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 | |