Pay Dirt

Pay Dirt Standings

Pay Dirt 2013 |

Pay Dirt 2012 | Pay Dirt 2011 | Pay Dirt 2010 | Pay Dirt 2009

Pitch in and get rewarded for it! See Benefits below.

The Benefits of Pay Dirt

1. Race Points for the H2H/Campmor Series:

   Any racer competing in the H2H/Campmor series can earn points equivalent to 1 extra 5th place finish in the series. Racers must work a minimum of 10 hours (5 for juniors) of trail maintenance at a JORBA event*. These extra points can make or break those folks in the top positions of the race series, and its made second place finishers take the top spot due to the trail work they put in. Will this give you an edge on the folks that do not participate in trail work? You bet it does! However, this participation allows racers to give back to their sport and achieve a level of satisfaction only accomplished through trail work. You also help keep the trails "tip-top"; after all, "what would you do without trails"?

   For race points to be awarded, all forms must be submitted to the Paydirt Administrator by August 31 2013.

2. Improved Tracking and Online Reporting

   Racers and volunteers: as long as you participate in a JORBA sanctioned volunteer event, you no longer need to send in an Individual Pay Dirt form, yahoo. With the chapters all using a standard sign in form (below), your participation will be tracked automatically. Now that should make some of you smile! The only exceptions to this will be non-JORBA events. If you participate in something in NY, NJ, PA and its not a JORBA chapter running the event, chances are they are not reporting their hours to us using the Pay Dirt Sign In Form. In that case you must get the individual Pay Dirt form (below) signed by an official.

   In past years, the Pay Dirt standings were not available until the close of the race season. However, as part of the improvements to the system the Pay Dirt standings will be posted online on a regular basis (we are shooting for a monthly basis but remember we're volunteers! here :) ). Therefore, each time the standings are updated in the Pay Dirt tracking system, you'll be able to see the results here immediately.

   Fine print: *If you perform trail work non-JORBA event, you can still earn Pay Dirt Points but a park official must sign your Individual Pay Dirt Form. Forms are available below. Forms must be submitted to the Pay Dirt Administrator before the end of the race series. Racers should carefully keep track of their Trail Work totals because, let's face it we're only human and you need verify that we're getting it right.

Pay Dirt Forms

The Park Reps will use this Monthly Pay Dirt Sign In form at trail work days.

Current form with Time In/Out: Trail Work Day Sign In Form (rev 20111002)

Older form with Address information: Trail Work Day Sign In Form (rev 20091215)

Directions: Chapter Leaders, choose one of the Monthly Sign in forms that work best for you. Some need an Address, while others may prefer a Time In/Out column. Using one of these forms, please ask the volunteers to sign in, then once the trail day is complete sign the form, make a copy for yourself and mail the original to:

Individual Pay Dirt Form

If you are volunteering at a non-JORBA event, or the Park is not using a Pay Dirt Sign In form, you will need to bring along this Individual Pay Dirt Form for sign-off by an land manager/official. In this case print out the above form, fill it out, get it signed and mailed back by the deadline to:

or email it using the address on the form. Forms at bottom of page.

Pay Dirt Administrator - Ellen White: Ellen will collect and keep a record of JORBA sign up forms, scan any hard sign up forms, update hours onto the spreadsheet, and publish it on the JORBA site.

For more information on the Pay Dirt Program please email Paydirt(at)Jorba(dot)org.

History

The idea originated in the mind of Wally Tunison and was implemented by Sarah Frost, JORBA's first Executive Director. Since Pay Dirt's inception in 1996, the Pay Dirt Program has accumulated over 60,000 volunteer hours from both recreational and racing off road cyclists. In 2012, JORBA chapter volunteers accumulated 6900 hours of trail maintenance alone.