Welcome
to the official website of the San Gabriel Valley
Football Officials Association. We are over 70
officials serving nearly 30 high schools in Los
Angeles County, California.
NEWS
11/19/08
Playoff assignments
for the first round have been made and are posted on the
playoffs page.
10/25/08
9/2/08
As you
probably know, our meeting on Tuesday, September
2 had to be canceled. Unfortunately, a
transformer blew, leaving Rosemead High School
without power. Our next meeting will be on
Tuesday, September 9 at Rosemead High School.
Remember that the meeting will start in the
cafeteria.
8/13/08
The CFOA has
published a PowerPoint presentation with
philosophies by which we are to abide. The
presentation is on the Rules
and Mechanics page,
and is also available in PDF format. Please watch the
presentation so you will be familiar with them for this
season.
6/23/08
Football
season is quickly approaching. Our first meeting
will be at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, July 29 at
San Marino High School in the cafeteria.
Instructional materials will be handed out, and
we will go over the new rules and mechanics. If
you would like to get a preview of the rule
changes, they are posted on the
NFHS website.
The
calendar is now
updated with our meetings and the banquet. To
summarize, our mandatory meetings are on 7/29,
9/2, 9/9, 9/23, 10/7, and 10/21.
The 2008
Board of Directors and the 2008 Instructors
lists have been updated
here.
5/18/08
Congratulations to Mario Miranda for being
appointed as the new Instructional Chairman.
Phil Detro has been appointed to take Mario's
place on the Board of Directors.
12/26/07
The San
Gabriel Valley Football Officials Association is
accepting applications for the positions of
Instructional Chairman and Assignor for the
2008 season. If you would like
to be considered for either of these positions,
please submit a letter of application
via email to SGVFOA c/o
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Letters of interest must be received by Friday,
January 25, 2008. Please include any relevant
experience that you have as well as ideas that
you would like to implement for the 2008
season. Interviews will be held on
Monday February 25, 2008. The Board will inform
all applicants of their decision shortly
thereafter.
10/23/07
The
board-approved 2007 Playoff List is now posted
on the Playoffs page.
Please note that being on the list does not
guarantee a playoff game.
Congratulations to our newly elected board
members for 2008, Daryl McEntarffer and Mike
Wyly. Also congratulations to Bob McQueen for
being re-elected as secretary-treasurer.
The
Constitution of the SGVFOA is now posted on the
Constitution page.
9/15/07
Minutes from
the 9/4 board meeting are now posted on the
Board
Meeting Minutes page.
7/2/07
We will be
using The Arbiter online this year for
assignments. For those of you unfamiliar with
The Arbiter, we will be talking about it at our
meeting on July 28. Probably the most important
thing for you to do with The Arbiter right now
is to log in to the San Gabriel Valley Football
Officials Association account and make sure the
box in the lower right corner where it says
"ready" is checked.
6/13/07
The long-awaited summer
meeting and barbecue is scheduled for 9:00 a.m.
on Saturday, July 28 at
South Pasadena High School (click for
directions). If you have not already paid
your dues, please bring a check for $105 to the
meeting.
Information packets with
the welcome letter, calendar, etc. will be
mailed out at the end of June.
To see the calendar now,
click here.
There are major changes to
the mechanics again this year.
To read up on the
changes, click here. Also, new rules are
posted on the
NFHS website here.
4/23/07
Congratulations to Chris McNeese and Joe Conte,
Sr. for being re-appointed to the assignor and
instructional chairman positions respectively.