REGISTRATION DUTIES

 

THURSDAY, 8 TO 10:30PM, HELP ANDREW SETUP THE REGISTRATION MATERIALS

SEE BELOW BUT BE AT HUNTER 308 TO MEET WITH ANDREW TO DO THE REGISTRATION MATERIALS.

 

FRIDAY, 2-2:30PM

                  SETUP TO REGISTER PEOPLE

 

                  YOU DO TRAINING FOR REGISTRATION. JIM AND ANDREW WILL TEST YOUR REGISTRATION SKILLS

 

FRIDAY, 2:30-3:15PM

·      GET YOUR MATERIALS AND LOCATION FOR REGISTERING FROM THE TOURNAMENT ASSISTANT

·      Greet them—SAY “Hi, Welcome to the Whitman tournament!” BE SURE TO START OFF ON THIS GOOD FOOT.

·      Ask them what school they are from.

·      Get their receipt and tell them how much money they owe.

·      While they get their money, get their packet

·      CHECKS ARE WRITTEN TO WHITMAN COLLEGE. We can accept Whitman Forensics; Jim Hanson; etc. but try to get them to do Whitman College.

·      Collect their money; if there are discrepancies—try to address them or tell them to see the tournament assistant or Jim.

·      Give them receipts for payments; we do NOT give receipts for po’s, “pay later” etc.

·      Very carefully and accurately fill in the “Payment Sheet”
NOTE: DO NOT COUNT PO’S AS PAYMENT ON THE FORM—THEY STILL OWE US! Use the PO column for those who will be billed/who give you a Purchase Order.

·      Give them their tournament packets

·      If they have any adds/drops—tell them to go to the add-drop line and report there with that information.

·      Answer any questions that they have

 

Note: Keep things moving. JIM AND THE COACHES UTTERLY HATE LINES!

 

Note: Make Sure We Keep The Cash We Receive As We Need It To Pay Judges And Other Expenses! Do Not Deposit Cash!

 

Note: All fees are set at 8 p.m. Wednesday, the week of the tournament.  Any drops after that time do not lower the amount a school owes. Adds after that point, if permitted, do increase fees.

 

FRIDAY, 2:30-3:15PM, Adds/Drops/Changes Line (1 person)

·      Greet coaches and say “Hi. Please fill out this sheet to indicate adds/drops/changes and then give it to me.”

·      Give the coach the add/drop/change form. They fill it out.

·      HEY—IF THERE’S ANOTHER COACH THERE, GIVE THE FORM TO HIM/HER TOO! Don’t make people wait.

·      Have one person read and check these to make sure that they are clear and accurate.

·      Have the other person at a computer with instant messenger who sends them to the tab rooms.

·      PLEASE NO LONG LINES—KEEP THINGS MOVING!

 

DUTIES FOR TOURNAMENT ASSISTANT

 

THURSDAY START AT 8PM

THURSDAY BY 10:30PM COMPLETE, Payment Sheet--Download now!

For the registration people, divide the schools into 6ish groups of equal numbers of schools based on their letter in the alphabet. For example, one group of schools might be those with names beginning with A-C. PLEASE NO MORE THAN 6 SCHOOLS IN ONE GROUPING!!!

 

Set up one of the sheets in the “Payment Sheet” document linked below for each of the 6ish registration lines.

 

NO LINE SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN 6 SCHOOLS.

 

Payment Sheet

 

THURSDAY BY 10:30PM COMPLETE, Receipt Sheet--Download now!

Set up one of these sheets for each school.

 

Receipt Sheets

 

FRIDAY 1PM, WE MOVE TO OLIN

Get the Packets

Get the Payment Sheets

Get the Receipt Sheets

Get Lists of Judges from the IE, Policy, LD, and Parli Tabs

Get the “Whitman Judging Information Sheets” ASK JIM

Print 20 copies of the add/drop/change forms: 102adddrop.doc

 

Friday 1:30 to 2pm, Setting up Registration Lines,

1.    Get the Packets from the Packet Preparers. Bring those and the completed payment and receipt sheets with you to the Reid Ballroom.

2.    BY 2 P.M., set up the tables for registration in OLIN FOYER

3.    BY 2 P.M., tape signs using blue tape directing people to the registration tables

4.    MAKE 6ish LINES; ONE FOR SCHOOLS WITH NAMES MATCHING EACH OF THE PAYMENT SHEETS YOU SETUP FOR THE 6ish LINES; YOU MUST HAVE 6ish LINES or things just get too backed up.

5.    MAKE SURE REGISTRATION SIGNS ARE POSTED stating what letters/schools should go to which line.

6.    Setup one line for adds drops; have someone ready to run these add-drops to the tab room as soon as possible especially for ie’s. MAKE SURE A SIGN IS POSTED FOR THIS.

 

FRIDAY 2PM, TRAIN THE REGISTRATION PEOPLE

Assign people to the different lines. Tell them who is doing what.

 

THE BALLOT TABLE WORKERS THAT JIM HIRED HELP WITH REGISTRATION

 

Give each person an example form for the line they are in charge of.

 

EACH LINE SHOULD BE SETUP FOR NO MORE THAN 6 SCHOOLS!!! JIM HATES HATES HATES LONG LINES!!!!

 

Explain the basics of what each line does (school registration; student certification; judge sign-in)

 

Test EACH and EVERY person out to make sure they do their job properly. Pretend you are a coach (school reg); student (student certification); and a judge (judge sign-in).