[Reply to 12022-Russ]
SERIES MANAGER AUTHORITY-This has been ‘the elephant in the room’ we discuss (at practice anyway) almost every year and often when someone other than the race manager makes un-vetted decisions or just influences the proletariate in favor of their recommendations (2017-917 being a notable instance).
One *possible* natural approach could be: SM proposes rules; solicits changes -based on experimentation (like the sidecars) up to the final-rules date; vets changes via vote with club; makes a command decision (influenced by the vote). Dates are no different-SM should vet changes with members and in the end make the final decision. They are responsible for rules and stories/results so they naturally should have great influence on rules and dates.
Essentially, either the members need to convince the SM to change per the common preferences, or the SM convinces the members that their rules have strong merit. Mutual Respect is key to this working-(1) members should try and understand the SM’s approach (as we did with the hard-line specs for the Revoslot); and the (2) SM should respect that series participation may suffer if members consider some rules technically or financially burdensome.
"... get on your bad motor scooter and ride!"
Sammy with Montrose