NCPTUA

As I begin my new term as President of our professional organization I want to take this opportunity to reflect on the past twelve months and take a brief look at the future of NCPTUA. But before I do so, let me congratulate Janet Dack and Alan Singerman on their election to the NCPTUA board as Secretary and Member at Large respectively. I look forward to serving with Janet and Alan as well as all of the board members.

The past twelve months have marked many changes for our organization. Among other things your board has worked hard to improve working conditions and compensation for our members. We will continue this effort in 2009 and beyond ensuring that North Carolina tennis officials are fairly compensated for their commitment to ensure fairness on the court.

We have also seen a significant change in our collegiate match assignments with the appointment of Rod Ralon as our new ITA coordinator. Rod and one of our former coordinators, Diane Spangler, have successfully scheduled more than 850 official days across 330 college matches and with the addition of a few new members have done so with a minimal use of out of state officials. We continue to work locally assisting tournament directors in securing officials for their events. We are also well represented beyond the states boarders at professional events such as the US Open, NASDAQ 100, and Family Circle and at the national collegiate level including the NCAA National Championships, Blue Gray National Championships, USTA Team Indoor, ITA Individual Indoor Championships and the ITA National Campus Championships hosted in Cary North Carolina.

As we begin 2009 we will continue to focus on improving official compensation, working conditions and more efficiently scheduling our college matches. In addition to these important tasks we will also strive to involve more of our membership in the associations committees and activities and finally, we will work to further strengthen the relationship between our organization and the North Carolina Tennis Association.

As President I look forward to continuing these important activities and building on the strong foundation my predecessors have left in place.

Cordially,

Scott Dillon
President
North Carolina Professional Tennis Umpires Association
March 2009

		From the President's Chair

	As I begin my new term as President of our professional organization I want to take this opportunity to reflect on the past twelve months and take a brief look at the future of NCPTUA. But before I do so, let me congratulate Janet Dack and Alan Singerman on their election to the NCPTUA board as Secretary and Member at Large respectively. I look forward to serving with Janet and Alan as well as all of the board members. The past twelve months have marked many changes for our organization. Among other things your board has worked hard to improve working conditions and compensation for our members. We will continue this effort in 2009 and beyond ensuring that North Carolina tennis officials are fairly compensated for their commitment to ensure fairness on the court. We have also seen a significant change in our collegiate match assignments with the appointment of Rod Ralon as our new ITA coordinator. Rod and one of our former coordinators, Diane Spangler, have successfully scheduled more than 850 official days across 330 college matches and with the addition of a few new members have done so with a minimal use of out of state officials. We continue to work locally assisting tournament directors in securing officials for their events. We are also well represented beyond the states boarders at professional events such as the US Open, NASDAQ 100, and Family Circle and at the national collegiate level including the NCAA National Championships, Blue Gray National Championships, USTA Team Indoor, ITA Individual Indoor Championships and the ITA National Campus Championships hosted in Cary North Carolina. As we begin 2009 we will continue to focus on improving official compensation, working conditions and more efficiently scheduling our college matches. In addition to these important tasks we will also strive to involve more of our membership in the associations committees and activities and finally, we will work to further strengthen the relationship between our organization and the North Carolina Tennis Association. As President I look forward to continuing these important activities and building on the strong foundation my predecessors have left in place. Cordially, Scott Dillon President North Carolina Professional Tennis Umpires Association March 2009