Lucas Garron
Administrator
HI, I would like to open up the conversation for feedback on a very important proposal, since it determines how all changes to the regulations will be handled in the future. Although it's nice to see everyone discussing the regulations, the choice to put things in the normal forums hasn't turned out to be very productive, so I'm placing it in the private forum in the hope of getting constructive suggestions.
I've already posted a thread on the WCA forum about this. I think my words there sum it up pretty well, so I'll just copy the same announcement here:
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Hello everyone,
Things have been underway to create a Regulations Committee to oversee the 2012 Regulations, which are likely to bring some big changes in their format. At the moment, I've been trying to organize things, though it seems that Vincent Sheu will soon take charge of the process.
For the last few days, I've been working on a proposal for the WCA Regulations Committee (WRC). You can view the latest version of it at:
WRC Proposal.txt
(You can also view all past and future changes here.)
Here's the current summary from the proposal:
Since this is the beginning of a process that will hopefully make changes to the regulations more open and organized, I'd like to call on the community for feedback about the structure of this proposal. In particular:
Vincent himself has some changes he'd like to make (e.g. clarifying the process for amendments), but he and I are very busy this week. Therefore, we'd like to open this up for feedback from the community in the meanwhile.
I've already posted a thread on the WCA forum about this. I think my words there sum it up pretty well, so I'll just copy the same announcement here:
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Hello everyone,
Things have been underway to create a Regulations Committee to oversee the 2012 Regulations, which are likely to bring some big changes in their format. At the moment, I've been trying to organize things, though it seems that Vincent Sheu will soon take charge of the process.
For the last few days, I've been working on a proposal for the WCA Regulations Committee (WRC). You can view the latest version of it at:
WRC Proposal.txt
(You can also view all past and future changes here.)
Here's the current summary from the proposal:
- The WCA Regulations Committee (WRC) should have three members.
- The WRC is responsible for maintaining the following:
- - The WCA Regulations - concise, normative rules,
- - The WCA Guidelines - detailed suggestions and clarifications for interpreting the Regulations.
- - The WCA Scramblers - a set of scrambling programs for official puzzles.
- - The WCA Incidents Log - a historical list of all regulation-related incidents.
- The WRC should take input from the cubing community in submitting amendments to the WCA. The WCA Board may approve updates to the Regulations and/or Guidelines at any time, although the Regulations should have one major update every year.
Since this is the beginning of a process that will hopefully make changes to the regulations more open and organized, I'd like to call on the community for feedback about the structure of this proposal. In particular:
- Do you think it is a good approach? Why or why not?
- What changes would you suggest to help improve this proposal?
Vincent himself has some changes he'd like to make (e.g. clarifying the process for amendments), but he and I are very busy this week. Therefore, we'd like to open this up for feedback from the community in the meanwhile.