Rules and Regulations

Rules and Regulations committee members are an essential part of THON ensuring the safety of families, dancers and volunteers leading up to and during THON weekend. A year long effort provides exciting and rewarding times for the Rules and Regulations committee! Our efforts span from regulating the security at the Family Carnival to the BJC THON weekend! Being on this committee isn't just about security, the year is filled with great times with your fellow captains and committee members! Rules and Regulations is a great way to volunteer your time and energy For The Kids! If you have any questions about R&R, contact the Overall Rules and Regulations Chairperson at rules.regulations@thon.org.

Administrative Assistant (1)

The Administrative Assistant is responsible for keeping all captain information updated and accurate as well as note and record keeping at all Rules and Regulations meetings. This captain will also help manage the ANGEL website, where all documents, information and reports will be available. This captain will also aid the Overall in small projects leading up to and during THON weekend.

Alternative Fundraising Coordinators (3)

The Alternative Fundraising Coordinators are responsible for coordinating and promoting all organization alternative fundraisers. These captains will work to ensure the correct rules are followed and actions are taken when aiding organizations in planning alternative fundraisers. One alternative fundraising captain will be responsible for attending CCSG council weekends and act as a CCSG liaison to convey messages to the Communications committee and commonwealth campuses.

Dancer Registration (2)

The Dancer Registration captains are responsible for preparing and conducting the registration sessions for all dancers. They will also be responsible for all documentation used for dancer registration. Duties for this position include planning the logistics of the registration sessions and organizing pre-registration. These captains work closely with Technology captains.

Emergency Medical Service (2)

The Emergency Medical Service captains are the main contact for the EMTs and athletic trainers leading up to and including THON weekend. The EMS captains are responsible for collecting dancer data, making dancer bracelets and setting up the triage room for THON weekend.

ENT/FR/HOS (1)

The ENT/FR/HOS liaison will coordinate functions with respective committee’s liaisons. This liaison will coordinate THON weekend events with Hospitality and Entertainment. This captain will be the Rules & Regulations representative in timeline meetings every week. This captain will provide weekly inspiration with help from the Family Relations committee.

SL/OPP/Morale (1)

The SL/OPP/Morale liaison will coordinate functions with respective committee’s liaisons. This liaison is especially responsible for RYB round table events, reporting all Rules & Regulations needs and supplies to the SL counterpart, and organizing THON weekend events with OPP and Morale.

Fundraising Safety (3)

The Fundraising Safety captains' main purpose is to ensure that all students are fundraising as safely as possible. These captains will help organizations obtain permits for canning locations, collect data from post-canning reports and help establish penalties for broken rules. They will work with many municipalities to research rules and regulations for canister solicitation.

Intra-committee Relations & Special Projects (1)

The Intra-committee Relations & Special Projects captain will act as peace keeper for the Rules & Regulations captains. This captain is responsible for ordering all apparel for captain committee and will help establish committee fundraising efforts throughout the R&R committees. Special projects that present themselves throughout the year to ensure the future and continued safety of THON are also this captain’s responsibility.

Parking (1)

The Parking captain organizes THON weekend traffic efforts for both deliveries, set up and family parking. This captain will also work closely to update parking maps available on thon.org and help with THON 5K parking and traffic. This position will work closely with the BJC, Penn State Parking, Police Services, Hospitality, and OPPerations to ensure smooth deliveries THON weekend.

Pass Team (7)

The Pass Team captains establish Pass system for THON weekend with Technology Pass captains. Pass captains will monitor pass lists submitted on THINK by THON chairs, make passes with their committees for THON weekend and train each Pass team committee using pass simulations. It will be a priority for these captains to streamline the pass distribution and collection process THON weekend. One of these captains will not have a committee.

Red Shirt Revamp (3)

The Red Shirt Revamp captains are responsible for motivating Rules & Regulations committees. They are responsible for coordinating Red Shirt Orientation, R&R Extreme Games, and R&R Round Up. This group of captains is responsible for organizing and tracking all incentive points and guidelines for committees. This position requires excitement, creativity and enthusiasm!

Security (5)

The Security captains are responsible for orchestrating the entire security during THON weekend. The biggest task of this group is to educate captains and committee members about the rules and regulations practiced in the BJC. The Security captains are responsible for drafting the security brief for THON weekend, creating zones, bumps and schedules for THON weekend as well as organizing all security leaders before and during THON weekend. One of these captains will not have a committee.

Solicitation (2)

The Solicitation captains are responsible for providing the entire university with materials for fundraising weekends. They are responsible for organizing can cleaning and material distributions for canning weekends.

Special Events & Social (1)

The Special Events & Social captain arranges all social events with and without other THON committees. This captain is also responsible for Rules & Regulations captain retreats and the Family Carnival booth.