Ralf Callenberg writes:

A general question, just out of curiosity: You have payed staff to do
the ratings? How many are involved in rating all tournaments in the US?

There are 4 people in the USCF office who work on both memberships and
rating reports. (We combined the two functions when we moved the
offices from NY to TN.) These employees have some other duties as well.

Rating reports and memberships received in the mail also have to go
through the accounting department for processing of checks.

There are also two people who work mostly on ratings issues, including
getting FIDE reports prepared, plus things like the Grand Prix standings
and the Top 100 lists. They also handle correcting rating reports for
events that have already been rated (they have done corrections to over
75 events so far in March), review floor requests and process class prizes
floors, plus other tasks related to maintaining the ratings.

About 60% of the rating reports the USCF receives are being submitted
electronically. Most of these are rated with little staff intervention.
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Mike Nolan