Between the organizer and the sanctioning body, who does what?
The division of labor varies a little bit from event to event. But as an overview, here is what a setup with NASA Rally Sport might look like. Keep in mind that this is a gross simplification: the list of items a rally needs to do can be hundreds of items long, and the list for a sanctioning body is around fifty items per rally, in addition to the long term infrastructure development that never stops.
| Task | Event Organizer | Sanctioning Body |
|---|---|---|
| Find and choose roads | Y | |
| Get official road permits/contracts | Y | |
| Recruit Volunteers | Y | |
| Create supp regs and road book | Y | |
| Provides stage notes | Y | |
| Get facilities for tech, registration, awards | Y | |
| Receives payment for entering the rally | Y | |
| Sells spectating tickets, t shirts | Y | |
| Write and manage the rules | Y | |
| Provide scoring equipment | Y | |
| Software for scoring, registration, volunteers | Y | |
| Handle licenses/memberships | Y | |
| Promote the series (flags, banners, videos) | Y | |
| Promote the event locally | Y | |
| Provide trophies | Y | Y |
| Provides insurance | Y | |