Sunday, June 1, 2008

Welcome to Ref 2.0

Somebody out there called the internet today "Web 2.0" Here is the definition according to wikipedia.com:

Web 2.0 is a term describing the trend in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users. These concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities and hosted services, such as social-networking sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies. The term became notable after the first O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004.[2] [3] Although the term suggests a new version of the World Wide Web, it does not refer to an update to any technical specifications, but to changes in the ways software developers and end-users use the Web.

Isn't it about time there was a site for "creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users"???

The time is now and this is the place. Here are the goals for the Ultimate Officials website:

1. Train and develop hockey officials on improving their mental skills through:
  • increased problem solving
  • identifying mental blocks that are present and blocking success
  • removing those mental blocks permanently
  • increasing courage levels for increased decision-making ability
  • referee-specific training, which is now the most comprehensive workout plan that is the most specific for referees
  • increased ability to function under stress
  • increased persuasion and influence skills
  • personalized mentoring and personal training
  • unlimited Q/A for members
  • game and skating evlauations

2. Provide a mentoring program that is individualized, personal in nature, and start of the art, utilizing the best components of the internet available through:

  • access to program resource networks
  • how to best position yourself for success
  • how to navigate the politics of officiating
  • how to open doors that have remained closed

3. Operate as a non-profit status in order to provide leadership training, character development, and social skill improvements for officials, school-aged children, and public school teachers. Ultimate Officials has an application for non-profit status that will be fully operational in (6) weeks. There is already a charitable foundation in place with the Zebra Foundation, which has been established to support cancer patients and their families through donations to registered charities.

We are now recruiting members for our team. We are seeking strategic business partners, those who can help spread the word of http://www.ultimateofficials.com/. There is an affiliate side of this program that will make money for those who help promote the website. These people can come from any walk of life in the officiating (and non-officiating world).

There are other organizations out there that ask for dues (every single association I belong to asks for dues, except for the WCHA), and I pay those dues without question, because I know they support the infrastructure of these organizations.

I don't get paid in return for paying dues...now you can (except we don't call them dues)!

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Thank you for helping to make this site a success!

Sincerely,

J.B. Olson

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