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I wrote this letter to the Area Directors and SCCA President. I'll post the response as a "reply" to this thread.
----- Original Message -----
From: John Dillon
To: KBarnes @scca.org ; BHoltz @scca.org ;
KJones @scca.org ; PHylton @scca.org ;
KPatterson @scca.org ; CClark @scca.org ;
DSherrod @scca.org ; RSchader @scca.org ;
GPitts @scca.org ; TCampbell @scca.org ;
JJensen @scca.org ; PMellor @scca.org ;
JMartinsen @scca.org
Cc: Steve Johnson
Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 2:55 PM
Subject: Ex Post Facto Rules Changes
Dear Area Directors and President,
I am writing to you to make you aware of a problem
with the Performance Rally Dept and changes made to
the rules after the game has been played. In short,
several rallyists have raced in the 2002 according
to the rule book, but that rule book is now being
ignored by the Rally Dept.
In particular, I'm writing in regard to the
minimum participation requirements as defined in
section 9.1.A of the 2002 SCCA Performance Rally
rules. It reads: "Minimum qualifying criteria for
Driver and Co-Driver SCCA ProRally Championships
(Overall, Open, Group 2, Group 5, Production,
Production GT, Group A, and Group N) shall be
entering and participating in at least 5 SCCA
ProRally Championship events."
Note that the rule does NOT specify "five in
class." It only requires that drivers and codrivers
must simply commit the (considerable) time and money
to run five ProRally events.
The ClubRally Stewards and several active members
have concurred with this understanding of the rule,
however the Performance Rally Director has chosen to
willfully disregard this rule and refuses to
recognize the achievements of several competitors
who have met the requirements defined in 9.1.A. By
way of argument, he cites an unrelated paragraph
9.1.G, which says you can't transfer points from one
class to another. It reads: "Points earned in one
category or class are not transferable to any other
category or class." He also brought up an unrelated
topic about our former practice of scoring the best
seven out of ten events, but that's irrelevant to
the discussion. When I pointed out that a five-event
minimum has no relevance to the old way of scoring
the best seven out of ten events, I received no
further communication from the PRD.
I included the Performance Rally Board's
Competitor Liason in my early inquiries regarding
this subject. Subsequently the ProRally Series
Steward and PRB Chairman were included in the e-mail
exchange, but all have remained silent. Therefore
it's necessary to turn to you.
I respectfully request that you direct the
Performance Rally Department to enforce the rule as
written and thus award year-end recognition to all
competitors who competed in five ProRally events. In
at least two cases "recognition" means additional
trophies will need to be awarded; in several others,
it's simply a matter of acknowledge that these
people finished in the "n" position in their class
championships.
In my opinion, and the opinion of many other
competitors, the five-event rule should be
completely stricken from the rule book. However, if
member input is to be ignored, the rule should at
the very least be written to match what the author
intended.
Sincerely,
John Dillon
SoPac ClubRally Steward
Member #.....
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[p align=right]John Dillon
John @ WidgetRacing.com
www.WidgetRacing.com
----- Original Message -----
From: John Dillon
To: KBarnes @scca.org ; BHoltz @scca.org ;
KJones @scca.org ; PHylton @scca.org ;
KPatterson @scca.org ; CClark @scca.org ;
DSherrod @scca.org ; RSchader @scca.org ;
GPitts @scca.org ; TCampbell @scca.org ;
JJensen @scca.org ; PMellor @scca.org ;
JMartinsen @scca.org
Cc: Steve Johnson
Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 2:55 PM
Subject: Ex Post Facto Rules Changes
Dear Area Directors and President,
I am writing to you to make you aware of a problem
with the Performance Rally Dept and changes made to
the rules after the game has been played. In short,
several rallyists have raced in the 2002 according
to the rule book, but that rule book is now being
ignored by the Rally Dept.
In particular, I'm writing in regard to the
minimum participation requirements as defined in
section 9.1.A of the 2002 SCCA Performance Rally
rules. It reads: "Minimum qualifying criteria for
Driver and Co-Driver SCCA ProRally Championships
(Overall, Open, Group 2, Group 5, Production,
Production GT, Group A, and Group N) shall be
entering and participating in at least 5 SCCA
ProRally Championship events."
Note that the rule does NOT specify "five in
class." It only requires that drivers and codrivers
must simply commit the (considerable) time and money
to run five ProRally events.
The ClubRally Stewards and several active members
have concurred with this understanding of the rule,
however the Performance Rally Director has chosen to
willfully disregard this rule and refuses to
recognize the achievements of several competitors
who have met the requirements defined in 9.1.A. By
way of argument, he cites an unrelated paragraph
9.1.G, which says you can't transfer points from one
class to another. It reads: "Points earned in one
category or class are not transferable to any other
category or class." He also brought up an unrelated
topic about our former practice of scoring the best
seven out of ten events, but that's irrelevant to
the discussion. When I pointed out that a five-event
minimum has no relevance to the old way of scoring
the best seven out of ten events, I received no
further communication from the PRD.
I included the Performance Rally Board's
Competitor Liason in my early inquiries regarding
this subject. Subsequently the ProRally Series
Steward and PRB Chairman were included in the e-mail
exchange, but all have remained silent. Therefore
it's necessary to turn to you.
I respectfully request that you direct the
Performance Rally Department to enforce the rule as
written and thus award year-end recognition to all
competitors who competed in five ProRally events. In
at least two cases "recognition" means additional
trophies will need to be awarded; in several others,
it's simply a matter of acknowledge that these
people finished in the "n" position in their class
championships.
In my opinion, and the opinion of many other
competitors, the five-event rule should be
completely stricken from the rule book. However, if
member input is to be ignored, the rule should at
the very least be written to match what the author
intended.
Sincerely,
John Dillon
SoPac ClubRally Steward
Member #.....
[hr]
[p align=right]John Dillon
John @ WidgetRacing.com
www.WidgetRacing.com
