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title: "How it works — assignary"
description: "assignary is the slate in the middle: write the weekend, offer each seat to somebody cleared for it, watch what gets covered, then pay the crew that worked."
canonical: "https://assignary.com/how"
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how it works

# One weekend, from open seats to paid.

assignary is the slate in the middle. You write the weekend — Saturday’s matches, Sunday’s panels. You offer the seats. They tap. You see what’s covered, and then you pay the people who worked.

1.  write
    
    ## Write the weekend
    
    Matches and panels, the venues, the crew each one needs — three officials on the 9 o’clock, five judges on Senior Level 5. One sheet. Not a group text and a spreadsheet.
    
2.  offer
    
    ## Offer the next person who can
    
    Who is free, close enough, certified, and still cleared for that seat. You send the offer. assignary does not guess.
    
3.  tap
    
    ## They tap yes or no
    
    On their phone: the match or the panel, the start time, the pay. If they pass, the next person gets it — and anyone who pre-committed already has it.
    
4.  settle
    
    ## Pay the people who worked
    
    Mark who worked, who did not show, who was excused. The fees you wrote follow the crew that worked it. You settle the weekend instead of rebuilding it.
    

who it is for

## The person who staffs the weekend.

Assigners first. Officials and judges on their phone. The association keeps one slate for whatever it staffs.

-   ### The assigner
    
    You write the weekend — Saturday’s matches, Sunday’s panels — send the offers, and pay the people who worked.
    
-   ### The official
    
    Referee or judge, they see the seat, the venue, and the pay. They tap yes or no.
    
-   ### The association
    
    One slate for the chapter — a soccer club, a cheer circuit, a marching-arts league. Whatever you staff, whoever works it.
    

two halves, one slate

## A referee crew and a judging panel.

The same weekend, staffed the same way. A chapter that does both keeps one slate rather than two systems that do not know about each other.

### Officiating

A referee crew on a match — a lead and their assistants, each seat with its own fee and its own certification.

### Adjudication

A judging panel on a division — five judges on Senior Level 5, cleared for the rung the division asks for.

before the offer

## A standing answer

An official can say yes before anyone asks. When an offer arrives that matches, the seat is theirs the moment it is sent — not after it has sat out its clock and moved on to the next person.

-   Only the levels they work
-   Inside a radius they set
-   Under a cap for the week
-   Not on a weekday they keep for themselves
-   Above a fee they name
-   Between two dates, or switched off entirely

It changes nothing about who gets offered a seat — only how fast the answer comes back. Set none of the bounds and it answers for anything they were already eligible for; set one and it answers for less.

after the weekend

## The record the weekend leaves.

Who said yes is half of it. The rest is what you can show afterwards: the person in that seat was cleared for it, and the game got worked.

-   ### Clearances
    
    Cleared means they hold what the seat asks for, on the day it happens.
    
-   ### Outcomes
    
    Worked, no-show, or excused — marked against the seat.
    
-   ### The trail
    
    Every move on a seat leaves a row saying who made it.
    
-   ### A disagreement
    
    The official can say the record is wrong, and the money waits.
    
-   ### A receipt
    
    An official can take their own record with them.
    
-   ### A standing check
    
    One clearance, asked about later, by somebody with an account.
    

try a weekend

## Staff this weekend.

Two chapters, one engine — a Saturday of matches, a Sunday of panels. Four events each. The dots are seats. Offer someone who can make the drive, and they see who asked, the venue, and the pay, then they tap.

What this chapter staffs

-   Officiating
-   Adjudication

a referee crew on a match · start time · open seats

Riverside Officials

Sat · 9:00 AM

## Hawks v Rovers

Competitive · North Park

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-   L
    
    Lead Dale Whitlock
    
    $55 On the crew
-   A1
    
    Assistant 1 Unfilled
    
    $35 Open
-   A2
    
    Assistant 2 Unfilled
    
    $35 Open

1 of 3 on the crew · 2 open

Who can take A1

A1 · $35 · North Park. Who can make the drive?

-   Charlene Bishop certified · 3 min drive · 97% take Offer A1 · $35
-   Roy Tavares certified · still at East Field 12 min short
-   Marlene Kessler instructor · Fairhaven Too far

[Start a crew](https://app.assignary.com/sign-up?for=crew) [What a settled seat costs](https://assignary.com/pricing) [If someone helps you assign](https://assignary.com/assistant)
