Nebraska Basketball Officials, the organization which assigns lower level and varsity officials for the Metro Conference, as well as middle school and elementary officials for the Omaha Public Schools, will have its organizational and sign up meeting for the 2017-18 season, this Wednesday night, April 26, at 6:30 pm, in Room 222 at Omaha Westside High School. This will be the only meeting before assigning begins this summer, so officials are encouraged to attend and pay dues so they are ready to be entered into Arbiter for assignments.
Annual dues will be $50 and includes being registered with Arbiter, NBO’s online scheduling software.
Elkhorn South High School will be joining the Metro Conference this year and NBO officials will be working Elkhorn South contests. Monaco will also go over information on NBO’s recent contract extension with the Metro Conference.
Officials working varsity contests in the Metro will need to be registered with the Nebraska School Activities Association ($45 fee) and the NBO ($50 dues). No additional fees will be charged by NBO. Officials do NOT need to pay additional fees or be registered with the Nebraska High School Officials Association (NHSOA) to work varsity Metro contests.
The meeting at Omaha Westside will last approximately one hour with Nebraska Basketball Officials’ assignor Al Monaco going over updates for the 2017-18 season. Lower Level NBO assignor Justin Albrecht will also be in attendance. Both will be available for questions. NBO is also once again assigning the Omaha Bryan Varsity Summer Tournament, Saturday and Sunday, June 3 and 4. NBO will be conducting a 3-person clinic on Saturday, June 3. Limited spaces are available for the clinic, which is intended to help officials gain experience in 3-person mechanics. Monaco will conduct the clinic. Officials can register for the clinic that evening. Veteran officials will also be used to work the tournament.
Officials wishing to write checks for their dues may do so to Nebraska Basketball Officials. Receipts will also be available for those wishing to pay with cash. The registration form is attached to this post. You can print it, fill it out, and bring it to the meeting to save time. Officials will not be registered with Arbiter this year until 2017-18 dues are paid. This includes all lower level officials.
Anyone with questions can contact Monaco at monaco.nbo@gmail.com. Or, they can call him at 402-525-0699.
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