Hosting a Meet

Hosting, especially handling housing, can be a lot of work; and Quizzing doesn’t operate without hosts willing to commit to host every season. Quizzing is especially thankful for our volunteer hosts.

Required Requirements for Hosting

The following are required requirements for hosting:

• Provide as many quiz rooms as may be logistically practicable at the host facility
• Each quiz room needs:
  • 9 chairs (for quizzers)
  • Official's table and chair
  • Electricity access nearby
  • Strong and reliable wifi coverage (which can be made exclusive to the officials)

Optional Options for Hosts

Entirely at the sole discretion of hosts, the following additional optional options may be provided:

• Overnight housing
  • Meet hosts may elect to offer housing based on whatever criteria they deem possible
  • Housing expectations
    • Offered as a gift to Quizzing by hosts on a “this is the best we can offer” understanding
    • Limited to quizzers and 1 coach per team
    • “Clean floors” is the default housing provision
    • Host homes providing beds and/or breakfast are bonuses
    • Anything above and beyond the above is up to hosts
  • Teams are expected to bring: sleeping bags, pillows, and breakfast
• Lunch
  • Hosts may elect to offer lunch under whatever criteria they deem reasonable
  • Offer a peanut-free environment with options for common dietary restrictions is the ideal but not required
  • Price per meal is set entirely by the host
  • Lunch payment to be made via cash or checks written to the meet host organization
• Table snacks for officials

Host Facility Reimbursement

Every facility that hosts a quiz meet will receive:

• $50 for providing lunch
• $50 for providing housing