British American Football Referees' Association
Responsibilities
The Directors are elected under procedures laid down in the Constitution.
Other persons are appointed by the Board of Directors.
| Role | Person(s) | Reserve(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Appeals Committee | Since the introduction of the new Constitution in October 2007, the Board of Directors has taken over the role of the Appeals Committee | |
| Assessment reports reception | Pete Thom | |
| Assessment working party | Davie Parsons (c), Paul Sutton, Steve Tonkinson and others | |
| BAFA representatives | Davie Parsons, Steve Tonkinson | Other directors or members as appropriate |
| BAFRA Archivist | Steve Tonkinson | |
| Coaches reports reception | Pete Thom | Lee Wood |
| Company Secretary | Paul Sutton | |
| Data Protection and Compliance Officer | Lee Wood | Davie Parsons (d) |
| Director of Finance * | Roger Brown | Stuart Tabberer (Dep) |
| Director of Operations * | Roger Goodgroves | Henry Richardson (Dep) |
| Director of Recruitment * | Oliver Maskell | Susannah Taylor (Dep), James Kilbane, Michael Prentice, Kieran Smith, Frank Thomson |
| Director of Training * | Pete Thom | |
| Director without Portfolio #1 * | Peter Parsons | |
| Director without Portfolio #2 * | Steve Tonkinson | |
| Disciplinary Committee, Chair, | Chris Jarvis | Davie Parsons (d) |
| Disciplinary Committee, Members | Steve Tonkinson, Dave Moore | Roger Goodgroves, Lee Taylor |
| Electronic On-field Communications | Ben Griffiths | Pete Thom |
| Elite Programme Development Coordinator | Keith Wickham | Pete Thom (d) |
| Email mailing lists | Colin Willox | Davie Parsons (d) Paul Sutton |
| Examinations Committee, Chair | Stuart Young | Pete Thom (d) |
| Examinations Committee, Members | Peter Parsons, Steve Tonkinson, Dean Wright (Vice Chair), Ben Griffiths, Russell Newton, Paul Sutton, Steve Leonard | |
| Flag working party | Martin Cockerill (c), Alan Dobson, Phil Clarke | |
| Game expense claim processing | Roger Brown | Stuart Tabberer |
| Game report reception | Paul Sutton | Roger Brown |
| Gameday paperwork stockholder | Davie Parsons | |
| General Secretary * | Paul Sutton | |
| Head of Mentoring | Liam Wooten | Ollie Maskell (d) |
| Health & Safety Officer | Pete Thom | |
| Hudl | Pete Thom | Ben Griffiths |
| Incident report follow-up | Davie Parsons | Roger Goodgroves |
| Incident report reception | All directors plus Newsflash editor | |
| Induction training manual | Pete Thom(d); Amir Brooks; Jed Brookes-Lewis; Ian Wainwright | |
| Intellectual property and licensing | Davie Parsons | Roger Brown |
| International liaison | Keith Wickham | Davie Parsons (d) |
| John Slavin Award data collection | Paul Sutton | Davie Parsons (d) |
| John Slavin Award trophies | Chris Jarvis | Davie Parsons (d) |
| Manual of Football Officiating | Jim Briggs | |
| Members handbook | Davie Parsons | Colin Willox |
| Membership Appeals Sub-committee | Peter Parsons, Pete Thom, Roger Brown | Roger Goodgroves, Oliver Maskell (plus Davie Parsons, Paul Sutton and Steve Tonkinson if not involved in original decision) |
| Membership enquiries | Oliver Maskell | Davie Parsons, Paul Sutton |
| Membership list | Paul Sutton | |
| Membership Sub-committee | Paul Sutton, Davie Parsons | Steve Tonkinson |
| Newsflash distribution | Ben Griffiths, Colin Willox | Davie Parsons(d), Paul Sutton, James Ford-Bannister, Richard Moger |
| Newsflash editor | Ben Griffiths | James Ford-Bannister, Richard Moger, Davie Parsons (d) |
| NFL Liaison | Richard Vernon | David Parsons (d) |
| Officiating Review Committee, Chair * | Davie Parsons | |
| Officiating Review Committee, Members | Other directors | |
| President * | Davie Parsons | Steve Tonkinson |
| Public relations / press releases | Davie Parsons | |
| Publicity and Media | Susannah Taylor | David Parsons (d), Paul Sutton, Jed Brookes-Lewis, Steve Leonard |
| Registered address | Richard Prattley (Harris, Beattie & Young) | Paul Sutton (d) |
| Returning Officer | Ben Griffiths | Paul Sutton (d) |
| Rulebook editor | Jim Briggs | Martin Cockerill (flag and 5 on 5); Peter Parsons (8 on 8) |
| Rules and Mechanics Committee, Chair | Jim Briggs | Davie Parsons (d) |
| Rules and Mechanics Committee, Members | Paul Sutton, Peter Parsons, Steve Tonkinson, Shawn Sombati | |
| Scheduling | Roger Goodgroves | Henry Richardson, Mike Hansford, Ian Davies |
| Selection Committee, Chair * | Roger Goodgroves | |
| Selection Committee, Members | Pete Thom (until 2020), Russell Newton (until 2020) Davie Parsons (until 2021), Liam Wooten (until 2021) David Knight (until 2022), Peter Roberts (Until 2022) , N.B. Terms of office end after selection of the College Bowl | |
| Status of games * | Roger Goodgroves & Roger Brown | |
| Video library | Keith Wickham | |
| Webmaster | Colin Willox | Krister Halvorsen, Viktor Jánvári, Davie Parsons (d) |
| Welfare Officer | Graham Smith | Peter Parsons (d) |
* indicates an ex officio responsibility; (c) = chair; (d) = responsible director (Dep) = Deputy Director
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