[Classifieds] Ocean science role models needed! This sounds fun.

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Hi all, 
This year's Blue Lobster Bowl (MA regional ocean science bowl) will be at MIT on Saturday 2/28, or Sunday 3/1 if there is a snow delay. Volunteer signups are at https://s.zoomerang.com/s/blb2015 , and the event and job descriptions are found at http://www.nosb.org . In brief, this is a quiz bowl for high schoolers with a focus on marine science, engineering, and policy. 

We are perennially short of ocean science volunteers, who are essential as science judges and role models in the competition. For example, a small group of Harvard business students has outnumbered all marine science students and professionals for the last few years! 

A forwarded email with more details is below. Please pass this on to students, postdocs, scientists and other marine science professionals that you think might be interested. 





Thank you, Evan Howard 

ehoward at whoi.edu 

PS. Signups include picking a date for one hour of training at MIT. If enough Woods Hole based folks get involved I will try to have a training session there instead of at MIT. Please sign up for an MIT date for now but send me a quick message after you sign up if you are based on Cape Cod. 

----- Forwarded message from Lori Tsuruda < lori at pmd.org > ----- 
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:07:22 -0500 
From: Lori Tsuruda < lori at pmd.org > 
Subject: Fwd: Help Run the 2015 Blue Lobster Bowl, the high school ocean science competition at MIT on 2/28 with 3/1 snow postponement date 
To: Lori Tsuruda < lori at pmd.org > 

I hope that you will apply to officiate for the 2015 Blue Lobster Bowl at 
MIT on 2/28/15 with a 3/1/15 snow postponement date. 

Please feel free to call me if you have any questions. 

In making a difference, 
Lori Tsuruda 
2015 Blue Lobster Bowl Regional Coordinator 
PMD Founder & Executive Director 
MIT '89 

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SUPPORT STEM EDUCATION & ENCOURAGE THE NEXT GENERATION OF OCEAN STEWARDS 
Apply to volunteer asap before 2/2 at https://s.zoomerang.com/s/blb2015 

WHAT Run the 2015 Blue Lobster Bowl (BLB) 
Foster enthusiasm for learning by officiating: 
keep score, keep time, run, judge rules*, 
moderate**, judge science, or grade written 
team responses*** 

WHEN Competition: Saturday , 2/28 
9:30 AM to 3:30, 4:30, or 6:30 PM 

Blizzard Postponement Day: Sunday 3/1 
(If the 2/28 competition is postponed to 3/1 
due to severe weather, the BLB will let 
you know by Friday 2/27.) 

Commitment for BOTH 2/28 and 3/1 required for 
volunteers who keep score, keep time, run, 
and moderate. The 3/1 blizzard commitment 
is optional for volunteers who judge rules, 
judge science, or grade. 

Training/Practice Sessions: 
Saturday, February 21 , 9:30-11:30AM 
Tuesday, February 24 , 6-8PM or 8:30-10:30PM 
Wednesday, February 25 , 6:30-8:30PM 

WHERE MIT, Cambridge 

WHY Support students who are interested in 
and knowledgeable about the natural world 
by staffing the National Ocean Sciences Bowl 
"Blue Lobster Bowl" (BLB) regional competition, 
a fast-paced, one-day competition among 
24 teams from MA high schools. Topics include 
the biology, chemistry, geology, physics, 
history, and economics of the ocean as 
well as ocean-related current events. The 
winning team will compete in the nationals 
in Mississippi. For more details, visit 
http://www.nosb.org 

This is a fun, fast-paced competition which 
more than 350 PMD volunteers have enjoyed 
helping in these critical roles since 1999. 

It takes 80+ volunteers to staff all 12 
competition rooms for 24 teams, keeping 
time, keeping score, and judging rules*, 
moderating**, plus grading*** team responses. 

For brief descriptions of BLB volunteer roles, 
see section between questions 7 & 8 at 
https://s.zoomerang.com/s/blb2015 

Each volunteer will receive a free long-sleeved 
t-shirt, lunch, swag, and parking if needed. 

Time-keeping, score-keeping, and runner volunteers 
need NO science/ocean knowledge, just keen 
attention to detail, positive attitudes toward all 
competitors and schools, and attentive patience 
during down times while questions are being 
challenged/graded and between rounds. 

We need 20 experienced volunteers to help until 
4:30pm to officiate for the semifinal rounds, 
and hopefully 10 out of the 20 to stay and officiate 
for the championships rounds. 

We really need qualified (i.e., ocean science 
backgrounds/careers) Science Judges/role models in the 
competition rooms and as Science Room Graders for 
the written Team Challenge problem solving responses 
as well scientific challenge resolution. 
Qualified = OCEAN science or OCEAN engineering 
education, career, and/or experience. 

Most volunteers MUST PREPARE for and PARTICIPATE 
in at least one, 2015 training/practice 
session so they are able to function without errors 
during this high-intensity competition. 

Even if you have volunteered for or participated in 
NOSB, BLB, or another quiz bowl, you must actively 
participate in training in order to familiarize yourself 
with the rules & regulations and to demonstrate 
your mastery of the moderator, science judge, 
rules judge, timekeeper, and/or scorekeeper role(s). 

Training Exceptions: 
-New/potential moderators must do two sessions on 2/21&24. 
-We prefer runners who cross-train as time- 
and scorekeepers, but will accept dedicated 
runners available on both 2/28 and 3/1 but 
unable to attend a training/practice session. 

The 2015 Blue Lobster Bowl is hosted by 
MIT Sea Grant, and PMD is now in charge of the 
entire competition, competitors and volunteers alike. 

*Only experienced volunteers, past competitors, 
and volunteers with legal backgrounds serve 
as primary rules judges, given the complexity of 
the rules and fast pace of this competition. 
**Only experienced volunteers and past competitors 
who have volunteered at least one year in another 
capacity generally serve as moderators given the 
complexity of this role. New moderators 
must participate in two training/practice sessions 
on 2/21and24 in order to be considered for this role. 
***We particularly need and encourage past competitors 
and ocean science and engineering educators and 
graduate students to work as a team to grade 
written team responses and to resolve scientific 
challenges rapidly. 

HOW Get involved! Volunteers run this entire competition. 
Please sign up only when you can definitely commit to 
the competition day(s) and a training session. 
Apply ASAP before 2/2 at https://s.zoomerang.com/s/blb2015 
Role assignments will be made accordingly to who 
is best qualified, with preference to the earliest 
applicants. 

We welcome high school volunteers considering 
forming their own, future BLB teams, but we 
cannot accommodate groups, in that each individual 
member of a group/family must register 
him-/her-self separately. 

Incomplete submissions cannot be honored, 
even if you have previously volunteered. 

No partial participation can be accommodated 
for this competition. This means that we 
canNOT accommodate any late arrivals or earlier- 
than-scheduled departures. 

After you sign-up, you will see a confirmation screen. 
Then PMD will email your role(s) and specific details 
the week before training, including directions to MIT 
by public transit and by car, checklist and homework 
on how to prepare, map, and a waiver. 

Then a few days before the competition, PMD will 
email final details about the competition day. 

WHO People Making a Difference (PMD) is a 
nonprofit organization that promotes informed 
and responsible volunteerism by involving 
people in meaningful, hands-on work that 
meets local needs and by assisting companies 
and charities in building successful community 
involvement programs that: 
- Produce appreciable results while 
conserving recipients' limited resources, 
- Educate volunteers about broader issues, 
- Bring people together to make a difference. 

"Preparation through steady practice is the only 
honest avenue to achieving your potential." 
--Chi Chi Rodriguez 

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