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ECAC Fees

John Puglisi — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:50:45 +0000

ECAC's policy for canceled games is to reassign the affected officials with another game. If, at the end of the season, there are ECAC assigned games which had been cancelled and not filled with other ECAC games, there could be a credit carry forward to the following season for the fees associated with those games. At the end of the season, each official who had a significant number of games canceled should request a credit through Steve Rossetti at ECAC. Steve's decision regarding any credit is final.

Since officials don't pay an assigning fee on games assigned after the August 15 deadline, we anticipate only officials who had several games canceled after they paid their assigning fee will receive a credit on their fee for the following year.

New ECAC Memorandum of Understanding

John Puglisi — Wed, 18 May 2011 17:48:09 +0000

A new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between ECAC and the Eastern ISOA (comprised of chapters within ECAC's area of assigning responsibility) is in its final draft stage. As ECAC's assigning responsibilities in our chapter's geographical area have diminished significantly since the last Agreement in 2005, our chapter did not actively participate in the negotiations. The new agreement runs through the 2015 season. The agreement features positive changes in the referee fees as well as a substantial change in the method of calculation for the officials' registration fee payable to ECAC. (more...)

ECAC Match Fees for 2010

John Puglisi — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:28:09 +0000

ECAC has extended their memorandum of understanding with the northeastern NISOA chapters for an additional year. ECAC game fees for the 2010 season will be as indicated in the memorandum of understanding for the calendar year 2009 (Division III referee fee will be $185 and Division III AR will be $130).

In 2009, ECAC kept the match fees at the 2008 rates. While our chapter executive board did not endorse ECAC's decision last year, we believe this extension and the match fees are a good thing for our officials and the conference.

Mount Saint Vincent Cancels Men’s Soccer for 2009

John Puglisi — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:35:29 +0000

The College of Mount Saint Vincent (Riverdale, NY) has canceled their men's soccer program for the 2009 season. Please note only the men's program is affected.

Confirm Match Venue

Lou Minutoli — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:32:25 +0000

Please be sure to confirm your match venue. Several schools have changed their game sites and others have not even decided where they are playing yet. Medgar Evers is splitting their matches between the Aviator Soccer Complex and Old Boys and Girls High School on Rutland and Troy in Brooklyn. St.Joseph's in Suffolk has scheduled a few of their matches in October at the Centereach Soccer Park on Horse Block Road.

The ECAC website is NOT very clear to everyone when it comes to WHERE the teams are playing.

Be sure to read your GAME NOTICE completely and look for alternate game sites or COMMENTS concerning the venue. Calling the school to confirm the site is also a GOOD IDEA!!

ECAC Metro NY Area Assigning Update

Lou Minutoli — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:47:55 +0000

The following ECAC assigning update was provided by Lou Minutoli: Thanks again for your continued cooperation during this season's assigning process. We still have about forty assignments available with many being at Staten Island, Brooklyn, or Randall's Island venues. If you have not spoken to me since our initial contact and are looking for a few more matches...please [...]

NY Metro Area ECAC Assigning Update

Lou Minutoli — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:02:32 +0000

The following ECAC assigning update was provided by Lou Minutoli: First of all...thanks for all your support during the transition of assigners. I have already assigned matches for sixty or so of our officials and hope to have preliminary schedules out to everybody in the next two weeks. I prefer talking to people the first time around [...]

New ECAC Metro New York Area Assignor

John Puglisi — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:54:38 +0000

ECAC notified us that Lou Minutoli will be coordinating all ECAC men's and women's soccer assignments in the New York Metro area, effective immediately. We believe ECAC will make an official announcement in the next few weeks regarding Lou's appointment but in the meantime, Lou asks that anyone who desires ECAC assignments to call him at home to discuss your availability.

As soon as we know the technical details regarding how the assignments will be published, we will post that information on the news page of the web site.

ECAC Fees for 2009

John Puglisi — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:58:41 +0000

Last month, the ECAC contacted several NISOA organizations, including our chapter, requesting endorsement of an officials' fee freeze for 2009. Fees were scheduled to increase by $5 in 2009 according to our Memorandum of Understanding with ECAC. This initiative from ECAC was in response to requests from the conference commissioners served by ECAC based on the declining economy and budget cuts in all athletic and academic areas. The proposed fee freeze has apparently been extended to all sports assigned by ECAC.

Our Executive Board considered this request and told ECAC that it was unacceptable as presented. According to ECAC's response to us, "your NISOA/EISOA colleagues in the other regions of our membership are enthusiastically supporting this freeze initiative. From the early feedback we have received, it appears the other officiating organizations within our ECAC officiating bureau will also endorse the fee freeze." We have had subsequent discussions with ECAC and continue to maintain our position not to endorse the proposed fee freeze.

We expect imminent notification from ECAC to all soccer officials that fees for the 2009 season will remain at the stipulated 2008 fees. More details on this issue are available to registered members on the chapter message board.

ECAC Application Requirements

John Puglisi — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:37:54 +0000

The ECAC now requires new officials to apply for ECAC membership and pay an application fee of $75. New chapter members should fill out this form to officiate ECAC assigned games. This requirement does not apply to veteran officials who have previously officiated ECAC assigned games.