[RPatrino]

One HS association uses the "old fashioned" way. Games are listed on an excel spreadsheet, which are snail mailed or handed to us in a meeting. We turn in "acceptance" sheets (at the meeting, via fax or snail mail) , and get paid after we turn in a "invoice" via snail mail. This has worked fairly well. We rely on partner contact via phone, as we don't use email. The drawbacks are numerous. One glaring one is that if your partner listed on the schedule does not accept the game, you are not notified. You attempt to make partner contact and the person you contact is NOT your partner, has no idea who your partner is. You have to call the assigner to find out this information.

The other HS association I work with uses Arbiter, and payments are made via Paypal (if you want). The difference is like night and day. Odds are if you have email you also have internet access. I suspect that more then 90% of people have both.

Bob P.