Seth May

*OBRA Officials Training, 2009*
Portland, Oregon

We are pleased to announce an upcoming OBRA officials training for new
and novice officials. If you have ever thought about becoming a cycling
official, now is your opportunity to get introductory training. We will
be covering core material as well as material specific to referees and
judges. Through both classroom instruction and an break-out sessions,
you will learn the basic skills need to officiate at OBRA events. For
logistical reasons, there will not be a field session.

We request that every OBRA team plan on having at least one team member
trained to be an official.

*What:*
OBRA Officials Training. We will be focused on training officials for
road events. This will prepare officials to work road races and stage
races (criterium, time trials, and road races).

*When: *
March 14, 2009, 9am - 2:30pm.

*Where:*
Portland, Oregon. The training will be held at Madison Grill, 1109 SE
Madison St Portland.
This is the same location as the OBRA banquet.

*Who:*
This training is for new and novice officials. We will be training both
referees and judges.

*How to Register:*
There will be no charge for this training. To register, please sign up
at http://obratrainings.eventbrite.com/. You will need to specify if you
are planning to train as a referee or a judge. You can not do both at
this training.

Official's training material can be found on the OBRA Training Wiki at
http://obra.wikidot.com (a work in progress).

For more information, please contact Seth May (sethmay@gmail.com) or Jim
Fischer (jim.fischer@hp.com).