Hey all, I have provided the dome with a box of ultimate equipment that is to be used for our Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday leagues. In the box are the following: 20 cones, 2 flags, an orange roll of field tape and also our scoreboards. If this box system works, this means captains will not have to bring their own cones each week and we will not have to collect or set up cones for each game. The captains of the first games will just have to ask the employees to get the box and then the captains will set up their fields. After the last set of games we will need the captains (or whoever) to collect the cones, put them in the box and give the box to the employees to put away. It is very important that we all work together to make sure that the contents of the box remain unchanged. 

For Tuesdays there is a circular orange roll of field tape that is to be run down the middle of the whole field to create a boundary between the two fields. The roll is designed so that if you hold the black thing on the inner part of the roll the orange part can spin freely. To set it up just have one person hold the black thing of the orange roll while the other person runs the length of the field with the loose end. Then put sand bags on the ends to keep it straight. When rolling it up it is best to have someone hold  the loose end of the tape while the person with the orange end rolls it up tightly. If the tape is too loose it gets all frayed. When done just put it in the box and ask the employees to put it away.

The flags are only used for Thursdays to indicate that the stat trackers are ready for the game to proceed. 

Lets hope it all works out this Tuesday.

Cheers!!

Other Info that you may want to know.

I am working with the dome on the issues regarding soccer teams not ending on time and have recommended clocks that count down and that make a loud buzzing sound when time expires. I have also expressed that no groups should be allowed to go over their time and that this has to be enforced by the employees. For the record, games end at 5 minutes to the hour. and we are not allowed on the field until the hour.  In the mean time please get your games going as soon as you can. I see many teams wasting 10 minutes warming up when they could be playing. Do not get into any confrontations with parents or coaches. And if you don't start on time please try to at least finish on time so that then I can deal with the people before us and not have to worry about problems we create for later users. 

The dome had ordered a washroom building but the vendor did not deliver and so the dome is working on solving this issue. 

The dome will eventually have larger entrance ways and a building in front with real washrooms but the timeline on these is uncertain. 

Parking will likely suck for the rest of your life. I will look into hiring students to do valet parking or perhaps some sort of wagon that rolls around the parking lot that we can just jump on. I know at my local strawberry patch they have one during the summer and I am pretty sure they aren't using it right now.  So for now just be prepared to walk a bit before your game.