As many of you know David Alderson, the current chairman of ACTC, has uppped sticks and left for the warmer climate of Turkey. This has resulted in something of a cabinet reshuffle within ACTC and there has arisen the need / oportunity to fill two "entry level" posts.
1) Class 7 Co-ordinator / Tyre Officer
This role is about keep track of the kit car specifications, liasing with people who want to use a new/different kit car in class 7, liasing with the manufacturers to ensure that the vehicle is a legitimate entry (though not very much) and collating the specification for submission to ACTC Technical Panel for approval. Supplying newcomers (and not so new) with copies of specifications for cars they might want to use. This person also acts as arbiter of tyres inspecting tyres on request from competitors and passing judgement. This part of the job is not as onerous as it sounds, 6 new tyres have been insected in the last 12 months, and all were done either by inspection at an event or from photographs and prints in the privacy of home.
This role is about keep track of the kit car specifications, liasing with people who want to use a new/different kit car in class 7, liasing with the manufacturers to ensure that the vehicle is a legitimate entry (though not very much) and collating the specification for submission to ACTC Technical Panel for approval. Supplying newcomers (and not so new) with copies of specifications for cars they might want to use. This person also acts as arbiter of tyres inspecting tyres on request from competitors and passing judgement. This part of the job is not as onerous as it sounds, 6 new tyres have been insected in the last 12 months, and all were done either by inspection at an event or from photographs and prints in the privacy of home.
2) Quality Assurance
This role is the back room to the observers reports that some of you may have been asked to fill in. It requires the liason with all the organisers to obtain an early copy of each entry list from which 3-4 observers are selected for each event. They have to be written to in plenty of time for each event so that they can expess opinions of the organisation. Their reports then have to be collated into a summary for return to those organisers for their use and for submission to the ACTC Council. This is done for all ACTC events, not just the championship, and is very important for the selection of new events for the championship. In addition this person controls the scrutineering database. At each event the scrutineer fills in a report of all the dubious items that have been picked up on any vehicle and these are passed forward to the next event in which that person competes so that, in theory, if someone still hasn't fixed something after being told about it they can justifiably not be allowed to start. Happily it has never come to this.
This role is the back room to the observers reports that some of you may have been asked to fill in. It requires the liason with all the organisers to obtain an early copy of each entry list from which 3-4 observers are selected for each event. They have to be written to in plenty of time for each event so that they can expess opinions of the organisation. Their reports then have to be collated into a summary for return to those organisers for their use and for submission to the ACTC Council. This is done for all ACTC events, not just the championship, and is very important for the selection of new events for the championship. In addition this person controls the scrutineering database. At each event the scrutineer fills in a report of all the dubious items that have been picked up on any vehicle and these are passed forward to the next event in which that person competes so that, in theory, if someone still hasn't fixed something after being told about it they can justifiably not be allowed to start. Happily it has never come to this.
Both these roles involve the attendance at 4 meetings per year, held in either Tormarton (near the Allen Start), Aztec West (M4/M5 Junction) or Cheltenham.
If you think you could put something back into the sport, contact me at bsw_holdings@compuserve.com or on 01584-881348 (daytime); or Giles Greenslade (e-mail address in the member's directory of this site)
I don't suppose we will be overwelmed by volunteers!
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