APPRAISER: Each team participating in the 2010 State Tournament is required to provide one trained and experienced appraiser for the State Tournament. State appraisers will be contacted by the State Challenge Masters before the tournament regarding assignments.  VOLUNTEER: Each team must also provide one adult volunteer to work a two hour shift at the state tournament. The volunteer schedule will be posted on the State Tournament web page about a week before the State Tournament. Volunteers must be flexible to work an assigned time anytime during the tournament day.

For satisfying the California State Finals Tournament team appraiser requirement, an "experienced appraiser" is a person who was trained by the Regional Challenge Masters (RCMs), who appraised at a California regional tournament, and who has been confirmed by RCM(s) as having been trained and as having appraised at the RCM's tournament. If your appraiser appraised at a regional tournament, with few exceptions, they will be considered and confirmed as experienced