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2331: Volunteer Nominated Awards with the Interview Requirement


Dale Nacianceno
27-Nov-2024

Page 17, Guide to Judging:

Judged Awards: [...] Teams must have completed an interview to receive a Judged Award.

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Volunteer Nominated Awards: Based on the award criteria. A subset of Judged Awards, Volunteer Nominated Awards allow for volunteer event staff—such as the Head Referee, scorekeepers, and Emcees—to nominate teams for these awards based on what they’ve seen at the event.

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If the Sportsmanship and Energy Awards are determined solely by volunteer nominations and not by Judges: ▪ The Event Partner should work with key volunteers such as Head Referee(s), Division Manager(s), and others to develop a process to determine the award winners for the Sportsmanship and/or Energy Awards that is within the guidelines in the Guide to Judging.

Assuming that an event includes Judged Awards, if the Sportsmanship and Energy Awards are determined solely by volunteer nominations and not by Judges, is a Team still required to have completed an interview to receive one of these awards?

Answered by Competition Judging Committee
2-Dec-2024

If the Sportsmanship and Energy Awards are determined solely by volunteer nominations and not by Judges, then there is no interview requirement for these two awards.