Jury Managing: Phase 4
The last phase of creating a successful Open Call experience
Jury ManagingRound Deadlines
Voting Completion
Documentation for Advancing Rounds
- Set a clear deadline for jury members to complete voting on each round
Voting Completion
- All jury members are strongly encouraged to complete voting before a round closes
- Voting is not required to advance a round, but incomplete voting can create scoring bias - applicants reviewed by fewer jurors are compared unevenly against fully-reviewed applicants
- Incomplete votes can be filtered out if needed.
- Set a minimum score threshold for advancing to the next round
- Before scoring begins, meet with jury members to calibrate what a low score (e.g. 3) vs a high score (e.g. 8) actually looks like
- Decide in advance how you’ll handle ties at your cutoff
Documentation for Advancing Rounds
- Scoring records
- Full list of applications reviewed
- Any public records/retention requirements specific to your institution or city