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Mark your calendarsMark your calendarsMark your calendarsMark your calendars. Basketball Alberta and ABOA will once again present SuperWeekend, a clinic for coaches and officials on the weekend of September 21-23 inEdmonton. The focus will be on FIBA rules and mechanics. More information willbe available on the ABOA website soon..

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:PRESIDENT’SMESSAGE1 SUPERWEEKEND 1 SUMMER OFFFI-CIATINGOPPORTUNITIES2AGM MEETING 3PERRY STOTHA-THART NEW VP3ASAA AND FIBA 4CABOA AGM INCALGARY 4

participate in your asso-ciation. The ABOA hasmade great strides tomake Alberta officials be-ing noticed in nationaltournaments. We wouldlike that to continue withmore people showing sup-port by running for posi-tions or coming to vote.The Cabinet meeting thatwas held before the AGMwas also not well at-tended. Communication isalways better when it oc-curs face to face.FIBA rules are in placefor all leagues for the2007/08 season. Pleasemake sure that you areready to commit to aweekend clinic in the fallto learn these rules.Have a good summer.The winterseason hasnow endedwith the pro-vincials at alllevels being completed. Iwould like tocongratulate all the officials,first for being able to partici-pate and secondly for doing a fine job. Hopefully you willtake back to your associa-tion all the constructive com-ments to make everyone abetter official.There are many summertournaments that are avail-able to further your officialdevelopment.We had two members of our officiating family do verywell in the USA this year.Karen LasiukKaren LasiukKaren LasiukKaren Lasiuk who is still anABOA member worked theNCAA Division II WomensFinal. Clarke StevensClarke StevensClarke StevensClarke Stevens whowas at the Superweekendin September, worked inthe NCAA Division I tour-nament with his last as-signment being a Na-tional semi-final. Con-gratulations Karen andClarke.The ABOA AGM washeld in Calgary on April29. Elections were heldfor a new executive. Wethank Trevor Viney for hiscontributions to the ABOAas he did not run againfor the VP position. PerryStothart was elected totake his place. Unfortu-nately we had a low turn-out at the meeting. Westrongly encourage themembers of the ABOA to

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Summer Officiating OpportunitiesSummer Officiating OpportunitiesSummer Officiating OpportunitiesSummer Officiating Opportunities

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ABOA has several appointments this summer for officials to receive recognition for their work this season and to con-tinue their development for the future.A. Western Canada SummerWestern Canada SummerWestern Canada SummerWestern Canada Summer GamesGamesGamesGames will feature tournaments involving U15 (Midget) Girls & Boys provincialteams from the 4 western provinces + the territories August 3 - 7 in Sherwood Park. Alberta receives 7 appointmentsto this tournament with BC, SK and MB each sending one official. ABOA will provide 2 Assignor / Evaluators. FIBArules will be played so the officials will be expected to study them in advance. ABOA will conduct a pre-tournamentmeeting and brief rules overview. As per Games policy no game fees are paid, instead the officials receive a gear pack-age. All accommodations, meals as well as travel are paid for the out-of-towners. The ABOA Evaluation Committee willselect officials for this tournamentB. Great Canadian ShootoutGreat Canadian ShootoutGreat Canadian ShootoutGreat Canadian Shootout is a huge tournament in Edmonton involving over 100 teams in all age classifications andgoes June 29 - July 2. The Canada West Camp was run in conjunction with this event in past years but now is held atSFU in Burnaby. The tournament features some high level and intense games and provides officials with the opportu-nity to develop their skills at the next level. EBOA assigns most of the officials but needs your assistance. Any officialswishing to come to Edmonton will receive lots of games as well as a travel & per diem allowance. Accommodations fornow are on their own, but efforts will be made to look after this. FIBA rules will be played. Interested officials shouldcontact me if they wish to receive a provincial evaluation in addition to working games and they will be assigned ac-cordingly in higher level games. I would like to hear from them by June 10th at the latest. Details will then be provided.C. Basketball Alberta's TournamentBasketball Alberta's TournamentBasketball Alberta's TournamentBasketball Alberta's Tournament is tentatively scheduled for July 27 - 29 and will feature U15 & U17 provincialteams training to get ready for their respective National Championships in August. The likely location is Calgary. ABOAwould like to identify several candidates from throughout the province to assist in their continued development. Theseofficials will either be selected to Summer National Appointments or be under consideration, as well as to further theirchances of moving up to ACAC ball. FIBA rules will be played. Interested officials contact me by June 10th, with detailsto follow. Officials will receive game fees, expenses and a provincial evaluation.D. National Championship Summer AppointmentsNational Championship Summer AppointmentsNational Championship Summer AppointmentsNational Championship Summer Appointments - Alberta will receive three appointments this summer to theMidget and Juvenile Championships to be held August 10 -14 and August 14 - 18. Subject to the input from theEvaluation Committee and evaluations from Provincials, a short list will be drawn up early in June. While we will only beable to select a fortunate few, those receiving consideration are in line for the tournaments above and opportunities inthe future. It's important that local boards give their deserving members the chance to be identified by ABOA. If youhave solid, developing officials with potential, please ensure we are made aware of them.I would also encourage ABOA members to attend a camp this summer. There are many available by going tohttp://www.stripezone.comand scrolling down to Officiating Camps. Two I will recommend are the Canada West Camp June29 - July 2 in Burnaby, BC, contact billcrowley@stripezone.com ,and the Prairie Dog Camp in Saskatoon July 6 - 8, con-tactbasketballref@shaw.ca.Enjoy the summer!

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Annual General Meeting Annual General Meeting Annual General Meeting Annual General Meeting

ABOA held its AGM in Calgary on April 29, 2007. A couple of the key points from the weekend were:

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Dues for Active officials will be $80 this year.

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The Bylaws were amended to allow those officials who do not achieve 80% and 86% for provincial andnational appointments respectively an opportunity to rewrite the exam once.

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Elections were held. There were no nominations for the position of President so Dick Vanderstam wasasked to continue in the position for one more year. Paul Rocca was re-elected as Treasurer for twoyears and Perry Stothart was elected Vice President for the next two years.

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Perry Stothart Elected ABOA Vice PresidentPerry Stothart Elected ABOA Vice PresidentPerry Stothart Elected ABOA Vice PresidentPerry Stothart Elected ABOA Vice President

Perry StothartPerry StothartPerry StothartPerry Stothart is marriedand the father of four boys.Officiating obviously runs inthe family, Perry’s fatherGeorge started officiating 54years ago. Perry started hisown officiating career 20years ago at the age of 14working Jr High games inDevon. He has referred withEBOAEBOAEBOAEBOA since 1990. He has 12experience at the ACAC leveland 8 years of CIS whistling.Perry picked up his FIBA cardin 2005.He has lots of experience atthe national and internationallevel including Western Can-ada Summer Games, JuvenileMen’s Nationals, bothWomen’s and Men’s CCAANationals and the CISWomen’s Championships lastyear and the Canada Gamesin 2001.Perry’s international as-signments include the Inter-national Sports Invitational,San Diego, California in June2005, the Global Games,Dallas, Texas June 2006,and the upcoming FISUFISUFISUFISUGamesGamesGamesGames (Universiade), Bang-kok, Thailand in August2007.Perry brings a wealth of experience to the VP posi-tion having served nineyears on the EBOA executiveincluding the last four asPresident.

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Returning members of theABOA Executive are Presi-dent Dick VanderstamDick VanderstamDick VanderstamDick Vanderstam,Treasurer Paul RoccaPaul RoccaPaul RoccaPaul Rocca, In-terpreter Morgan MunroeMorgan MunroeMorgan MunroeMorgan Munroe,Evaluation Chair JakeJakeJakeJakeSteinbrennerSteinbrennerSteinbrennerSteinbrenner and Mem-ber-at-large Wanda Van-Wanda Van-Wanda Van-Wanda Van-derveldenderveldenderveldendervelden. Bill CarrBill CarrBill CarrBill Carr is theSupervisor.