Good to see you guys voice your support and ideas.

Can I make it clear that while it is true that only quailified marshals count towrds the minimun manning as one marshal.

Marshaling newcomers are aslo counted towards that figure. Every two newcomers count as one towards the minimun manning.

I know that if an incident occurs it can be a terrifing prospect for ANY marshal but if the thought of dealing directly with an incident is too much then you can still marshal and tell the guys at your post of your concerns and they will make sure you don't have to face anything too rigourous........ brushing up and oil spill or lifting broken bits of a bike is something anyone can do.
As someone already said.........every little helps

So even IF you have never marshaled you CAN still make a difference.

I have passed on the sugestion regarding having a TTMA person speak at the briefing and aslo that the MGP ambassadors do so as well or instead. I'm told that the idea has been passed on to the relevant persons.

For me personally I will be on marshal duty for the newcomers race as usual and my pit crew will aslo be on duty for newcomers.
We are in fact already signed on

I'm racing on the other days.