Nats Judging Rebate

[Ed Deaver]

Racketball tournaments have the same problems in getting players to referree.  What has worked the best IMO is exactly what you suggested.  The $$ was considerably less.  It seems there was always the player trying to make up some expenses and was willing to ref if no one wanted to.  Enough matches goes along way towards hotel expenses etc.
 
At the Nats, someone may not want to practice, may just enjoy judging etc etc.  Increasing the entry fee with the rebate when you show up to work is a great motivator.  You may even see an increase in the pilot volunteer pool.
 
ed

Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net> wrote:
Last week at the Nats, I had a talk with Nats event director, Dave 
Guerin about judging no-shows. On the very first morning, Dave had at 
least three no-shows (F3A pilots who were supposed to judge the Master 
class). You can imagine the frustration of trying to reschedule pilots 
to cover for them, not to mention the delay in getting the events 
started. This was not an isolated case. It happened over and over 
during the week. Some just forgot when they were supposed to judge. 
There were even some who were scheduled to judge on the third day, who 
decided to leave after two days and didn't tell anyone.

We discussed having a "$50 judging rebate". It would work like this: 
In addition to the normal entry fees, $50 would be collected. If a 
pilot showed up to perform his scheduled judging session, he'd get a 
$50 rebate. If a pilot didn't show up to perform his scheduled judging 
session, the replacement judge would get the $50. BTW, the normal 
stipend for pilots who perform extra judging sessions is $30. 
Comments?

Ron Van Putte

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