Due to the large number of games each week, several assignors share the assigning load:  See Contacts  for assignors in your area.

Sharon Deplitch and Tarey Houston assign on alternate weeks during the season.  Assigning dates for Spring 2007 are:

The key to getting the type of assignments you want is the NCSL/WAGS Profile sheet.  If you have not provided a Profile sheet yet, send us the sheet you received in the mail or download Profile Sheer . You may email, mail or fax it to us.

Be very clear on your preferences, and remember that the more flexible you are, the better mix of games we can come up with for you.  There are three basic ways for you to get assignments:

1.  If you have a good handle on your personal schedule and do not have to work around a team, we can preassign you for the entire season or for as much of it as you want.

2.  If you are associated with a team (player, coach, parent, sibling) and cannot be assigned the team's games, "attach" yourself to the team in Arbiter  We will still have many good games available, but understand that having to fit you around your team's schedule may limit the type and number of games we can find for you.

3.  If your schedule is uncertain and you'd like to work week to week, that's fine.  Call us each week-- and the earlier in the week you call, the better choices you will have.

The great majority of you will receive proposed assignments by email from thearbiter.net.  You MUST accept or decline the assignments.  (In some cases we will accept for you based on telephone conversations.)  Please accept promptly--assignments are not official until accepted.  It is even more important for you to decline promptly so we have time to fill the assignment.

And please check your email frequently during the season!

If you tell us you will be available on a certain Sunday, we expect you to be available on that Sunday.  Please don't tell us you've taken other games -- this is not fair to us or to the teams that are relying on having referees for their games.

• We can't promise you Saturday games since Saturdays are largely make-up dates, and games are added on a week to week basis. 
• We also understand that "life happens" and that sometimes you have to give back games.  The sooner you notify us, the more likely we are to be able to find a replacement for you.  If you call us Friday or Saturday night and say you can't do your games, those games may go uncovered.

Referees must be 16 years old to center NCSL and WAGS games.  We assign younger referees as ARs with veteran referees so they can get the necessary experience to step into the center when it is time. While there are some 14- or 15-year-olds who can do a credible job of centering travel games, the great majority don't have the experience or maturity to handle these more competitive games.