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Effective immediately, a new process has been established, for all qualified umpires in the Little League Program, to apply to umpire in the EMEA Tournaments in Kutno Poland and other European sites.
Beata Kaszuba, EMEA Director for the European Region recently stated, “My goal for next year is to get as many new umpires for the EMEA Regional Tournaments. We do not have enough European umpires to work our Regional Tournaments and we always rely on umpires that come from the United States. By working with our European umpires, they contribute to EMEA more than just umpiring games; they become instructors to our less experienced local umpires, which, at the end, improves our program”.
This is a great opportunity for all umpires to work an upper level tournament and at the same time improve the program by helping less qualified umpires while being abroad.
Below is the application process and requirements:
1.  Fill out a Tournament Umpire Request Form. Cross out World Series (in the requesting assignment section) and write in Europe or EMEA.
2.  The District Administrator must approve and sign the form.
3.  Fill out a Volunteer Application Form. Your Social Security Number (SSN) is required and must be on the form. download here.
4.  Forward both forms to the Regional Director for consideration.
5.  The Regional Director will review all applications and make appropriate recommendations.
6.  Background checks will be conducted on selected applicants.
7.  Recommendations will be forwarded to Little League Baseball Inc.
8.  Little League Baseball Inc. will forward all applications to the European Regional Director.
9.  The European Director will inform all Applicants, Little League Headquarters, and Regional Directors the status of each umpire, if selected or not, and notify them which tournament they will be participating in.
Note: Only volunteer umpires who have not been paid for any level of baseball or softball during regular season or tournament are eligible to apply.
All applicants are responsible for their own transportation to and from the tournaments. Umpires could receive per diem and housing at some of the European Tournament Sites.
Being recommend and approved for any European Tournament does not qualify that person for any World Series Tournaments.
If the applicant does not send all the proper documentation to the Regional Center, all paperwork will be returned to the applicant.
The timeline process will be the same as all other regional selections. The forms are due at Western Regional Headquarters by November 1, 2009. Any forms received after November 1, 2009 will not be considered.
Any questions on this procedure may be directed to the Regional Office 909-887-6444.

The Western Region Little League Umpire Alumni Association (WRLLUAA) Board of Directors met recently and voted to change the bylaws. It is now possible for any umpire who umpired any Western Region Tournament, baseball or softball, to become a member of the association. Mark Bernstein, president of the association has addressed this in a letter below. If you would like to become a member, please click here.

Alumni Association Set to Grow
 
As we near another great Little League season the Western Region Little League Umpire Alumni Association (WRLLUAA) has some exciting news.
 
I would first like to thank each and every one of you who have made donations or support the Alumni Association. With your assistance we will continue to improve the umpiring experience for all Western Region Volunteer Umpires.
 
At the most recent annual meeting the WRLLUAA voted to expand it's membership and open it's doors to ANY volunteer Little League Umpire who has umpired a Regional tournament at any level of baseball and softball. While this was always the ultimate goal, the membership as well as the elected Board of Directors for the Alumni Association now believe, after two years in existence, that the time is right to honor and recognize each volunteer Regional Little League umpire.
 
This of course does not just happen. We are asking for your assistance to help us identify and get the word out to all those in your Districts and Sections who might qualify for this inclusion. While there are some records, due to the volume of umpires and the different sites of different tournaments we are asking you to assist in getting the word out.
 
Applications for membership to the Alumni Association can be found on the Western Region Website as can a more formal announcement of this expansion. We thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide in identifying those that qualify.
 
Thank you-
Mark Bernstein
President-WRLLUAA

Little League Baseball has released rule changes for the 2009 season. Baseball and Softball rule changes along with tournament rule changes can be viewed and downloaded by clicking here.

Various forms and publications are available to Little League Umpires from the Little League International website.

To view and download administrative forms click here. For tournament resource forms click here.

A copy of the "2009 Frequently Asked Tournament Questions" has been published on the Little League website.

To download or view a copy of this document, click here.

2009 WORLD SERIES UMPIRES CHOSEN FROM THE WESTERN REGION

Congratulations to the following umpire's chosen to umpire at the following World Series Tournaments:

BASEBALL
Little League	Michael T Martin	CA 57	Mike Yeager	WA 09
Junior League	Gary Glenn	CA 29	Lori Cook	WA 06
Senior League	Gregory Barnes	CA 24	Donald Asay	CA 68
Big League	Don Lee	CA 30	Gary DiFabio	CA 54
SOFTBALL
Little League	Chris Ortiz	CA 04	John Foster	OR 07
Junior League	Brooks Bishop	AZ 12	Myrle McLernon	CA 51
Senior League	William Hawley	OR 04	Nick Haluschek	WA 04
Big League	Gary Graupmann	CA 31	Gilbert Brooks	OR 05
Big League	Eddie Spohr	CA 49

The Western Region is proud of these Volunteer Umpire's and honored to have them represent all the Volunteer Little League Umpire's from the Western Region and Little League Baseball and Softball Inc.

The 2009 Western Regional Baseball and Softball Umpires have been selected and are listed below:

LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL		LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL
Ted Meyer	CA 03	Alan McCullough	CA 07
Mark Oda	CA 04	David Chavez	CA 13
Ed West	CA 32	William Eichenberger	CA 25
Rod Lund	CA 35	Bill Kinsella	CA 37
William Balog	CA 41	Justin Konold	WA 10
Milton Eberle	CA 64	Darrin Leggett	WA 04
John Valverde	CA 65
Christopher Rutz	CA 70
Stephen Duncan	CA 72
Clyde Torigoe	HI 07
Robert Slyter	ID 02
Robert Blake	NV 02
Kris Olsen	WA 01
Dennis Williams	WA 07
JUNIOR LEAGUE BASEBALL		JUNIOR LEAGUE SOFTBALL
Tom Saichek	CA 12	Sara Turner	AZ 05
Rob McCarthy	CA 14	James Hensel	CA 51
Phillip DiPrima	CA 18	Alex Pitman	CA 72
Kevin Swinhart	CA 54	Eric Snively	OR 03
Paul Stack	CA 55	Mike Falzone	OR 07
Robert Breihof	OR 02	Robert Darling	WA 09
Glenn Davis	WA 03
Rita Cline	WA 11
SENIOR LEAGUE BASEBALL		SENIOR LEAGUE SOFTBALL
Cary Tomlinson	CA 37	Daniel Rogers	AZ 05
Jaime Perez	CA 44	Troy Mullen	CA 24
Edward Grinton	CA 52	Peter Jones	CA 33
Douglass Watson	CA 55	Emmitt Tucker	MT 02
Will Bumgardner	NV 01	Meiers Duane	MT 02
Charles Sacrison Jr.	WA 02	Keith Besand	WA 02
Bruce Harjehausen	WA 10
Randy Lafrenz	CA 23
BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL		BIG LEAGUE SOFTBALL
James Osborne	CA 08	Kenneth Giordano	AZ 12
Mike Martello	CA 31	Kathryn Hart	CA 57
Michael Williams	CA 33
Gary Allen	CA 45
Glenn Kugel	OR 01
Robert Moore	OR 04
Mike Rodenbucher	WA 02

Each Year, there are two one-week Adult Umpire School sessions available. Little League Rules and Field Mechanics Training are taught, and the materials presented are outstanding. If you would like to find out more about this clinic, click here. If you have attended one of the adult clinics in the last five years, and would like to apply as an instructor in future schools, please download and complete the instructor application form.

By joining the Umpire Registry, umpires immediately become part of a unique information network charged with enhancing umpire services for Little League players everywhere.

To find out more about the Umpire Registry and sign-up to become a member, click here.

Little League International is introducing a new way to access baseball and softball regulations, playing rules and tournament rules – Little League E-Rules.

These electronic rulebooks allow users to search the rules electronically, making it easier and faster than ever for district and league officials, managers, umpires and others to find the information they need.

Using Adobe® Reader® technology, E-rules are available from the Little League Store for just $20 per CD. The CD provides access to baseball rules in English, Spanish and French; softball rules in English and French, the Little League Operating Manual in English, and “A Year in the Life of Hometown Little League” in English.

E-rules are not printable, nor are they transferable. The user must have the CD in the computer to be able to view the text and/or search for keywords.

Just like the printed rulebooks, the E-Rules expire at the end of the year, when Little League issues updated rulebooks for the coming season. As with printed rulebooks, the Little League E-Rules are available only to those authorized to purchase them by the district or local Little League. (Must have district or league ID number.)

District administrators worldwide will each receive one free E-Rules CD.