Chapter Website
About GSVOA:
• Golden Spread covers volleyball from Tulia to Darrouzett and from Childress to Friona.
• There is a test that you need to achieve 90% on in order to be eligible for play-offs (both line judge and referee).
- It is an open book test.
- You have five chances to improve your score.
- You can ask for help finding a question.
• You are required to attend 5 chapter meetings minimum including the new member meetings IF YOU HAVE 0-3 years experience.
• YOU MUST ATTEND one of these three:
- The State meeting in Houston,
- The Regional Clinic in Lubbock, or
- The Online Clinic
• You must register with TASO before you can work.
• You must complete a clinic and the test before you can be assigned.
Meeting Schedule:
JULY 22, 2023
Regional Clinic: Lubbock, TX
Lubbock Cooper Fine Arts Center
910 Woodrow Rd Lubbock, TX 79423
TEST SCORE MUST BE 90 OR BETTER FOR ANY OFFICIAL WHO WANTS TO DO LINES OR BE CONSIDERED FOR PLAY-OFFS
July 30, 2023
Paramount Baptist Church
Meeting Before Scrimmages
2:00 all members
3:00 new members
August 4 and 5, 2023
SCRIMMAGES
All day/Some evening
(reffing 2 scrimmages = 1 meeting)
4:00 Fri Mandatory new officials
August 13, 2023
Paramount Baptist Church
2:00 all members
3:00 new members
August 27, 2023
Paramount Baptist Church
** 5th Meeting Opportunity **
2:00 all members
3:00 new members
September 10, 2023
Paramount Baptist Church
2:00 all members
3:00 new members
September 24, 2023
Paramount Baptist Church
2:00 all members
3:00 new members
October 8, 2023
Paramount Baptist Church
2:00 all members
3:00 new members
October 22, 2023
Paramount Baptist Church
2:00 all members
3:00 new members
Uniforms
White Shirt from StripesPlus.com (either long or short sleeved)
Black slacks (preferably not Cotton Dockers)
Solid Black Socks
SOLID Black tennis shoes
Black Lanyard
Black Whistle (Fox 40, Fox Dolphin, any pealess whistle)
Flags
Flipping coin ($.50 piece or bigger)
Watch
Pencil or Pen
Lineup Cards
Red and Yellow Cards
Bag to carry things (Backpack, messenger bag, …)
OPTIONAL: Grey shirt from StripesPlus.com
OPTIONAL: White zippered jacket
Forms:
W-9 Page 1: Take to every school the first time you go.
Paysheet off of the TASO website or the GSVOA website
EVERY TIME you go to a school
Leave it with them even if they say they don’t need it
Mileage tracker/Payment Tracker
Sign the Arbiter Pay forms that the Arbiter Pay Schools provide.
If the school says, we don’t need your form, this is your response:
We have had a lot of difficulty with Arbiter Pay.
Please keep the form until the payment goes through.
Don’t be rude!
Keep up with your matches and make sure you get paid.
If you aren’t paid within 30 days, please make contact by email with the coach and the AD of the school
Carbon copy me on the email
I will help you get paid if I know what is going on
If the problem persists, I will inform TASO.
Register with Arbiter Pay:
Use an email that you used to register with TASO.
It is easier to remember
The email is checked frequently
Follow the password instructions
Write down your Arbiter Pay Account number
If you have trouble with Arbiter, you must call them. 1-800-311-4060