To renew as an intercollegiate soccer official, each member must comply with NISOA policy and meet the following requirements:
Business meetings are held at the Knights of Columbus hall at 1000 Marcus Ave, New Hyde Park, New York. Members must attend two of the regularly scheduled business meetings (which includes the annual awards dinner) and the NY Metro ISOA annual rules interpretation meeting. Generally, the Executive Board will give members who attend rules interpretation meetings hosted by the New Jersey Metro ISOA, New England ISOA, or the NISOA Referee Training Camp (current chapter members only) credit for attending one scheduled business meeting. Members who attend other rules interpretation meetings are required to attend three of the four scheduled business meetings to meet the NISOA requirement to attend 3 business meetings. Since the Chapter does conduct a business meeting after the rules interpretation is complete, members attending the NY Metro ISOA rules interpretation meeting satisfy the 3 meeting requirement.
Members may request to be excused from a business meeting for a variety of reasons. All member requests to be excused due to a conflicting intercollegiate soccer game assignment will be reviewed by the Executive Board after the last regularly scheduled business meeting for that calendar year.
Chapter member dues must be sent to the Chapter Treasurer by November 1 for the subsequent season. Members who are in a status other than "active" must notify the Chapter Treasurer of their plans for the subsequent season before November 1 and pay the applicable dues.
If a member changes their status after the chapter roster and dues are submitted to NISOA (usually December 1), they will not be entitled a dues refund.
Chapter members are required to complete the NISOA Rules Refresher Test annually. The test will be available for download from our web site when we receive it from NISOA. Members are strongly encouraged to submit their answer sheet online for easier tracking, scoring and result reporting.
The answer sheet must be submitted before our Annual Rules Interpretation Meeting.
Members are required to complete the NISOA Fitness Test and achieve the minimum required average score annually to remain in "good standing." The chapter administers the test twice annually, usually on the first Wednesday of June and the second Saturday of July. If a member chooses to take the NISOA Fitness Test with another chapter, the member is responsible to contact that chapter directly to determine if the chapter is accepting guests, as well as finding out the time and location of the test. The member is also responsible to ensure the administering chapter representative sends the test results to our Chapter Secretary.
As always, the Executive Board strongly recommends members get a complete physical evaluation from their medical professional before taking the fitness test. Take this form to your medical professional, have it signed by your medical professional and bring the form with you to the fitness test. Candidates and members who are returning from an inactive status are required to submit documentation of the medical evaluation to the Executive Board before taking the NISOA fitness test.
If you do not get a physical evaluation, please complete this form and bring it with you to the fitness test. Members will not be permitted to take the fitness test until they submit one of these two forms to the Executive Board at or before the fitness test.
Members who take the NISOA Fitness Test at the National Camp or at the NISOA Referee Training Camp (E-Town) must present their signed test results to the Chapter Secretary for recording.
Fitness test results are not shared with assignors. However, assignors are given a list of members who are in good standing with the chapter before the season starts. Members may go here to receive their fitness test results via email.
The fee for new candidates to attend the candidate school shall be established by the Executive Board. Candidates are entitled to a refund of this fee until the conclusion of the initial candidate school class. This fee will not be applied to any chapter or NISOA dues should the candidate successfully complete the course and meet all conditions of chapter membership.
Candidates are required to attend the NY Metro ISOA mandatory annual rules meeting as a condition of chapter membership.
Candidates are required to take the NISOA Refresher Test and submit an answer sheet as a condition of chapter membership.
Candidates are required to take the NISOA Fitness Test with the NY Metro ISOA chapter or at the NISOA Referee Training Camp as a condition of chapter membership. If the candidate fails to achieve the minimum required average score, they have the opportunity to retake the test in six months. Candidates are required to submit documentation of a medical evaluation (waivers will not be accepted) to the Executive Board before taking the NISOA fitness test.
New members must subscribe to the chapter's mailing list. Even though you may be listed on the chapter roster, you may not be subscribed to the mailing list. If you are not receiving email from the chapter or are not sure if you are subscribed, contact the webmaster.
Existing members must keep their email address current.
If you use spam or other email filters, please make sure you can receive email from the nymisoa.com domain. We use email as a primary communication method with the membership. Please configure your email settings accordingly. We don't want you to miss important information.
There is a new Ejection Report available in pdf or Word to be used for the 2006 and successive seasons. Please note the report must be sent to Brian Crossman. If you are using a form that does not have Brian's name on it, please download and use the new form.
In the case of an ejection for fighting, the referee must contact the Region II representative, Neil Edkins within 24 hours with all applicable details. These requirements are in addition to other conference ejection reporting requirements.
All problems regarding ethics need to be addressed, in writing to Second Vice President. If you use email, please make sure you get confirmation that he has received your email.
Fines and other sanctions imposed by the chapter may be appealed to the Region 2 Representative.
Resources and requirements for NISOA local clinicians are available here. Each local clinician is responsible to ensure they fulfill all the requirements of the NISOA program.
