BrianCunningham

Yeh, I should know this by now, but up to this point I really didn't care to be honest.

How are the office officials choosen?

Or suppose to be choosen?

Who's elected?

Who's appointed?

Thanks.

acrace

Regional or national office?

BrianCunningham

Didn't realize they were different, which by itself is interesting.

Both, I guess

BrianCunningham

From what I can tell

Only drivers that have won a national award can instruct

Only drivers that have won a national award can setup a course

Only drivers that have won a yearly award can pick the new classes

L98 DRIVER

By nat. rules none of these are true. Your local reg. may have some suplemental rules. This applies to solo and club racing

froggy47

Well I know one for sure the President is appointed & serves at the pleasure of the BOD, I know because he just got fired by the BOD a few months ago, & it was a suprise to most everyone (except the board & members close to board members).

Why?

acrace

C'mon, Brian, you should know that there is national and regional. Weren't you a member of Detroit Region for a number of years?

Nationally - the Board of Directors is the "ruling body", so to speak. There is a Director elected from each Division. As referenced by froggy47, the CEO serves at the pleasure of the BoD.

The BoD oversees all operational functions of the club. SCCA Enterprises (the folks who market/sell the Spec Racer and Formula Enterprises vehicle) is a separate organization. SCCA Pro is also a separate organization (I believe).

From the club racing or solo/autocross perspective, it's pretty similar. For solo, there is a SEB (Solo Events Board). That's the group that oversees solo in terms of rules packages, national level events, etc. There are advisory boards that formulate specific recommendations. For example, there is a SAC (Stock Advisory Committee), **** (Street Prepared Advisory Committee), etc. SEB members are appointed positions, and the AC positions are also appointed positions. You can oftentimes see the request for volunteers in Fastrack. Club Racing has a Competition Board, and there are advisory committees to represent Touring, Formula, Production, etc categories.

So positions like BoD, SEB, and the AC are volunteer positions.

There is an office staff. Solo office has a couple of paid positions. They're the ones that do all the administrative stuff. Those of us who have autocrossed at the national level are all familiar with Howard Duncan. There are also paid part-time folks who attend/oversee the Tour and Pro Solo events.

I don't know the details for all regions, but Detroit Region follows a structure similar to national office. There is a board of directors. Elected positions. To oversee the solo activity, there is a solo director. Appointed position, although I suppose that's because there's only one person willing to be drafted for that spot. Formulates budgets, cajoles people to be event chairs, works up the schedule, etc. All these positions (board, solo director, rally director, etc.) are volunteer positions.

So, Brian, why the question? Sounds like you have an issue . . .

Then there

BrianCunningham

Yes, but if there's different rules for different regions.

Just don't like seeing people appear in office when I never knew there was an opening, not to mention never ran a car they owned!

93Rubie

All SCCA regions have to go off the SCCA by laws but regions do have some lee way in the rules as far as auto-x goes. The rule book does leave room for that.

Your always going to have politics in any public club or anything public for that matter. As a RE for a SCCA region I try to keep that BS to a minimum. We are here to have fun, if you cannot do that, you can stay, but don't ruin it for others. That is my policy.

BrianCunningham

Not so much politics so much as keeping it fair for everyone and making sure the best qualified people are the ones doing the job

Jim_Harrison

The main issue here in the Midwest is finding people who are willing to volunteer their time and have the experience to do the job. The local events (solo) are always looking for to people to do course design, setup, safety, register and the it goes on.