North West Jersey Board of Approved Basketball Officials, affiliated as District Board No. 168 of the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials, with territorial jurisdiction over Morris, Hunterdon, Sussex and Warren Counties in the State of New Jersey, hereafter known as the Board.
The objectives of this Board shall be:
To encourage the spirit of fair play and sportsmanship.
To have available, at all times, an adequate number of thoroughly trained officials.
To cooperate with all organizations connected with the game of basketball in furthering its interests and ideals.
To provide a medium for closer liaison with the schools within its territorial boundaries to propagate a better understanding of and solution to local problems.
There shall be six kinds of membership:
A new member, having met the requirements of the Examination Committee and Article 1, Section 2 of the IAABO By-laws, shall serve a Provisional period not to exceed two years. During this Provisional period, the member may not officiate at the varsity level except in an emergency and by mutual consent of both coaches. On recommendation of the Examination Committee and approval by the Executive Committee, the Provisional period of two (2) years may be waived on any provisional member who is deemed qualified to officiate on a varsity level.
Working members in good standing with their parent Board may apply for dual membership to this Board through the Executive Committee which may grant them membership as a working member. Such dual members shall have all the privileges of the Board except the right to vote and to hold office. They shall pay the same dues as a working member and shall not be subject to any rules and regulations greater than that of a regular member of the Board. A Dual member must meet the requirements of his parent Board.
Associated Cadets are aspiring officials, and interested persons, i.e., coaches, A.D.’s, Administrators, press and spectators. They shall pay a yearly fee of $10.00 and no initial registration fee and shall have no voting privileges, but limited to a two (2) year period.
The officers shall be a President, Vice-President and a Secretary-Treasurer.
Each officer shall be a member of good standing.
The President and Vice-President shall assume their official duties on the day they are elected (annual meeting) and they shall serve for a period of one (1) year. The President and Vice-President may succeed themselves for a second year if so elected. The maximum term will be two (2) years for President and Vice-President.
The Secretary-Treasurer will assume his or her official duties on the day that he or she is elected (annual meeting) and shall serve for a period of one (1) year.
The President shall have the power to call the meetings of the Board and preside over them.
The Vice-President shall preside in the absence of the President.
The Secretary-Treasurer shall handle the finances of the Board and render a report thereon at the annual meeting. He or she shall also keep a record of the proceedings of the meetings, conduct all the necessary correspondence, and keep all official records.
The Official Interpreter shall be elected at the annual meeting for a term of one (1) year. He or she shall be the Chairman of the Interpretation Committee, whose members shall be appointed by the President in consultation with the Official Interpreter. He or she shall be a member in good standing.
The Official Interpreter shall attend all of the annual special conferences for IAABO Interpreters. In the event the Official Interpreter cannot attend these meetings, the President will appoint a qualified member of Board 168 as a replacement.
The Official Interpreter and his or her appointed committee will conduct all of Board 168’s general interpretation meetings in the interest of consistent uniformity and strict interpretation of the rules, the mechanics and techniques of good officiating before and during the basketball season as a means of further educating officials, coaches, players and others interested in the fundamentals of consistently good officiating.
The Official Interpreter is responsible for getting an official rules interpretation from the National Interpreter wherever there is a question that cannot be answered to the membership’s satisfaction.
The Official Interpreter and his or her committee will be responsible for conducting the rules and officiating mechanics sessions for the membership. The Official Interpreter and his or her committee is also responsible for conducting rules clinics and mechanics sessions for the cadets. The Official Interpreter will work in conjunction with the Examination Committee in procuring facilities for the Cadet School Program.
Anyone conducting a rules clinic outside the jurisdiction of the Board shall comply with the provisions of Article V, Section 10 of the IAABO Constitution.
The Executive Committee shall be composed of three elected officers; past president (ex-officio to a maximum of two (2) years depending on reelection of the President), Official Interpreter, and thirteen (13) persons appointed by the President. Consideration shall be exercised by the President so that geographical areas may be represented.
The Executive Committee members shall enter upon their official duties when called by the President.
The Executive Committee shall determine the policies and activities of the Board, discipline members, approve the budget, approve all bills, take Council with committees, and have general management of the Board. They will also designate the yearly honorarium given to the Secretary-Treasurer.
The President shall serve as Chairman of the Executive Committee and the Secretary-Treasurer shall serve as Secretary of the Executive Committee. In the absence of the President, the Vice-President shall assume the Chairmanship.
All past presidents shall be honorary members of the Executive Committee to serve in an advisory capacity, but with no power to vote.
The Standing Committee Chairman shall be appointed by the President who, with the advice of the Executive Committee, will appoint the other members of the Standing Committee, with the exception of the interpreter, which is an elected position.
The standing committees are:
The President shall appoint four (4) area representatives, one (1) from each County to the Executive Committee who will have voting privileges. Each representative appointed will be the liaison between the Executive Committee and the members in his/her County.
Responsible for providing the persons, manner and means for correctly recording the attendance of the members at all meetings, under the current policies established or confirmed by the Executive Committee.
Responsible for gathering and disseminating the correct interpretation of the rules and mechanics of the game.
Responsible for receiving, in writing, applications from prospective cadets for membership, screen them along with the references and doctors reports that are enclosed. Arrange with the Interpreter the schedule and sites for the Cadet Program, send out schedules to the Cadets, have the pre-tests prepared, the rules portion by the Interpreter and the mechanics portion by the individual that will handle the mechanics clinics with the Cadets. Administer the IAABO test. The Examination Committee Chairman shall recommend the cadet fee to the Executive Committee each year, prepare the rating sheets, accept and review rating sheets on Cadets from our members, notify Cadets of any problems or deficiencies they may have and advise Cadets if they have been successful in passing all phases of the Cadet Program.
Responsible for disseminating all newsworthy items favoring this Board through all media, so as to reach all interested people and organizations. Responsible for the gathering and disseminating of information of any news that is pertinent to our Board and publishing such information electronically as often as is required to keep our membership abreast of said news. Responsible for seeing that a fair and equitable fee is paid to our members for the officiating of a basketball game on any level. The Committee shall have the power to contact and negotiate with any school, conference or organization to see that these ends are met.
Responsible for initiating or receiving proposed changes of the Constitution and/or By-laws, determines and prepares a properly cited proposed change to our Constitution and/or By-laws for membership consideration and action.
Responsible for contracting for the site, menu and program for our annual banquet. Makes recommendations to the Executive Committee as to the type of awards to be given to members, schools, coaches, and/or players, and for the reasons and criteria for the award.
Responsible for the investigation of all circumstances involved in any report of unethical violation against/by a member of the Board. The Committee will, in addition, resolve any such complaint to the best of its ability; it will make immediate investigation into all instances involving serious altercations between officials and participants during the course of a basketball game and present a complete report of the cause and effect to the Executive Committee.
Responsible for recognizing and reacting to member’s family losses, illnesses, accidents, as well as happy occurrences.
Responsible for securing the proper type of insurance for our members and reporting same to the Executive Committee for their approval. Responsible for physically inspecting the Treasurer’s books, records, bank statements and reports in order to determine whether the Treasurer’s records truly reflect and confirm the bank’s statement of our fiscal position.
The annual business meeting of the Board shall be held before April 15 of each year, at a time and place to be determined by the Executive Committee.
There shall be a minimum of six (6) meetings held each year (fiscal) of which five (5) shall be devoted to rules study and officiating procedure.
All working members and officers shall be required to attend at least three (3) meetings each fiscal year, one of which shall be an IAABO Interpretation meeting and/or any CBOA Interpretation meeting.
The membership shall be given at least two (2) weeks notice of the date and place of all meetings.
Meetings and/or special meetings may be called by order of the President or the Executive Committee, or by a petition containing the signatures of ten percent of the active members.
The Executive Committee shall call a petitioned meeting within thirty (30) days after receipt of a petition by the Secretary.
No quorum shall be required. The majority of active members in attendance shall determine the official action.
No later than one (1) month before the date of the annual meeting and at a regularly scheduled Executive Committee meeting, the President shall appoint a Nominating Committee of five (5) active members, one of which must be a member of the Executive Committee.
The Secretary shall immediately notify, in writing, the members of the Nominating Committee of their appointment.
The Nominating Committee shall hold a meeting no later than one (1) week prior to the annual meeting.
At the annual meeting, the President shall call for the report of the Nominating Committee.
The President shall call for nominations from the floor.
The President shall appoint a committee on elections whose duty it shall be to distribute, collect and tabulate the ballots.
Voting shall be by ballot, and shall not be cumulative. Only active members present and in good standing may vote.
The nominee for office receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected.
In the case of a vacancy in the Office of President, the Vice-President shall succeed in office. When a vacancy occurs in the office of Vice-President, or the Secretary-Treasurer, or the Official Interpreter, the vacancy shall be filled to serve the unexpired term by a two-thirds vote of the Executive Committee members present at a regularly scheduled meeting.
The Executive Committee shall have power to act on any violation involving the personal conduct of any member of this Board. Suspension or expulsion of any member shall be confirmed by the International Board Executive Committee before it shall become effective.
Members may be placed on probation, fined, suspended or expelled.
Conditions for member reinstatement are as follows:
(a)Any suspended member seeking reinstatement must make application to the Executive Committee, and must receive a two-thirds vote of the Executive Committee present at a regularly scheduled meeting. In case such a member does not make application within sixty (60) days after the one (1) year suspension has expired, shall be automatically expelled.
(b)A suspended member, who is reinstated by the Executive Committee, must pay his dues for the one (1) year of suspension.
(c)An expelled member, who seeks readmission, must apply for membership through the regular channels.
(d)Members may be suspended or expelled.
Members charged with any offense shall have the right to be heard in person or by written statement made by them in their own defense.
No member shall officiate knowingly with a suspended or expelled member.
In full recognition of the values of territorial fellowship and cooperation available to this Board and its members through its privileges and rights of participating in the government and activities of the Northwest Jersey Board of Approved Basketball Officials, it is hereby declared a major policy of this Board to exercise fully those privileges and rights, and to discharge promptly and fully all obligations imposed upon it by the Constitution and By-laws of the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials.
The Executive Committee shall provide for the prompt review, approval and forwarding of all reports required or requested by the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials.
The Executive Committee shall provide for the prompt payment of all dues and other obligations to the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials.
Annual membership dues for working or non-working members shall be determined annually by the Executive Committee.
The annual membership dues shall be paid by February 15 of each year.
All members who are delinquent because of non-payment of dues on the deadline date of February 15, shall be deleted from the roster, and will be assessed a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) if paid (postmarked) on or before April 15.
An additional twenty-five dollars ($25.00) will be added, if the dues are not paid (postmarked) on or before April 15.
If the member does not pay his/her dues and fine on or before (postmarked) June 1, the member may be suspended or expelled from the Board.
The fiscal year of the Board shall begin on May 1 of the current year and run through April 30 of the following year.
The Finance Committee shall submit a budget of estimated income and expenditures for the current year prior to June 15. This budget shall be presented to the Executive Committee for review and adoption, prior to November 1.
The Board books of account shall be audited at least once a year.
The Executive Committee shall determine the official depository or depositories.
In the case of the inability of persons designated to sign checks to perform their functions, the Executive Committee shall designate those who shall act as substitutes.
The Secretary-Treasurer’s honorarium shall be set by the Executive Committee.
Any item calling for the expenditure of monies not provided for in the budget shall be reviewed by the Executive Committee and no payment may be made without approval of the Executive Committee.
The order of business or meeting shall be as follows:
Robert’s Rules of Order shall be the parliamentary authority for all matters of procedure not particularly covered by the Constitution and By-laws.
This Constitution and By-laws may be amended by a majority of active members present at the annual meeting, provided such notice of amendment is sent to active members two (2) weeks before the meeting.
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