One Wheel
Member
I think we need a clear process for adding and removing events:
- A non-binding poll (don't announce the results publicly, only to delegates and staff) of as many active WCA members as will respond to get a clear picture of the sense of the community rather than just a sense of the vocal segments of the community.
- A 2/3 vote of delegates
- A 2/3 vote of the WRC.
This would provide a clear organizational bias toward keeping the event list the same. As it is the delegate poll for removing Feet was only 56 keep 58 remove: if 2 people changed their minds the result would be opposite. Requiring a 2/3 majority means that 1 or 2 people changing their minds would not change the overall sense of the body.
The current (mostly) pause on competitions would provide an excellent opportunity to introduce this system, and to put it to the test by treating ALL current and former WCA events as though proposed for removal. My guess is that all current events would stay, since it would take a 2/3 vote of both delegates and the WRC to remove them. Feet would likely be very close to 50/50 and would therefore be added back. Other events like Magic, Master Magic, and Siamese Cube would probably remain off the list.
- A non-binding poll (don't announce the results publicly, only to delegates and staff) of as many active WCA members as will respond to get a clear picture of the sense of the community rather than just a sense of the vocal segments of the community.
- A 2/3 vote of delegates
- A 2/3 vote of the WRC.
This would provide a clear organizational bias toward keeping the event list the same. As it is the delegate poll for removing Feet was only 56 keep 58 remove: if 2 people changed their minds the result would be opposite. Requiring a 2/3 majority means that 1 or 2 people changing their minds would not change the overall sense of the body.
The current (mostly) pause on competitions would provide an excellent opportunity to introduce this system, and to put it to the test by treating ALL current and former WCA events as though proposed for removal. My guess is that all current events would stay, since it would take a 2/3 vote of both delegates and the WRC to remove them. Feet would likely be very close to 50/50 and would therefore be added back. Other events like Magic, Master Magic, and Siamese Cube would probably remain off the list.