Nats Judging Rebate

[Wayne Galligan]

Ditto Ed...    Then you could have a list of substitutes that would be willing to judge in the event someone scratches.
I think this "Judging Fee" with a rebate is an excellent idea.

Wayne Galligan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ed Deaver 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 2:12 PM
  Subject: Re: Nats Judging Rebate


  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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