Issue 50, August 15, 2004
MACBOA Newsletter

In this Issue:

• Remarks from the Supervisor of Officials: Donnee L. Gray
• Regarding Corporate Sponsors
• MACBOA Golf Extravaganza
• MACBOA Clinic
• Rule Book Update
• MACBOA Store
• Member News & Information
• Order your MACBOA Logo Whistles
• Submitting Articles for MACBOA Consideration
• MACBOA Volunteers
• Newsletter Contact/Information

The MACBOA Newsletter is a periodic newsletter publication of the Mid-Atlantic College Basketball Officials Association (MACBOA). MACBOA provides basketball officiating services to several colleges and universities in the Maryland - Washington, DC area. The Association has a membership of approximately 200 men and women officials. Our membership consist of men and women who work Divisions I, II, and III basketball.  We pride our Association on providing quality and professional service.

The usefulness and survival of this newsletter is going to depend on the participation of subscribers and professionals alike. Please help by submitting personal stories, experiences, and articles of general interest to the MACBOA community.

The MACBOA Newsletter is made possible by the kind support of our sponsors.  We thank our sponsors for making the newsletter and other programs possible. Please visit our web site at http://www.macboa.org.  As always, please visit our sponsors and thank them for keeping MACBOA operational.

Remarks from the Supervisor of Officials: Donnee L. Gray

I hope you are having a fun and relaxing summer and getting some much deserved vacation time squeezed in somewhere! As we prepare for the upcoming 2004-05 season, we hope you are getting in physical shape, mentally sharp, hitting the rulebook and casebook.

MACBOA has just completed a banner year during the 2003-2004 college basketball season. Over 50% of the MACBOA staff received assignments to officiate in the D-I, D-II, D-III post-season tournaments. MACBOA Officials also received assignments in the Region XX Men's and Women's Maryland State Tournament, Men's and Women's Regional Tournament, and the National Junior College Men's Championships (Delhi, NY and Kansas City, MO). Our rapport with the institutions that we serve has never been better. We work with some of the most talented student-athletes, coaches and administrators in the country.

One goal that MACBOA seeks to foster is a true spirit of sportsmanship and mutual understanding on the part of those associated with collegiate athletics (i.e. coaches, administrators, student-athletes, and officials). Since there is a common responsibility of conducting athletic contests on a high plane, it is everyone's responsibility and anything less is unacceptable.

Officials:
Congratulations to all officials, observers and administrative staff on the high quality professional service provided. We hope to bring continuity of officiating to the entire conference as we service all Maryland community colleges and Columbia Union College. The selection solidifies MACBOA's position as a provider of high quality professional services in the sports officiating market.

Preparing for the Season:
There are a few things that we need to keep in mind to help make everything run smoothly.

Read your CONTRACT completely. Contracts will be avaialble on the MACBOA web site (www.macboa.org) shortly. All assignments will be done via Assignbyweb. If your evaluation indicated that you will be retained for the 2004-05 season, please go to www.assignbyweb.com/macboa -- click on "User Registration" and enter all requested information. Please do this no later than September 15, 2004. If you have any questions, please call the MACBOA office (301-283-6807) or email us at dgray@macboa.org . DO NOT CALL ASSIGNBYWEB.

Observers:
Like officials, you played a major role in our success this past season. Therefore, once again, I am asking for your services and input during the 2004-2005 basketball season. Please go to www.assignbyweb.com/macboa -- click on "User Registration" and enter all requested information. Please do this no later than September 15, 2004. If you have any questions, please call the MACBOA office (301-283-6807) or email us at dgray@macboa.org. DO NOT CALL ASSIGNBYWEB.

Officials and Observers: You can go to our MACBOA web site (www.macboa.org) and click on "Members Only" to download the documents to be mailed to the office no later than September 15, 2004. The following items are required:

• MACBOA Membership Application
• Application Fee - $75.00 (there will be a $25 charge for any check returned by a financial institution).
• Physical Certification Form from a medical physician (dated after August 15, 2004) (no game assignments will be given until a physical certification form is received)
• Proof of Liability Insurance Coverage (MACBOA will no longer accept HS liability coverage. Please assure that your liability insurance coverage is updated. We have provided information to you regarding Commonwealth Sports Group. For additional information about the Commonwealth Sports Group, call 757-595-7171, Toll Free (877) 915-7171 or Fax (757) 915-9215.
• Your completed and signed contract along with a passport sized head shot photograph (if not already on the MACBOA web site's Staff Directory unless you want to change it.) Please clearly print your name on the back of the picture.

MAIL ALL OF THE ABOVE TO: MACBOA OFFICE, Post Office Box 98, Bryans Road, MD 20616 no later than September 15, 2004.

Please DO NOT FAX any of your paperwork to the MACBOA office. If you fax your materials to the office, a $25 fine will automatically be deducted from your game fees. Last year it cost this office over $400 in expenses for materials that were sent via fax.

Regarding Corporate Sponsors

One way that allows us to raise officials' fees is through sponsorship. I have sought out businesses that each MACBOA member, from time to time, can use. We are trying to solicit new sponsors this year. I encourage all MACBOA members to utilize our sponsors and products. If we do not patronize our sponsors, WE LOOSE MONEY.

MACBOA Golf Extravaganza

DATE:	Saturday, September 25, 2004
PLACE:	Potomac Ridge Golf Course 15800 Sharperville Road Waldorf, MD 20601 (800) 791-9078
TIME:	Check-in begins at 7:30AM Shotgun Start at 9:00AM
FORMAT:	Captain’s Choice
PRIZES: *1st, 2nd, 3rd Place
	*Putting Contest (Men and Women) *Longest Drive (Men & Women) *Closest to the Pin (Men & Women)
FOOD:	Party to Take Place at Course after Tournament
COST:	$100.00 Per Person (All Inclusive) (MACBOA Members can have fee deducted from 2004-05 paycheck)
BONUS:	Each golfer will receive a $25 gift certificate towards a round of golf at any of the Atlantic Golf Courses.

If you want to play more golf after the tournament, a discount will be given.

Please contact Chris Vail at 703-354-9616 or via email at cvail@cox.net

MACBOA Clinic

I have saved this for last. The mandatory MACBOA Clinic will be held at Prince George's Community College Gymnasium on Sunday, September 26, 2004. The meeting will begin at 7:00a.m. SHARP! Late arrivals and unauthorized early departures will be fined $25 payable within ten (10) days or no game assignments.

Rule Book Update

The rules committee has just finished the final draft of the rule book. With the NCAA outsourcing its publications this year, it has caused a delay. The book should be available sometime in September. And we will communicate the approved changes as soon as possible.

MACBOA Store

These official MACBOA logo items are for sale: 

MACBOA umbrellas:  $20.00
MACBOA golf shirts:  $15.00
MACBOA hats:  $10.00
MACBOA whistle bag:  $10.00

Contact Harry Turner at HTurnerIII@msn.com

Member News & Information

Well Wishes: Rick Hall recuperating for surgery and Rodney Holland recuperating from a knee ailment.

Order your MACBOA Logo Whistles!

Be the first to receive your MACBOA logo Fox-40 Whistle while supplies last!

Send your payment of $5.25 for each whistle ordered to:

Ike Relacion
c/o MACBOA Logo Whistle
6 Brookloadge Lane
Middletown, MD 21769

Submitting Articles for MACBOA Consideration

Thank you for your interest in submitting an article for consideration on www.macboa.org.

We accept well-written features, how-to articles, "how I did it" success stories, tips and hints, motivational articles and other articles that will help our audience gain knowledge and succeed in their officiating avocation.

We do not accept articles that are primarily advertisements. However, you may place a biographical section at the end of your article. It should be no more than 30 to 40 words in length. It would be nice if you could include a 60x60 picture of you in .gif or .jpeg format.

Below are instructions for submitting your article to the MACBOA.org web site. We ask that you read the terms of your Agreement with MACBOA.org carefully.

Please note: We only accept submissions from the original author of the articles or a publicist hired by the copyright owner to submit material here. By submitting material, you acknowledge that you are legally entitled to distribute the work and to allow it to be redistributed. (If you are a book publisher or public relations firm with copy to distribute, please include a note to that effect at the top of the article you submit.) We do not pay for articles, and do not accept articles that are primarily advertisements. However, you may place a brief resource box and contact information (but no ads) at the end of your article.

To send your article, click on the "Article Submission Form" and answer the questions and then copy and paste your submission into the space provided. We have provided a copy of the form below. Please be sure your by-line appears below the title of the article. Click on the submit button to complete the process and or cut-and-paste the completed form and your article to macboa1@aol.com.

Reward, challenge, appreciation, stimulation, writing, reading...rarely thanked or noticed.

These are some of the attributes of the well hidden job of MACBOA Newsletter Volunteer. Are you interested in working behind the scenes (screens?) to help get information to members? MACBOA is looking to grow our ranks by a couple of folks and thus, we're soliciting volunteers.

What do you do? Read postings. Write articles, membership news, coordinate interviews, cultivate sponsor relations, etc. Write e-mail back and forth amongst us to establish communication, and guidance to keep this list as valuable as possible for our membership. Although we're virtual, our presence is sensed, we hope...and appreciated, although rarely acclaimed.

We haven't a job description, nor do we know what knowledge, skills, and abilities are required, but some that will come in handy are:

• having the ability to write
  
• being thick skinned, not thick headed
  
• being able to express your opinions, while being open minded
  
• having at least a free hour or two a week caring for the membership
  

Please respond directly by e-mail to: irelacion@aol.com

HOW TO CONTACT THE NEWSLETTER COORDINATOR

MACBOA welcomes and encourages news and information for the periodic newsletter. Please submit all materials to address letters of comment, article proposals and queries, or news items to:

Ike Relacion: (301) 371-8520
E-mail: irelacion@aol.com

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