Association Culture ...

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Board XXX officials are expected to confirm their games. The email should state the gender, level, site, day, date, and time of the game, along with one’s contact information, sent to both the school, and to one’s partner. A confirmation, emailed in this manner, looks professional, and assures everyone that the officials have been properly assigned for the game.

Officials should leave the game site together. Even in this day in age when everyone has a cell phone, and many have some type of “road assistance”, it’s not fun sitting in a cold car, in a lonely parking lot, with a dead battery, or a flat tire, waiting for help to arrive.

Anybody have any local customs regarding confirming games, or leaving the site together.

I don't drive away until I see my partner's headlights go on after he starts his car. Then I watch my rear view mirror to make sure he gets off to a good start. That's how I was taught over thirty years ago. Of course, that was before the cell phone was invented.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Anybody have any local customs regarding confirming games, or leaving the site together.

I don't drive away until I see my partner's headlights go on after he starts his car. Then I watch my rear view mirror to make sure he gets off to a good start. That's how I was taught over thirty years ago. Of course, that was before the cell phone was invented.

I will always confirm my games via email at least 48 hrs in advance and ensure I have my P's cell phone numbers with me just in case. On a few occasions this has helped me tremendously.

While we will walk out of the venue together after the game, once we get to our cars, that's it for me (unless we're going for a meal).

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Anybody have any local customs regarding confirming games . . .

Yes, and this might be helpfully applicable in your coastal area as well. Several years ago our assigner got the request from the AD's that only the R confirm to the school during the week prior to a contest. Especially with three-man (as in "human" not as in "anti-woman") crews, the AD's were getting triple the number of necessary emails clogging their busy boxes. So now it is up to the two U's to confirm to the R who then singularly confirms the crew to the AD.
Works well now.
Unless one of the crew is still a Luddite . . .

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Anybody have any local customs regarding confirming games, or leaving the site together.

I don't drive away until I see my partner's headlights go on after he starts his car. Then I watch my rear view mirror to make sure he gets off to a good start. That's how I was taught over thirty years ago. Of course, that was before the cell phone was invented.

We are supposed to confirm the games, but it is really up to each individual how they do this specifically.

Our state has every school number and Athletic Office Personnel listed. I tend to call the Administrative Assistant for each school as they are easier to get in contact with than the AD. Athletic Directors tend to be faculty members that either teach or have other responsibilities, so I want to speak to the Administrative Assistant as they have everything in front of them and can tell any official what they need to know about attending a game. I do not like email as email tends to get answered in someone's own time. I also like to call the AA the day before or the day of based on the weather or other factors that could influence game situations.

Peace

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I also like to call the AA the day before or the day of based on the weather or other factors that could influence game situations.

"Hi, my name is _____________, and I'm a basketball official . . ."

"Hi, _____________!"