Missouri Referee Development Program
Guidelines, Requirements and Procedures for Hosting
All Entry Level Referee Clinics

Beginning on July 1, 2008, the following guidelines are for reference and use by USSF affiliated leagues or organizations within Missouri. These guidelines, adopted by the State Referee Committee are based on USSF Fees for 2009 in order to achieve consistency throughout Missouri, as well as serve the needs of the various affiliated games.

As soon as it is determined that an Grade 8 or 9 entry level referee clinic is needed, the League or other hosting organization should contact the District Referee Administrator within whose geographic area the clinic will be held. The 4 District Referee Administrators are;

Eastern – Tom Lutker                  636-225-7006          E-mail is   eastmodra@yahoo.com

Western – Anthony Gardner        816-454-5517          E-mail is   agardner001@kc.rr.com

Central - Ali Saheli                       573-446-4558          E-mail is   SaheliA@missouri.edu

Southern - Jim Mcarthy                417-882-0549          E-mail is   lcsrefs@aol.com

Updated district by county map of the State of Missouri can be found through http://www.mrdp.org/

The Course Instructor will be assigned by the DRA.  If there is not a qualified instructor available for the requested date, the DRA will seek an Instructor from outside that district with the consent of the SDI.   A DRA may elect to delegate the coordination of clinics within a specific area to a Local Referee Administrator (LRA).

The fees to the participants will be $25.00 for the Grade 8 clinic or $12.50 per participant for any single day clinic, plus the current registration fee to the USSF upon passing the exam.  The USSF registration fee for 2009 for Grade 8 or Grade 9 is $40.00.  So the total fee to attend a Grade 8 clinic is $65.00 and a Grade 9 clinic is $52.50. 

Unless the DRA indicates otherwise the instructor, or if multiple instructors then the lead instructor, is responsible for forwarding the registration fees and the paper registration forms to the appropriate person  promptly for processing into the current registration system immediately following the clinic.

For all clinics, the hosting organization must guarantee a minimum required number of paid attendees, or for Grade 8 clinics a $300.00 minimum fee to the instructor, or for single day clinics a $150.00 minimum instructor fee.  If the number of attendees exceeds the minimum required to achieve the minimum clinic fee, the instructor shall be paid the greater of the fees.  In addition, the instructor shall be compensated or provided lodging and other reasonable expenses (example: travel or mileage) as related to the clinic. This should include printing expenses incurred that relate directly to that clinic.

July 1, 2008

Jeff Kollmeyer
State Director of Instruction
Email:   MoSDI@att.net