The Rochester LOC receives significant direct service from the Star of the North Games and MASC staff. Here is a sampling of those services:
1) Training, education, and consulting: In addition to formal educational events, the MASC staff makes frequent community visits, and is readily available for telephone consultation and assistance.
2) Sport program: The staff is responsible for maintaining the on-going sport program, including relationships with Minnesota's sport associations, policies on age groups and competition divisions, and advising and supporting each sport director in the operation of their event.
3) Registration processing, Software and Computer: The Star of the North Games will receive and process all registrations. Updated registration information (lists of registrants) is available any time a sport director or local organizer needs them. Additionally, the staff will manage registration check-in and train local support volunteers.
4) Sport Commissioner Program: In five of the largest sports (soccer, volleyball, basketball, figure skating and track and field), the Star of the North Games board has appointed sport commissioners to assist the LOC in producing these complex sports. Each of these commissioners is extremely knowledgeable in their particular sport. They maintain a year-round presence for the Star of the North Games within that sport, which helps in calendar scheduling and athlete/team recruitment. Additionally, all commissioners will be present on-site to administer the tournament or meet, assist and support the local sport director during the actual event.
The Star of the North also appoints a headquarters commissioner to administer all HQ operations, train and support volunteers, and improve support to LOC staff.
5) Statewide Promotion: The Star of the North Games staff distributes general awareness brochures, posters, and registration materials to parks and recreation centers, schools, community education offices, retail outlets, and other high-traffic locations.
6) Media Operations and Results Reporting: The State Games media staff writes and distributes news releases to media outlets all over the state. During the Games, the media staff will be based at the Games headquarters in Rochester to operate the press operations center. Results in all sports are collected, posted on the website, and sometimes faxed and distributed to media outlets all over the state.
7) Star of the North Games Website: Included is information on all the sports, registration forms, background information on the Games, hotel lists, schedules, and a guide to Rochester. When schedules are finalized they are published on the website first.
During the Games, results are updated on the website every few hours throughout the two weekends of sports events.
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Due to the complex organizational needs of the Star of the North Games, LOC's have volunteer needs in many different areas. Some of the areas of greatest need are in:
1) Venue managers and facility hosts. Each sports venue is staffed with a venue manager on duty at all times competition is held.
2) Sport volunteers, especially in track and field, figure skating, swimming, and the largest multi-venue team sports: volleyball, soccer, and basketball.
3) Athlete registration and check-in
4) Venue and sport set-up, including delivering supplies and equipment to gyms, fields, and courses.
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