Rules Judge

Your duties as a National Ocean Sciences Bowl RULES JUDGE include:

1. Ensuring all competition rules are followed. To serve in this capacity, it is imperative that you fully understand ALL competition rules. During the competition, if you should have to discuss a rule with the Moderator during a round, please be certain that the clock has been stopped. If you feel that time has been lost, check with the Moderator, who is allowed to make a time correction.
   
   
2. Watching for Scorekeeper errors. If, for example, Team A is supposed to get four points, the Rules Judge needs to make sure the Scorekeeper doesn't inadvertently credit the wrong team with those points.
   
   
3. Ensure that quiet is maintained. During competition play, the Rules Judge is responsible for ensuring that quiet is maintained in the room and that no signals are given to the team members from the audience.
   
   
4. Collect any used scratch paper from the team tables and discard it. Be sure there is clean scratch paper and sharpened pencils at each place.