Changing Referee Boards & Contracts

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by normrefct

Thank you,

I am soliciting responses of officials who have either personally been affected or have information to share about someone they know being affected by a merger and what would be helpful for us to know before going into discussions:

thanks.

Fyi, Chuck Elias is the Rules Interpreter for his IAABO board in Mass. If you have any questions about IAABO itself, I'm sure Chuck will be able to enlighten you.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Fyi, Chuck Elias is the Rules Interpreter for his IAABO board in Mass. If you have any questions about IAABO itself, I'm sure Chuck will be able to enlighten you.

Unless Chuck has experience negotiating contracts I would say his advice is about as good as...ohhhh...I dunno...yours maybe?

I predict years of badness unless whatever you do gets written into your *NEW* contracts.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

Unless Chuck has experience negotiating contracts I would say his advice is about as good as...ohhhh...I dunno...yours maybe?

I predict years of badness unless whatever you do gets written into your *NEW* contracts.

Well, seeing I said that the original poster should ask Chuck about IAABO only, not negotiating contracts with IAABO, I would say that you missed my point.

And...actually, I do have experience negotiating contacts. You can't negotiate anything until you know what the stance of each side is. We don't know that in this case, do we? That makes it kinda hard to give anybody any advice imo.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Well, seeing I said that the original poster should ask Chuck about IAABO only, not negotiating contracts with IAABO, I would say that you missed my point.

And...actually, I do have experience negotiating contacts. You can't negotiate anything until you know what the stance of each side is. We don't know that in this case, do we? That makes it kinda hard to give anybody any advice imo.

Maybe I missed your point, but you didn't miss mine.

This merger has to be handled carefully through existing or new contracts.

btw, as far as I know IAABO does not negotiate contracts between assignors & local boards.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

btw, as far as I know IAABO does not negotiate contracts between assignors & local boards.

Nope, but local IAABO boards can negotiate some contracts....with assignors, other boards, schools, etc.

Btw, I think that we had the same point all along anyway. It's a negotiation.

[REFVA]

IAABO, can act as a mediator if there are a lot of disappointed officials. IAABO is almost like a union IMO.

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by REFVA

IAABO, can act as a mediator if there are a lot of disappointed officials.

How would this work? I've never heard of IAABO's mediation services. Additionally, the disappointed officials would most likely be in Norm's organization, which is not IAABO-affiliated at this time. They're looking to merge with a local IAABO board. It's unlikely that IAABO Int'l is going to mediate for non-IAABO members.