1) What are your selection criteria for applicants?
2) Has this selection criteria been ratified by the wider war-gaming community in NZ? After all these people will be representing NZ.
3) What authority gives you the right to select and judge applicants for ETC?
1) Selection criteria were posted in the other ETC 2012 thread... it boils down to. Be able to go, don't be a dick and be good at warhammer. Ultimately selection is quite subjective.
2) No.
3) None.
After these short answers allow me to explain rational/history.
2010 NZ attened ETC for the first time. A few people (mostly John M I belive) thought it would be good for NZ to go (Ozzies had gone year before). Requirements for an ETC are that at least 4 of the time must qualify for their country as per 'FIFA' rules (basically have an NZ passport, or have lived their for a while).
In 2010 we had 4 'Kiwi's' in the team, with the rest being 'ringers' - although generally had some connection with NZ.... basically we 'just' scraped together enough players with the Team
In 2011 we had 10 people who wanted to play. 8 'Kiwi's' and 2 of the 'ringers' from the year before. These were myself and John M.. whilst we are not 'Kiwi's' I believe we both stayed in NZ for long enough to qualify for residency if we had wanted to. Selection was decided by the people who went the year before.
For 2012 we have had 17 applicants. I had been chosen by the Team to be Captain in 2010 and 2011 and was chosen again for 2012. The previous attendees agreed that selection should be done by 3 people who had been in the 2011 team.
'Selection Commitee' was:
Myself - Team Captain 2010 and 2011
Chris W - 2010, 2011 caps lives in OZ and knows the players there.
Mal P - 2011 cap, ranked #1 in NZ and knows players there
Unlike many countries Team NZ is a bit unique, as so many people go on 'OE's' the potential players are scattered all over the world. As such some teams may rely more on rankings, but when the pool of players play in 5-6 different countries that makes it difficult. As such things like rankings can be used as a guide, but ultimately selection needs to be more subjective.
Anyway... for 2012 we had 8 applicants based in NZ, 4 based in OZ and 5 based in 'rest of world'. So selection was split and we agreed to select 3 from NZ, 2 from OZ, 3 from Rest of world. We also agreed that at least 3 players should be 'new caps'. Selection was made by individuals from 2011 Team and players chosen as Creiteria above.
If we are to expect a higher number of applicants in the future I would suggest a more robust system for selection, but I have no idea how this should be done.
For your second question how would/should we define the 'NZ community'. Many Kiwis do not live in NZ, should these be excluded from potential selection? What about those that do/have lived in NZ and contributed a lot to the scene - should these be included?
Once that is done... which could be impossible to do 'fairly' and so everyone is happy - defining 'authority' to select could be tricky.
So essentailly team selection has evolved over a couple of years. It is currently driven by those who have put the most into the ETC team in the past. There is no 'official' remit, but I feel we have done out best to 'fairly' represent NZ, whilst maintaining a competative team.
Does that help?
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