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Partners
In my association (northern Virginia), all games are assigned by either a scholastic assignor or rec assignor. We do not get to choose our partners (except rec ball) and we cannot obtain games on our own -- at least sanctioned games. For JV officials, we do have what we call a "mentoring program" where you can request a mentor and indicate to the scholastic assignor that you would like to be assigned to the freshman/jv game ahead of your mentor. It is common for us to work either a freshman/jv double header (if a jv official), or work a freshman game at one location and a varsity game at another location if you are swing/varsity official. For scholastic games, we usually recieve a monthly/6 week schedule showing all games, times, locations, and partners. I ALWAYS call my partner a couple of days before a game to confirm because schedules often get changed because of turn-backs. For rec games, our web site is set up to where we can go in and "click" on the games we want (with partners we like) and we know immediately if we have the games. The site does not allow you to "click" on a game you are not qualified for (i.e. applicants/jv officials cannot "click" on varsity level games). Swing and varsity officals can "click" on any level game. There are times when I wish we had long term partners, but then again, it is often good to work with someone new.
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