Ontario Association of Basketball Officials

The name of this organization shall be the ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL OFFICIALS, hereinafter referred to as the OABO.

The OABO shall also fill the role as the Provincial (State) Board of the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF APPROVED BASKETBALL OFFICIALS, hereinafter referred to as IAABO PROVINCIAL BOARD 102.

The OABO will be affiliated with the Ontario Basketball Association (OBA), the Canadian Association of Basketball Officials (CABO), and the International

Association of Basketball Officials (IAABO).

To organize, unite, and educate all basketball officials in the Province of Ontario. Canada. 

To act as the official spokesman for basketball officials within the province on any and all provincial matters pertaining to basketball officiating.

To promote a standard interpretation of the rules and utilization of mechanics by means of clinics, published information, audiovisual aids, and the interchange of officials.

To ensure that members are free from discrimination, interference, restriction, coercion, harassment, intimidation or disciplinary action exercised or practiced by a member or Local Board, by reason of race, colour, age, national or ethnic origin, political or religious affiliation, handicap, sex or sexual orientation.

To work with the following organizations to promote the development of basketball: Basketball Canada; Ontario Basketball Association (OBA); Ontario

Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA); Ontario Universities Athletic Association (OUAA); Ontario Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Association

(OWIAA); Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA); Ontario Wheelchair Basketball Association (OWBA); International Association of Approved Basketball

Officials (IAABO); Canadian Association of Basketball Officials (CABO); and National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA).