

| IAABO Board 208 South Central Massachusetts |


| Congratulations to Ron Martel Ron was recently elected as the 59th President of the Collegiate Basketball Officials' Association (CBOA). The article may be viewed on IAABO link to the left. |
| Fellow officials: Should any officials have an incident involving the post game handshake, unsporting behavior by fans or game participants, or any compromise of their personal safety during or after an MIAA tournament game, please write a report of the incident. Reports should be written immediately after the incident by each official or the crew (all should sign a single common report). It is imperative that we document ALL incidents. The report should only include the facts of what happened and be void of opinions, beliefs, etc. Officials should provide a copy of their reports to the local board secretary, Mike Hammond and myself. Mike and I will see that the MIAA gets a copy and will also provide Peter Carroll copies prior to the 3/27 meeting with Jim Peters of MIAA. We are aware of several incidents in just the first three days of the tournament and have received reports. Please share these instructions with the officials on your board. Thank you. Bruce Edwards dugganedwards@verizon.net IMPORTANT: members please read these letters to MIAA from the Massachusetts State Basketball Officials Association and to our membership from the MSBOA. Original letter from State Board to MIAA 11-27-2007. Follow up letter from MSBOA to our members 01-27-2008 which, explains the current standing as well as an e-mail to all board secretaries from MSBOA on 1-27-2008. As of 02-14-2008 MIAA agrees to extend enrollment deadline so all MA IAABO boards can enroll. 02-14-2008 Letter from MIAA. Our Board Secretary will be submitting the names from Board 208 |
| This years exam, refresher exam and answer sheet for refresher exam are in the members section. |
| Celtic Fans, there is a junket sponsored by a regional Board Member from Maine. Click the following link for further details. Flier |
| Board 208 Banquet: 6:00 PM Friday March 21, 2008 at the Hoboken Citizens Club 252 Central Street Milford, MA. Please send Richie Vitali an e-mail if you plan on going. Winners of the Sportsmanship award are North Brookfield for the girls and Whitinsville Christian for the boys. Congratulations to both schools. |