TRASH Recruiting

xiao_tuzi <*no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com*> · Fri, 04 May 2007 10:41:12 -0000

On behalf of Fred Bush:

TRASH is looking for several new members. 

Here's what you'd be doing: 

The primary responsibility of TRASH members is producing the question 
sets for TRASH regionals and TRASHionals; each writer is expected to 
produce about 4 packets worth of material over the course of a year. 
TRASH members are also expected to assist at nearby TRASH regionals, 
and at TRASHionals. In addition, members with expertise in a 
particular topic area may be called on to edit questions in that area 
from the rest of the group. 

The main skill we're looking for is the ability to write questions. 
As a result, we ask all applicants to submit a packet's worth of 
trash questions (20 tossups and 20 bonuses) that they have written in 
the past. Editing skills are also useful, so if you've done a lot of 
question editing, let us know. 

We're also interested in people with proven administrative skill and 
ability to deal with some of the difficult personalities who inhabit 
the quizbowl world, so having run successful tournaments or started a 
quizbowl club are also things we'll take into account. 

Finally, we want people who are enthusiastic about pop culture 
trivia. TRASH is a labor of love, and while we do charge fees to help 
recoup some of our expenses, we're focused on producing quality, 
entertaining tournaments, not making money. 

If you're interested, get in contact with me, Fred Bush; I can be 
reached at fbsh at mail dot rochester dot edu. Send me an email 
outlining why you'd like to join us, and your background with 
quizbowl and trash tourneys in particular. 

Include a writing sample of 20 trash tossups and 20 trash bonuses 
written by you for past tournaments. Put it in the body of your email 
message. This is a writing sample, not a packet for use in a tourney, 
so the questions don't need to follow any particular distribution, 
although we will be looking for some breadth of topic area. If the 
questions were intended to be particularly easy (high school or 
junior bird level) or particularly fiendish, it would be good to let 
us know. 

I'm going to be traveling tomorrow, but I will respond by Monday to 
anyone who's applied by this weekend, and I'll confirm receipt of 
later applications within a day or two. 

We're going to keep the application process open until the 15th of 
May, and then we'll start making decisions on the applicants we have. 

If you have questions, you can email me at the address above, and I'm 
also frequently available on yahoo! chat with the username 
creed_of_hubris.