Curious to know how most of you keep track of games? I've used the 'ol pocket calendar in the past two seasons, but found it rather cumbersome. Always had to carry it with you.....easy to misplace.....Not enough room to write.....Hard to keep organized.....had to replace it every year....

What I've just done is build a Lotus Notes database that keeps track of all my games, dates, partners names and numbers, directions to the site, etc. etc. Comes in pretty handy. Of course, I can't carry it with me, but it does seem to solve all my other problems! On the day of my game, I just print off the record, and it has all the pertinent information: site, directions, date, time, partner(s), assigner information...

How do all of you keep track of games?

Well, I don't like to plug products, but I've found that the Assignment Secretary for my Palm Pilot works great. It keeps track of games, fees, mileage, partners, expenses, etc. It also puts all the pertinent info into my Palm datebook. The other nice thing about it is that it's written by a guy on this board, Rick Vietti. It has its drawbacks; the main one being that all the info has to be entered on the Palm, there's no desktop interface yet (I think Rick's working on it tho). Other than that, I love it. It was also very inexpensive and Rick sent me updates for free.

The website to check it out is:
http://officialssoftware.homestead.c...Secretary.html

I don't make a dime off the product, so I'm not trying to get rich off you guys. It's just something that I tried and have had a very good experience with it.

Chuck

I keep all of my dates in my palm. I always have it with me, and I can sync it with my work calendar.

I have a spreadsheet at home where I keep track of the date, school, fee, and mileage. I have a lookup table, so when I enter the school, the miles pop in. It also automatically, enter $0 fo meetings and sums the total.

I also have a separate sheet for expenses.

It takes a few minutes a week to keep updated, and really helps come tax time.

3 Things
 

I use my computer with Microsoft Outlook. I have a calender that I got from Honig's. And I use a small calender that I got from my Association. I was thinking about getting a Palm Pilot but I would probably lose it or break it.

Guess it looks like I need to invest in a Palm. Thanks for the input, guys!

I've tried to use computers/handhelds to keep my schedule
but I've found it's far easier for me to keep everything
on a single appointment book. The book allows me to enter
whatever information I need in an unformatted style. A
few times a season I transfer whatever info I need from the
book to the computer, primarily for tax purposes. I also
keep all contracts, turnbacks, additions, etc until the end of the season, primarily to CYA in case there's a screw-up.
I usually dump those in May.

Did you get this from me? ;)

It sounds like it is EXACTLY what I created several years ago. The mileage lookup, sums, etc.

I know I sent out links to an example copy s few years ago.

Truth be told I had one on my own, but could never get the lookup part to work.

It could have been yours, but I think Rick had a prototype I looked at for the lookup part. Turned out I needed sort the schools or some such thing to get it to work.

I was going to buy the excel client for Palm and keep it all in one place, but after using the trial version you only see 3 or 4 cells at a time, and I did not find that useful.

I want to thank Chuck for the nice plug on my Palm software. A couple of additional things about the program. You can export the records from the Palm and then pull them into Excel. There are also reports etc.. to pull the info out of the Palm.

If you are interested and you decide to buy, then drop me an e-mail telling me that you are from the forum and I will throw in one of the other products. The Play Book program can be used as an evaluating tool or a pre-grame tool.

Here is the web site again.

http://officialssoftware.homestead.c...Secretary.html
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Rick V.

I keep my entire calendar on my VTech PDA, including all games. I also keep my ref info (date, gym, mileage, fee, number of games that day, etc.) and schedule in Excel and just send a copy to my CPA each year with my tax info. I have to keep perfect records because I ref as an employee of my corporation.

I also print a hard copy of my calendar in Publisher and give it to my wife so she'll know in advance when I'll be gone. Funny thing, though. She always gives a copy to our mailman.

i use outlook
 

I use Outlook-I don't like handheld stuff, and I simply print out my individual weeks each Sunday night.

But those I know with a Palm swear by it.

I get it.That's humor,too!

I hope!

BTW,whoinhell is Michael Jackson?Who did he play for?

Wrong sport.
 

The Cleveland Browns.

Peace

Re: Wrong guy.
 

Nope,Dwayne Rudd plays for the Cleveland Browns.

Maybe!

Re: Re: Wrong guy.
 

For those of you who officiate football, what did you think of this call? This is one of the few times that an official's call actually did change the outcome of a game. The guy thinks the game is over, so he begins celebrating. It certainly wasn't taunting, as he was yelling at the crowd. I understand that there is a rule in place that prohibits removing a helmet, but should it have been enforced at that point of the contest? It seems like T'ing up a coach for stepping out on the floor (as the horn sounds at the end of regulation) to see if the opponent's desparation 3-pointer goes in. Any thoughts?

Chuck