Rolls will be Sunday-only this weekend in observance of Halloween parties.  Saturday is the better day to miss for the weekend because Sunday is the first day without Daylight Savings time which robs us of an hour of rolls each morning.  So don’t forget to set your clock back, and then also set it to wake up earlier.  Roads close at 6:20, first roll will be Spirit at 6:40.

After discussing the rules amendments at the Sweepstakes meeting, the following has developed as v2. It looks like it will be put to vote next week. The big differences are that instead of increasing fines for chores violations, the fines will be transfered to the account of the org that covers the chores. So, as in last weekend, CIA’s drivers would have earned the team a free day of bagels and juice.

Second thing is that the fall sweepstakes meeting would be held at least one week earlier, but not necessarily the week after races. Discuss it *here*!

Full text of the rule proposals:

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Sweepstakes proposed two rule changes at yesterday’s meeting, one of which is pretty interesting.

A modification to rule 3.4.1 “Fines” would add this:

Any fines imposed due to a failure to complete assigned chores will double on each consecutive day of Freeroll Practice that they are not completed. On any weekend that chores are completed, the dollar amount for any additional fines will be reset to their original value.

A modification to rule 3.3.3 “Initial Organizational Meeting” would now read like this:

One week after the sweepstakes races conclude, the departing Sweepstakes Committee is required to hold Chairmenʼs meetings. The purpose of these meetings is to elect a  Sweepstakes Chairman, an Assistant Sweepstakes Chairman, and a Safety Chairman for the next school year. Should a new Committee fail to be elected, an organizational meeting of the Sweepstakes Committee shall be held before September 15th each school year.

The first one is just trying to coerce those slacking teams to pull their weight and keep things running smoothly.  If it works, great.

The second one is interesting.  The committees have been coming together more slowly in recent years as nominations to the positions have been more scarce.  This puts the committee in a tough situation of trying to get rolls started on very short notice.

I wasn’t at the meeting, so I don’t know what was said already, but perhaps someone that was there will fill everyone else in?

Discuss it over here in the Forum