The NFCA Director of Events got an email from a tournament director that wanted to know if we would be willing to partner up to do an endorsed recruiting camp. We do offer these and have had the same group of them on our recruiting camp summer schedule for quite some time now. When looking into what would need to be done after approval of running this event, or endorsing it rather, the Director of Events realized we needed to redo the Endorsed Camp Manual that we send them.
It is a rather large document and it had not been updated since 2010. Altogether it was about 68 pages start to finish. A lot of the general information was still the same but some things about how we run the camps in general was different from 2010 to now. Also, none of the new measurable information had been incorporated into the old manual.
I was tasked with revising the manual, putting in all the new information, taking out the old, and just overall editing of it. The other obstacle with this new camp is that it is run in the fall vs. the summer as our other camps are. We have run fall camps or endorsed fall camps before but the timing is altered due to kids school schedules.
What I mean by that is because the kids being in school is not as much of an issue during summer camps but during the fall it is so we need to schedule the camp to accommodate this.
I was able to draw up a camp schedule that worked for all the stipulations and add it into the manual as well. This was a pretty big undertaking considering the time restraints. We had to get the ball moving on this camp so the camp director had enough time to read over everything we sent him and get going on his end.
I spoke with the Director of Events after I was completed and we went through it together and I showed her all the changes and updates I made just to make sure I did not miss anything. I also expressed concerns that this should be done yearly to avoid this extreme of a makeover to the manual. She agreed and we have put it on the books to do yearly.
I have attached a copy of this manual into my Projects page.
It is a rather large document and it had not been updated since 2010. Altogether it was about 68 pages start to finish. A lot of the general information was still the same but some things about how we run the camps in general was different from 2010 to now. Also, none of the new measurable information had been incorporated into the old manual.
I was tasked with revising the manual, putting in all the new information, taking out the old, and just overall editing of it. The other obstacle with this new camp is that it is run in the fall vs. the summer as our other camps are. We have run fall camps or endorsed fall camps before but the timing is altered due to kids school schedules.
What I mean by that is because the kids being in school is not as much of an issue during summer camps but during the fall it is so we need to schedule the camp to accommodate this.
I was able to draw up a camp schedule that worked for all the stipulations and add it into the manual as well. This was a pretty big undertaking considering the time restraints. We had to get the ball moving on this camp so the camp director had enough time to read over everything we sent him and get going on his end.
I spoke with the Director of Events after I was completed and we went through it together and I showed her all the changes and updates I made just to make sure I did not miss anything. I also expressed concerns that this should be done yearly to avoid this extreme of a makeover to the manual. She agreed and we have put it on the books to do yearly.
I have attached a copy of this manual into my Projects page.