The NC Swimming Officials Committee has planned four(4) informational ZOOM / virtual sessions as part of the NCS Fall House of delegates. Sign-in links will be added to the 2020 Fall HOD Schedule on the HOD page.
Officials are encouraged to register their interest for the following sessions using this Google Form.
You are not required to sign-up before any session. Responses are being used for planning purposes. An attendance form will be available during each session so that your participation can be recorded in OTS.
SESSION 1 – Saturday, October 3rd, 9:00-10:00am
Topic: COVID Best Practices/Experiences for Meet Officials
Details: This will be a Panel Discussion and Q&A with recent NCS Meet Referees covering subjects like; Pool/Facility Set-up, officials briefings, position assignment, management of DQs, Flow of athletes to blocks, after swims, between events, Timers and Spectators
SESSION 2 & 3 (concurrent) – Sunday, October 4th, 11:00am-Noon
Attendees will be “sent” to breakout rooms for their topic of choice
Topic 1: Hy-Tek Meet Manager Skills — Colleen Gillan and Barb Frith
Details: Live demonstrations and Q&A for Meet Manager set-up, data-entry, reports, etc.
Topic 2: Open Water Officiating — Jim Riggs
Details: This will be an Open Water Officiating Clinic. Current NCS officials will then be eligible to complete their certification by first passing the USAS Open Water Judge test, and then participating as an observed apprentice in one sanctioned open water event
SESSION 4 (tentative) – Sunday, October 4th, 4:30-5:30pm
Topic: COVID Best Practices/Experiences for Meet Officials
Details: Repeat of Session 1 from Saturday — Session is tentative pending interest
