At least 67 long term, 6 primary, 13-18 spontaneous, and 6 scoreroom judges and officials are needed, for a total of about 100. There is also a need for approximately 25 tournament volunteer helpers.
| Long Term Problems 1-5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Description | Training | Needed |
| Problem Captain | Organizes and trains judging teams | Does the training | 1 each for problems 1-5 |
| Head Judge | Leads a judging team, explains scores to teams | Attendance required | 1 per judging team when there are multiple judging teams for the same problem, otherwise PC can perform head judge role. |
| Long Term Problem judge | Score teams on long term problem | Attendance required | 4-6 per long term judging team |
| Style judge | Scores teams on style | Attendance required | 2-3 per long term judging team |
| Staging judge | Checks in teams prior to long term, reviews paperwork, safety issues | Attendance required | 1 per long term judging team |
| Timer/Announcer | Announces teams to audience, times their performance | Brief tournament day training | 1 per long term judging team |
| Scorekeeper | Calculates long term and style scores | Brief tournament day training | 1 per long term judging team |
| Not counting PC's, at least 9 are needed for whole problem judging teams and 10 for split problem judging teams. Typically, there are 3 whole problem judging teams and 4 split problem judging teams for a minimum total of 67. | |||
| Primary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Description | Training | Needed |
| Problem Captain | Organizes and trains judging teams | Does the training | 1 |
| Long Term Problem | Provide feedback on long term performance | Tournament day training | 2 per judging team |
| Style judge | Provide feedback on style | Tournament day training | 2 per judging team |
| Staging judge | Checks in teams prior to long term, reviews paperwork, safety issues | Tournament day training | 1 per judging team |
| Timer/Announcer | Announces teams to audience, times their performance | Brief tournament day training | 1 per judging team |
| Total needed are 6 per primary judging team plus problem captain. Typically there is one primary judging team. | |||
| Spontaneous | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Description | Training | Needed |
| Problem Captain | Organizes and trains judging teams | Does the training | 1 |
| Spontaneous Problem Judge | Administers and scores spontaneous problem | Attendance required | 2-3 per spontaneous problem room |
| Team check-in | Checks in teams prior to spontaneous | Brief tournament day training | 1 needed |
| Holding room | Monitors team holding area | Brief tournament day training | 1 needed |
| Score runner | Delivers scores to score room | Brief tournament day training | 1 needed |
| Typically there are 5 spontaneous problem rooms, for a total of 13-18 plus problem captain. | |||
| Score room | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Description | Training | Needed |
| Problem Captain | Organizes and trains judging teams | Does the training | 1 |
| Score check-in/filing | Checks off and organizes scores | Brief tournament day training | 1 needed |
| Score checker | Recalculates scores | Brief tournament day training | 2 needed |
| Data entry | Enters scores into computer | Brief tournament day training | 2 needed |
| Score runner | Delivers scores to score room | Brief tournament day training | 1 needed |
| 6 people plus problem captain needed | |||
| Volunteers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Needed | ||
| Site set-up, Friday evening | 6 | ||
| Registration | 2 | ||
| Concessions | 2 | ||
| Hall monitor | 3 | ||
| Doorkeepers for long term | 7 | ||
| Site take down, clean-up, Saturday afternoon | 6 | ||
| Total of 26 volunteers needed | |||