Welcome to the San Gabriel Valley Football Officials Association

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 j o n . c r o w l e y @ c p c r o w l e y. c o m. 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.