Hello all Td’s,
Well to say the least I am a bit disturbed that I only had one tourney director show up for the meeting that was scheduled for tonight at 5:30 p.m. on this the 5th day of February 2002. I sent out a notice to all of you, which I did receive a few responses back. For those of you who let me know you would or would not be there for what ever reason, I thank you for your time and appreciate it. Thank you!
Ok when you applied to become a Tourney Director you said that you under stood what it would take to become a tourney director. Here let me remind you what it said. (Being a Tournament Director requires that you understand the automated that has been provided by Case's Ladder. Although it was created to make things as easy as possible for you, it still requires some familiarization and can be a bit overwhelming at first glance. Hopefully the information in this Guide combined with our wonderful TD Team will help make the transition from newbie to veteran a painless one for you. There are many experienced TD’s, Head TD’s, and TD Managers available to help you in this journey, so please take advantage of them and the knowledge they have to offer you! ) As you can see we are all here for you and you need use to help you to become the best that you can be. Which lead’s me to the next item on the agenda.
As an authorized Case's Ladder Tournament Director it is very important that you always portray yourself in a professional and friendly manner. Remember that whatever you do will reflect on the Ladder and take that responsibility very seriously. Your fellow Ladder members will look to you as an example, so always keep that in mind when you are in chat—whether or not you are currently administering a tournament. Remember that being a TD is a privilege, not a right. Abusing this privilege or going off on a power trip based on your new status will be grounds for instant termination of your TD position, so please take this responsibility very serious.
For this reason I tried to get us all together and talk over all things that have been brought to my attention. The Item’s that have been brought to me disturbs me and wanted to talk to you all about them. I also know we have many new tourney directors on this ladder and a lot of veterans that can help you all. I have all the new tourney director on vacation right now till I get you all trained. I want all of you to know what you are doing when you go out to do a tourney. I and you both want to see this thing grow, but we can’t do it with you all going out and not knowing what you are doing.
These Meeting are the start of a good ladder and should be held for the support and help you get from them. I know that you all want to go get this ladder going but if you don’t come to the meeting how can we do so. You might be wanting to know why now are we having a tourney director meeting andnever had them before.You might think I am trying to be a pain, but I will let you know that it is my job to train you if you don’t remember it is stated in you tourney director guide (A Head TD is responsible for keeping the TD’s on a specific Ladder organized and the tournament structure on that Ladder operating smoothly. They are an active TD on that Ladder and therefore, familiar with the other TD’s and players who participate there. They are responsible for the training of new TD’s who are added to their Ladder and have input on the installation of new TD’s to their team as well. They will help solve disputes between TD’s and can also be called upon to help when a TD has a problem with a participant in one of his/her tourneys. They have the ability to take over administration of any tournament held on their Ladder in cases where the TD isn’t able to meet their obligation. Head TD’s are responsible for communicating any problems or situations that they cannot deal with personally to the TD Managers and following up to make sure that a resolution is eventually found. The Head TD is also capable of mailing all of the TD’s on their Ladder in order to keep the lines of communication open and the team organized and running efficiently.) So as you see I am just trying to do my job.
With that said I would tell you that the next meeting is going to be held on the 8th of February, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. eastern time. To be held at
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/brunswickbowlingleague
Now I do have a list of all tourney directors those of you that are active and those on vacation, so I need to hear from you even if you can’t make it I need to know. If you can’t make it please let me know the reason why. If you don’t want to be a tourney director anymore you can also let me know at that time and I will get with Teddy and we will take you off the list. I am trying my best to get this place back to the way it use to be, but I can’t do it buy myself it will take all of use working together. So can I count on you?????? You can email me at
rrobert@maverickbbs.com .
With that said let’s see all of you at the meeting this time, and let’s not waste anymore time getting this ladder back to going again. Once again Thanks for your time.
TD_KING
Head Tourney Director