Thursday, February 11, 2010

A Few Thoughts To Ponder For Our Officials Committee



Our Texas Section Officials Committee will be meeting in Dallas this Saturday (February 13th) and I thought I would submit a few things for them to ponder upon--and hopefully to question...

1. Does the secret Ad Hoc Committee still meet before each Officials Committee meeting? If so, ask to see the minutes and the names of participants from those meetings. That is a requirement for an organization such as the Texas Section.

2. Are there specific and concrete dates for the additional officials schools? We were promised additional schools later in the year so be sure to get the list and let me know so I can publish them for you.

3. Is there a specific date and time set for the Texas Section Tournament Directors/Referee Workshop in 2010? If it is in Austin, be sure to get the date of the one we were promised in Dallas. Sources tell us that the DTA refused to host the meeting and it has been cancelled.

4. Ask for an explanation as to why there is a "Hill Country Officials School" when it is in the locality of the San Antonio association. You might also ask that if this is permitted, why were we not permitted to host a school in McKinney.

5. Ask specifically if the Texas Section will uphold the sovereignty of the local associations when it comes to setting rates and policies. This means that they would question this arrangement before granting a sanction to a tournament.

These are just a few specific thoughts for our committee members to ponder on before the meeting--and hopefully we will get some specific and honest answers for a change.

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