I'm glad to have seen so many people at the gtg and so many rigs. Our club is getting bigger and bigger and that's great. The more members we have the better the competition and the more fun everyone will have. From what I've heard everyone had a great time and that's what it's all about!! Thanks for making everyone.
My calendar says that the first comp is less than 3 weeks away. I'm as excited as everyone else (if not more), but I think we have a few items that need to be addressed before then. This is a bit long but everything is important. Please read the entire post as it’s the sooner we address these concerns the better off we’ll be.
For starters: To my knowledge there is going to be 3 classes: Super, 2.2, and modified 2.2 that we have people planning on. We need to address the specifics on these classes (i.e. vehicle restrictions, allowances, etc). That way if anyone needs to make changes to qualify they have some time to do so rather than making the trip for nothing.
We also need to agree on the specifics of all the rules. In order to achieve this I encourage everyone to read thru the rules that I used from the USRCCA site so as to become familiar. If there is anything that is unclear or something that won't work in our club or region we need to try to address them before we get to the comp.
It would also be good to know what position everyone is going to be like who is responsible for greeting and making sure everyone is signed in. Who are going to be judges would be my greatest concern at this time, mainly because it will be all that much more important that the judges are very familiar with the rules and vehicle restrictions. When we were at Applebee’s I mentioned that we should have one main judge so that when a question comes up at a comp and we need a final decision we have 1 ultimate person rather than an argument trying to reach a decision.
Not as time constrained but just as important who is who. What responsibilities are people willing to take on? President/Main Contact, V.P., Secretary, Treasurer, Course Designer(s), Judges, Head Judge, are just some of the positions I can think of off the top of my head. There may be more, maybe we don’t need some of the one’s I listed. There is no limit and some people/positions can double up (i.e. the V.P. could be the main judge, everyone could be judges that take turns, Secretary can be in charge of treasury, etc.)
The point is we are trying to be an organized club, we need some organization. I understand that we are in the beginning stages and that we will be learning as we go along. I also realize that things won’t be completely smooth until we get some comps under our belts, but the more we plan ahead of time and the more organized we are going into it the better/easier it will be. I don’t want to see all the hard work we’ve done so far go to waste just because of all the confusion that will arise. I also want to make sure that everyone has as much fun and as good of a time as possible.
