Association Culture ...

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Freddy

Is this an expectation, customary practice, or a goal and a vision toward which your association is working?

This is what is presently expected, and up until a few years ago, we were all doing it, however, as I alluded to in my original post, only the grizzled veterans have been doing this the past few years. Many of the the young whippersnappers don't seem to understand the "customs" of our local association. I can't tell you how often junior varsity officials have left the site, without showering, in uniform, before the jump ball of my varsity game. They don't even wave goodbye as they run out the gym door. Years ago, our, now deceased assignment commissioner/secretary/treasurer, or our long time interpreter, now retired, would have ripped these guys a new orifice.

I've been asked to publish this article to give them a clue, in writing, about our previously unwritten customs.

Of course, back in the mid-twentieth century, we didn't use email to confirm our games. Most made a phone call either the day before, or that day. A few of us found it more convenient to use "snail mail" post cards to confirm our games. Individually, we had custom made post cards printed out with our contact information already printed on it, with spaces to print in the day, date, and time of the game.

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. would send his confirmations by Pony Express if there was no telegraph office near the school.