Proposal 83: Moving workshop responsibility from Event Organizer to Flatland Director. [ Revision 2 ]
Committee: Flat & StreetSubmitted on 2017-01-15
Status: Passed on January 22, 2017
Background
Hello,
This proposal is about this paragraph:
10D.6 Judges Workshop
The hosts of the convention must provide for a judge’s workshop at least 24 hours prior to the start of the first competition. A minimum of 3 hours must be set aside, in a classroom or similar environment. If possible, it is strongly recommended to have more than one workshop to accommodate schedules. Variations on this can be approved by the Chief Judge. Workshop schedule(s) must be announced to all judges at least three weeks prior to the start of the competition.
Now that we know what we are talking about. Here is the deal. This is a second try for a similar proposal that has failed. I think it was misunderstood. The point is not to remove the workshop for judging from Flatland event, but rather have it organized by the right people.
As of now, the Event Organizer must set the judges workshop. I believe this responsibility should be of the Flatland director. I also believe that the content of this paragraph includes rules that have never been followed ever and that will not be followed ever either, so it would be pointless to keep it as is. Here is the reality of flatland:
No workshop ever lasted 3 hours.
No workshop has ever been done a minium 24 hours prior to the first competition.
No workshop schedule has ever been announced a minimum of 3 weeks prior to the competition.
So why keep a paragraph with unrealistic rules that have never been followed (and really most likely will never be)?
So once again for people getting scared of being no workshop, worry not, there still is! All the information is under the "10C Judges and Officials Rules" rather than 10D Event Organizer Rules". So we would keep the little bits of information that is important in current 10D.6 (having a workshop) and include it in 10C.3.4 Training [of Judges].
Here is what "Training" chapter would look like
10C.3.4 Training
The judges workshop is set by the Flatland Director or Chief Judge*. The Chief Judge* runs the workshop. The workshop must be help before the competition. Judges should have read the rules prior to the start of the workshop. The workshop will include a practice session. Each judge will read the rules, attend the workshop agree to follow the rules and agree to their potential removal from the list of available judges if accuracy scores show excessive judges weaknesses, as determined by the Chief Judge.
*Note that the Flatland Director and the Chief Judge might be the same person.
Proposal
NEW:
10C.3.4 Training
The judges workshop is set by the Flatland Director or Chief Judge*. Either the Flatland Director or the Chief Judge run the workshop. The workshop must be help before the competition. Judges should have read the rules prior to the start of the workshop. The workshop will include a practice session. Each judge will read the rules, attend the workshop agree to follow the rules and agree to their potential removal from the list of available judges if accuracy scores show excessive judges weaknesses, as determined by the Chief Judge.
OLD:
10D.6 Judges Workshop
The hosts of the convention must provide for a judge’s workshop at least 24 hours prior to the start of the first competition. A minimum of 3 hours must be set aside, in a classroom or similar environment. If possible, it is strongly recommended to have more than one workshop to accommodate schedules. Variations on this can be approved by the Chief Judge. Workshop schedule(s) must be announced to all judges at least three weeks prior to the start of the competition.
Body
All info up there.
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Discussion
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- Revision 2 changed by Emile Mathieu (15 Jan 14:17)
Revised
- Revision 1 changed by Emile Mathieu (15 Jan 14:06)
Votes on this proposal:
6 out of 10 voting members have voted.
Agree: 6, Disagree: 0, Abstain: 0.