JURY AND ADMINISTRATORS

1) The Jury of a race is usually comprised of the following members.
 
Technical Delegate who is a USSA official and assigned by the sanctioning group i.e.: USSA, BWD, NCAA. His role is to guide and help race administration to a legal and safe race.
Chief of Race who is a USSA official and usually appointed by the host of the race. Role is to run the race and make sure all issues are attended to.
Chief of Course is also appointed by the host organization. His role is to make sure the course is safe and within the parameters of the race. i.e.: GS vs. Slalom.
Referee who is appointed by the coaches or team captains and is outside the host organization. Reviews the course and represents the competitors on the jury.
Assistant Referee who is the referee assistant and shares the same duties and responsibilities.
Two other non-voting members of the jury are the Start and Finish Referees. They are appointed by the host organization and are represented by their voice only.
 
 
2) Because the rules are sometimes subject to interpretation, we have the jury to make these interpretations if necessary. Because of the limited time an personnel, disputes will be handled as follows:
 
A) A "Fast Track" jury to arbitrate disqualifications on the mountain will consist of the TD, COR, and Chief of Gatekeepers. A hearing will take place as soon as feasible, or at the conclusion of the race. A skier and/or his coach may appeal the findings of this hearing and request that the dispute will be taken before the formal jury.
B) The formal jury will consist of one coach from each participating team. After the initial vote, in case of a tie, the TD will be the tiebreaker. In this case, the TD may vote twice.
C) The TD will be the head of the Jury, but the COR will be responsible for bringing all information bearing to the decision to the meeting.
 
 
3) Therefore it was discussed and concluded that to run a race fairly, safely, and within the parameters of national ski racing, a race administration group was necessary to run, oversee, and act as the eyes and ears of the race. This administrative group would consist of the following:
 
A) TD who would oversee and guide the race. Recommended that he or she be appointed for the season for Ski East to help things run fairly and smoothly throughout the season. He/she is a member of the "Fast Track" Jury.
B) Chief of Race who would be appointed weekly from the participating teams and could staff and execute the race.
C) Chief of Course who would inspect the course and report to the COR on course safety, etc. Recommended that he/she be a permanent position or rotated through the season but come from the veteran ski racer core. Member of the "Fast Track" jury.
D) Start Referee who may rotate with an assistant through the season. Duties are to watch the starts and first few gates if necessary.
E) Finish Referee who also may rotate with an assistant. Duties are to watch the finish line and possibly the last few gates. Responsible for awarding reruns.
F) Chief of Gatekeepers organizes and oversees the gatekeepers who have been assigned to officiate the race. Collects gatekeeper score sheets and delivers them to the scorer immediately following each heat. Member of the "Fast Track" jury.
 
 
4) It should be noted here that a coach-as-an-administrator's primary duty is to the race and the league as a whole. We assume a coach will not accept this role without some assistance of other coaching staff within his/her organization. We expect to have some members of the administration be jury members.