Gathering and Retaining Officials

1. Gathering and Retaining Officials Getting the Right People on the Bus.

2. Taking Ownership • 1. As officials, we still do it ourselves if we want it done right. • 2. Work hard to influence and cultivate others to do it right. • 3. Challenge: Getting the right people on the bus.

3. The Right Bus

4. The Right Bus-steps that successful track schools take to gather officials • 1 Establish a reliable base of officials and lay persons as necessary. • 2 develop a working relationship with your local officials associations • 3 extend contracts/sign up forms by an “agreed upon date”

6. The Right Bus-steps that successful track schools take to gather officials • 1 Establish a reliable base of officials and lay persons as necessary. • 2 develop a working relationship with your local officials associations • 3 extend contracts/sign up forms by an “agreed upon date” • 4 follow-up emails to stragglers • 5 “week of” emails to share assignments, arrival instructions and post meet activities

7. What we do to enable athletic directors to upgrade their “bus”

8. Here is what we do. • 1. Educate and assist athletic directors who are willing to upgrade their “bus”. • 2. Access to our website in order to advertise for officials.

10. Here is what we do. • 1. Educate and assist athletic directors who are willing to upgrade their “bus”. • 2. Access to our website in order to advertise for officials. • 3. Coordinate league schedules • 4. Provide guidelines for conducting successful contests

12. Retention: once we get ‘em how do we keep ‘em! • 1 communication • 2 site preparation • 3 event equipment • 4 support staff • 5 fees paid on time • 6 Rotate assignments when possible based upon interests • 7 mentor new officials • 8 don’t “make a track meet a career.” (“j. betts] • 9 pitch in and say “thank you”

13. Retention: socialization