Denver Basketball Officials

Its your last opportunity to get your donations in for the Cancer campaign. We did get some good press coverage this year and a big thank you goes out to all those officials that worked hard or donated their game fees.

Make sure you have your dollars in by this Friday the 12th to Cliff Baker by mailing it to:

Area 8 Officials

PO Box 441614

Aurora, CO 80044-1614

As of last estimated count we were just breaking the $2000 dollar mark… a long way from each official donating half a game fee for a total of $5000!!!  C’mon officials do your part and support this worthy cause!

You should have received in the mail by now your packet for next season.

1. Your Dues need to be paid (postmarked) by March 1st so they aren’t late.  After that date you will be assessed another $20 in late fees!!! You must REGISTER online at www.arbitersports.com account #104526.  You can pay your dues by e-check in Arbiter (Free!), by credit card for a small charge, or mail in a check.

2. Get your reservation in for the State Awards Banquet being held on March 7th.   This is a great time and gives you a chance to meet and socialize with your fellow officials from around the state!  Click here to download the form. Banquet Invitation 2010 RSVP’s are due by March 1st with payment of $30 per person, or $35 per person at the door!

3.   Voting for your Area and Regional Director!  All the platforms were included in the packet for you to make an informed decision.  Be sure and have your vote count!

If you are qualified for post season you should be on the list that was sent out today by CHSAA for online voting.  That link will only be available until this Friday so don’t hesitate to voice your opinion on who should be working and representing Area 8 (and the state) this post-season!!!

To find a printable version of the membership listing for Area 8 OR for the whole state, click on the page on the right under People – Membership Directories.  You should be able to print the Area 8 people on 10 pages (434 members!).

The Mentor Program is up and running again with a committee that includes Sal Marini (co-chair), Rudy Robinson (co-chair), Nathan Trujillo and Jerome Yancey.   The Mentor Committee will work in tandem with the Evaluation Committee, Area and Regional Directors and CHSAA to develop a program that will work in the best interest of both the mentors and mentees.  If you have any questions or concerns about the program please contact one of the committee members.

Sal Marini  smarini48@msn.com

Rudy Robinson  rrobinson@budgettruck.com

Nathan Trujillo  ntrujillo6283@yahoo.com

Jerome Yancey  jyancey23@gmail.com

If you are a 1st-3rd year official we HIGHLY recommend that you get paired up with one of our veteran members to help you through the first couple of years.  It is beneficial to your career and to the organization to help better prepare and encourage our newest members!  Email one of these guys today!

After much work by Brad Zuercher and Michael Borgelt and myself we finally have our website restored!!!  Thanks to those guys for bringing us back from the State of Being HACKED!

All information on the site is restored from January 6th, so I will be trying to get all caught back up.  If there are things that I have missed please let me know what else you’d like to have available!

January is the time! Time for the 2010 Officials vs Cancer campaign where Area 8’s goal is to be the leading fund-raising Area in the state!!! Last year Colorado was #3 in the nation during this campaign and this year we have been challenged by Bob Lantzy, COB4 President, to be the #1 Board in the country!

We all have been affected by this horrible disease so whatever we can do to help fight the battle is important. Break out those pink and white whistles and lets show the players, coaches and fans what we can do to raise both awareness and funds to combat cancer!

Download the Public Service Announcement here to be read at your games during the week of January 25.

Send your contributions to:
Denver Area 8 Basketball Cancer Campaign
PO Box 441614
Aurora, Co. 80044

If you request it, a receipt will be mailed back along with our non-profit tax id #, so it can be used as a tax deduction!

On New Years Eve 2009, 20 local Area 8 officials gave of their time by helping out at the Denver Rescue Mission.  It was an eye opening opportunity for both the officials involved as well as the homeless seeing a whole new side to basketball officials OFF the court.  For a full details, read the Article by Ron Brown here (coming Tuesday).

The emails from Arbiter that went out last week was due to posting evaluation games in the arbiter. 

Because ASO does NOT use the arbiter system all ASO games were considered “pending” and thus were sent out by mistake. 

 Please go to your arbiter account and decline all ASO GAMES ONLY. 

 DO NOT contact ASO, as your original signed ASO contract has not changed.

Make sure that you still fulfill your original paper contract games!!!!

 We regret the confusion and hope this helps.  If you have questions please contact Cliff Baker.