Due to the continuing rain, races have been cancelled for today, Saturday, April 5.
Expect a further update this afternoon about when races will next be scheduled.
Raceday 2025 Friday April 4 Delayed Start
Hi Buggy Fans — due to the amount of rain expected this weekend, there are adjustments to the expected schedule. Here they are as we know them at the current time (approximately midnight before the races).
Please Note: The following times are the earliest possible and subject to change due to course conditions or other factors:
- First roll of the day will be vintage buggy exhibition at 9:45.
- Timing heat 10 AM
- All Gender races to begin after that.
- Exhibitions to follow as long as time permits.
There will be no Mens or Womens Prelim Races on Friday.
BAA Survey & New Board Member!
A few quick news updates from the BAA!
First, congratulations to Cynthia Xu, who has been elected as our new Comms chair! Cynthia is a 2023 SPIRIT Alum and we’re excited to have her join the board!
Second, we recently sent out our October member’s newsletter. If you are a member (check the list), and you didn’t get it in your email, please make sure we have your most recent contact information by filling in this member update form.
Finally, we’re running a survey for everyone who considers themself a part of the buggy community to let us know what matters most to you. Regardless of if you are a student, alumni, or just a fan, please give us your feedback!
Voting Open for BAA Elections 2024-2026
Vote Now: https://cmubuggy.org/vote
Elections for the BAA board terms of 2024-2026 are now open! Voting is open to any current member of the BAA. All races require at least 25 votes. Voting is open until May 29.
Uncontested Races: (Candidate must have more votes in favor than opposed)
- Vice President: Rachel Schmitt
- Secretary: Sydney Baker
- Treasurer: Wade Gordon
- Broadcast: Matt Gallabrese
- Quartermaster: Diya Nuxoll
Contested Races: (Uses ranked choice voting, candidate must win a majority of votes)
- Communications/ Marketing
- Emily Forney
- Dave Singh
- Rolls Reporter
- Dan Becerra
- Emily Forney
- James Wong
Vote Now: https://cmubuggy.org/vote
Raceday 2024 is in the Books!
That’s a wrap on Raceday 2024! We here at the BAA very much want to thank all of the students, staff, and alumni who came out (or joined on the livestream) to make this year an amazing success. If you were in town, we hope you got a chance to see not only the races, but also catch up with other Buggy fans at one of the many events around campus.
We’ve completed our initial work at putting the results into our history database, and you can browse all the rankings and other awards on our site now.
We’d still love to get photos or videos, if you have any, you can join our discord and see the instructions for how to upload the photos and get credit there.
2024 Friday Races Canceled
An update on races 4/12/24 from Sweepstakes:
Hello everyone after lengthy conversation with Sweepstakes and the CMU full emergency report staff we have decided that WE WILL BE CANCELLING FRIDAY’s races. The rain situation does not seem to improve and the chute is completely full of water to the pint that even if it stops right now there would not be enough time for the roads to dry.
Finals are expected to take place Saturday, 4/13/24, starting at 7:30am.
Call For Raceday 2024 Volunteers!
Can you feel the excitement? — we’re about a month out from raceday!
If you’re going to be in town, we could certainly use your help. Volunteers are essential to making raceday happen, wether it is helping to staff the BAA table, assist with timing, or working as commentators. If you’ll be around we need your help to make raceday a success!
You can sign up to help with timing or tableing at https://cmubuggy.org/volunteer.
For those that dare to be a commentator, you’ll want https://cmubuggy.org/broadcast-volunteer.
See you at Carnival!
Spring Freerolls Starting – Stay Informed!
Spring Freerolls are starting up again. Here’s the best ways you can stay informed about what is happening:
- Join us on our discord and you’ll see a few real time photos, as well as occasional discussion.
- We expect to continue to post rolls reorts, either join our Discord to get notified by chat, or subscribe to baa-news to get them in your inbox.
- If you’re in Pittsburgh, 2 more things just for you:
- The buggy-watchers list is the best way to find out about times and cancellations, so you can attend to watch in person.
- If you’re there, we’d love to hear your notes and observations, as well as share any photos you take. Doesn’t need to be super detailed — every little bit helps! Details at https://cmubuggy.org/rollsreporters.
- Finally, we’d love to have a dedicated rolls reporter coordinator. You do not need to be local to do this! If you’re interested in helping compile notes and photos, get in touch on discord!
See you on the hills!
BAA News, Now direct to your Inbox!
Based on the results of our user survey earlier this year, we found that one of the most popular ways people would like to hear about BAA news is directly into their inbox. We’re pleased to announce that this is once again possible — in a way that you can control yourself via Google Groups.
News posts should now be automatically forwarding to both the new mailing list as well as our Discord.
If this sounds like something you might want, head over to https://groups.google.com/g/baa-news to sign up.
Web Site Redesign Interviews
One of the things the BAA has been thinking about for a while is how we can make the web site more useful to all of its various users. While we’ve done a lot of improvements over the last few years, we’ve also been thinking about what a larger overhaul might look like.
To do this, we’re planning a partnership with current students in the IS class 67-240, Mobile Web Design & Development. We’ll be working with several teams of students to come up with ideas for what a redesign might look like. To that end, the students will need to work with current or potential users of the site to understand their needs better, through interviews.
So, we’d like to gather a variety of people — current alums, current students, and others with an interest in Buggy to help give them feedback. If this sounds like something that might be interesting to you, please sign up at the form below. We might not contact everyone, but having a variety of volunteers is important to us.
Sign up here: https://cmubuggy.org/2023designvolunteer
Thank you!