My name is Rick DeGardner and I will
again be assigning baseball/softball games for Gopher Officials for the 2010
season.
For basketball, Gopher Officials switched
to a new on-line scheduling system called GotOfficials (AssignByWeb
recently went out of business). We will
be using GotOfficials for the upcoming baseball/softball season as
well. GotOfficials will be the
method in which you will indicate your availability, accept/reject assignments,
contact schools and partners, etc. You
should have received a User Name and Password from GotOfficials, if not, contact me, Bozo
or John Monson When you receive this information, you need
to log on and indicate what days you are not available to work (Under “My
Availability” section). Also
review/update your contact information under “My Profile.” This needs to be done by February 19,
2010. For those of you that work Gopher
basketball, you can use your same username and password for baseball/softball.
In addition to inputting pertinent
information (dates available/not available, contact information, etc) via the GotOfficials
website, attached is an Umpire Information Sheet (also available on
Gopher website - http://www.citilink.com/~bozoref/gopher.htm)
that will assist me in scheduling you for games. Please be as complete as
possible. The more information you
provide me (preferred partner(s), what part of the metro area you want to be
scheduled, # games you want to work per week, level of games preferred/willing
to work, willingness to travel, etc.) the better chance I have of preparing a
schedule that fits your expectations.
Please return the completed Umpire Information Sheet (either
email a pdf file to rickdeg@comcast.net or US mail at the address listed below)
to me no later than February 19, 2010.
To summarize, you need to log in to GotOfficials
to provide your availability/contact information AND send me the Umpire Information
Sheet. I will not be able to assign you any games until BOTH
items are taken care of.
If you are no longer interested in
working baseball/softball for Gopher this Spring, please respond to this email
so I can remove you from the distribution list.
Our Base/Softball meeting will be held Sunday March 28
at 4:00 P.M. at the Brooklyn Park Community Center located at 5600 85th Ave
North. The building is located two blocks East of Zane Ave, where the
hockey arena is.
Remember to attend a MSHSL Rules Interpretation Meeting on one of
the following dates or you can go online at www.mshsl.org
and fulfill the requirement on-line (Softball starts at 6:30pm and Baseball at
7:30pm)
Thursday, March 18
Hill-Murray School
Tuesday, March 23
Hopkins (Small Theater)
¨ The application deadline for MSHSL State
Tournament assignments is April 1, 2010. Interested umpires must
register via the MSHSL website (www.mshsl.org)
¨ Shawn Vellek will be on hand at the March
meeting if you are in need of any official’s equipment. He will be bringing
hats, shirts, ball bags, indicators and other small items. If you need larger
items like jackets, shoes or plate equipment, call him at 612-928-1764 prior to
the meeting.
¨ Clark will be our clinician this year for
baseball and softball; we will talk more about this at our meeting. He is
planning on holding an indoor clinic for our umpires.
¨ Dues this year are $65 if they are paid
before April 2, 2010. After that they become $80. Pay your dues at the
March 28 meeting or send your check to Bozo (6307 61st Ave N,
Crystal, MN 55428). No one
will get any assignments until all dues owed for previous sports are paid in
full.
The best way to get a hold of me with any questions is via email (
rickdeg@comcast.net ). I check for email messages several times
each day.
Rick DeGardner
504 Oak Creek Drive South, Vadnais
Heights, MN 55127
Home) 651-490-5940
Work)
651-982-2444
Cell) 651-252-8197
E-mail) rickdeg@comcast.net