Originally posted by oanglade:
How come WE have to provide data to try to prove our point, but all we get back from "Mount Olympus" is "you are wrong" and nothing else to back that claim?
You can't be serious??? This isn't that hard to figure out... First, do you have ANY idea how many letters the CRB gets every month? Do you think they work solely for the IT group??? There are what, 7 CRB members, having to deal with at LEAST 10 or more IT letters every month alone. Add to that all the GT, Touring, SS, Formula, SM, etc., etc., and their first responsibility, which is to establish
"rules and standards for the scheduling, organization, and conduct of SCCA-sanctioned Club Racing events, and the licensing of drivers and officials." They have a few things on their plate. How many of these issues are that cut and dried? Just browse through recent threads on this board... Is ANYTHING here cut and dried?
That's why I feel it's up to the competitors to supply as much information as they can to support their cases. If you feel you know so much, PROVE IT!
As the letter gets further away from your mailbox, the intimacy with the subject at hand likely goes down, so if you have information pertinent to the discussion, then you must provide it and not blindly assume that others are going to see everything that you see.
Now, that being said, I also believe it's important for all sides of an issue to be considered, which is where I think the ACs come into play. When a request is received, the ACs should validate the information provided, and then take it upon themselves to research further to cover all sides, then provide an informed recommendation to the CRB. The CRB should then be able to consider the recommendation and make a ruling.
You can't possibly expect that, with the depth of many of these issues, all this is going to take place with any kind of efficiency if the CRB needs to spend time on each issue gathering all the data and spending time researching from scratch?
While you are trying to find wheels for your particular car, it wouldn't take much effort to put together a quick spreadsheet or list of this information in order to provide it to those asked to consider it. You can't possibly expect those on the boards and committees to know all this information about EVERY car out there, so it's up to you to support your request. Don't you use this same information to help you make the decision on which wheels to buy? Write it down and take some responsibility for your fate...
It's easy to make assumptions when there isn't any data in front of you to the contrary... Provide the data to prove your case, and then, if the decision goes the other way, you'll truely have something to complain about, as well as the data to back your complaint as well...
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Darin E. Jordan
SCCA #273080, OR/NW Regions
Auburn, WA
ITS '97 240SX
