Need consistent procedures at all sites

Updated 22-Mar-09
A 21-Mar-09 story on mlive’s Muskegon Chronicle site wrote about the fate of the Muskegon-Mona Shores entry.
What I find inexcusable is that the meet manager knew about it beforehand and didn’t contact the school. I believe at the Division 2 meet, the meet manager contacted some teams who had incorrect entries initially.
Finally, the same [...]

GLIAC’s start today

I am really excited about officiating at the GLIAC’s today through Saturday. I’m working with P. Vanoveren and will meet two other highly respected officials this afternoon.
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eDive entries

eDive is making me lazy. Many schools are inputting or importing entries before the meet. Consequently, there are no diving sheets beforehand. I’ve been handling it like this:

I ask to see the “all green” status during warmups.
Since I haven’t signed them, I created labels with my name and MHSAA ID# to stick on after the [...]

Timers meeting

 I’ve been jotting down notes as I speak to timers. What do you think? What should be added, deleted or modified? I’ll post a completed document for printing later.

TIMERS MEETING AGENDA

Introduce all the officials.
Thank the timers for working the meet.
Remind them they are working and are integral to a smooth running meet.
Have them start, [...]