Software for officials?

Back In The Saddle · #1 (**permalink**) Wed May 07, 2003, 09:10pm

Has anyone found any good software for sports officials? I am looking for something that will help me track--

Game schedule
Game fees
Expenses of all variety
Assignor and other contact information
A journal for tracking my personal progress
Other useful "stuff"

If so, did you find it useful? If not, why not?

zebraman · #2 (**permalink**) Wed May 07, 2003, 11:26pm

Our association decided to replace our old assigning software (I.E. pile of garbage) this year. After much investigation, we decided to buy the assigning software from Sportspak. http://www.sportspak.com/ For our purposes, it had the best functionality and ease of use.

Z

Back In The Saddle · #3 (**permalink**) Thu May 08, 2003, 12:58am

Thank you, zebraman. I am actually looking for something for my personal use, rather than association/assigning kind of use. I guess I didn't make that very obvious

dblref · #4 (**permalink**) Thu May 08, 2003, 07:17am

Quote:

Originally posted by Back In The Saddle
Thank you, zebraman. I am actually looking for something for my personal use, rather than association/assigning kind of use. I guess I didn't make that very obvious

BITS: I will check on my home computer tonight and see if I have something you can use. I picked up an Excel spreadsheet program that someone posted (thought it was on here) and it keeps everything automatically. I used it for the 2001-2002 season and it worked well. Thought I had on my work computer, but apparently not.

ChuckElias · #5 (**permalink**) Thu May 08, 2003, 07:19am

BITS, check out this thread:

http://www.officialforum.com/showthr...?threadid=5752

There are various ideas posted. Hope it helps.

Chuck

Rick Vietti · #6 (**permalink**) Thu May 08, 2003, 09:54am

Just a correction on that thread that Chuck posted. If anyone is interested in my software it is available at http://www.officialssoftware.com instead of the site listed in the thread.

Also, I am offering practice sports quizzes for officials for FREE from my web site. Go to the other products link and send an e-mail.

JeffTheRef · #7 (**permalink**) Thu May 08, 2003, 10:42pm

AssignmentMaker(tm).

zebraman · #8 (**permalink**) Fri May 09, 2003, 08:42am

Quote:

Originally posted by JeffTheRef
AssignmentMaker(tm).

I did. Sportspak served our needs better.

Z

Mregor · #9 (**permalink**) Fri Jul 18, 2003, 07:40pm

Rick,

I ordered your software for the Palm and paid via PayPal but couldn't download anything other than the trial version. I used the trial version last year and liked it and you can't beat the price of $5. How do I get the full version? For some reason I couldn't send an email from your website because my "default mail client is not properly installed" (working from my home computer).

Mregor

Mark Padgett · #10 (**permalink**) Fri Jul 18, 2003, 09:00pm

I use one that works great for our rec league. It's called "Excel".

Rick Vietti · #11 (**permalink**) Sat Jul 19, 2003, 10:24am

MRegor - I just sent you an e-mail about the Registration. If you do not have the latest 'trial' version, let me know. You will need that with the Registration.

JeffTheRef · #12 (**permalink**) Sun Jul 20, 2003, 02:07pm

Mark:

Do you use Excel as anything other than a database? Do you make it at least pretend to think?

Mark Padgett · #13 (**permalink**) Sun Jul 20, 2003, 03:09pm

Quote:

Originally posted by JeffTheRef
Mark:

Do you use Excel as anything other than a database? Do you make it at least pretend to think?

I created a template that has formulas in it that calculate total game fees during a pay period and total games worked at different rates (we pay more for HS level).

Also, I make out the game schedule for the league and I put a grid into Excel to come out with a balanced schedule. However, I manually insert days, times and gyms.

I've been doing it so long, it's relatively easy for me.