VERMONT'S
DYSSEY OF
THE MIND
TOLL FREE 1-800-805-5422
Offered by Vermont Creativity Quest, Inc.
(an all-volunteer,
non-profit Odyssey of the Mind Affiliate - a member of the Odyssey New England network)
Judge &
Officials Registration Information
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JUDGES & OFFICIALS REGISTRATION PAGE!
Judges must be 18 yrs old or older and attend
training to be certified to judge at a sanctioned tournament.
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Welcome. Thank you for volunteering to serve as a Judge or Official for the 2012 Vermont Odyssey of the Mind Tournament. It takes well over 120 dedicated volunteers to run the tournament. The teams have spent many hours preparing their creative solutions to this years problems, and the tournament serves as an end point and a reward for their hard work. It is important that all the teams are judged fairly. Mistakes sometimes do happen, but we try to minimize them through training. Some of you may have been nominated by Teams. Each team is required to supply at least one volunteer to serve as a Judge or Official at the State Tournament. If you are a team-supplied Judge, please indicate this on the registration form. New MEMBERSHIPS are
exempted from this requirement. If you have questions about
whether you are exempt, please ask. IF YOU ARE COACHING, YOU CANNOT SERVE AS A JUDGE OR OFFICIAL. After you have read
all the information on this page. ALL JUDGES AND OFFICIALS MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR THE
FOLLOWING TWO EVENTS |
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Judges and Officials
Training |
The Vermont Odyssey of the
Mind Tournament |
There are two general types of volunteers
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JUDGES |
OFFICIALS |
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Judges work as a member of a team to evaluate the performance of a team in the Long-Term, Style, or Spontaneous portion of an Odyssey of the Mind competition. Each individual Judge is responsible for only a limited number of items to evaluate. Judges work as a member of a team, alongside experienced Problem Captains and Head Judges. Judges usually are able to select the problem they are most interested in, or will be assigned a problem if they do not have a preference. Judges have some flexibility in
choosing an assignment, depending upon their desires, experience, and the
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A number of non-judging Officials are required for each Odyssey of the Mind tournament. While these volunteers do not judge teams, they do perform a variety of important functions, which include: Timekeeper Doorkeeper Score Checker Score Runner Information Desk Souvenir Sales |
Descriptions of judging positions is located here.
Synopses of the current-year Long-Term
problems are found here.
All volunteers (judges and non-judging officials) will be provided
with a t-shirt, lunch,
and all the creativity they can handle.
Bring a friend and double the fun.
Please email Anita
Perkins (vtootm@accessvt.com) if you have
questions
or call 1-800-805-5422 TOLL-FREE or 434-4738 LOCAL.