NCOA News for July 2010

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Current NCOA Officials can now submit their Indendent Contractor Agreement for FY2011. Log into the NCOA Officials Web site and click on the link on the menu on the left.

Starting in FY2011, NCOA will no longer accept Homeowners Insurance for your liability insurance. NCOA Officials one of the following acceptable forms of "Official" Liability Insurance:

• NASO
• NFHS
• ASA/Bollinger
• PAVO

Amazingly some folks will put "Kaiser", "Blue Cross", "Blue Shield", etc as their liability insurance. Ummmm those are health insurances!

By continually doing a quality and professional job for NCOA we will be able to gain new organizations to which we can provide officials and/or umpires too. Thus meaning more assignments to you. NCOA's policy is not to seek out and steal contracts from other associations, rather have them come to us because of the quality of our officials and umpires.

It is also NCOA's policy that any NCOA member steals or actively seeks to steal a contract away from NCOA they will no longer be assigned to any NCOA assignments.

Summer baseball season for NCOA, except for a few assignments left, is comig to an end. We want to thank all those summer baseball umpires for doing a solid job. We received several compliments about the quality of work done for the 13-14's and 15-16's Senior League progames that we provided umpires to. The D35 Little League Umpire Representative stated that more organizations may be looking to use NCOA umpires next season.

Summer softball season is still going on. Keep up the good work.

Ruben Candelaria has announced the dates for his September Umpire Camp in Sonoma County
September 10, 11 and 12th.

For more info go to: http://www.northbaydbms.net/BTLUmpireCamp/index.htm

The 2010/2011 Basketball season is around the corner. The Calendar of Events for the Basketball Season has been announced both on the NCOA Basketball Web Page and NCOA Officials Site.

Right now these are tentative dates, times and locations. Notice Sunday meeting times have changed due to availability of Univeristy of Sports. That could change though. The schedule will be locked in when we send out the August Newsletter.

Upcoming Basketball Officiating Camps

NCOA Officials attending any 2.5 Day Basketball Officials Camp summer of 2010 will receive a $20 rebate of their FY2011 dues upon completion of their NCOA Minimum Standards - and an additional year of experience (max 12).

Officials attending a camp MUST submit a letter or certificate from the Camp Director to receive the rebate and additional year of experience pay.

Ruben's Healdsburg Summer Referee Camps: These camps are designed for experienced officials looking to improve there 2 person mechanics and learn 3 person mechanics. The camps will be tailored to the needs of the individual campers. Both camps will rely heavily on taping the games with an extensive debrief as well as classroom instruction and on the court "immediate" feeback as the major modes of instruction.

• Healdsburg Boys Varsity Games:
  • July 10 and 11 - 8:00am to 6:00pm both days
• Healdsburg Girls Varsity Games:
  • July 30th - 3pm to 9pm
  • July 31st - 8am to 6pm
  • August 1st - 8:30am - 5pm

Cost of each camp is $100 for one camp or an unbelievably low price of $150 for both camps.

For more information contact Ruben Candelaria at (707) 483-6039 or Email

SACO/BRONC Summer Camp
June 2010 CSU Chico
1st Session Men's June 11, 12, 13
2nd Session Women's July 18, 19, 20
Click Here for Application

Best High School Baseball Officials Camp

• St. Mary's College
• 1928 Saint Marys Road
• Moraga, CA 94556
• July 30th - August 1st

More Information Contact Marcella Dobbs at mdobbs@ebboa.org
Or visit www.bhsoc.com

"Practice does NOT make perfect.
Practice makes PERMANENT"

Dave and Gary want to remind everyone that we are working officials. This means that we need your help in the following areas:

• Make POSITIVE contact with your partner at least a day before the scheduled date of the game. Positive contact means you talked to your partner or responded to their email. If you don't receive a response from your partner please call David and he will track your partner down and remind them to call you. This is incur a $5 fee from your partner.
• When communicating with your partner before game day confirm start time and location of the game. Don't assume!
• Print out a roster of officials and/or umpires and put it in your glove compartment in your car. If your partner has not arrived 20 minutes before game time, call him/her FIRST before calling David or Gary.
• Check-in with the coach or scorekeeper upon arrival so they are not calling us wondering where you are and causing undo stress on us and possibility a fine on you.
• If there is a game following your last game and the next official(s) have not arrived, PLEASE call 538-5190 and advise who ever answers AND start the game until they arrive. This is good PR not only for NCOA but for you. There may be many reasons why the next official(s) have not arrived.
• Work the game(s) like you want to be their no matter how good or bad the game is. And/or how good or bad you are feeling. Effort and attitude on your part goes a long ways towards the perceptions of officials and you. Yes, we have seen some games this season reffed by NCOA officials who look like they don't want to be there, care or otherwise.

Thank you,