Proposed rule changes, take 2

Posted on | by carsenkline

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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Two proposed rule changes

Posted on | by Sam Swift

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

Buggy Portraits feature added

Posted on | by Sam Swift

I have just added a new album in the gallery called Buggy Portraits

We can now link pictures from this album to the profile of each buggy so that we can put a face with the name in the history section. Currently the album has 46 pictures which means we’re missing pictures for 142 of the 188 buggies currently in the database. If you have a good picture of a missing buggy, please add it to the album, and we’ll have it linked up asap.

[Ed Note: Updated to be a working link to a modern version of the same thing as of September 2023 — we also now are missing photos of only 19 of 563 buggies, as of this writing.]

First day of freerolls

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It was an exciting morning as ten teams turned out for the first day of freeroll practice. The sun was shining, buggies were bagged and lots of new drivers took the wheel to kick off the ’08-’09 season. The Sweepstakes committee did a great job of getting things moving and keeping the momentum through the morning. Here’s how the teams faired:

Pioneers, and Beta did not roll. CIA did Beta’s chores for the day, and the Phipps barricades were guarded by three of CIA’s six drivers.

KDR had a very short first day on the course, hitting the curb near transition after being the first buggy to roll for the year. They scratched the rest of the day.

SAE/Kappa: This combo team of SAE and Kappa Kappa Gamma brings back SAE’s late 90s buggy, Rubicon, and gives Kappa’s sisters a little more refined machine than Ursula. First roll, hatch dragged through the chute. Second roll, the driver lost visibility and made a beeline for the monument, nearly hitting it before making a sharp right turn towards the curb and stopping just in time.

AEPi: Big attendance, two buggies (Zephyrus and Camo).

SigNu: The Zoo rolled King of Spades, Tenth Commandment, and Skua. A memorable hill 5 was pushed by this guy:

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First rolls Oct 12th

Posted on | by Sam Swift

Straight from the new sweepstakes chairman,

We were denied permits for October 4, 5, and 11. Due to this, the first day of rolls will be Sunday, October 12.

The permit covers:
October: 12, 19, 25, 26
November 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23

Sweepstakes 2008 Elected

Posted on | by Sam Swift

The buggy chairmen met on Monday Sept 15th, and elected the 2008 committee:

  • Chairman : Andrew Hundt (Fringe senior)
  • Assistant Chairman : Sundar Swaminathan (Pika junior)
  • Safety Chair : Seth Rosenblum (SigNu senior)

Beta and SAE were at the meeting and plan on being back in the mix this year.

Homecoming Conf. Call Minutes, 7/18/08

Posted on | by danibarnard | 1 Comment on Homecoming Conf. Call Minutes, 7/18/08

Homecoming Goals:
– Launch Buggy Alumni Association and get as many alumni as possible to sign up
– Educate Freshmen and student body about Buggy, visibility boost (including awareness about HoB)
– Prime seniors and underclassmen to join BA
– Gather missing information for archives
– Networking with other University Community and organizations

Needs:
– Volunteers to take shifts at Freerolls, Welcome Table & Display, and Launch Reception
– Some seed $ for merch and marketing expenses
– Email distribution of Homecoming schedule and BA launch plans (rely on active people on pikabuggy.com)

Promotion:
[Alumni]
– Listed in Homecoming Registration hard mailing that went out
– Listings on Homecoming website with event descriptions
– Send info to your local, regional alumni clans and organizational alumni lists (will provide info)
– Targeted email or mailing (TBD) to 1,400 people registered as Buggy Alums with Alumni House
– Email to anyone we can get to sign up to officiall BAA site between live date and Homecoming

[Students]
– Post to Sweepstakes chairmen’s d-list and Sweepstakes website (note: PiKA chairman is active head until Sweepstakes chair is elected)
– Homecoming event posters around campus (2 weeks, 1 week, and 1 day prior)
– Flyers @ UC desk, dorms, other locations
– Personal invitations to key community contacts (Student Affairs, CMUtv, WRCT, Tartan, CMU Today, Library, etc.)

ACTION ITEMS:
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Homecoming Launch Event – Conference Call 7/18 @ 6pm ET

Posted on | by danibarnard | 1 Comment on Homecoming Launch Event – Conference Call 7/18 @ 6pm ET

Hi all, here is the info for the call. I’m posting the dial-in info here, in case there are any lurkers who would like to join us.

Date: Friday, July 18
Time: 6pm ET

Conference Dial In Instructions
1. Dial:  (888 ) 311-9051 or (877) 246-9080
2. Enter Participant Conference Entry Code: 41268 (followed by the # key)

FOR DISCUSSION
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Great News!

Posted on | by carsenkline

I just got the update from the administration’s meeting about Alumni Interest Group spending from Sarah McMullen. The bottom line is that we will soon be able to accept tax-deductible gifts and donations, and spend that money to fund our buggy-related programs. Whereas before buggy was not considered an educational activity, we now have the go-ahead to sponsor team startups, buy equipment for Sweepstakes, etc.

There will be two accounts; one non tax deductible account for dues, merchandise income and the like, that doesn’t expire at FY end; and another as I described above, with the only catch being that the funds will expire at FY end and go into the University’s coffers.

The latter account hasn’t been set up yet, and this may take a couple of weeks. I’ll keep you posted.