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View Poll Results: Pro Worlds Volunteer Poll
I am an amateur player who would be willing to volunteer. 27 36.49%
I am an Amateur who would prefer to try my hand playing Pro. 8 10.81%
I am a pro player who would forego playing to volunteer 4 5.41%
I am a pro player who would play rather than volunteer 7 9.46%
I am a recreational player who would be willing to volunteer. 7 9.46%
I am a pro player who will volunteer prior to the event, but I plan on playing. 21 28.38%
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Old August 16th, 2011, 07:28 AM
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is all well and good, but it takes a huge effort and as Flash correctly pointed out it would require several people to take an unpaid part-time jobs managing this mayhem for the next two years.

In addition to that, it would require an army of volunteers willing to take up to a week of vacation time to help run the event effectively.
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Old August 16th, 2011, 08:44 AM
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I'm in Jeff...
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Old August 16th, 2011, 08:45 AM
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is all well and good, but it takes a huge effort and as Flash correctly pointed out it would require several people to take an unpaid part-time jobs managing this mayhem for the next two years.

In addition to that, it would require an army of volunteers willing to take up to a week of vacation time to help run the event effectively.
I'd definitely volunteer. Unless of course, by 2013 I've officially raised my rating 96 points. I get 100 hours of vacation pay a year. I'd be getting paid to volunteer. Does that constitute a professional volunteer?
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Old August 16th, 2011, 08:59 AM
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I am all in to volunteer for the 1 year & 358 days leading up to the event, but I would like to play too.

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Old August 16th, 2011, 09:09 AM
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I am all in to volunteer for the 1 year & 358 days leading up to the event, but I would like to play too.

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Me too.
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Old August 16th, 2011, 09:18 AM
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Me too.
I figgered out how to edit the poll after all.
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Old August 16th, 2011, 09:23 AM
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Smile YES Worlds in the NW!!!!
I obviously would love to play but also could volunteer myself fully leading up to and during the event (outside of the rounds...) I think this is something we are very up for and should get the ball rolling now. I feel we should cut the number of events during the summer leading up to the Worlds. Get those TD's to embrace the Worlds instead of their events and help make some history for the NW......
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Old August 16th, 2011, 09:36 AM
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Many pros like Avery, Val, Nate etc put in hundreds of volunteer hours at each of the courses for Pro Worlds so having 50-100 players each putting in tens to hundreds of hours in before the event and then playing is encouraged. I obviously would be in one way or another and I know at least 100 people would help put this together. The question would be who would be TD's and course marshalls and not play? We should do it.
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Old August 16th, 2011, 10:43 AM
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This poll is for PRO Worlds. Should it be for combined PRO/AM Worlds? From the other thread Flash wrote:

"Last time I checked major sponsors and community organizers here in Portland have expressed only interest in a combined worlds. So this significantly complicates things. The layout would require courses for Pro, Courses for Am and maybe some overlap."

I know Flash isn't the only word on the subject, but I do think he's done his homework on this topic. Will the major sponsors in our area support just a PRO or AM Worlds?
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Old August 16th, 2011, 11:33 AM
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I figgered out how to edit the poll after all.
You can change my vote from play, not volunteer, to volunteer and then play.

Not only would I commit to volunteering leading up to the event, I would also pledge to recruit at least one volunteer for the tournament. Kind of like paying a proxy to fight in a war for you. And I'd pledge to a certain amount of $ sponsorship either from myself or finding sponsors.
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Old August 16th, 2011, 11:34 AM
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This poll is for PRO Worlds. Should it be for combined PRO/AM Worlds? From the other thread Flash wrote:

"Last time I checked major sponsors and community organizers here in Portland have expressed only interest in a combined worlds. So this significantly complicates things. The layout would require courses for Pro, Courses for Am and maybe some overlap."

I know Flash isn't the only word on the subject, but I do think he's done his homework on this topic. Will the major sponsors in our area support just a PRO or AM Worlds?
That is a really good question. The answer is I'm not sure. I know at least one company willing to support us if we put in a bid for Pro Worlds.

However I am pretty sure that the next available combined Worlds would be 2016. I'm not to fond of the idea of committing to anything that far out. Plus, the scale of a combined Worlds is pretty daunting and I personally feel we might have a hard time coming up with enough volunteers to support an event that requires 10+ courses for an entire week.

All of this is preliminary to gauge if running Worlds would be even remotely possible. For now, I'll just watch the poll results.

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Old August 16th, 2011, 01:25 PM
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You can change my vote from play, not volunteer, to volunteer and then play.

Not only would I commit to volunteering leading up to the event, I would also pledge to recruit at least one volunteer for the tournament. Kind of like paying a proxy to fight in a war for you. And I'd pledge to a certain amount of $ sponsorship either from myself or finding sponsors.
I second this input. I too would beat the streets to raise some cash for the event.
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Old August 16th, 2011, 01:27 PM
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Condsider me to be all in for volunteer duties. Unless Matthew goes pro by then in which case I'll be all in except when I'm carrying his bag.
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Old August 16th, 2011, 05:48 PM
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I won't vote since I live in MN now, but I'd LOVE to come play a World's in Oregon!
I could try to drum up donations from MN to help.
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Old August 16th, 2011, 06:49 PM
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MN has its own bid being developed.
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Old August 16th, 2011, 08:07 PM
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Cool sweet...
I'd love to run the mini tournament! Mt Tabor anyone?!?!
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Jeff,
Count me in to volunteer as much as my Wife and Job will allow!
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Old August 16th, 2011, 10:39 PM
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I would want to play, but would be willing to dedicate all my spare time up to and during the tournament! I think I could provide the necessary skills to bring food to the masses!
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Old August 17th, 2011, 11:55 AM
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I'd be happy to not only volunteer but get involved at a deeper level.
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It's still a long way off but I'm in for the long haul if it happens. I'm willing to organize volunteers and be a part of the Team doing the planning. This is of course contingent on how life is going when the time comes.

I know that having Worlds here makes for a great opportunity to play when it's in your own back yard but if everybody wants to do the planning and work up to the event but nobody wants to help "during" the event lets forget it. It's hard to find 30 people willing to give up 3 days to commit to helping at the BSF, how are we gonna get 3 times that for a whole week? We have a couple of TD's that love the BSF so much they put their own desires aside so that they can provide a great event for the Nation to enjoy. This is the kind of selfless commitment it is going to take from a LOT of people to pull this off.

I'm in and will be making my list and checking it twice.

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