[Terrible-Tones]

Originally Posted by deley

Particularly for Trainee to Track, if people don't want to u/g they don't have to but should then sometimes expect that still having a "white badge" might well result in the age old question being asked of " I see you are a trainee - how many meetings have you done" especially when there are people who might not have worked with someone before.

The whole point of having a "grading" structure is so that people organising marshals for an event can look at arranging the marshalling resources for the event based on a reasonable expectation that a person of a certain grade can act and behave at a "known level" and assume certain responsibilities. (Yes, I know it is the case that there may be some individuals who might not "live up to their badge" and yes there might be individuals who are "way more that their grade might suggest" - no system is perfect).

Indeed