Welcome to the Zone 8 Rules Proposals page. The purpose of this page is to provide an avenue for Zone 8 members to suggest new rules and changes to existing rules. You will also find all the permanent links to all zone competition & driving rules and regulations. All rules comments and concerns are catalogued and compiled to give a real reflection of member inputs for year-end rule modifications.

Suggestions for improving these rules are encouraged. The process is as follows:

• Propose rules and send them to the Z8 staff
• Comment on rules proposed by others
• The Z8 Rules Committee meets and creates the draft official proposal
• Comment further on any deviations in the official proposal from the original proposals
• Possible revisions to the official proposal by the Z8 Rules Committee
• The official proposal is distributed to the presidents for review
• At the Presidents Meeting, the presidents vote to accept or reject proposals

2008 Timeline

• Proposal & Comment Period: January 20 to June 30
• Comment Only Period: July 1 to July 31
• Second Comment Period: September 15 to October 15

 

Proposals for 2009

2009 Rule Proposals (PDF) (updated 7/20/08)

Submit Proposals and Comments To:

Tom Brown, Zone 8 Rules Coordinator

Current Rules   Complete 2008 Rules (PDF)

Proposal Submission Guidelines When submitting rule change proposals, please use the following format: Current Rule and the Problem In this section please tell us what rule you would like to see changed and what the problem with it is. The most important concepts the Rules Committee needs are: What is going wrong. What is unfair, unsafe or otherwise broken. Who does it effect and how does it effect them. What is the situation as you perceive it. It doesn't do any good to give us a solution without telling us the problem. Proposed Change In this section, if possible, please give us a suggested new wording for the rules. Rationale Here it is important for you to describe your intention, how the proposed new rule fixes the problem or addresses the situation. In addition to clearly stating what you see is a problem, you must clearly demonstrate how and why your proposal resolves the situation. Most rule proposals that are rejected are rejected because the Rules Committee does not understand the author's description of the problem or what the proposal is trying to do or change. Another frequent cause of rejection is when the proposed change doesn't appear to address the issue presented.