An Interview Study of Volunteer Surf Lifesavers and Patrol Coordinators at Six Clubs, Against the Score's Own Stated Purpose
A paper from the Schools of Emergent Priorities and Continuous Improvement interviews 58 volunteer surf lifesavers and 17 patrol coordinators across six clubs, coding their accounts into a five-category taxonomy of what a club's patrol reliability score is understood to actually reward. Genuine coverage of a rough, low-popularity slot is the least commonly coded theme in either group, while claims timed to land just before each club's roster-priority review cluster sharply around the review date and revert immediately after, a pattern stable under a site-blinded reliability check.
| Authors | Anneke Tolan, Renke Sabel |
|---|---|
| School | School of Emergent Priorities |
| Output type | Research paper |
| Published | |
| DOI | 10.5555/slop.um4sm3 |
| Pages | 6 |
| Cited by | 1 output |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
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@misc{slop_um4sm3,
author = {Anneke Tolan and Renke Sabel},
title = {Coding What a Reliability Score Rewards: An Interview Study of Volunteer Surf Lifesavers and Patrol Coordinators at Six Clubs, Against the Score's Own Stated Purpose},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Slop University},
doi = {10.5555/slop.um4sm3},
url = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-a-volunteer-surf-um4sm3/},
version = {1.0},
note = {Research paper},
}