What is a BMC Work Party?
A BMC Work Party is a designated day (typically a Saturday) that any Active BMC Member can attend to perform a variety of tasks to prepare for an event, or maintain the grounds, facilities, or equipment. Your time at a Work Party goes towards your required Member hours, so be sure to “Sign In” and Sign Out” on that day’s Work party Sheet. Every event can use help, and 8 of your 26 required hours must be acquired by working at an event. Work Parties are hosted by an Event Promoter, Executive Board Member or other Special Task Leader.
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Download this BMC “Back Up” time sheet, to document a copy of your hours worked
Work Parties for 2017 (on Saturdays, 9AM to Afternoon)
See below dates and the Work Party’s Leader. Contact them with any questions.
- September 30 – Nicholas Gabel 839-3353
- October 7 & 8 – 50s MX Track Work Neal Whitmore 406-855-5723
- October 7 – Bob Spadt 861-3821
- October 21 – Darrell Devitt 252-5588
- November 4 – Cord Mitchell 672-8383
- November 18 – Darrell Devitt 252-5588
Examples of Basic help needed at an Event or Work Party
- General event team work: Contact a Promoter
- Running the Entrance Gate
- Flaggers on the Practice and Event Day for MX and SX
- Flaggers for Flat Track
- Catchers for the Hill Climbs
- Grounds Keeping (mowing, trimming, cutting, painting)
- Parking Lines and event area organization
- “Thirty-Second” Girls for Motocross, Supercross and Flat Track
- Transponder & Timing operators
- Pit Boss, Staging Manager
- Trash set-up & Break Down
- Track Preparation
- Grounds Keeping (Mowing, Cleanup)
- Supply Runners to supply event teams
- Pit Entrance Manager
- Parking area Marking
- Registration and Sign-Ups for “At the Event” situations
- Put up posters and other Advertising Displays
Items to Bring to a Work Party
Handy items to bring are yard tools, gloves, basic tools, eye protection, chain saw, mowers etc.
Examples of Special tasks and capabilities Needed
- Event Announcer
- Announcer Assistant (throw T-Shirts, run sound track, etc.)
- Photography and Video at an event
- Website, Facebook and other Digital Account/Advertising Updates
- Welding, Fencing, Pumps/Valves, Heavy Equipment Repair, Automotive
- Cooling Systems, Air-conditioning
- Masonry and block-building Repairs and alterations
- Heavy Equipment Operation (Dozers, Skid steer, Man-Lifts, Water truck)
- Mobile Lighting and other nighttime equipment operation
- Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Managing a Special Booth at an Event
- Sound Manager, Audio Visual Specialist (Sound Systems, Sound Tracks, Projector Slide Shows)
- Pit Boss/Voices to Schedule Rider Staging
- Prairie Dog Elimination (without firearms)