HEO Minor AA/A Officials Complaint

This will be HEO Minor AA/A League policy concerning Referee complaints.

All complaints, MUST BE RECEIVED IN WRITING from HEO MInor AA/A teams. These complaints will be responded to by League officials under the following criteria.

Complaints from teams concerning on or off ice officials or officiating must be forwarded by the team in writing to the League Association Representative of the team. The representative will forward the written complaint to the League 1st Vice President. No complaint from a team will be replied to unless it has been properly forwarded in writing by the association to the League 1st Vice President.

Upon receipt of a complaint the League 1st Vice President will forward it to the League Referee-In-Chief (RIC) for further action. If it is an abuse issue all copies will be immediately forwarded to the Director of Risk and Safety as well as the 1st Vice President.

Once the League RIC reply is received, the league will review the reply, and if no further action is required by the League it will then pass it on to the Association Representative. The league will file the complaint and mark the file as closed.

Once the file is closed by the League, if the Association Representative is not satisfied he or she may pursue the complaint through their respective District Chairperson or the Branch HEO Minor Referee-in-Chief.

Any District Chairman, Association Presidents and/or Vice Presidents who forward referee complaints in writing to the League concerning officiating will be dealt with in the same manner by the League 1st Vice President. The same complaint procedure will be followed to the conclusion of the complaint.

Mike Spencer
President