Couple Notes: MPSSAA Clinics, Oct. 19 Meeting, Etc.

All members of Board 23, including applicants, transfers, prospects and Active members, must attend one of the MPSSAA Rules Interpretation Clinic meetings, hosted by MPSSAA Coordinator of Officials Bill Burroughs. If you attended the clinics at either Joppatowne or Franklin high schools, you do not need obtain an attendance verification slip from Bill and give to me. The reason? I was given copies of the sign-in sheets of both meetings, so I can verify your attendance assuming you printed your name legibly on the sign-in sheet.

If you attended or have plans to attend an MPSSAA clinic at any other site, you will need to get that slip from Bill and give to me at your earliest convenience, but definitely before mid-November. A schedule of MPSSAA clinics is on the Current Members page of the Board 23 Web site.

Also, as some of you might be aware, we have a family medical situation we are dealing with. Our 18-year-old nephew is in ICU at UM hospital downtown with extreme complications from a virus. His prognosis is uncertain. It is unlikely that I will be able to attend the Oct. 19 meeting at Lansdowne HS. If you have any questions about your membership, transfer status, etc., send me an e-mail and I will address it as soon as I am able. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. His family is in great distress.

Couple other notes:
1. I haven't received the answer key for the 2009 IAABO Refresher Exam yet. As soon as I do, I will convert it to a PDF and post it on the Web site.
2. If you are an Active Officiating home-board member of Board 23 and did not pick up your 2009-10 IAABO handbook (which includes the rulebook) and IAABO membership card, please plan to do so at the Nov. 9 meeting at Lansdowne. Unclaimed handbooks after that date will be opened up and dual members and 2009-10 applicants will be allowed to take one, supplies permitting.

Thanks,
PK

Required Attendance at MPSSAA Rules Interpretation Meetings

Just a reminder that all Board 23 members -- actually, anyone who wants to officiate a basketball game in a public school in Maryland in 2009-10 -- must attend one of the rules interpretation meetings hosted by the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA). Coordinator of Officials Bill Burroughs always does a good job going over rules, mechanics and changes that have come down from the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), of which the MPSSAA is a member association.

Board 23 members should obtain the attendance verification slip from Bill Burroughs at the meeting. You should put your name on it and then forward it to Paul Krome, Board 23 secretary. According to MPSSAA policy, failure to do so makes you ineligible to officiate basketball games involving public schools (namely, Anne Arundel County and Baltimore County in our case).

The schedule of MPSSAA rules interpretation meetings is listed as part of Board 23's master schedule on the Board 23 Web site. Basically, your three best options are Oct. 6 at Joppatowne HS, Oct. 13 at Franklin HS or Oct. 14 at Poly HS.

Thanks,
PK