The USATF National Officials Committee (NOC) is the greatest national organization on the planet for Track & Field Officials. But like any national organization, it’s not without its challenges. Fortunately, decades ago the NOC had the foresight to create the ADC to address those challenges.

The ADC’s role is to be the voice of the officials. Having the attention of both the NOC and USATF, our job is to ensure that officials’ concerns are communicated at the highest levels, so solutions can be implemented at the highest levels. Officials who feel they haven’t been heard… are heard by ADC who in turn amplifies that voice.

The ADC wants what every track and field official in the country wants: To improve and elevate the experience of being a track and field official in the United States, and eliminate any roadblocks to that heightened experience. If you have a desire to innovate, uplift, and revolutionize officiating in this country, then become an active member of the ADC and make a difference! Because none of this happens without you! OWN IT!

The key focus groups of the ADC are listed below (choose one to join!):

1. Selections Advocacy: Working alongside the USATF Selection Committee to address and resolve the criticisms surrounding the national championship selection process and ensuring a level playing field for all eligible officials.

2. Recruitment and Retention: Partnering with the national office to create consistency in the officials' recruitment and retention process, with emphasis on increasing the population of young, minority, and female officials.

3. Conduct and Accountability: Identifying, and protecting the basic rights of every official, and communicating the grievance process if those rights have been violated.

4. Certification and Upgrade Advocacy: Addressing and resolving the aspects of the certification and upgrading process that are a consistent source of frustration for officials.

5. Training and Mentoring Standardization: Ensuring a robust, consistent, and accessible training regimen for every discipline. Creating a one-stop shop for mentor/protégé matchmaking.

6. Surveys and Research: Gathering and delivering data needed to properly assess the effectiveness of the above ADC efforts through surveys and polls. The glue that holds the other ADC project activities together.

RAYMOND PIERRE

AFFIRMATIVE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR

raypiermailbox-adc@yahoo.com

OWN IT!