www.TheArbiter.net

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Welcome to this tutorial on using The Arbiter.
Although you will be going online, understand
that Arbiter doesnt assign games we assign the
games. What Arbiter does is record your
assignments and automatically notify you of
schedule changes. Feel free to play around with
the program it is very forgiving. If you have
any questions or problems, give us a call Sharon
Deplitch 703-455-2831 Judith Newman
703-293-9059 Even if you used Arbiter last
spring, it will be helpful for you to run through
the tutorial especially the section on Blocking
Dates.

• www.TheArbiter.net
• Officiating Management Software
• Welcome to this tutorial on using The Arbiter.
  Although you will be going online, understand
  that Arbiter doesnt assign the games we assign
  the games. What Arbiter does is record your
  assignments and automatically notify you of
  schedule changes.
• Feel free to play around with the program it
  is very forgiving. If you have any questions or
  problems, give us a call
• Miles Kara 703 743-2217 Office
  540 729-1086 Cellular
• Dave Dunlap 202 502-8526 Office 703
  255-9410 Home
• Bill Everett 1-804 897-0419 Office
  1-804 647-4471 Cellular
• Even if you used Arbiter last spring, it will
  be helpful for you to run through the tutorial
  especially the section on Blocking Dates.

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www.thearbiter.net

• Logging on
• Setting-up Your Account
• Blocking Dates
• Accepting Assignments
• The tutorial will cover the four aspects of the
  program listed above.
• We will start with logging on
• Your welcome email
• Log on to www.thearbiter.net
• Review the terms of agreement
• Set up your password

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• You will get a welcome email from Arbiter like
  the one below.
• It gives you directions on how to log on and
  change your password.
• Follow the directions on the Welcome email to
  get into the program.
• Occasionally an official will encounter a
  problem logging on because the computer s/he is
  using is set for high security and will not
  accept cookies. We have a fix for that just
  call or email and well walk you through it.

• .
• WELCOME TO THE ARBITER.NET
• This email will explain the information needed to
  help you get started.
• - How do I Sign In? - What should I do first? -
  Where can I get further help?
• How do I sign in? To sign into the Arbiter .NET
• -- Navigate to https//www.thearbiter.net/Shared/
  SignIn/SignIn.aspx using your internet browser.
• -- Enter your sign in information as listed
  below
• - User Name (email address you provided on
  your Availability Sheet)
• - Password (your last namelower case)
• NOTE The first time you sign in you must accept
  the Terms and Conditions, as well as change your
  password.
• What should I do first?
• Once you are signed in the system, you may want
  to do the following
• - If allowed by your assigner, block dates when
  you can't work. Your assigner might also have
  some other blocking options available to you.
  Just remember that as you add more blocks, you
  may be assigned to fewer games.
• - Mark yourself as Ready to be Assigned
  by clicking the check box located on the bottom
  left corner your start page. If you don't have
  this checked, your assigner might not assign you
  to any games. Once you click this check box, an
  icon will appear on your start page that allows
  you to view your game schedule My Assigner" link.
• Where can I get further help? If you need
  further assistance, please email
  jklopasign_at_aol.com or kojaksoccerref_at_comcast.net
  nor. Additional contact information from Jeff
  Klop is available if you sign in and click the
• " WELCOME TO THEARBITER.NET
• Sincerely,The Arbiter .NET Team

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This is the first screen you see (before signing
in). Click on Sign In to proceed.
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Now you are ready to sign in to Arbiter Use
the e-mail address provided on your Availability
Sheet you can change it later if you want to.
Each official MUST have his/her own email
address. Addresses cannot be shared. If there
is more than one official in the family and your
email program does not allow multiple accounts,
you can get a free Hotmail account.
You should use an email address accessible to you
seven days a week. Your initial password is
your last name you will change it later. If in
the future you forget your password, click on
Forgot Password? and it will be mailed to you.
Your computer will remember your password if you
select Remember my sign in information on this
computer. Watch out, dont do this on a public
or shared computer! Click on Sign In.
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• Accept or Decline the Terms and Conditions.
  Call us if you have any question regarding them.
  Arbiter is very security conscious and can
  accommodate your security needs.

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Changing Your Password

• The first time you log onto www.thearbiter.net
  you must change your password from the default
  password.
• When changing your password, please consider
  using numbers and characters i.e. C4n4d4.
• Passwords are case sensitive all capitals or
  all small letters makes more sense than a
  mixture.
• Click on Change, then clock on Ok on the
  confirmation screen.

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• If this is your first time in Arbiter, you will
  see all groups with whom you have registered that
  particular email address. Click on Accept for
  CSOA
• 102608 for CSOA Click Accept. to join CSOA
• If you are in other Arbiter groups, you already
  know how to join our group.

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• You have successfully joined our organizations.
• Click under Sign in to get to the Start Page.

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• The Start Page is the home base for all
  operations inside of TheArbiter.net. You can
  always return to this page by clicking on Start
  Page (not shown on slide) in the upper left
  corner of every page.
• -- Watch the Start Page for important
  announcements!

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www.thearbiter.net

• Logging on
• Setting-up Your Account
• Blocking Dates
• Accepting Assignments
• In this section you will set up your account
• Edit your personal information
• Add and edit phone numbers
• Edit your referee information

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• To begin setting up your account, click on
  Information.
• IMPORTANT From now on, you can be responsible
  for keeping your own user information up-to-date.
• Please dont forget Arbiter when phone numbers
  and emails change so we can stay in touch.
• On the next screen, you will update your
  information.

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Enter your first name as your given name and in
parentheses the name you want to be called
by. For example, Richard (Rick) or Richard (Rich)
or Robert (Robby). IMPORTANT From now on, you
are responsible for keeping your own user
information up-to-date. Please dont forget
Arbiter when phone numbers and emails change so
we can stay in touch. On the next screen you
will edit your phone information. Click on
Phones.
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• SETTING PHONE NUMBERS
• Click Pencil to edit and Trash to remove an
  entry
• Click Arrow to move an entry
• Click to add a number. Use the pull down to
  designate type
• If you dont want your number to appear on
  assignement sheets, uncheck the Printable
  block.
• When youve made the changes, click the checkmark
  on the left to save the changes
• Click Exit (Done on this slide) . On the
  Update my Information page, click Save.

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• Logging on
• Setting-up Your Account
• Blocking Availability
• Accepting assignments
• In this next section you will BLOCK you
  availability.
• Arbiter assumes you are available for assignments
  UNLESS you block availability.
• Arbiter allows you to
• Block an entire day or part of a day.
• Automatically block yourself while your team is
  playing.
• Review your blocked dates
• You can change your availability any time you
  need to sudden business trip, rescheduled game,
  anniversary you forgot unless you have a game
  assigned at the time you want to block in which
  case you have to call us.
• Get to blocking dates from your Start Page.
  Click on CALENDAR.

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• To block an entire day, click on Block All Day
  in upper left.
• -- Select the month you want on the righthand
  side above the calendar.
• -- On the calendar, click on the date you want
  to block.
• -- The date will turn red. You are now blocked
  all day.
• To block part of a day, click on Block Part Day
  in upper left.
• -- In the Time Range section, select the
  start and end time you want to block.
• -- On the calendar, click on the date you want
  to block.
• -- The date will turn orange. You are now
  blocked for part of the day.

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• To block the same day or same times all season
• To block same day all season, Click Block All
  Day (upper left)
• In the Date Range section (upper right), enter
  the beginning date and ending date for the
  season. Type in the date or use the calendar to
  click on the dates, then click on the day of the
  week you want to block.
• Click Apply.
• To block part of the day all season, Click Block
  Part Day (upper left).
• In the Time Range section, select the start and
  end time you want to block.
• In the Date Range section (upper right), enter
  the beginning date and ending date for the
  season. Type in the date or use the calendar to
  click on the dates, then click on the day of the
  week you want to block.
• Click Apply.

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Blocking Your Availability When Your Team is
Playing

• In Arbiter, identifying yourself to a team and
  its schedule is called attaching.
• Attaching will automatically exclude you from
  being considered for assignments whenever the
  team plays in Virginia or DC. (Arbiter has no
  visibility of games played in Maryland.)
• From the Start Page, click on Attach on the
  left side under Schedule.
• On the Add Attachments screen
• Click on Level and select appropriate age and
  division
• Click on Team and select the team.
• If you DO wish to be considered for assignments
  during a blocked attached date, contact us.

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• To print your bllocks
• From the Start Page, click on Summary under
  Blocks.
• Select the format that you would like and press
  Print. The document will appear in a separate
  window that can sent to your printer.
• Select Exit (Done on this page) to return to
  the Start Page.

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• Logging on
• Setting-up Your Account
• Blocking Dates
• Accepting Assignments
• In this section you will
• Enable your account to receive assignments.
• Accept and decline assignments
• Review your schedule

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• When you finish updating your personal
  information, return to the Start Page.
• IMPORTANT. Look under Settings. Make sure the
  box Ready is checked. If it is not checked,
  check it.
• Once this block is checked, you are activated
  and we are ready to start discussing assignments
  with you.
• You will now have the ability to fully access
  your schedule and block and unblock your
  availability.

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• When we assign games, Arbiter sends an email
  not with the assignments but with a notice for
  you to check with Arbiter because there is
  something new.
• Arbiter also sends you an email with a notice
  that there is a change to your games and you need
  to check your account.
• Your new or changed game will look like this
  slide
• You need to accept or decline the assignments.
  If you fail to do this by the prescribed date,
  you are not assigned to the games.
• If you have any questions or concerns about the
  assignments, call us we are always available to
  talk.
• If you have sent us an Availability Sheet and we
  have made assignments based on that information,
  which you then decline, we would appreciate a
  call or email explaining why these games are not
  suitable.

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• Be sure to click Submit when you are done.
• If you click Done instead, you will return to
  the previous screen with no changes to your
  schedule!
• Once you click Submit you can no longer edit
  the status of any game that you accept or
  decline.
• After you press Submit, you must contact the
  assignor to change the status of any game that
  you have accepted or declined.
• When you click Submit, the accepted games
  displays the date it was accepted

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• Look at the Notes. icon
• If the Notes icon is Green, there is a note
  from us about the game, i.e. assessment game,
  special game, etc.
• If the Notes icon is red then there is no note.
• You may also write a note to us however, email
  or telephone is a more efficient way to get our
  attention, considering the hundreds of games we
  are dealing with.

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• TO PRINT A COPY OF YOUR SCHEDULE
• From the Start Page, click on Schedule.
• On the Schedule page, under Reports, click on
  Schedule.
• (Note Your Arbiter screen will look a little
  different than this slide)

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• On the Print Schedule screen, select the Date
  Range that covers the period you want to print
  and select the format.
• Note The Adobe Acrobat format looks pretty but
  often cannot be word-processed or manipulated in
  a spreadsheet..
• Press Print. As before, your schedule will
  appear in a separate window that can be sent to
  your printer.
• Your printed schedule will show the names of
  other officials who have accepted their
  assignments

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www.TheArbiter.net Officiating Management
Software As we said at the beginning, play
around with the programits fairly forgiving.
After all, it has been designed for use by
sports officials. But if you need help, its
just a phone call away Jeff Klop 703
669-8680 Office 703 930-6650
Cellular Dave Dunlap 202 502-8526 Office
703 255-9410 Home Bill Everett 1-804
897-0419 Office 1-804 647-4471 Cellular And
all (constructive) comments are
welcome. Thanks, CSOA