Calendar

July 1 – Aug 1, 2023	Registration with MIAA begins July 1, 2023. MIAA encourages all officials for Fall 2023 sports to be registered by August 1, 2023. All active EMSOA members are expected to register. You can register on the MIAA Arbiter page after you log into ArbiterSports.com or you can go directly to the MIAA registration page by clicking the link below (red text): https://miaa.arbitersports.com/front/110185/Site .
July, 2023	New Member Class One or two training sessions will beheld July, 2023 by video conference. Exact date to be announced later. This is an eight hour course of instruction held on two evening. There is a clinic fee of $93.00 for EMSOA dues for the 2023 – 2024 school year and $60 for others. After the instruction, there will be a 100 question online test which you can do any time during the two weeks after the instructions. If you are interested in attending or know someone who is interested, contact Fred Corey , the the instructor.
Late August or Early September	On-field Training for New Members There will be training of new members in coordination with high school pre-season practices. Typically several high schools will get together on a Saturday or informal scrimmage games. Senior EMSOA members will use these games to instruct new referees in the two-man system of controlling a game. The training will be at several sites to be announced later.
August 2023	EMSOA Re-Certification Exam There will be a re-certification exam posted on this web site prior to the first Rules Interpretation meeting. All member are encouraged (but not required) to take the exam. You will score your answer based on the answers given during the Rules Interpretation meeting. The purpose of the exam is to refresh your knowledge of the basic rules. Only you will know how many of your answers were right and wrong. The 2022 re-certification exam is available for you to practice with prior to the release of the 2023 exam. Click on the link (the red text) to get the exam.
August – early Sept, 2023	Rules Interpretation Meeting:  ALL active and inactive EMSOA MEMBERS MUST attend a Rules Interpretation meeting. Members must either attend one of the EMSOA sessions of the Rules Interpretation or attend the Rules Interpretation Meeting at another Massachusetts SOA. The dates for all the EMSOA sessions will be posted here not later than the end of July 2023. The plan is to have one in-person session in each of the chapter location and one or two Zoom sessions. EMSOA members may attend the Rules Interpretation meeting at the Central Mass SOA, Whaling City SOA or Cape Code SOA.  Any EMSOA member who attends the Rules Interpretation meeting of one of these other SOA’s must ask the Secretary of that association to send an email to emsoa@emsoa.org verifying attendance. Any member of EMSOA may attend any one of these sessions. There is no extra credit for attending more than one.  North Chapter session, Sunday August 27, time and location will be announced later West Chapter session, Tuesday, August 15, time and location will be announced later South Chapter Session, Tuesday, August 22, 7:30 pm, Hanover High School, 273 Cedar St, Hanover, MA All Chapter session, on Zoom, Saturday, September 9, 8:00 am, link to register will be sent by Arbiter email
September 2023	Chapter Meetings Each chapter will hold an in-person chapter meeting in September. All the locations, dates and times will be posted not later than the end of July, 2023. North Chapter session, Sunday September 24, 7:00 pm, location will be announced later West Chapter session, Tuesday, September 26, time and location will be announced later South Chapter Session, Tuesday, September 19, 7:30 pm, Hanover High School, 273 Cedar St, Hanover, MA
October 2023	Chapter Meetings Each chapter will hold a second in-person chapter meeting in October. The emphasis of the meeting will be the post-season tournament rules and procedures. All the locations, dates and times will be posted in July, 2023. North Chapter session, Sunday October 29, 7:00 pm, location will be announced later West Chapter session, Tuesday, October 24, time and location will be announced later South Chapter Session, Tuesday, October 24, 7:30 pm, Hanover High School, 273 Cedar St, Hanover, MA