Setting your availability is done by indicating blackout dates and times you are NOT available to referee games. By setting your blackout dates, assignors will not see your name in the list of potential referees to send game assignment invitations to if the game is scheduled during your blackout date/time.
Setting your Availability
1. Once logged into your profile, click on My Account > Referee Management > Access My Profile > and within the Referee tab select Calendar.
2. To set your dates, click on the Add Blackout button in the upper right corner of the page. Indicate all days and times you will be unavailable to accept game assignments either by entering individual dates and times or by setting up recurring dates and times.
3. Once you have completed your blackout date/time indications, click Save, and the dates and times will be added to your Assignments Calendar.
4. To modify an existing blackout date already added to your Assignments Calendar, click on the mini menu on the blackout date.
To modify an existing blackout date/time: Click the edit icon and update the dates/times. Click Save when finished.
To clone a blackout date/time: Click the clone icon to clone the blackout date and time settings to another day or set of dates. Click Save when finished.
To remove a blackout date/time: Click the delete icon to remove the blackout date/time event from your calendar. You must verify that you want to remove the event before it is removed from your Assignments Calendar.
Setting Assignment Preference
There are currently two options that can be used to indicate your preference to be invited to referee games: within a specific region(s) or location(s) on a map. Depending on your organization’s settings, the regional assignment may not be available and the option to set preference via coverage map will be present instead.
**Important notes regarding eligibility and location preferences**
It is recommended to use either region-based preferences OR map location preferences to assist in determining your game location assignment preference.
If you elect to use both: If the coverage map encompasses multiple regions, ALL regions within the coverage map must be selected in the Region Preferences dropdown in order to be eligible for assignments.
Region Preference Setup
1. Click on the Preferences menu option on the left side of your referee page.
2. Set your ‘Limit potential assignments to specific Location Regions’ to ON.
3. Using the Regions dropdown, indicate the Region(s) you would like to be marked as eligible for when assignors are making potential assignments. You must indicate at least one region if this setting is ON to be marked as eligible for assignment invitations.
Map-Based Preference Setup
1. Click on the Preferences menu option on the left side of your Referee page.
2. Set your ‘Limit potential assignments to specific Coverage Maps’ to ON.
If the Coverage Map setting is turned on with no coverage added to your map, you will not be considered eligible for any games.
If the Coverage Map setting is turned off, eligibility will be based on preferred Regions (if on) and blackout dates/game conflicts.
3. Click the Add Map button.
4. The map will automatically locate your location based on your household address if it is available.
5. Select the days of the week that you want your coverage map preference to apply to.
6. Using the Google Maps drawing tools, select the type of outline you wish to use in your drawing of coverage areas. Placing your cursor on the map, start to outline the area(s) of the map you want to limit your game assignment to. Click Save when complete. Continue to add coverage maps for all applicable days of the week that you wish to be eligible for assignments.
7. To set assignment preferences based on field locations, use the plus sign (+) on the map view to zoom in closer to a specific area where fields are located. Exact field locations will be displayed as red pins on the map. Hover your mouse over a red pin to see the name of the location. Once you have located a field that you want to set your assignment preferences to respect, use the drawing tool to cover the entire pin location.
8. Once created, click on the edit icon to modify an existing coverage map or use the delete icon to remove a coverage map.
