Austin Chapter Volleyball Newsletter 2016
Issue 20
11/02/2016
Final Meeting of the Season
Many of you have already done so, but if you have not, please accept or decline the Event in Arbiter for the meeting so that we get a good head count for ordering the appropriate amount of food from the Olive Garden.
Note the important issues and elections noted below and make your plans to attend.
The final meeting of the season will be Wednesday, November 9th at the Austin Police Union Hall. Food will be served beginning at 6:00PM. The meeting will begin at 6:30PM.
Board Position Nominations Updated
Here are the current nominations for the open positions: Remember that the final day for nominations that will appear on the ballot is Saturday, November 5th.
Vice-President – Christle Miersma Linda Polley
Assigning Secretary – Harvey Madrigal Ronnie Kaase Craig Smith Janiece Nelson Charlie Tamez
Recording Secretary – No current nominations
At-Large Rep – Chez Slaton Gary Oncale
Proposed Changes to the By-laws
There are numerous changes to the By-laws being proposed. These will be voted upon at the meeting on November 9th. Please review them on the chapter website prior to the meeting and be prepared to ask any questions you may have concerning the proposed changes.
Coaches Playoff Requests
Every year, the assigning secretary requests a list of officials that the coaches prefer to have assigned for their playoff matches. Due to several requests for these lists from members concerned about their assignments, the lists have been posted in the Forms section under the Lists tab on Arbiter.
Here is an overview of how playoffs have been assigned by Marilyn. I visited her house last Thursday evening to see the process in person. It is amazing the time and effort she puts in to ensuring the athletes we serve have the best available officials. Having said that, it is an inexact science at best. Sometimes, qualified officials get left at home on playoff nights – based on availability, being put in reserve for anticipated matches, etc.
· Officials availabilities are recorded in Marilyn’s playoff notebook
· Officials requested for playoffs lists are recorded in Marilyn’s playoff notebook in order of preference and categorized by school.
· As Marilyn receives matches and the accompanying request for officials – a full crew of 4 or a R1/R2 and LJ combo – they are entered in “The Notebook”.
· As the matches are entered in “The Notebook”, official’s names begin to be penciled in. This allows for adjustments as needed. These penciled in assignments are initially based upon the coaches’ requests, availability of officials, other potential matches.
· At different points in the process, some assignments are published to ensure acceptance of matches.
· Some qualified officials (that may not be high on requested official’s lists) are sometimes held in reserve to be available for other matches that are anticipated to be received. Sometimes, these officials receive assignments, while other times the anticipated matches do not come through and these officials may be assigned to call lines or may end up without an assignment.
· UIL periodically sends requests for officials. These are for matches outside of our area where the coaches can’t agree on officials and request UIL to send them a crew. As ACV is centrally located we receive quite a few of these assignments. 5 of these assignments were received for Tuesday, November 1st.
· Matches are published for acceptance.
Local Playoff Matches Thursday, Friday, Saturday
If you are not assigned and want to see some good volleyball, here are some matches that are being played locally. There are entry fees charged at the venues for all the listed events. It is permissible to tell the ticket booth that you are an official there to observe the matches for your own training purposes, but you can’t insist upon free entry.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the Southwest Preparatory Conference is holding their Conference Championship Tournaments for Boys and Girls. Full schedule posted below.
Thursday
Liberty Hill vs Gatesville at Belton HS 7:00PM
Harper vs Shiner at Burger Center 7:30PM
Poth vs Schulenberg at Luling HS 7:00PM
Lago Vista vs Marion at San Marcos HS 7:00PM
Friday
Smithson Valley vs Westlake at Lehman HS 7:00PM
Cedar Park vs Bryan at Rockdale HS 6:00PM
Saturday
SPC Championship Tournament
11/3/2016 Thu
6:00 PM
St. Andrews Episcopal School, Gym
SPC Championshi...
11/3/2016 Thu
8:00 PM
St. Andrews Episcopal School, Gym
SPC Championshi...
11/3/2016 Thu
6:00 PM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym
SPC 2 Champions...
11/3/2016 Thu
8:00 PM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym
SPC 2 Champions...
11/4/2016 Fri
10:00 AM
St. Andrews Episcopal School, Gym
SPC Championshi...
11/4/2016 Fri
12:00 PM
St. Andrews Episcopal School, Gym
SPC Championshi...
11/4/2016 Fri
2:00 PM
St. Andrews Episcopal School, Gym
SPC Championshi...
11/4/2016 Fri
4:00 PM
St. Andrews Episcopal School, Gym
SPC 2 Champions...
11/4/2016 Fri
6:00 PM
St. Andrews Episcopal School, Gym
SPC 2 Champions...
11/4/2016 Fri
10:00 AM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym
SPC 2 Champions...
11/4/2016 Fri
12:00 PM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym
SPC 2 Champions...
11/4/2016 Fri
2:00 PM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym
SPC 2 Champions...
11/4/2016 Fri
9:00 AM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym 2
SPC Boys Champi...
11/4/2016 Fri
10:30 AM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym 2
SPC Boys Champi...
11/4/2016 Fri
12:00 PM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym 2
SPC Boys Champi...
11/4/2016 Fri
1:30 PM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym 2
SPC Boys Champi...
11/4/2016 Fri
3:00 PM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym 2
SPC Boys Champi...
11/4/2016 Fri
4:30 PM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym 2
SPC Boys Champi...
11/4/2016 Fri
6:00 PM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym 2
SPC Boys Champi...
11/4/2016 Fri
7:30 PM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym 2
SPC Boys Champi...
11/5/2016 Sat
11:30 AM
St. Andrews Episcopal School, Gym
SPC Championshi...
11/5/2016 Sat
1:30 PM
St. Andrews Episcopal School, Gym
SPC Championshi...
11/5/2016 Sat
9:00 AM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym
SPC 2 Champions...
11/5/2016 Sat
11:00 AM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym
SPC 2 Champions...
11/5/2016 Sat
2:00 PM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym
SPC 2 Champions...
11/5/2016 Sat
10:00 AM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym 2
SPC Boys Champi...
11/5/2016 Sat
12:00 PM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym 2
SPC Boys Champi...
11/5/2016 Sat
2:00 PM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym 2
SPC Boys Champi...
11/5/2016 Sat
4:00 PM
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Gym 2
SPC Boys Champi...