5. Inform Referees of Assignments

To generate referee assignment reports:

  1. Navigate to the Reports screen:

    1. Tools : Reports, or

    2. Main Menu : Reports

  2. Choose one of the above reports from the box labeled Choose a Report:

    • Referee Assignments, or

    • Referee Assignments (Crew Names)

  3. Enter a Start Date and Ending Date for the reports; all games between and including these dates will be included

  4. Click the Preview button to view the report on-screen.

Reports can be printed with the File : Print menu command.

To e-mail assignments to referees:

  1. Tools : Assignments : E-mail Assignments to Refs

  2. In the From (Name) and From (Email) box, verify that your name and e-mail address are listed

  3. Enter the subject line for your e-mails

  4. In the Header Paragraph box, enter any introductory text for your e-mail

  5. In the Footer Paragraph box, enter any text to follow the assignments block for the e-mail.

  6. In the SMTP Server box, enter your SMTP (outgoing mail) server name

  7. If your mail server requires a user name/password, check the Use SMTP Authentication box, and enter your e-mail user name and password. This is not common.

  8. If your mail server requires that you check your inbox prior to sending e-mail, check the Use POP3 Authentication checkbox, and enter your POP3 (incoming mail) server name. This is not common.

  9. To CC yourself on the outgoing e-mails, check the CC Message to Assignor box.

  10. Enter the Start Date and End Dates for e-mailing; all games between these two dates will be sent.

  11. To send a single test e-mail to yourself, choose Send Test E-mail to Assignor in the Method box, and click Send

  12. To send all referee assignments to the assignor e-mail address, choose Send Assignments to Assignor (test). This is used for testing purposes, to ensure that the e-mails look correct.

  13. To send all referee assignments to referees, choose Send Assignments to Referees. This will also update the E-mail Notification Sent date on the Add/Edit Games screen.