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Hello Duluth Rowing Club Members and Parents:
The Duluth International Rowing Regatta is fast approaching. The date this year is Saturday, July 11. Hosting a regatta is an honor for a club but it requires a strong commitment from each member. Your help is needed to make this year’s event a success. Following this short paragraph is an outline of all the jobs that need to be accomplished. Please look over the list and decide where you can best be of service to your club. Then email Dave Johnson at djohnson@marshallschool.org In the email include your name, phone number and the job or jobs that you would like to work on or be a part of. Please remember that this is an all volunteer effort and that every member is needed to make this event a success! Dave J and Keith McLaughlin co-chairs.
DRC International Regatta
I. Organizing Committee
Keith and Dave
A. Determine Course and schedule event
B. Event safety plan and actions
C. Conduct coaches and coxswains meeting
D. Committees
1. Referee (Pete Olson?)
a. Identify and communicate to volunteer coordinator volunteers needed
b. Identify chief referee
c. Determine referee needs
d. Invite referees
e. Hire referees
f. Determine ref boat needs
g. find housing for ref's (Jane Bertani?)
2. Race Course (Tom and Greg plus Masters Men)
a. Organize all race course marking materials
b. Inspect and repair stakeboats if needed
c. Coordinate placement of stakeboats (Jim Foresberg 718-0731)
d. Coordinate removal of stakeboats
e. Assign who will be marking the course
f. Mark course in time for event
g. Pull in all course marking
h. Identify and mark alternate course start and finish
i. Identify and communicate to volunteer coordinator volunteers needed
j. Coordinate power boats (Jerry)
(1) 6 motorboats for referees (Marcel Lafond 213-0698)
(2) 1 pontoon boat for start
(3) 1 line up boat
(4) 3 larger boats for course marshals (to keep other traffic off the course)
3. Timing (Dave Kask and Jenny Peterson)
a. Obtain and setup a finish line tent
b. Find volunteers for flags and horn
c. Determine race schedule
d. Perform registration on the day of regatta/process scratches
e. Time Event
f. Set up tables, chairs, computers, and other timing equipment
g. Publish results to website and in a public location on race day
h. Send results to participating teams
i. Provide a system for back-up hand timing
j. Identify and communicate to volunteer coordinator volunteers needed
4. Community Relations (Deb McL. and Andrew Slade 727-4198)
a. Submit article for the "Breeze" (Gina)
b. Send press releases to local papers and stations (Gina)
c. Send press releases and pictures to participant team press organizations
d. Discuss plans/concerns with the nursing home / Fire Dept & Police
e. Notify police and fire department (Deb)
f. Secure Parks and Recreation Permit (Holly)
g. Coast Guard Auxiliary communications (Deb M)
h. Secure coast guard lake use permit (Deb M.)
5. Banquet/ Concessions / Clothing
a. Banquet
(1) Arrange and order food for banquet ( Lorraine Turner 728-0541)
(2) Set up. serve and clean-up after banquet (Dave Jansen)
b. Identify and communicate to volunteer coordinator volunteers needed
c. Concessions (Holly Anderson? and Cathie Ham 340-8912)
(1) Arrange for concession food
(2) Staff concession stand
(3) Feed referees on day of event
(4) Bonfire snacks (Smore's)
d. Clothing
(1) Design and have made regatta clothing
Coordinate design and clothing order with regatta chairs
(a) design graphics for shirt (Tom Rauschenfels)
(b) sell regatta clothing
6. Volunteer Coordinator
a. Solicited volunteers from club and community
b. Assign volunteers to specific tasks
(1) Communicate with volunteers before, during and after the event
c. Arrange for the comfort of all volunteers
(1) breaks and relief
(2) food and drink
7. Stake Boat Volunteer
a. set up volunteers on stake boats
b. arrange to swap out volunteers every 2-3 hours
8. Welcoming
a. Assign Camping spaces to tenting teams
b. Develop / Send out a list of available accommodations to teams (Gina)
(1) hotels
(2) camping
(3) restaurants
(4) community resources
c. Plan and do an opening and closing ceremony
(1) national anthems
(2) simple but meaningful
d. Identify and communicate to volunteer coordinator volunteers needed
9. Fleet Readiness (Bonnie)
a. Identify and communicate to volunteer coordinator volunteers needed
b. Plan and supervise boat readiness events
c. Assign boats to DRC teams and visiting teams
10. Pre-Event Communications (Keith and Dave J)
a. Send race notice to local and rowing community media and websites
b. Send Race invitations to competing teams
c. Press information sheet and elevator speech
d. Assemble and publish regatta program
e. Gather advertisers for regatta program
f. Process race entry forms
(1) deposit race entry fees (Bonnie)
(2) Communicate with other team coaches (Dave Kask)
(3) Route entry forms to timer well in advance of the race day
(4) Verify all waivers
g. Pre-event media plan
(1) Event day
11. Medals and Awards (Michael Cochran?)
a. hand out medals and awards (Michael Cochran?)
b. Secure awards and medals (Bonnie)
c. Identify and communicate to volunteer coordinator volunteers needed
12. Facilities and Grounds
a. Clean and mow grounds
b. Obtain and set up PA system ( Dave Johnson )
Borrow PA from Marshall school
c. Radios ( Dave Johnson )
Obtain 15 radios from Duluth/Superior Communications
d. Order and place biffies and dumpsters
DBJ for dumpster
e. Arrange for removal of stored boats
f. Line/ place/monitor garbage cans
g. Set up tents for concessions and officials
h. Tape traffic lanes for boats
i. Prepare for Bonfire (pit and wood)
j. Clean boat house locker rooms
k. Arrange for and place no parking signs along street/nursing home only along nursing home property
l. After regatta area clean-up
13. Clerk of Course (Michael and Phoebe)
a. Manage race paperwork
b. Handout/collect numbers for races
14. Registration and Race Planning
a. Assign Key Roles
(1) Dock Master (Dave Manderfield 722-5337)
(2) Clerk of Course
b. Track registrations (Dave Kask)
c. Secure US Rowing regatta insurance (John B)
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