On Feb 21, 9:38*am, vontresc wrote:
Hi, I was talking to some of the othe VSA members at the conference in
Philly, and more recently at the Chicago Glider Council meeting about
having some racing tasks set up during the VSA rally in Lawrenceville
this summer. Since sveral folks thought that this was a great idea, I
was sort of volunteered into being the CD.

I have been checking out the contest info on the SSA website, and
there is a lot of good info there but I am looking for something like
"CD for dummies".

The plan is to call simple tasks and score them using sports class
rules.

Thanks

Peter von Tresckow
Ka-6Cr

Here is the CD section from the draft 2011 Arizona Soaring Association
series rules:

"• A Contest Director shall be nominated for each contest day by the
Contest Manager.
• The nominated CD will normally be a volunteer contestant in the
contest series.
• The CD shall be responsible for running the contest day at the site
designated by the CM.
• The CD may fly as a contestant but only if that does not prevent all
CD responsibilities being met.
• CD responsibilities shall be as follows:
o Research the latest soaring forecasts for the task area prior to
the pilots meeting
o Coordinate with the tow pilots or commercial operation wrt grid and
launch time
o Select contest task consistent with the weather forecast. The
allowable task types are Assigned Task (AT), Modified Assigned Task
(MAT), Turn Area Task (TAT). When selecting the task type, task
distance, and task route the CD shall consider the range of glider
performance, range of pilot experience, and the nature of the terrain.
o Announce/communicate the pilot’s meeting time at least one hour
prior to the meeting
o “Chair” the pilots meeting in traditional format (previous day
winner; weather briefing; announce task, format, grid and launch
time; etc)
o Initiate a pilot sign up using a standard form obtained form the
contest manager or scorer.
o Prepare a task sheet using a standard form obtained from the contest
manager or scorer.
o Monitor the launch operation and set and announce task open times
o The CD is encouraged to provide the task and race format at the
pilots meeting but may delay this until grid time if the weather is
indeterminate
o Ensure that all pilots are accounted for at the end of the contest
day.
o Provide the scorer with completed sign up sheets and task definition
sheets.

email me if you want the complete draft rule set.

Andy