Football Board Member

This is a repeat from the previous update, but there's still time to send in your email if you want to be considered for election as the football sport specific representative in August. At the Football meeting, the football officials present at the meeting will vote for a new Football Representative on the Board of Directors. Whoever is elected to the position will serve a three-year term and will be up for reelection again in 2028. Matt Olson was the incumbent football representative, but with his transition to an At Large seat, there will be no incumbent running and the vote will be to fill an open seat on the Board. This is where you come in.

If you are a football official and are interested in serving on the Board of Directors, you are encouraged to run. In order to be eligible for election, you need to meet the initial qualifications, which are:

• Be in good standing with Gopher, and not be behind on annual dues;

• Have been a member of Gopher for at least 5 years;

• Be an active Varsity official in football;

• Be able to commit to attending the Gopher State Board meetings and the football meeting prior to each season;

• Not be a current board or committee member of another high school association that assigns games in the same sports as Gopher;

• Be willing to submit to and pass a criminal background check; and,

• Provide two non-officiating references and two officiating references to the Board Selection Committee.

Any interested officials should send the above information and a resume to secretary@gopherstateofficials.org on or before Friday August 1, 2025.

The names of those running will be circulated to the football officials a minimum of two weeks before the meeting, and a vote will be taken at the meeting itself to elect the Board Member. All football officials who have worked at least one season for Gopher will be eligible to vote. As with the other Board members, the winner of the election will be compensated by not paying dues for their sports.

The football meeting will be Sunday August 17, 2025 at the Brooklyn Park Community Center beginning at 6 pm. 

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