Charlie, For a multiple-race series, we’ve made it a rule that for each race, one entered boat will be selected at random to serve as RC for that night’s race. The selection is done at the week before the series starts so people have the option to trade with another boat. Failure to appear and failure to follow established guidelines results in a non-throwoutable DSQ for the night.
As long as boats serve and there is a start and finish of two or more boats in their division, the receive their average score for the night. If a race in their division is not run, or nobody in their division finishes, they do not get a score either. If you have enough boats, you can make it every two years. Simply put, if you want to eat the cake, sometimes you may need to do the dishes. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > On Sep 28, 2016, at 5:07 PM, Charlie Nelson via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I am looking for ideas on various ways to encourage club members to serve as > Race Committee and Mark Boat personnel. > > Currently, our Club Racing Chairperson cajoles, begs, etc. club members who > race to serve periodically as the PRO, RC and MB crew. Since we have a one > design Sunfish fleet, > they often provide this for the PHRF racers and the PHRF racers reciprocate > for the Sunfish races. > > If a PHRF racer misses a PHRF race for which he/she serves as a RC, SB, MB or > PRO, their score that day is the same as their average race score for the > series so they do not suffer > in scoring or qualification for the series when they serve. Of course this > does not provide an incentive to serve. > > One local club has pretty regular RC and SB crew. > > Another,without that luxury, rotates it among the PHRF racers, awarding a 2nd > place to the boat who serves and limits this service to > one race day per series. Basically they induce racers to serve with at least > a couple of 2nd places that they might not otherwise receive. > > Some ideas we are considering include getting an iron clad commitment to > serve as PRO/RC from each racer which commits them to do it on a specific > race day and requires them to find a replacement > crew if something comes up that requires them to bow out. If they cannot find > a replacement or trade dates with someone, then the racing that day would be > cancelled. > > We are also considering giving a modest 'stipend' to encourage some club > members to consider taking this on for our ~ 10 race day 2017 PHRF season (6 > race Saturdays and 2 weekend regattas). > > I prefer to give something to those who serve (2nd place on their service > day, free/reduced series or regatta entry fees, etc.) since it basically > impossible to 'punish' a volunteer club member who doesn't show up > to 'do his duty'. I also believe a carrot is more effective than a stick! > > Any list suggestions/examples would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Charlie Nelson > Water Phantom > 1995 C&C 36 XL/cb > > > > > cenel...@aol.com > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like > what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions > are greatly appreciated!
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