Lucas Garron
Administrator
Please note that this idea is on its very early stages. Please don't just voice your dislike for some aspect of this that may or may not happen. Constructive concerns and ideas are welcome, though.
I've spent a long time thinking about how to handle controversial changes.
Sometimes, it is important to make a decision against the preferences of competitors (the removal of POPs comes to mind as a classic example).
However, many decisions are ultimately a matter of making one choice over another. In this case, it would be wisest to lay out the important pros and cons of a choice, and listen to the resulting preferences of those who are experienced with the Regulations.
The WRC already tries to to that, but it's often hard to tell if the apparent community opinion is true, or just the result of some very vocal people. Very few people try to consider all the fact, and make a rational choice.
A fairly straightforward idea for improving this is to put controversial changes to a Delegate vote. If most Delegates prefer something, it's probably not a bad idea (and hopefully usually a good one).
It might be reasonable to extend this to experienced community members, but we have to think carefully about that would work.
We'd definitely welcome thoughts on how to involve people who are experienced enough with the Regulations that giving them a vote would be a positive contribution to the sport.
There is a GitHub issue tracking this topic.
Any progress is sure to be documented there, although I'll be monitoring this thread.
I've spent a long time thinking about how to handle controversial changes.
Sometimes, it is important to make a decision against the preferences of competitors (the removal of POPs comes to mind as a classic example).
However, many decisions are ultimately a matter of making one choice over another. In this case, it would be wisest to lay out the important pros and cons of a choice, and listen to the resulting preferences of those who are experienced with the Regulations.
The WRC already tries to to that, but it's often hard to tell if the apparent community opinion is true, or just the result of some very vocal people. Very few people try to consider all the fact, and make a rational choice.
A fairly straightforward idea for improving this is to put controversial changes to a Delegate vote. If most Delegates prefer something, it's probably not a bad idea (and hopefully usually a good one).
It might be reasonable to extend this to experienced community members, but we have to think carefully about that would work.
We'd definitely welcome thoughts on how to involve people who are experienced enough with the Regulations that giving them a vote would be a positive contribution to the sport.
There is a GitHub issue tracking this topic.
Any progress is sure to be documented there, although I'll be monitoring this thread.