Guidelines for Volunteers
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The information on this page should be of particular usefulness to Event Directors, Course Setters, and other event volunteers. Without the many and varied skills and efforts provided by volunteers, this club's events couldn't happen!
Please note that some links are to PDF files, which can be viewed with your browser or with the free Adobe Reader (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html) program.
Official Forms
- BAOC Membership Form (You can also join online on this page.)
- Starts (PDF/23KB) (http://baoc.org/pdfs/form_starts.pdf), Finishes (PDF/20KB) (http://baoc.org/pdfs/form_finishes.pdf)
- OUSA Standard Entry Form for National Meets (PDF/48KB) (http://orienteeringusa.org/sites/default/files/files/documents/standard.pdf)
(This form has been superseded by online registration here (https://www.orienteeringusa.org/eventregister/).)
Event Director Guide
- Advice on events, maps, and expenses
- The Checklist – What to do, and when to do it, for both Event Director and Course Setter
- TrailCross Guide – Additional information for both Event Director and Course Setter
- Wilderness Scramble Checklist – What to do, and when to do it
- BAOC Resources (http://baoc.org/volunteer/dir_guide/resources.php) – Club members who can help you
Course Setter Guide
- BAOC Course Setting Guidelines (http://baoc.org/volunteer/dir_guide/course_set.php)
- Orienteering USA Course Design Guidelines (http://orienteeringusa.org/documents/administrative-documents/orienteering-usa-course-design-guidelines)
- The Checklist – What to do, and when to do it, for both Event Director and Course Setter
- TrailCross Guide – Additional information for both Event Director and Course Setter
- Wilderness Scramble Checklist – What to do, and when to do it
- Measuring Distance and Climb (http://orienteer.com/technical/measuring.htm) – A complete description, by Joe Scarborough.
- E-Punch Information – Make sure you plan for, prepare, and deploy E-punch units as described below.
- Inventory of E-punch Units
Current inventory of E-punch units that are available for use at events (i.e., the unit numbers that can be used). - E-punch Preparations
Trinka Gillis' notes on preparing E-punch controls before placing them in the field. - Programming BSF8 Control units (PDF/1.2MB)
PDF file showing how to modify the control numbers of BSF8 control units. - Programming BSF7 Control units (PDF/48KB)
PDF file showing how to modify the control numbers of BSF7 control units. - Placing E-punch Units
Brief instruction. Pictures will follow in near future.
- Inventory of E-punch Units
Volunteer Instructions
- Beginner Clinic Outline (http://baoc.org/volunteer/dir_guide/beginner.txt) (This is a "txt" file for compact printing.)
- Electronic Punching Guide (http://baoc.org/volunteer/e_punch/)
- How to Use Condes (PDF/67KB) (http://baoc.org/pdfs/condes_instruct.pdf)
- A step-by-step guide to Condes software package, by Evan Custer.
- Setting Up a Start-O (PDF/6KB) (http://baoc.org/pdfs/starto_checklist.pdf)
- Werner Haag has provided both a description (PDF/4KB) (http:/pdfs/starto_info.pdf) of this children's course and a guide (PDF/6KB) (http:/pdfs/starto_checklist.pdf) to setting one up.
Equipment Information
- User manual (PDF/2.4MB) for Raceclock large-display clock (model 607-6XL; Raceclock website (http://www.raceclock.com)).
- Everything about E-punch is here.
- Other equipment information (e.g., equipment lists, inventory, current locations) will be added here over time. (May 2, 2016)
Historical Information
- Archive of BAOC's Event Schedules (http://baoc.org/sched/archive.php)
- An archive of old event announcements, which is useful for finding out what was done in the past at the park where you may be putting on a new event.
Outreach
- Introduction To Orienteering Presentation (PDF/1.8MB) (http://baoc.org/pdfs/intro_present_2004-01-08.pdf)
- Are you giving a presentation about Orienteering? Ian Tidswell (former BAOC President) prepared an excellent set of slides for introducing people to orienteering.
The OUSA "Virtual Binder"
- In the past, there was an electronic version of the Orienteering USA information "binder", containing everything from the Rules of Competition, to National Event guidelines, to funding policies, to ... The OUSA website has been reorganized, and it seems that the "binder" no longer exists. Links to the current (as of April 2022) information are below:
- • Rules (http://orienteeringusa.org/about/rules)
- • Forms (http://orienteeringusa.org/resources/hosting-an-event/#national)
- • National Event organization (http://orienteeringusa.org/resources/hosting-an-event/#national)
- • History (http://orienteeringusa.org/about/#history)
- • Annual general meeting (http://orienteeringusa.org/about)
- • Administrative policies (http://orienteeringusa.org/about/policies/)
- • Board of Directors (http://orienteeringusa.org/about/board/)
- • Board-related documents (http://orienteeringusa.org/about/board/#meetings)