In September 2020 the International Sheep Dog Society will organize the World Sheepdog Trial in York, England. As Dutch Sheep Dog Society we are invited to select a team to represent the Netherlands on this World Trial. This year we will organize Qualifier trials to select the best combinations of Handlers and Dogs for the Dutch Team.
Organizing this Qualifier series starts long before the first trial, In October the Trial Committee starts with making an initial planning and reviewing the rules and regulations (based on lessens learned from previous trials). Changes in the rules need to be published before december 1st to be eligible for a vote on the next AGM. From December 1st to December 31st our competitors can pre-register, based on those registrations we can make final adjustments to our planning. Meanwhile there are all kind of activities like making sure everybody is aware of the activities, finding suitable locations and getting sponsors and other partners on board.
Onward to the first Qualifier Trial in April operational activities will take place to make sure there will be series of challenging but fair trials. Also the final registration will take place and our competitors will have a lot of questions which need to be answered.
With a small team you need to be able to switch quickly between tasks. My tasks in this project;
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- Supporting members in writing and submitting rule change proposals
- Update Documentation based on approved proposals
- Setting up (pre)registration tools (Google Sheet, Google Form)
- Finding sponsors
- Selecting and inviting (international)Judges
- Make travel arrangements for judge & volunteers
- Preparing Trial Field
- Calculate and publish scores and rankings