BMMC Volunteering Web Page
For those of you that are not aware, there is an electronic volunteering system set up on the BMMC web pages. This system provides you, the member, the opportunity to take control of your own volunteering for events, you wish to marshal for in the coming season. Your regional volunteering coordinator will have populated the pages for the SW Region with as many motorsport events as possible. This includes, circuit racing, speed, rally and karting events within the region. Volunteering coordinators for all the other regions will have done the same. So you the member should be able to volunteer for any event put onto the site throughout the country.
The primary use for this, is so the member can see what events are available and use the contact information to enable the member to volunteer directly to the organising club.
The site will have ;
A, The events listed in each region
B, the contact details of the chief marshals.
C, Details of the events, like cut off dates, signing on details ect.
The member can then use the organising clubs own electronic volunteering pages ( BARC and Castle Combe ) have these. I would encourage the member to volunteer using that route.
There is the facility to request insurance only cover on the event page. You need to click on (volunteered directly to the organising club). This will show on the system and will give you the extra cover that the BMMC insurance gives you.
I can hear you now saying; why do I need to do this when I get insurance cover from the MSA when I volunteer for any motorsports events?
The reason being the BMMC insurance covers you from leaving home and travelling to the event and then home again. The MSA insurance only covers you while you are at the event. So it’s well worth doing.
The member can also print out their own personal event calendar from the site as a reminder. There is also a link to an events calendar for your electronic gadget or phone, which will enable you to set reminders.
Just follow the link from the BMMC web site to get to the volunteering pages, set up your account and you are away. There is an online help guide to help when you have set up and logged on. With a frequent questions section to help as well. I know there are some of you who are not computer friendly and will still wish to stay with paper forms only. The regional volunteering coordinator will still hold paper insurance only forms, so don’t despair.
Paul Wiltshire
(SW Region Volunteering Coordinator)