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| Because of the word GUIDE. Guide is not Rule. Therefore you do not have to follow it. It is merely a suggestion to be followed so a brand new CD or competitor has a clue on how a contest flow would be.
To me, Stan has done what is required by handing out unknowns the day prior or day of. He is just letting folks know which of these he is doing.
Remember.....IMAC is a SIG. Problem we have is that it is sanctioned under AMA and AMA rules are used. You must be sanctioned to have the extra insurance(if you need it) and Per IMAC it must be sanctioned under AMA for it to count as an IMAC event. IMAC has its own guidelines and some rules for the contest to be included in IMAC regional points. Most of these overlap what is already in AMA.
So we have one discrepency, sort-of. AMA states you can do either day prior or day of. IMAC states you can do day of. Since IMAC is a "living breathing document that was not included in the AMA rule book" they should be the one to change, to match AMA.
But lets look further. In the SW region there is no discount for an IMAC member but under minimum requirements it states there will be a discount for IMAC members in the entry fee. Every IMAC contest has counted in the SW regional points for the last 3 yrs I flew there, including the SW Regional Championship contest. Yet 99% of those contests gave no discount and most didnt' even ask if you were an IMAC member. They all still counted
It also states that you can waiver rules thru AMA or IMAC. Since this one particular rule does not need an AMA waiver, I guess you can go to IMAC BOD and do that. But I think even IMAC would have a hard time denying the contest as valid when the SANCTIONED BODY RULES ARE BEING FOLLOWED.
It just so happens that IMAC is making the rule more restrictive.
If you really want to see it changed simply ask the IMAC BOD to look into changing it. Most likely it was written that way because that is how its always been done regardless of the AMA rule being less restrictive. I'm sure it wasn't written to be do it our way, not the AMA way. | |
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Imac created the SIG of scale aerobatics and drafted the contest regulations for that SIG not the ama. I agree that the guide may need to be corrected.