College Updates 1-13-2019

NW Umpires College Updates 1-13-2019

Please read through the updates below and respond where required, if you have not done so already.  As always, please contact me if you have any questions.

·       The national meeting that our group will be attending is in Chicago (Sat Jan 19th).  If you were not able to register in time and/or have misplaced your registration confirmation, no worries, you can register on site on Sat.  Thanks to those that have responded with your travel plans.  I believe I have heard from everyone who is attending.

·       Cage work – Starts this week. Dates are available for the U of M, Concordia St. Paul, and others.  There will be more dates posted as we receive them.  Log into Arbiter and find them on Self-assign.  Please be logical in the teams that you select.  If you are not working D1 or a constant D2 schedule, please do not go over to the U of M.  These dates are available for umpires working that level of baseball.  Also, these are just as important for the teams as they are for us.  It does them and us no good to have umpires who are not capable of working their level of baseball.  If you have any questions in this regard, please reach out to me before taking a spot.

·       College Clinic will be held on Sat Feb 16th.  We will be back at Augsburg, like several prior years.   More details to follow as we get closer to the date.

·       NW Umpires Association updates:  IF YOU ARE NOT RECEIVING THESE UPDATES FROM JEFF, THORUGH THE ARBITER SYSTEM, PLEASE LET HIM, AND I KNOW.  WE ARE AWARE THAT A FEW UMPIRES NOT RECEIVING UPDATES SENT OUT.

o   Update your address/contact information in Arbiter

o   A reminder of our Annual Meeting Feb 10th at 1 pm. Richfield Legion.

o   January 31st deadline for dues.

§  The address to mail them to is:

Northwest Umpires

c/o Jeff Schmit

16345 Elm Creek Lane, Lakeville, 55044

 

I look forward to seeing a lot of you in Chicago this weekend.