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NASA-MA Worker Program - NASAlaura - 07-17-2004
Hi everyone!
Thought I should post here the details of working and earning driver credits with NASA-VA to avoid any future confusion.
General info:
For each full weekend worked, a worker earns 16 credits (8 per day).
To drive a weekend for free, you need 32 credits.
If you have not received a worker logbook, please see me at the track or visit Registration prior to Sunday to be given one.
You can transfer work credits to someone else.
Please use your credits within 2 years and contact me prior to expiration if this is not possible.
We have a limit of 5 worker credit HPDE entries per weekend. They will be taken on a first-come, first-serve basis.
All Workers are Officials, and we try when possible to provide Official shirts to all staff. We currently have 8 extra white shirts with no names. If you use one of these shirts, please leave it with us on Sunday evening so that we can have it dry cleaned for the next event.
All Workers must maintain their worker logbook.
You must have the Chief of your speciality sign off on your logbook. If you work two different specialities (Grid on Saturday and T&S on Sunday), you must have the Grid Chief sign off on Saturday and the T&S Chief sign off on Sunday.
You must ask the Chiefs to sign off on your logbook by Sunday evening of that event, and that is your responsibility.
When you want to use worker credits, you must mail your logbook in advance to Laura Cobetto. Please keep in mind that HPDE 1 and HPDE 2 can fill up 4-5 weeks prior to an event, so you will want to notify us ASAP if you want to drive a particular weekend. We have a limit of 5 worker credit HPDE entries per weekend.
When I receive your worker logbook I will mark off your credits and return the book to you.
We now provide a hotel room per 4 workers unless you are a Chief or Assistant to Chief. Chiefs and Assistants to Chief are assigned 2 or 3 to a room depending on the weekend. When possible, we request cots for rooms and we also have air mattresses available.
Workers also receive 2 lunch tickets, and dinner and drinks are available on Friday and Saturday evening. We also try to keep the coolers filled at the Cobetto Trailer with water, and this is for all workers.
ASSIGNMENTS:
For most events, NASA-VA will need 4 MM Sports workers per event.
Typically, 2 of those workers will work grid and 2 of those workers will work timing and scoring on Saturday and Sunday. Grid workers are expected to be on grid at all times unless given permission. Timing and scoring workers should be on station for all race qualifying, race practices, and races. Due to the fact that there is more free time built into the schedule for timing and scoring helpers, we ask those people to also help with Tech and Registration Friday evening and Saturday morning. Adjustments can be made to this however if the MM helpers want to change jobs each day.
Prior to each event, Chris Procopio (or whoever is President for MM) will give me a list of 4 names who want to attend the event. If we need more workers, I will let Chris know.
I will write out the responsibilities of each person and Chris may assign the positions.
Worker credits will not be awarded if the person is not fulfilling their responsibilities throughout the weekend. The Chief where the worker is stationed will make that decision since they will be signing the worker logbook. Chiefs will have the names of the persons assigned to them and may make further distinctions of the responsibilities. There will be worker breaks and you must have permission of the chief if you need to vacate your spot at any other time.
HISTORY:
When NASA-VA first started, we attempted to use our staff to fill corner worker positions in addition to all the other positions. Corner worker positions are an absolute must, and we cannot run an event without them. It was too risky to have the possibility of someone being a no-show when it would be difficult trying to find other people who are trained corner workers. For that reason, we now rent out most all of our corner workers from the various tracks we attend. As a result, that has reduced the number of workers we need which has affected the number of workers we can take from MM.
For each event, we need the following staff for each event:
Timing and Scoring: 1 Chief, 3 Officials to count cars for all Race practice, qualifying and races.
Grid: Chief of Grid, Chief of Pit Out, Assistant to Chiefs plus 3-5 others depending on event.
Registration: 1 Chief, 1 Assistant, 1-2 helpers.
Tech: 1 Chief, 1 Assistant, 2-3 helpers.
(The MM workers that help in timing and scoring will also be assigned to help in Registration/Tech area.)
If anyone has any suggestions or further questions, please let me know because I am sure there is something I haven't thought of or forgot to mention! We do appreciate all your hard work at our events, and we wouldn't be where we are today without your help. Thanks!
Thanks,
Laura Cobetto, Event Organizer
National Auto Sport Association, VA Region
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4225 Vauxhall Rd
Richmond, VA 23234
- NASAlaura - 07-17-2004
To forum moderators:
If there is a way to keep this info permanently on the forum that would be great so that people can refer to it if needed in the future.
Thanks!
Laura C.
- Feersty - 07-17-2004
Thanks Laura, this information comes at a perfect time.
- Mike - 07-17-2004
good stuff.... stickied.
- Sijray21 - 07-17-2004
Quote:For each full weekend worked, a worker earns 16 credits (8 per day).
I just had a question regarding this, we were told that a Friday of a weekend would count as 16 credits, is this true or were we given miscommunicated information?
I'm still willing to work when available, i just wanted to get this straight.
Thanks!
- .RJ - 07-17-2004
Thanks for clearing all this up
See you guys @ VIR!
- Dave - 07-17-2004
w00t! This is a perfect writeup with a lot of very important information. Good to have it available to the general public so that there aren't so many questions any more.
- NASAlaura - 07-18-2004
theguywiththeSi Wrote:Quote:For each full weekend worked, a worker earns 16 credits (8 per day).
I just had a question regarding this, we were told that a Friday of a weekend would count as 16 credits, is this true or were we given miscommunicated information?
I'm still willing to work when available, i just wanted to get this straight.
Thanks!
We would only need Friday workers when we have a 3 day weekend, and we would need those people to be available to help Thursday evening (6:30 or so til 9PM) and all day Friday with tech and registration. Usually, Fridays are not that busy so we can cover it with our basic staff. If we do need people, I will contact the MM President to let him know.
As far as credits go for working the Thurs eve. and all day Friday, you would get half of a weekend (or 16 credits). And of course we would provide a hotel room shared with someone. So that means if you work all three days, you get one weekend free whereas if you work Sat/Sun you get half a weekend's credits.
Thanks,
Laura
- Chris - 07-18-2004
One more thing to add from a message from Laura:
"Also, new policy is that the Chief of the Speciality will have to sign
worker logbooks to make sure people were where they were supposed to be all
day. This means that you and Mike will not be able to sign anymore, and
puts responsibility on the worker to see the Chief at the end of the day.
We were having too many people leave grid without notifying the Chief for
the last few weekends (not just MM people)."
- A350Zisa - 10-09-2008
Just emailed Laura, i want to do this bad!!!
Re: NASA-MA Worker Program - Madden - 09-22-2009
has anyone heard back about working the october 9-11 weekend?
Re: NASA-MA Worker Program - D_Eclipse9916 - 09-23-2009
Have you emailed Laura? Both Mike D and Kyle Cookmeyer have contacted her and gotten worker spots for October. If you would like I can send you her email or email her on your behalf.
Re: NASA-MA Worker Program - Jake - 09-23-2009
I emailed Laura last night, asking about a spot for Ryan. I have a flag spot and there was a new guy (Andrew) who emailed her as well. She told me there were two trainee spots, so I'm assuming Ryan and Andrew will get them. Hoping to hear back soon though.
Re: NASA-MA Worker Program - Madden - 09-23-2009
D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:Have you emailed Laura? Both Mike D and Kyle Cookmeyer have contacted her and gotten worker spots for October. If you would like I can send you her email or email her on your behalf.
ya I emailed her after the BBQ and she said she would check but then never heard back from her
Re: NASA-MA Worker Program - Jewels - 09-23-2009
Madden Wrote:D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:Have you emailed Laura? Both Mike D and Kyle Cookmeyer have contacted her and gotten worker spots for October. If you would like I can send you her email or email her on your behalf.
ya I emailed her after the BBQ and she said she would check but then never heard back from her
Did you try emailing her again? She's really busy so if you dont' hear back from her, you need to take the extra step to get back with her. If she doesn't recognize you as a regular she might have forgotten.
Re: NASA-MA Worker Program - Steve85 - 09-23-2009
Jewels Wrote:Madden Wrote:D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:Have you emailed Laura? Both Mike D and Kyle Cookmeyer have contacted her and gotten worker spots for October. If you would like I can send you her email or email her on your behalf.
ya I emailed her after the BBQ and she said she would check but then never heard back from her
Did you try emailing her again? She's really busy so if you dont' hear back from her, you need to take the extra step to get back with her. If she doesn't recognize you as a regular she might have forgotten.
I've only emailed her 2-3 times in the last 2 yrs and she has always been quick to get back to me, as recently as last week even. I would do a friendly follow-up...
Re: NASA-MA Worker Program - Madden - 09-23-2009
i emailed her again a couple days ago, so hopefully i hear back