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Loaded with tips and practical information to help you lead your officiating organization, NASO's ONLine e-newsletter is a valuable free monthly publication for everyone involved in all types of sports officiating organizations. Please feel free to forward this newsletter to anyone else who might find it valuable or sign up to get on the e-mail list here.
For more information on how the National Association of Sports Officials-Organizations Network can help your association, visit our website at www.naso-on.org. |
WideNet
Take our monthly poll
(results will be seen next month):
Should officials working games involving anyone younger than 18 be subject to a criminal background check?
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Here are eight steps from Communication Briefings to help you get rid of your worries and become more productive:
- Clarify what it is that you’re worried about.
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Ask yourself if there’s anything you can do to affect the situation. If not, your worry is a worthless one and you should go to Step 8. If the answer is “yes,” go to the next step.
- Identify the worst possible outcome.
- Ask yourself if you can live with the worst possible outcome. If the answer is “yes,” go to Step 6. If not, go to the next step.
- Do everything in your power to get out of the situation now.
- Develop an action plan that will get you out of the situation or that will minimize the negative consequences associated with it.
- Take action.
- Quit worrying. Either it’s too late or worrying won’t make a difference.
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NetWorks
• Has your organization found success? Share your experiences with other officiating groups nationwide.
• Had a successful recruitment drive? Tell us about it.
• Successfully defended a lawsuit? Share your story.
• Think you have a pretty good website? Tell us why.
We'll feature your association and spread the word about all the great ways to deal with such issues as leadership, training, evaluations, assigning, technology, communication, meetings, membership, legal issues, discipline measures, group policies, mentoring and more. (Click here to share your experiences) |
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| Simply the BEST PRICE on NFHS Officiating Resources |
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The goal of NASO-ON is to help you run your association better and to assist you in making your members better officials. That’s why your membership gives you so much more than you can get anywhere else.
As an NASO-ON association, you get access to the NFHS Rules by Topic and Rules Simplified & Illustrated books for the best price available anywhere. When we say anywhere we mean it. When you place an order on behalf of the members in your association, you all pay more than 30% less than anyone else can, just because you’re an association.
Don’t let your members pay full price on NFHS books ever again!
Place an order together and save every season.
To take advantage of this great benefit of NASO-ON membership, call Dan Olson at 262-632-5448, ext. 105 or email dolson@naso.org.
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Association bylaws should establish the basic guidelines your association follows in handling disciplinary maters Here is a short checklist of what to include:
- State the reasons for which the association can discipline an official, such as officiating-related acts, criminal acts, violations of professional ethics, etc.
- State the procedures to be used in handling a case. Establish what constitutes due process.
- Spell out the appeal provisions. Make sure you have them, and whenever possible keep the final decision within the association.
- Define terms. For example, what does “suspension” mean? How long can an official be suspended? What constitutes “a violation of professional ethics”?
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Here are the results for the 1/12 WideNet Survey question:
How often does your association hold elections?
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77% |
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| Every other year. |
15% |
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| Every few years. |
4% |
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| We have five or more years between elections. |
2% |
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| I don't remember the last time my association held an election. |
2% |
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| Keep Board Meetings Short and Sweet |
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 Commercial Liability for Your Association at 50% Off
Officials associations have as much or more liability concerns than individual officials. A lawsuit involving any one of your members can escalate to endanger your organization and its leadership.
If every member of your board is an individual NASO member themselves, your association can purchase optional NASO-ON commercial liability protection for your association at a 50% discount. We can even discount individual membership to your board members so that you can more easily get the savings on association insurance.
To find out more about this special offer or additional ways your association and its leadership can be protected, contact Ken Koester at 262-632-8855 x 132, email kkoester@naso.org or vist www.naso-on.org |
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Membership in NASO-ON provides a helping hand to officials associations, no matter how big or how small, in accomplishing everyday association management tasks. Just as NASO is an educational association for individual sports officials, NASO-ON effectively provides educational resources and management tools to leaders.
To date, more than 900 officials associations are active members of NASO-ON. Several states — including Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, South Dakota and Washington — provide NASO-ON membership to all recognized local officials associations.
Here are just a few of the articles NASO-ON members will read in the 3/12 issue of ONBoard:
- Bolster Your Agenda: Board Meeting Should Focus on Leadership Issues
- Take Care of Business at the Summit
- 6 Lessons I Learned as Instructional Chair
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