Major Items from the 9/2 Monthly Meeting:
700 – Call to order and miscellaneous comments
705 – Treasures report
- Currently invoicing teams from the Summer
- Some teams have been told to pay prior to receiving referees for the fall
- SoloShot was supposed to ship this week, but no tracking numbers yet received.
710 – Scheduling for the fall
- Scheduling is currently ongoing, assignments through 9/7 have been posted.
- YOU MUST CIPP Register yourself to be eligible to receive assignments (more below).
715 – Update on CIPP registration for USA rugby.
- New requirement for non-players to be background checked this year. As a result, you need to provide information to facilitate that check. Follow the below instructions from Steve Gore:
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- Get your login information
- You may have received an email earlier this month with the subject “USA Rugby Login information”. If so this email contains your username and a link to login. Once you have logged in go to step 2.
- If you did not receive an email, visit https://webpoint.usarugby.org/
wp15/IntraLock/AcctRequest.wp and enter your details to receive login information. Once you have logged in go to step 2.
- Select “Renew Membership” under Member Area on the left side of the page
- Verify your personal information and click Submit
- In the “Referee Member” section, select Colorado for the state and Eastern Rockies Rugby Referees Society for the club. Click Sign Up
- If you get a message that you do not need a background screening, go to step 6. Otherwise enter your social security number, check the consent in red and click Process Background Screening
- Check the Release of Liability and the second check for the Rules Acknowledgement then click Continue
- This year everyone is paying the registrations fees out of pocket. In the past these fees were withheld from your initial stipends. $45 goes to USA Rugby and $75 comes to our society.
- Enter your billing information and click Join
- Forward me (steve.gore@alumni.duke.edu) a copy of your confirmation
- Get your login information
- Once again, No CIPP = No Games.
720 – Jackalope and Aspen final assignments and discussion
- Aspen Ruggerfest in a transition year, new management, Wagner Park unavailable. As a result, not nearly as many games historically and so our referee contingent is greatly reduced. If you have questions, please get in touch with Tom.
- Jackalope Tournament on 9/13 in Laramie. Eric DeKruiff, Dave Fellows, Stu Geiger, and Chris Huff will be joined by Scott Baker who is on exchange from the UK. Marc Nelson is PRIC and will be coaching.
735 – Web site update (Stu and Steve Gore)
- Website is up and live – assignments are going out now via automated invitations. Please monitor your emails.
- The site is your site. If you have content you would like to see added, contact Stu Geiger.
745 – Have we discussed the 5 year plan???
- Steve Gore reviewed the 5 yr Strategic Plan document. This was created this year and is being readied for EC consideration of its recommendations. A 2-week comment period ends on 9/16 (prior to Aspen). Follow the link: ERRRS 5 Year
750 – Presentation by Steve Gore
- Self Control for the Referee – Meeting video to be posted soon.
825 – Any new business or questions
830 – Adjourn
I have retired from the US Attorney’s office, and have let people know, but my old info is still on the Refs’ site. Please change as follows:
Jim Russell
(C) 720-281-2084
JRussell47@msn.com