Hey Officials,
As you know, we have a special election for a board position to serve 2 years remaining on a 3-year board seat that was recently vacated by Thomas Aly. Nominations have ceased and we have 4 really good candidates to choose from. Those candidates are LaShawn Parker, Randy Clay, Chance Garrett and Courtney Dominguez.
You can cast your vote online here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FJJ7P3X
This online special election will close on Tuesday, August 17th at 12pm so all ballots will need to be turned in prior to that time.
Below is a paragraph from each candidate…
Chance Garrett I have been refereeing the game of basketball since I was 16 years old and I think now would be a good time to further my Officiating by joining the team as a board member. I started off officiating Pee-Wee games when I turned 16 and joined the North Texas Basketball chapter at the age of 18. I was a member of this chapter for approximately 1.5 years and after moving to the metroplex never joined another chapter until joining Abilene last year. In between my time in chapters I was a freelance official with several different schools and organizations. Currently my Rank with the chapter is a 500 and I am trying to increase that as well. Please let me know if I need me to do anything else at this time.
Courtney Dominguez Hey guys, it’s Courtney! I just wanted to give a short statement on why I feel like I would be a confident choice in the open board member position. First I would just like to say THANK YOU for being nominated. That truly means a lot already! But let me get to it. Once this season starts this will be my 13th season with the Abilene chapter. Wendell got me going that same year I graduated high school. And I absolutely LOVE it so much!! I love our chapter, I love our people, the coaches, the players. It’s been such a joy and a blessing being a basketball official. I have grown and learned so much from all the amazing veterans I’ve gotten to know over 12 years!! I also may sometimes disagree with some decisions that are made within the chapter and I’m not afraid to take a stand or voice my opinion when I feel necessary. I am a very blunt and opinionated person, which may get me in trouble sometimes. But I know I’m a very strong willed person as well! And I will do whatever it takes to ALWAYS help make our chapter very successful and very strong! I officiated while pregnant with BOTH children. Not because I “needed” the money but because I enjoy being out on that court so much helping these kids get better at not only the sport of basketball but just being great athletes in general. With this third I have continued to officiate at dodge Jones this entire summer! Because I truly enjoy everything about the sport of basketball. If you’d vote for me I promise that I will always do whatever it takes to make this chapter great!! And to KEEP it great!! I will always listen to everyone’s opinion on to what they think could be a better choice when it comes to making decisions to better this chapter. I am an open book!! My heart is in this chapter and it always will be. This is my second family and I would ln’t trade a single one of y’all for anything!! I know we will always have each other’s backs because that’s what family does for each other! Thank you for listening. I appreciate everyone’s time and I would appreciate your vote!!
LaShawn Parker
I want to serve as a Board member because I feel as a veteran official of our chapter and as a female official I am able to bring diversity to the Board. Diversity encourages transparency & growth. I am able to relate to the concerns and issues. I am able to share knowledge , experience , advanced training and education I continue to obtain from numerous clinics and camps I attend. I want to serve on our Board to promote growth , training and retention of quality dedicated officials.
Randy Clay
To the membership of Abilene Basketball Chapter..What an honor it would be for me to once again serve on the Board left by the vacancy of Thomas Aly. Thomas was a great board member and had great ideas and goals for our Chapter. He will be sorely missed. He and I had similar philosophies concerning the efficiency of our Chapter. I give you my commitment to serve you whole-heartedly. The Abilene Basketball Chapter and its members will be my only priority and I will give you 100% of my time and effort..I will be the voice of our membership..thank you..
Best Team of the Floor,
Randy Clay
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