Marshal representation to be further increased
At the first Motor Sports Council meeting of 2007, which
took place at the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall last
week (Thursday 15 February), the Council debated a request
from the marshalling community to be granted a dedicated seat
on Council.
Following lobbying by representative groups during the past
year, notably the British Motorsport Marshals Club, the Council
had agreed to debate the matter at some length, after which
Council members concluded that marshals should indeed be more
represented in the decision-making and legislative process.
The existing Training Steering Group, which is already predominantly
concerned with representing marshals’ interests as well
as those of other volunteers and officials, will be renamed
the Volunteer Officials Advisory Panel to reflect more accurately
its wider remit. The chairmanship will henceforth be undertaken
by a member of the Panel (rather than an MSA executive), and
this chairman will take up a seat on the Motor Sports Council
to speak on behalf of volunteer officials.
In recognising the immense importance of the 10,000+ marshals
to the sport, it was also agreed that a specific Marshals
Working Group should be set up, reporting to the revised Volunteer
Officials Advisory Panel, thus replicating the structure already
in place for timekeepers, scrutineers and other volunteer
officials.
In a further recognition of the vital work of the marshals,
the Motor Sports Association has confirmed that every marshal
will now receive a free copy of the MSA’s quarterly
publication, Motorsports Now!, bringing them in line with
the MSA’s other volunteer officials.
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