Judges Levy

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	<h1>Judges Levy</h1>
	<author>George Loh</author><br />
	<date>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:41:36</date><br />
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	<h2>Recruitment</h2>
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	<h2>Judge Levy</h2>
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		Ok guys, as with many new changes, it takes a little bit of fine tuning and more collaborative implementation.  I apologize for not making matters clear and succinct.
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		The levy is to help defray some of the costs incurred by the volunteer judges.  It cannot totally compensate them as some of them actually earn more in a day than a few years of judge's allowance paid.  As such, the question here is not about the levy being collected and all are in agreement on this.
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	<h2>Amount to levy?</h2>
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		It will be $2.00 per archer per day for the first day a judge is required.  Every additional day a judge is needed will be charged at $1.00 per archer per day.  No charges will be levied for the day before a tournament whereby a judge is required to inspect the field of competition.  The number of judges per event will be determined by the Judge committee themselves and this, together with the price of levy, is non-negotiable.
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	<h2>When to commence the levy?</h2>
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		The levy commenced the day we took office, i.e. 01 July 2006.  However, we will give a grace period of 03 months (July, August and September 2006) whereby we will fine-tune the system and gather data, etc.  If changes are needed, AAS will advise further after consultation with the Judge committee.  As such, no levies will be collected during this grace period.  Instead, AAS will look into starting a small fund under AAS books for use by the JC in upgrading judges, courses, equipment purchase, etc.  This initial sum will be the levy that would have been collected had the JL been fully implemented.  Organizers of events are thus reminded to factor the JC levy into their costing for events held after 30 September 2006. JC please keep your own record for reconciliation purposes.
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		(Leong - please submit a written format for which you intend to compensate the judges on duty so that we will not run into any disputes there.  Also, with the levy paid by the organizers, what can the organizers can expect from the Judges (i.e. the work to be done), what it covers and what it does not (equipment loan, etc). Thanks LFK.
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		I trust with the above, we can move on to more exciting work ahead.  Thanks guys.<br />
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		George<br />
		President<br />
		AAS<br />
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