AYSO Region 9
Pot O' Gold Referee Scheduling Instructions
For the 2011 Pot O' Gold Tournament, we are using a self-scheduling system for Team Referees. Any comments or suggestions would be welcome; direct them to Chuck Huffer, the Tournament Referee Director.
| For Team Referees, please note: a. Team Referees are expected to schedule themselves for games during the weekend their Team is playing; if you represent a Boys team, you should sign up for games during the Boys weekend; if you represent a Girls team, then the Girls weekend. b. It is explained below, but each Team's referees are expected to complete (not just sign up for) 6 referee assignments. This can be any combination of Centers + AR's + Standbys. That's 6 assignments per Team, not per referee. |
1. The Referee Scheduler is password-protected.
You should have received (or will soon receive) an e-mail with your individual User ID. You can
change your default Username and Password (also included in the e-mail) at the
following web page:
http://www.ayso9.org/POG2005/RefPW.asp
Type in the User ID exactly as it appears in your e-mail message, then click on the Search button
Your Username and Password will be displayed. If you
want to change either or both, click on your User ID link in the
List of Referees window, make the changes in the Edit window, and
click on the Submit button
2. To schedule yourself for a Referee Assignment
go to:
http://www.ayso9.org/POG2005/RefSchedUser.asp
You will first be asked for your Username and Password (from
above):
You will then see the Scheduler page:
You can narrow down the list of Referee Assignments by
doing a Search:
a. for a specific Division (e.g. Age Group = U10 and Gender = Boys)
b. for a specific Date (e.g. Date = 03/12/2011)
c. for a specific group of games (e.g. for all U12 Boys games in Pool C, Game #
starts with = BU12C)
then click on the Search button
In the List of Referee Assignments you will see ALL the assignments which meet the Search criteria you set; e.g. for U10 Boys in 2011 there are 42 games with 3 assignments each: a Center and 2 AR slots.
To schedule yourself for a Referee Assignment, click on
the Game # (e.g. BU10B1B2, STBYB01) for the date, time and field you want, then
scroll down to the bottom of the page. For each open
assignment (Center Referee, AR1, AR2), you will see a separate small box with
the Game #, a field to select your POG Referee ID (e.g. SmithW/0009/N), and a
space for you to enter the letter Y to confirm that this is the assignment you
want. Both the Referee ID and the letter Y are required fields.
Click the Submit button to send your request; click the Cancel
button to clear the 2 fields.
Please note that you will not see the Center Referee, AR1 or AR2 box for any slot which is already filled, including any with your name. If you signed up for an assignment by mistake, or have to make a change, please contact the Tournament Referee Administrator at POGRefAdmin@ayso9.org with the specifics of which assignment you wish to cancel or change: date, time, field, Game #.
A few suggestions for scheduling yourself for Referee Assignments:
1. if you are a Team Referee and wish to avoid
conflicts with your Team's scheduled games, you may want to first check your
Team's game schedule at
http://www.ayso9.org/POG2005/GameSchedule2.asp . In the Search
box select your team from the first drop-down list (e.g. U10B/0009/Lorch) and
click on the Search button. You will see the Team's 3 or 4 matches:
You might want to print this page out or leave it open in a separate browser window as you schedule yourself for games.
2. Please do not schedule yourself for games which include your Team, other Teams from your Region, or other Teams in your Team's competitive Pool (all of which you can determine from the Match schedule above; e.g. U10B/0009/Lorch is the U10 Boys team from Region 9 coached by Lorch). For instance, if your team is BU10B03 (i.e. Boys U10, Pool B), do not schedule yourself for any other BU10B games.
3. Please schedule yourself only for assignments for
which you have sufficient training, experience and comfort! For
example, if you are a first-year Regional referee, you almost certainly should
not be doing a U14 Boys Center. The National AYSO Tournament Guidelines
specify that Regional referees should not Center anything higher than a U10
match, Intermediates should be limited to U12 matches or younger, Advanced to
U14 matches or younger, and Nationals to U16 & U19. For Assistant Referee
slots, the limits are: Regional = U12, Intermediate = U14, Advanced =
U16/19.
We do reserve the right to move you to what we consider to be a
more appropriate level match. We also reserve the right to make changes to
the Referee Schedule for other administrative reasons, including the need to use
U14 Boys and U19 Boys matches for referee assessments.
4. Please remember that we need twice as many Assistant Referees as we do Referees! And we need Standby referees! If you sign up for a Center Referee slot, your other assignment(s) should be AR's and/or Standby's. Again, we reserve the right to make changes.
5. Each Team accepted into the Pot O Gold is
required to complete at least 6 referee assignments (i.e. 6 AR's or 2
Centers + 4 AR's or 1 Center + 2 AR's + 3 Standbys, etc.) to be eligible for a
full refund of their Referee Deposit. No, if you sign up for 12 slots your
Team will not get back twice as much! If you are really into
refereeing, please wait until just a few days before the Tournament before signing up for extra games.
Let everyone have a chance! Besides, it is not fair to yourself or to the
players if you do more than 2 to 3 matches in any one day, no matter how young
and fit you are. You know ... we reserve the right ...
Reminder - the requirement is 6 assignments, not 6 games.
6. If you want your referee team to work games together, get the three of you together at a computer and do the sign-ups as a group. You can only sign yourself up for games (unless another person trusts you with his or her Username and Password). Requests for lost Usernames or Passwords will only be sent to the e-mail address we have on record for a referee.
7. To see a list of all Referee Assignments
(searchable by referee name, by Region, by Team, etc.) go to:
http://www.ayso9.org/POG2005/RefSchedList.asp
This could be useful for Team Coaches/Managers to see if & when their Team's
referees are signed up. Or for Regional Referee Administrators to see who
from their Region is reffing in the Pot O Gold. Or for an individual
referee to see what he or she has signed up for. The schedule does include
information on the Home and Visitor teams, including jersey colors.
8. The on-line Referee Schedule is not final until we so state on the website, typically 7 days prior to the Tournament (i.e. March 5th for Boys U10-14, March 12th for Girls U10-14, March 19th for U16/19). We may have to make changes up until game day. We will try to make sure that affected referees are notified, but we cannot make any guarantees. We strongly suggest that you check your schedule one last time just before you hop in the car for the trip to Thousand Oaks.
Again, your comments and suggestions are welcome; direct them to Chuck Huffer.
Thanks for your support of Region 9's Pot O' Gold Tournament!