Members should be encouraged to submit beer scores on the National Beer Scoring System (NBSS) all year round. Individual members are an invaluable source of information for things changing in pubs, especially if it is their local.

Regular visits or surveys of town and village pubs should be carried out, if possible, so that there is an up to date knowledge of as many pubs in the branch as possible.

From October of each year all pubs that are likely to be in contention for Good Beer Guide (GBG) selection should be visited by the likely GBG selection members (members likely to be at the GBG selection meeting).

A coordinator for the organised visits or surveys, who can be the Whatpub or the NBSS coordinator or a committee member, shall be responsible for planning the visits or surveys and gathering information (eg beer scoring sheets).

The information gained from the visits or surveys along with NBSS and knowledge of the pubs will be used in the selection of pubs for GBG selection.

A special meeting open to all North Notts CAMRA members will be held at least 2 weeks before the GBG entries have to be submitted, with GBG selection the main and perhaps only topic.

The GBG entries have to be re checked for Whatpub and a GBG description has to be entered on the system and this is why the meeting has to be 2 weeks minimum before the entry date.

The branch has 14 GBG entries, up to 4 will be chosen from Worksop, up to 4 will be chosen from Retford and the remaider chosen from the villages. If the Branch GBG entries alters to 13, up to 4 will be chosen from Worksop, up to 4 chosen from Retford and the remainder chosen from the villages. The North Notts CAMRA Pub of the Year (POTY) is automatically selected and fills one of the places of Worksop, Retford or the villages.

The top 2 entries for Worksop, the top 2 for Retford and the top 4 for the villages on the NBSS will automatically go forward to the GBG. If a pub from Worksop wins POTY then there is only 1 chosen from NBSS, likewise for Retford and the villages would only have 3 from NBSS.

To be selected through the NBSS the North Notts criteria is that a town pub must have a minimum of 10 different scorers and at least 20 visits and an average beer score of 3 or above while a village pub must have a minimum of 6 different scorers and at least 10 visits and an average beer score of 3 or above.

The Branch Committee shall put forward a list of pubs for the remaining GBG places for Worksop, Retford and the villages from which the members shall chose.

If any pub meets North Notts criteria for the NBSS and does not get automatic GBG entry it will be on the list put forward to the members. Pubs may be added to the list that do not meet North Notts scoring criteria for NBSS.

The voting will be open to all North Notts CAMRA branch members and the vote will be in writing at the meeting and the result will not be disclosed. The reason for this is to keep the GBG entries secret until the GBG is published. The votes to be counted straight away after the voting by 3 organising members chosen by the Branch Committee. If there is a tie between pubs a vote between the pubs concerned will take place, if it is still a tie the 3 members counting the votes will decide. The voting slips will be kept in case there are any issues and if there are this will be dealt with at a Branch Committee Meeting after the GBG is published.