To become an ABC Proctor, complete this application.
Acceptance of the application will become automatic if any of the following criteria are met:
- The applicant is a Tier 1 or 2 Certified USQ Head Referee.
- The applicant is a USQ Referee Proctor.
- The applicant has a letter of nomination from a Certified Head Referee and has provided two other head referee references that, upon contact, endorse the applicant as a worthy ABC Proctor.
In all other cases the application will be considered fairly.
To proctor an ABC candidate’s field test, the following form (not created yet) must be filled out. The candidate must also offer prior to the field test a compensation of $5 to you (you may decline or accept it as you will but this must be offered as a sign of respect for your time). A proctor may field test up to two ARs at a time, and two proctors together may field test four ARs in a given game or simulation.
To proctor an ABC field test during an actual quidditch game, the proctor must be spectating (cannot be a referee, player or coach). Since most proctors will be head referees and since head referee certified individuals have a notoriously large number of demands on their time, the alternative means of field testing ABC candidates is to run a simulation. Simulations are described in chapter 10 of the training manual for assistant referees. A simulation requires beaters and additional volunteers to play quidditch and have your candidate(s) referee the beater play. Simulations are superior in that the beaters may be instructed to attempt to cheat to test the skills of the ABC candidate(s).
If simulations are used as a field test, it is important that at least two simulations are run for Gold ABC, and after the first simulation notes are collected from proctors, players, and coaches given to the candidates. It is vital that the proctors keep a tight control on this process of collecting and distributing notes, since other people may have fallacious opinions on how to be a referee and may not be shy about sharing their opinions.
Send the results to ABC as soon as possible. Since same-day certification is allowed by ABC, contact the tournament director same-day with any positive passing results as well.