I am not trying to be a CBI apologist. However, some of the ways they do things are understandable. On staffing, the minimum they require is three: a moderator, a judge, and scorekeeper. Two of these the circuit can agree are ideal, the moderator and scorekeeper. And the judge is a good idea in principle if you have the staff. Here's the deal. ACUI wants the staff to be mostly institutional-type people. I think that is part of the reason they insist on institutional reps, to ensure a pool of volunteers. I can understand their desire to not have NAQT people there since that is a potential competitor. And not having students of competing schools staff is also an acceptable idea to me. As for to the number of staff, it is quite obvious from asking that most volunteers either don't want to moderate (or een judge) or feel incapable of the task. Honestly, I don't blame them. If you want to increase the number of moderators available, teams should try and make sure that your eventual institutional rep staffs your IM tournament and gets experience as a moderator. Invite them to any HS or college invitationals you may host. They may not accept, but throw them a bone. Also, we youngin's can take these schedules easily. You know what? The ACU-I people, who may be in their mid-thirties or older, can't. And there's nothing wrong with that. We may be so used to pulling all-nighters that we forget that most people in the real world sleep. Now, if it's a matter of the Regional Coordinator turning away qualified moderators, that's something you should probably contact College Bowl directly about. Of course, if people are saying "I want to moderate" without giving any qualifications, it's their fault. Anyways, I get the idea that most of these people genuinely care about College Bowl Regionals and want to put on the best tournament possible. They feel very proud about what they do, and the worst way to approach them about possible changes is to sound like an egotistical jackass talking down to children, while acting like a zealot for the one true quizbowl. From what I gather, people have done this on occasion, causing bad relations.
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