Officials

This page contains copies of the most commonly-used forms needed by race officials for a masters competition. For the complete package of forms, the Alpine Officials Manual, and study guides, visit the Alpine officials page on ussa.org.

See the Race Crews page for a complete list of the officials who have volunteered to assist this season.

All events MUST have a USSA race code assigned. Here is a summary of this season's Far West Masters Race Codes; for the most current information, use the USSA Alpine Race Lookup service on the USSA Alpine web site.

Click the name of the document in the table below to view in your web browser; click the document icon to view the printable PDF format. (Click the right mouse button over a PDF document icon and select Save Target As... in the Internet Explorer browser to save a copy of the document to your own computer.)

PDF forms which can be edited directly on your computer to enter data are noted.

Instructions and Forms	PDF	editable?	Notes
Rules Updates
Alpine Rules Updates (2007-08)
Commonly Used Forms (2008 USSA Forms)
TD Report
Referee Report		Yes
Gate Judges Instructions			Legal passage rules, how to mark faults
Gate Judge card (fault/no-fault)			Records all racers; preferred over the fault-only card
EET (Electronic Equivalent Time) worksheet			Worksheet for calculating competitor time from hand-timing data
EET Excel spreadsheet		Yes	Spreadsheet with formulas for EET hand-time calculcation
Jury Decision Minutes (no protest involved)			Record a jury decision on the competition (use alt. form below for protests)
Protest form		Yes
Jury Decision Minutes (protest hearing)		Yes	Record the jury decision on a protest
Jury Appeal form			Submitted to appeal a jury decision
Guidelines for Serous Accidents			Guidelines for determining if serious; checklist of actions to take
TD Accident Report		Yes	Submit along with patrol report (if avail) for serious accident
Handy Conversions			Conversion formulas: temperature, distance, speed...
Results Package Submission			Instructions and checklists for results package submitted to USSA
Far West Masters Forms
Head Tax form			(2005 form; need to check/update for 2008)

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