Jeeper- I am a volunteer and I see everyone who i volunteer to set up the match at my home club and do the scores for as customers, they are paying for a service, even if we who are setting it up aren't getting paid for it. Will i offer to do other clubs work? yes, for a real nominal fee, not as a volunteer. I'd take the 4 hours max to score a 60- 70 person match for $1/shooter. Thats no big thing.
Sure they're customers, they pay an entry fee, they are given a match. That doesn't preclude them from taping and brassing, as help must be given during the match. Does it mandate they stick around to help rip it all down and put it away after? No, i dont expect that, but do know that a few regular people always stick around and help because they know what it takes to run a match, and that help is greatly appreciated.
I have no problem with scores taking more than a few hours, I honestly think they should be up same night, but if it's next weekend, thats fine, I know people have lives outside of shooting. We live in an internet age, not like they need to be printed out and mailed to people now. I hold everyone to the same standard I hold myself to when it comes to fulfilling the commitment to the service provided. And in my case it's having decent stages set up, a match that starts on time, and timely results, no later than 24 hours for my matches results because I have control over that. And I figure I want to know how I did, so everyone else must want to know how they did also, best to provide them with that.
Joe- Regarding the scores sent in to Sedro- this is a complicated thing, as often times it looks like it was the clubs fault, and sometimes it is, but the deadlines are what can screw thigns up.
for example, we are supposed to have the scores in within 30 days after the match, but if they arrive there after the 10th of the month, then they wont show up on the next update.
So let's say your match is the the 1st sunday of the month, on say the 6th, call it January. You should print everything up, send it in, and lets say you take 29 days to do it, mail it on the 5th of February, and it doesnt arrive till the 11th, the database gets update around the 19th of that month, and you see your score isnt in there, now you're waiting till the 19th of March till your score is in there because the time for entering the scores has a cut off date. Is it ideal? No, but it works for them.
Of course if the club has everything done same day, and uploads the scores to the website on the same night, then excellent, you'll be in there right away, but i think this is rarely done.
) And a rifle match too. They bill it as the "Polar Bear Match" This year Feb 07. 
