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Golf Event

We invite you to join us for a great golfing outing at Green Mountain Golf Course on Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 8:30am. Lunch will follow. The format will be a two person scramble with modified Calloway scoring. The cost is $60 per person ($48 for EFOA members). Contact Dave Krajcar at raider@aceweb.com for details or to register. Come early and warm up on the range using free range balls. Prizes for various contests during the event.

Click here to download the registration form. This is not a fund raiser, but just a chance for a great outing with fellow football enthusiasts.

News

July 2, 2009 - Arbiter Changing
The Arbiter website has been purchased by the NCAA. As a part of their upgrades, the URL for Arbiter will change to Arbitersports.com on Tuesday, July 7. There will be some new enhancements and easier access implemented at that time. So Arbiter may not be working well on Tuesday, July 7, until the cutover is complete.

June 25, 2009 - Testimonial Contest Winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of our contest for testimonials. Mike Kiel, Ric Bishop and Don Laack won the first place award in their respective groups and each will receive a $100 award. Second place awards of $50 will go to Jerry Nye and Troy Hulse. Congratulations winners! Your essays will be edited and then featured as part of our recruiting information on this web site.

June 13, 2009 - Senior Seminar
The dates for the 2009 WOA Senior Seminars have been released. The first is in Yakima on Sunday, August 16 from 9am to 1pm. The second is up in Tacoma on Sunday, August 23rd, again from 9:00am to 1:00pm. You must be a varsity level official to attend these seminars and you must have attended a senior seminar within the last 5 years of any state semi or finals game that you work. Contact Rick Gilbert to signup. (rg_mg@yahoo.com).

June 12, 2009 - Officiating Levels emailed out
Information was individually emailed to each official assigning them their officiating level as detailed in the policy mentioned in the May 19th news item below. If you didn't receive yours, or if you have any questions, contact Dave (raider@aceweb.com).

June 11, 2009 - EFOA selected as outstanding officials by OFL
EFOA was selected by the Oregon Football League as the outstanding officials for 2009. We worked 4 Semi-pro games in April and May and were the unanimous selection for this award. There is a plaque coming to commemerate this achievement. Congratulations to all who worked on the officiating crews for these games. You obviously did a great job and the coaches noticed the difference between our crews and those from the other areas! Well Done!!!

June 10, 2009 - White Hats selected for Crews
The board held a drawing of the white hats interested in being on a varsity crew. Names were put into a hat and the following were selected: Gilbert, Goss, Krajcar, Vaughn and Woodward. John Williams was selected as the alternate. Information will be emailed shortly to offcials to see if they are interested in being on a crew.

June 10, 2009 - Board adopts Evaluation Policy
The board has approved a new policy for evaluations at varsity games. Varsity level officials will be required to evaluate all members of the crews at each of their games. Read the whole policy here!

May 19, 2009 - Board adopts policy for levels of officiating
The board has approved the training committee’s recommendation to establish levels of officiating. Every official will be placed into a level and promotion will be based on objective criteria. Read the whole policy here!

April 21, 2009 - Welcome to new web site
Welcome to the new website! Your feedback is encouraged.