I use MS Outlook and a Date book only for officiating assignments.

I get games from internet sources, but I always keep those games in another place just in case something gets lost or stops working.

Peace

Treo
 

I keep my entire calendar on my treo; when an assignor calls, i can put them on speaker and check my calendar. Plus my cell is my only #, so i carry it with me everywhere, so i always have my assignments with me. i used to use a separate palm pilot but this is so much easier.

Assigned on Arbiter, manually entered into Outlook, sync'd to Palm Zire.

Same here except for the Treo - I use my Dell Axim . . . our local board also has a website that allows us to enter closed dates. There's the ability for someone to search a specific date for open officials. Pretty cool. Unfortunately, everyone (like me) doesn't keep every game on the site . . . but I do keep everything on my pocket pc.

My Blackberry 8700 is my date book on my hip.


I sync it with outlook every so often.

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Ok, seems like we all have a little different way of keeping track of dates. Now for all you guys that use electronics to keep track of dates,

What do you use to keep track of milage and expenses?

I have yet to find a good program that works with my palm Zire or my Razr Phone.


Its looking like the old paper and pencil might be the best route to keep track of everything.:eek:

If using Arbiter, It gives you miles from the address you have on file...

Excel. A column for date, type (basketball, baseball. meeting, etc), assigner, site, time, level, mileage, revenue, expense, paid (useful for follow-up on missing checks), comments.

At the end of the year, add up the mileage, revenue, expense numbers and enter on schedule C. Takes about 1 minute.

HS We get most of our assignments a year out in the leagues I work....

I use a spreadsheet to keep track of that....eventually adding the data into outlook and syncing with my cell phone.

I also have to use Arbiter, the OHSAA site and my Juco assignors site.

Basically, I am keeping data current in about 5 places.

Next year, OHSAA is supposed to integrate all assignors and refs into one system so I may get to cut it down to 3 or 4 places which would be nice.

What he said. Exactly what he said. That's scarey. Are you me?:eek:

Just went to the treo 700p and its working great! Had 4 conversations with conference assignors in last 2 days. I like the smooth interfacing of information and technology without multiple

Also, (as a backup) I sync treo with my Mac daily AND each 2 weeks I print out remainder of my schedule and store a copy in my vehicle and a copy in my travel bag.

As for the mileage and expenses aspect, I just diary entry thru Palm Desktop or directly into Treo for each assignment the respective data (including if I did or didn't get paid on site, when I received payment, mileage, expenses,etc), and at end of year I compile into a spreadsheet for computation.

I'm on Zebraware multiple times a day during the season, so I don't transfer that info anywhere else. However, I do use Excel right now to keep track of games and payment info, as well as a few other things. ZW may, for example, have us scheduled for 2 games and for whatever reason we end up with one.

iCal
 

I use iCal on my Mac. It can be synced to any other Mac around, or I can look at my schedule anytime online. I can also have my calendar/contacts transferred to my iPod so I have it there as well. Very easy to do.

I put the dates and times in my Calander on my computer at work and at home and then sync my Treo 700 with my home computer. Works great!

Treo 700wx that syncs with my PC at work and home. It's my phone, contacts, calendar, internet browser, and email machine all in one. Love it! :D