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ORIENTATION SUMMARY
This rookie document will organize the requirements, action items, and general preparations surrounding the Carl Spackler Open. It will provide some instruction. A smaller second orientation document will be provided a few weeks prior to the event. It will provide a glimpse into the 108-hour event.

ROSTER SPACE
The demand to participate in the Carl Spackler Open can surpass physical space for people. There is a process that dictates step-by-step when registrants are accepted, which is based on contribution and engagement. A Roster Acceptance document is published inside both event registration and notebook. This rookie document replaces that roster acceptance document for rookies.

A published Roster Worksheet for each event dictates the schedule and order in which registrants are accepted to the roster. It is also published inside both event registration and notebook. Past participants who register have priority to most roster space.

Rookies are accepted at the end of the registration period when roster space is available. With that said, the event sets aside some prioritized roster space for rookies. The Captains Club (our board of directors) decides whether to fill those limited spaces each year. Contributing to the processes outlined can increase prioritized selection.

ROLE OF YOUR REFERRAL
Your referral should not be dumping this document on you. He is responsible for getting you acclimated into the Carl Spackler Open.

Everyone who participates in our event is required to have someone they trust. Everyone must ultimately follow direction from someone they trust no matter the circumstance.

Referrals almost always share a hotel room with their rookie. Referrals who bring multiple rookies should be aware that double occupancy is the normal hotel room structure.

Referrals who nominate a rookie are considered for prioritized acceptance. Referrals can sell their rookie as a great fit to any member of the Captains Club by telephone, email, or in-person.

COMMUNICATIONS
The Carl Spackler Open uses multiple forms of communication. As indicated, the event is managed by volunteers that leverage technology everywhere possible. We do not make phone calls to 70 golfers or email individual golfers as a general practice. You will not be sent an individual reminder.

WEBSITE (FROM SPACKLER TO YOU)
The CarlSpacklerOpen.com website is our portal for event information. This document steps you through our large overwhelming website. The NOTEBOOK inside CarlSpacklerOpen.com is a small library of Carl Spackler Open information. The event itinerary and My Finances page are good resources.

WEBSITE (FROM YOU TO SPACKLER)
All participants communicate using both Poststats.com and CarlSpacklerOpen.com websites. Golfers (1) manage their golf profile on Poststats.com, (2) enter scorecards from golf played using Poststats.com, (3) register for each Carl Spackler Open, and (4) complete participant options as a paid accepted participant.

EMAIL
We send bulk group emails to our golfers from time-to-time. Approximately once a month starting 9 months prior to each event. Your email server may or may not accept our emails. Your Poststats.com golf profile page has a ‘test icon’ next to your email address.

TEXT MESSAGE ALERTS & NOTIFICATIONS
Bulk group texts are sent to cell phones from time-to-time. These occur more often during the actual event. Our event and website leverage the Telegram App. You must install and configure the Telegram App to obtain alerts and notifications. The website notebook provides easy YouTube Video AND written instruction. Your Poststats.com golf profile page has a ‘test icon’ next to your cell phone number.

YOUTUBE TV
The Carl Spackler Open has its own YouTube Channel. Carl Spackler Open. Some people do not like to read. Videos are produced as a supplement to some written documentation.

MOBILE WEBSITE
The Carl Spackler Open uses a 3rd website during the 108-hour event. It is built solely for event execution and designed for all models of smartphone. This mobile website will be introduced later, but a critical component to communication.

EMAILING US
We would like to hear from you. You can reach us at carl.spackler.open@gmail.com.

READY TO GET STARTED?
The last segment of rookie orientation is recommended for potential rookies ready for action.
This is the final segment to rookie orientation. This section is written for potential rookies who want to proceed from ‘general interest’ into ‘action’. It explains what to do.

GETTING STARTED
The following checklist is provided to rookies and their referrals. The list is not prioritized, but in sequential order. Rookies and their referrals can decide which items to review and complete.
(1) Watch YouTube Video. “Rookie & Referral Edition: Carl Spackler Open”
(2) Watch YouTube Video. “Multiple Websites Edition. Carl Spackler Open vs Poststats”
(3) Create an account with Poststats.com.
(4) Upload uniform profile photo of yourself.
(5) Enter scorecards as you play golf.
(6) Review our basic golf rules. Understanding them is required.
(7) Read email. Visit CarlSpacklerOpen.com website to stay informed.
(8) Register for Carl Spackler Open when registration period is open. Pay Deposit. Referrals choice to further nominate.

WEBSITE ENGAGEMENT
The websites used were created by volunteers. Both are older than invention of smartphone itself. Most of the software could work on your smartphone, but neither were designed for smartphones.
Our websites were designed for a personal computer. It is highly recommended that you watch YouTube Video. “Multiple Websites Edition. Carl Spackler Open vs Poststats”.

Poststats.com or golf.poststats.com
This website solely manages thousands of golfer accounts (yours too) and local scorecards posted for handicapping. It also manages data for thousands of golf courses for your posted scorecards.
carlspackleropen.com

This website manages the Carl Spackler Open series of events. Visualize at least 20 independent Carl Spackler Open websites. One website for each event held. Each website includes tournament scorecards, financials, participants, apparel orders, tee times, schedule, pairings, lodging arrangements, and everything associated with an actual Carl Spackler Open.

Important concepts.
(1) Rookies create a single account on Poststats.com. This is a one-time activity. (2) The rookie uses that single account to register for each Carl Spackler Open they desire to participate in. (3) Being included in the 2016 event and being listed on the 2016 website does not make you a participant of 2023 or 2028. (4) Posting scorecards for handicapping and managing your golfer profile occurs on Poststats.com. (5) The Carl Spackler Open website pulls in those golfer profiles and handicap data from Poststats.com.

CARL SPACKLER OPEN REGISTRATION
Every single person must register to participate at each Carl Spackler Open during the registration period. Registering for a Carl Spackler Open is free and declaring a desire to participate. The Captains Club (board of directors) accepts registrations creating a two-way agreement. The registration period is published as part of the website itinerary. Registration provides you specific event information, processes, and rules. Participation at one event does not guarantee another. Visit carlspackleropen.com.

MONEY
BANKING
The Carl Spackler Open collects upwards of $50,000 for each event. All funds are stored in a Carl Spackler Open bank account managed by the non-profit Carl Spackler Open, LLC. There are multiple account holders, but Rick Dosky is our Chief Financial Officer. He collects and deposits your money and pays most of the expenses. rickdosky@gmail.com

MY FINANCES
The Carl Spackler Open publishes all funds collected. Everyone can see their payments, credits, and outstanding balance on the website. It is your responsibility to ensure money sent was also received. Assume your money was never received unless it is posted to the website.

DEPOSITS
The Carl Spackler Open collects $150 deposits. Deposits are used solely to elevate a desire to participate. There has never been a single participant in 20+ years without a deposit.

All funds are always 100% fully refundable for anyone not accepted as a participant. Deposits for accepted participants are non-refundable and non-transferrable starting 5 months prior to each event. The registration process and website notebook outline the cancellation policy surrounding credit eligibility.

DEADLINES FOR PAYMENTS
The Carl Spackler Open has deadlines for both deposits and outstanding balances to be paid. Deadlines are published as part of the event itinerary. We do not have a collections department. We simply replace unpaid golfers. We encourage everyone to pay their balance as soon as your participant options are completed.

PARTICIPANT OPTIONS
The Carl Spackler Open collects responses, opinions, personal choices, options, and preferences. These are collectively known as Participant Options. Each Carl Spackler Open held has multiple sets of participant options opened for a period published as part of the event itinerary. Participant options are collected step-by-step on the CarlSpacklerOpen.com website. A “PLAN YOUR TRIP TODAY” graphic appears on the Carl Spackler Open website when they are open for selection.

Participant options are not optional per say. All responses from everyone are organized for volunteers.
Some participant options have fees associated. Some examples include single occupancy hotel room, replay round of golf, and apparel purchase. Fee related options automatically update your outstanding balance.
There will be participant options confirming knowledge of our basic golf rules. Golf rule responses are collected and a component towards your position on next year’s Roster Worksheet.

ANSWERS TO POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
Question: When should I get started?
Answer: Creating an account on Poststats.com, managing your golf profile, and posting scorecards can start more than a year before Carl Spackler Open participation. The largest regret by rookies is not creating an account and posting scorecards when they first heard of the Carl Spackler Open.

Question: How many people can participate in the Carl Spackler Open?
Answer: Tee time availability and roster maximums depend on actual hotel and golf course selection. It is provided inside event registration.

Question: Event registration process asks for my attendance probability. What should I select?
Answer: Registrants, including golfers with 25% desire, are handled the same way. Your response is your voice to everyone involved. You are communicating your availability (or desire) to participate.

Question: My buddy invited me to Spackler. There is no brochure. Why is it so popular?
Answer: It is organized. It is inexpensive. There are laid back smiling personalities everywhere. Your joining a large nationwide social circle. Your not managing a fantasy football team with players you cannot control, but you in a golf tournament tracked hole-by-hole with a published real-time Leaderboard.