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Annual Arbiter Maintenance - As part of our Arbiter maintenance, by 1/1/12 all LRA referees in Arbiter will have their settings for:

DONE - As of today, all referees have been compared to the USSF 2012 Referee Registration list. Any that were not listed as currently registered have been placed on the "inactive" list. When a referee can send proof of 2012 registration, they can be put back on the "active" list and be eligible for games.

• "Active" will be set to "Inactive - this is controlled by the assignor and indicates that the referee is not currently registered for the current year (2012) and thus unavailable for any games. Once the referee is registered for the current year, this setting is put back to "Active" by the assignor.

• If you still need to registered for 2012, click here for more details on how to register. For your convenience, LRA Referees have their registration ID number (started with the letter "R" in the Official Number field of their LRA Arbiter account.

DONE - As of today, all referees have had their "Ready to be Assigned" box unchecked. When a referee has updated their blocks through at least the end of March and checked that box back on, they will. Once the referee updates all blocks/clear times under the BLOCKS tab, and then checks the "Ready to be assigned" box on their main page. This indicates to the assignor that this referee's calendar is up-to-date through at least the end of March. For more details about setting blocks and checking "ready to be assigned" read http://www.livermorerefs.org/FAQ.htm#ready.

PENDING - All games for 2011 will be cleared out by Jan 15. This process has been, but as reminded several times previously, back up your game history ASAP!

Spring Season Games - At this time, there is no information on a Spring high comp season for Fusion, but it is expected. If so, it is likely to begin late April/early May.

Membership Meeting - The next membership meeting will be February 27, 7pm at the Livermore Library. There is no meeting in January.

Badges and registration for 2011 expired on 12/31/11. If your badge says 2011, your registration is valid until 12/31/11. Referees will not be eligible for any games in 2012 until their registration is current for 2012. If you badge already says 2012, you are fine. [Click here for more details]

If you are a USSF-registered referee and want to referee youth matches in Livermore contact the LRA Referee Assignor indicating your interest and information requested below. Current referee pay is available on this site.

• Contact information: Name, Address, Email, Phone

• Years of Experience, Badge Grade

• Current level of referee competency: Referee and AR age group comfortable with

• Current Assignors contact information for reference

REFEREE OR LRA FEEDBACK?

Feedback is already reviewed and acted upon as appropriate. If you have feedback on the Livermore Referee Association or any of our referees, please send an email to the LRA Vice President at VicePresident1@livermorefs.org.

If your feedback is on a particular referee or incident, please be factual, as complete as you can and include dates, times, location, and anything else that will help us understand the situation quickly and be timely in our response. For your convenience, you can also use our online form at http://www.livermorerefs.org/incident.htm.

We are here to assist you. Contact the following people with your questions and feedback. Click on any of the names shown above to send an email message to that person.