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Doug:
Central Wisconsin Official's Association would be the organization, and quite possibly the chapter that you belong to. Do all members of this organization meet in the same place? If so, then that would be your chapter. If there are several different groups within this organization that meet in different geographic locales, then the one that you meet with would be your chapter.
For example, for high school the governing organization for me is the Texas Association of Sports Officials, or TASO. The chapter that I belong to is actually a sub chapter. Lewisville is the chapter that I technically belong to, but I belong to their sub chapter in Sherman. Get the picture.
As for plate shoes, it is a wise investment. However, I struggled along, sometimes quite painfully, for many years wearing the tennis shoe style work shoes as my umpiring shoes. The first foul ball that you take straight into your toes will have you calculating the expense of the plate shoe vs. the pain of two or three broken toes, or even worse a few breaks in those fine bones of your foot.
Hope this helps some.
Scott
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