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RAOA Operating Intent

The Rochester Area Officials Association

Rochester, Minnesota

General Operating Intent

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The membership belongs to this organization to:

 

Provide a common clearinghouse for schools to hire the officials they wish to have officiate their games.

 

Have a common fellowship for people that work the sports so they might gather experiences for the betterment of all concerned.

 

Provide a public image of cooperation.

 

The secretary is a clearinghouse, not an “assignment secretary”. Members may accept contracts from schools directly providing the secretary is kept informed. However, the officials are not to solicit games from the schools or “beg ball games”. The intent is for an official to work the ballgame with no regard to “worrying about being hired back” or “buttering up the Athletic Director”.

 

All officials are treated alike. When a school requests officials for a specific date, all available officials’ names are submitted to the school for selection. The school selects their choice. The secretary does not influence this to help a friend or cut down on someone’s games because of the number they already have. Likewise, the official with few games should not be promoted. The philosophy is that the official must perform to be hired.

 

The official has a responsibility to be loyal to the association. Constructive changes are considered by the general membership. Complaints should be aired to the individual sport vice-president. However, one should remember that personal beliefs regarding how the membership is governed or how many games are on the schedule for each official are not the secretary’s duty. The secretary merely records who the school chose on the master schedule to know who is available when the next school requests officials for the same date.

 

Officials that cannot accept the way most of the membership has chosen to run the association should either air their differences with the Executive Committee or part ways with the association if they cannot come to an agreeable solution.

About RAOA

Mission

Board Members

Rochester Area Officials Association (RAOA) trains, mentors, and assigns high school officials in the sports of Baseball, Basketball, Football, Softball and Volleyball.

 

With over 250 members, RAOA was established in Rochester, MN in 1950 and is a member of the Minnesota State High School League. RAOA provides officials to high schools through out Southern Minnesota.

 

Over our proud history, RAOA has had many members assigned to Minnesota State Championship games as well as those who moved up to officiate in the NCAA.

The Mission of the Rochester Area Official Association (RAOA) is to assist members in becoming better athletic officials.

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RAOA will accomplish this goal through clarification and interpretation of rules and promoting efficient and standard officiating techniques in football, basketball, baseball, softball and Volleyball. Each member will be involved in the following :
 

  • Rules Knowledge

  • Instructional Meetings

  • Professionalism

  • Promoting Sportsmanship

President - Eric Okstad

Past President - Eric Rain

Secretary/Treasurer - Jared Butson

 

VP Football - Joel Traver

VP Volleyball - Darci Meyer

VP Basketball - Jesse Kralewski

VP Baseball - Chris Zollner

VP Softball - MJ Wagenson

Business Info

Address:

Rochester Area Officials Association
ATTN: Jared Butson
221 Devin Drive
St. Charles, MN 55972

 

Phone: 507-250-1446
Email: jaredjbutson@gmail.com

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