{"id":469,"date":"2009-09-17T13:26:14","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T17:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/News\/?p=469"},"modified":"2009-09-17T13:26:14","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T17:26:14","slug":"orgs-come-orgskicked-out-for-2-years-after-a-safety-violation-last-year-but-allowed-back-on-probation-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2009\/09\/orgs-come-orgskicked-out-for-2-years-after-a-safety-violation-last-year-but-allowed-back-on-probation-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Orgs come, orgs go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most years in buggy see the birth, rebirth, or death of an organization but the transition from 2009 to 2010 is looking busier than usual. \u00a0We hate to see anyone go, but it looks like the net migration might come out even or positive this year, so hopefully we can stay right around 50 teams on raceday. \u00a0The more the merrier. \u00a0Here&#8217;s the breakdown &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>Out<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/History\/?p=Org&amp;id=100\">KDR<\/a> (4 teams in &#8217;09) &#8211; The only definitive exit of the year, and it was against their will. \u00a0KDR was kicked off campus this summer with the option to apply to return in two years. \u00a0They are prohibited from participating in booth or buggy, apparently even if they enter as the independent Kool Dudes Racing (or similar). \u00a0With nothing but top 10 finishes and 3 new buggies in the past 6 years, it&#8217;s definitely unfortunate to lose a strong and stable organization, especially from the greek side of the balance. \u00a0Don&#8217;t drink and get caught kids.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Not Out<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/History\/?p=Org&amp;id=110\"> Beta<\/a> (2 teams in &#8217;09) &#8211; One of the bigger tabloid headlines of raceday last year was Beta&#8217;s two year suspension for &#8220;Safety Violation&#8221; having to do with their excessive amounts of flammable solvents in the truck. \u00a0Through some combination of being likable and clueless enough to plead ignorance of the rules, Beta is back in. \u00a0They have signed a contract with sweepstakes to participate responsibly and are on some sort of short leash with respect to rules and chores. \u00a0So long as it doesn&#8217;t set too much of a precedent and threaten sweepstakes&#8217; ability to enforce important rules, it seems like a positive move. \u00a0Beta has always had more potential than they know how to squander in buggy, and keeping them on their own team will cut down on the roster arguments spawned by everyone fighting for their best\u00a0pushers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/History\/?p=Org&amp;id=120\">Pioneers<\/a> (1 team in &#8217;09) &#8211; Just when everyone had said their goodbyes and come to peace with the idea of Pioneers settling peacefully into buggy history, they show up on the roll order. \u00a0As of last raceday, the report was that there were no non-graduating members left in the organization. \u00a0If they make it out to rolls and back to the top of the hill, that would suggest they&#8217;re back up to at least 3 or 4 people which would be one hell of a successful recruiting season in percentage terms.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/History\/?p=Org&amp;id=112\"> KKG<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/History\/?p=Org&amp;id=129\">ZBT<\/a> &#8211; Kappa last raced in 2006 after 3 years of enthusiastically breaking the gender barrier in buggy. \u00a0ZBT last raced in <\/span>1976<span> according to our records. \u00a0Can anyone comment on how accurate that is? \u00a0There were short term rumors of a KKG \/ SAE alliance last fall, but the relationship didn&#8217;t last long. \u00a0I think the historical record shows less success for co-ed greek partnerships in buggy than it does in greek sing, but the fact that Kappa has been expressing interest for years now suggests they have the drive to make it work. \u00a0The challenge will be getting a reliable buggy together, as their last horse in the race &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/History\/?p=Buggy&amp;id=108\">Ursula<\/a> &#8211; gave them a lot of trouble.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/History\/?p=Org&amp;id=115\">DTD<\/a> &#8211; Coming back from a 7 year absence from buggy (5 of which DTD was not on campus), these guys seem to be enthusiastic about the large learning curve that faces a team with very little internal information to work from. \u00a0They&#8217;ve already bought <a href=\"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/History\/?p=Buggy&amp;id=604\">Quicksilver<\/a> from Pioneers&#8217; liquidation sale, and hopefully we&#8217;ll see them out on the course soon. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most years in buggy see the birth, rebirth, or death of an organization but the transition from 2009 to 2010 is looking busier than usual. \u00a0We hate to see anyone go, but it looks like the net migration might come out even or positive this year, so hopefully we can stay right around 50 teams [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest-buggy-stuff","category-sweepstakes-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}