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posted 05/09/2012 We have successfully re-synchronized the schedule between mbgll.org's League Athletics and Arbiter web sites. We are beginning to see the benefits of this latest activity with the assigned and accepted umpire information beginning to update properly on the mbgll.org schedule. As of this morning at 5:30 AM we have 85 umpire assignments in the mbgll.org schedule of the 187 assigned in Arbiter for the 198 games this Sunday. The 102 variance represents the number of umpires who have not yet accepted the assignment and is understandable since we loaded schedule into Arbiter Tuesday morning and the assignments went out Tuesday during the day and evening. The umpire assignments on mbgll.org will continue to update on an ongoing basis.
You can view umpire assignments in the
Master Schedule page under the Ofl col on the far right of the page. Umpire assignments are displayed as 0ARB: If there is a number other than 0 in this column, there are umpires assigned. Click on the game schedule in order to view the umpire. If there is a 0 in the column this means that either on umpire has not been assigned or the assignment has not yet been accepted. This is public information and you do not have to login to view it.
We have worked diligently over the last 4 months getting these systems setup and synchronized properly and we believe that we have worked out the majority of the issues. During this last sync cycle only 4 gams did not load into Arbiter properly out of 835 and we are working to get these 4 in. The schedule on mbgll.org remains the system of record for games schedules. The umpire assignment in Arbiter remains the system of record for umpire assignments. When in doubt, consult the source system and report any discrepancies or conflicts to
. While this has been a sometimes painful and annoying experience, we firmly believe that these platforms will support our core activities and position the league for the future growth. We can finally look at managing league wide umpire payments with these tools. We thank you for your patience as we fine tuned the setup and configuration.
Schedule Changes
We have removed schedule edit access privileges on mbgll.org since we were getting lots of last minute schedule changes that were not being coordinated properly with the umpires and the league. The schedule may not be changed for 'convenience' and only for field availability or weather related cancelations.
In order to request a schedule change, send an email to
containing the following information along with both coaches approval of the change (hint: copy/paste event information from the schedule):
Original Game Information:
Game Date
Game Time
Home Team
Away Team
Field
Game Change Information
Game Date
Game Time
Home Team
Away Team
Field
The scheduler will update the game in mbgll.org which will trigger an update to Arbiter. The scheduler will also confirm the update with Robin our umpire assignor. We will process schedule changes up through Thursday evening prior to the weekend games. Any last minute changes after Thursday (weather or field related) must be communicated directly with the teams and officials.
The scheduler and assignor may reject the change if it creates a solo game or conflict with another game. The scheduler may also change the schedule to resolve conflicts or to relocate solo games and will notify both teams and assignor. Note: We have seen a few U9 games conflict with other games since we ran that schedule independently and it ignored committed field times. Teams may certainly find those and request a change prior to the scheduler doing it.
Thanks for reading through this long announcement. As always, please communicate your feedback or questions to me or Christine.
Enjoy the second half of your season.
-Ted
