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AAHA Database Coordinator's Report- September 2002

Dave Aiello writes, "Tony Mariconda asked me to give a status report regarding the Atlantic District Officiating Program Database and the work I've done to support it this summer."


"In the past month, Shane Hanlon and I have collaborated to make some major changes to the database. These have resulted in some immediate, measurable successes in terms of:"


  • providing information to returning and prospective officials, and
  • providing seminar registration services

Read on for more details....

Dave Aiello continued:



  • On-line Registration 2.0

    • Tony Mariconda, Scott Perdue, Shane Hanlon, and I met in April.
    • Needed the ability to register all officials on-line for local officiating seminars.
    • Previously, we had only provided on-line registration to returning officials and it was optional for returning officials to use the on-line method.
    • Implementation goal was July 1.
    • Actual deployment was July 3.
    • As of 08/05, 1142 officials are registered for 2002-2003 seminars.

  • Administrative Database 2.0

    • Feature requests implemented

      • Passwords no longer expire.
      • Passwords can be issued quickly and easily to anyone, regardless of their membership in the officiating program.
      • Contact information for new officials captured from on-line registration.
      • "Returning official" database information displayed on a need-to-know basis.

        • No Social Security Numbers


    • Use of the system can be monitored.

  • Web Publishing System 1.0

    • Now managing AAHArefs.org with a state-of-the-art web site management system.
    • Allows site administrators to update any web page from anywhere they have access to the Internet.
    • Built in search engine.
    • "Automatically" generates Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
    • System generates logs that show:

      • Web page views by article title
      • Terms used by users of the search engine


      These can be used to determine what content people are looking for that is not already on our web site. Example: People searching for "pay", "rate", and "fees". What are they looking for?


  • What's Missing?

    • District Fee Payment Processing

      • We have the ability to do this differently this season.
      • No discussion of how this should be done has taken place.
      • My idea:

        • check list of registered attendees at each seminar
        • check off the people who paid
        • click "OK"
        • mail the checks to Nancy Hughes
        • seminar coordinators themselves could do this


    • Issuance of new passwords for administrators

      • Meeting / conference call between high level people needs to take place:

        • Tony
        • Shane
        • Dave
        • Atlantic League RIC
        • NJYHL RIC
        • DVHL RIC

      • If lists of people are provided and Tony approves, we can issue passwords before Labor Day to all



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