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METRO RICHMOND OFFICIATING SERVICE
All Trainee, Provisional, Transfer, and
Rejoining (those who have been inactive for more than one season are considered
Trainees) Members are required to attend all MROS meetings and clinics,
including the VHSL State Clinic. If a Trainee, Provisional, or Transfer Member
has an unexcused absence from any required meeting or clinic, that
Member will not be offered membership advancement. Also, if a Trainee, Provisional,
and Transfer Member has more than one (1) excused absence, then that Member
will not be allowed to advance in status. In addition, the Member must
attend the fall/winter Annual Business meeting (when advancement voting takes
place) or provide an excusable reason for absence. Any Member who is late to any meeting and arrives after roll call
or after the attendance sheet has been collected will NOT be credited with
attending that meeting.
NOTE: To be considered excused from any meeting
or clinic, a written or verbal notice must be submitted to the Training
Committee Chairman by the end of the last business day before the meeting. If
the Member is working any MROS/ODOA game or scrimmage assignment, then he/she
is automatically excused and a written notice is unnecessary. If the Member is
working a college assignment, then a written or verbal notice is necessary.
Working recreation league (Babe Ruth, ASA, NSA, Pony, USSSA, etc.) games is NOT
an acceptable excuse. Emergency absences must be reported to the Training
Committee Chairman within 7 days of the meeting and will be handled on a
case-by-case basis.
All Trainee and Provisional Members are required
to attend, and participate in, at least two (2) pre-season scrimmages that are
assigned by the Training Committee Chairman or his/her designee. Transfer
Members are required to attend, and participate in, at least one (1)
pre-season scrimmage that is assigned by the Commissioner or his/her designee. Participation
means being in attendance for the entire scrimmage and working no less than two
full innings. Failure to fulfill this requirement will result in the Member not
being promoted to the next membership level. If a scrimmage is cancelled, then
the umpire has the obligation to attend another scrimmage. Do not wait and
expect to work the last scrimmage assignment, as it may get rained out or
cancelled, and you might not get a second chance to make it up.
NOTE: Failure to show up at an assigned
scrimmage will result in a fine equal to the equivalent game fee ($50-$60). All
scrimmages will be worked gratis (without pay), except for travel for one
vehicle to the outlying A/AA schools.
Fines
If
any Trainee, Provisional, and Transfer Member is fined during the season for
more than one (1) offence, then that Member will not be eligible for membership
advancement that season.
Examples
of fineable offences are: umpiring out of uniform, late to a game, missing a
game. See separate document on association policies for a complete list of
fines.
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