Scheduling and the Internet.Coaches responsible for scheduling school games will normally call the athletic directors Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic of other schools. It may take several attempts to discover mutually convenient dates, and the process may have to be repeated constantly to fill the schedule of all of your sports. It can be a long, frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: , and tedious process. But ... there may be a better way. If you aren't scheduling your games with specifically designed software and posting them on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to get aboard. While there are several vendors who produce scheduling software and related services, they all essentially do the same thing. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Advantages of using this approach for scheduling contests: * It saves considerable time once your schedules are posted. If your league or region is networked with the same system, there will be no phone tag between athletic directors. All AD's will instantly have the most up-to-date schedule. * Everyone--other athletic directors, parents, officials, transportation dispatchers and the media--can access the schedules. Distributing changes and rescheduling information to these various groups can be very time-consuming, but by posting and using the Internet service, everyone can easily and quickly get this information. * It is secure. Since the athletic director has the only password to enter or change the school's schedules, there is no chance of tampering tampering The adulteration of a thing. See Drug tampering. . Coaches, parents or fans cannot make changes. * In addition to listing the schedules for all of your teams, you can also post practice schedules, the bus companies transporting your teams, the departure times, and a facility use schedule. As an added benefit, you can even list the results of the games on your schedules. All of this is easy for you and convenient for your parents and fans. If you are like me, you have a long learning curve and this is particularly true for me when I am encountering new applications with my computer. I need detailed explanations on how to use the software. In my efforts to learn how to use it, I will constantly have to refer to my notes when I have problems. Initially, I may have to ask other AD's or technical support people a lot of questions. Often I may have to repeat the same one, until I finally master the process. The vendors and their support staff provide invaluable assistance and can walk you through any problem. But once you understand the program and the steps involved in entering the information, you will ultimately save a great deal of time. Your life will become significantly easier on days when games have to be postponed due to inclement in·clem·ent adj. 1. Stormy: inclement weather. 2. Showing no clemency; unmerciful. in·clem weather and subsequently rescheduled. Instead of answering countless phone calls or even using your answering machine to list the changes, everyone can check on your Website address to get the necessary up-to-date information. Obviously you will have to educate your parents and fans or where and how to access this information on your Website, but once it is in place it will save you an incredible amount of time. Many of these scheduling programs have E-mail features in which you can notify various groups--coaches and parents--within your program. If you have distribution lists already created for your coaches, parent groups, teachers and others within your program, you are ready to go. You might even be able to include your custodians
The Custodians is terminology in the Bahá'í Faith, which refers to nine Hands of the Cause assigned specifically to work at the Bahá'í World Centre in attendance to the Guardian of the Faith. and grounds crew if they have Internet access See how to access the Internet. . This immediate communication feature of scheduling software will be greatly appreciated by the people associated with your program and save you enormous time. Even officials can use your Internet site to see if their assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. game has been postponed and the status of rescheduling. If your transportation sources--school district or private vendors--are also online, they can even make quick changes to their schedule. This also becomes a fail-safe system to avoid potential mistakes and the integration of scheduling officials with game scheduling software is on the horizon. In addition to basic scheduling of contests, there are several added applications which can be invaluable to your department. With most of these software programs, you can either enter or import data--grade, address, age, etc.--for your athletes. With this information, you can create team rosters which can easily be made available to the media along with the team's schedule. Some of this scheduling software also provides budgeting capabilities for all of the associated expenses with transportation and officials. In our area, we are required to submit the scores of our contests and the team's seasonal record when it comes time to submit our state tournament applications and for seeding purposes. Being able to extract this information from your Internet program can be a simple and timesaving time·sav·ing adj. Serving to save time through an efficient method or a shorter route; expeditious. time feature. Within seconds, the result of your last contest can be entered and your information is on its way. Ok, all of this is new and perhaps can be somewhat intimidating in·tim·i·date tr.v. in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing, in·tim·i·dates 1. To make timid; fill with fear. 2. To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats. . However, don't be afraid of making mistakes with this new technology. You can usually recover everything in the event of a mistake and we all learn more through trial and error efforts. Give it a shot! It's definitely time to put the pencil and paper pencil and paper - An archaic information storage and transmission device that works by depositing smears of graphite on bleached wood pulp. More recent developments in paper-based technology include improved "write-once" update devices which use tiny rolling heads similar to mouse calendars away. Retire them for good, because Internet scheduling is the future and your salvation. Dr. David Hoch, Director of Athletics athletics or track and field also track-and-field games Variety of sport competitions held on a running track and on the adjacent field. It is the oldest form of organized sports, having been a part of the ancient Olympic Games from c. , Loch Raven High School Background Loch Raven High School is a high school in Baltimore County, Maryland. Its name is derived from its proximity to the Loch Raven Reservoir. History The school was founded in 1972 and is part of the Baltimore County Public Schools system. Baltimore County, MD |
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