/2008Mt. Vernon Gov't Ctr, 2511 Parkers Land, Alexandria, VA 22306$0OpenLee HingleStudents MUST register online. Dates: Feb 18, 21, 23, 25, 27, Mar 1, 3, 7. Weekday class held 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM. Feb 23 class 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM, Mar 1 class 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Students must attend all sessions. Test will be administered on Mar 3.

2)
02/19/2008 - 02/26/2008McLean Community Center$0OpenRay CrawfordTo attend you must complete online registration and sign up for clinic (two-step process) at the State Referee Program web page: www.vadcsoccerref.com. Cost of the class is: $45. You can pay on-line or bring check to class, checks to be made out to "State Referee Program."

The class will be:

* Feb 19-22, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM at McLean Community Center

* Sat Feb 23, 11:00 - 3:00 PM at McLean High School (FTM)

* Feb 25-26, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM at McLean High School (Test)

3) CCSL-WAWSL to cosponsor New Referee Clinic, but dates are TBD for March/April during the week in Washington, DC.

Sanjay
CCSL Commissioner