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Thread: 4-minute free, Contest Results format
Message: Re: 4-minute free, Contest Results format
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From: RIHNAIRCO at aol.com
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 05:19:37 UTC
To date the rules committee has granted anonymity to proposers of rule changes. (considering some which are rather ludicrous, it is perhaps, a gentler way of doing business). To list each rule change proposal and its author would perhaps be another way to go. Perhaps someone would like to propose such a rule change. It would probably reduce the frivolous and self seeking rule change proposals which are ultimately discarded. Not a great many of the proposals meet the test of : 1) is it needed, 2) is it already covered by a rule, 3) is this an isolated incident in which someone made a bad decision in interpreting rules which could have solved the problem if properly administered. If it is the belief of the membership that rules changes are generated by the Rules Committee, that is a mistake. The Rules Committee attempts to separate the wheat from the chaff and propose appropriate wording to accomplish the goals of the proposer. These are then passed on to the Board. Some pass some don't. Then they go to the entire membership for comment and then are voted yea or nay depending upon the perceptions of the general membership. The necessity for monumental rules changes is less now than it was fitten years ago as the rules are now more thoroughly tested. There remain "loopholes", discrepancies, contradictions and unclear wording. The Rules Committee continually seeks advice in improving the Rules. Fortunately not every proposal is acceptable otherwise the Red Book would be larger than the largest Dictionary. A clear cut need and a well presented rule addition or change zips right through the process. An unclear concept, poorly expressed has difficulty. C'est la vie!