2022 Rule Change Suggestions

[Jim Brewer]

Policy clarification (to be included somewhere in the rulebook or MRA policy definitions)

Pay Policy - Anyone fulfilling the duties of a MRA Staff or Board position during a race weekend shall be paid for that position as defined in the MRA Master Pay Schedule regardless of club membership status.

• Associate Members, Licensed Racers, Board Members, and non-members (family or friends) are considered equal in terms of pay eligibility.

• For partial time substitution, pay will be pro-rated based on the time on duty.
• Pay levels will not be downgraded for higher paid staff members substituting to do lower scoped jobs.
  
  • Complimentary entries and per-diem are also not downgraded.
  
  
• Examples
  
  • A racer's daughter (non-member) fills in for office assistant for the entire weekend. The daughter should receive the office assistant pay and travel per-diem.
  • A corner worker (associate member) fills in for pre-grid on Sunday. The corner worker should receive one-day pay and one-day travel per-diem at the pre-grid (higher) pay level.
  • Rider Rep - Trophies/Sponsorship drives the MRA truck from HPR to PPIR/PMP. The Rider Rep should be paid the Pay Schedule rate for driving the truck.
  • President substitutes for corner worker all day Saturday. The President will retain his/her pay and per-diem - they will not be downgraded.
  • Rider Rep - Rulebook substitutes for back-up manual score keeper on Sunday. The Rider Rep - Rulebook receives back-up manual score keeper pay for one day and retains complimentary entry and per-diem eligibility.

The intent of this policy is to equitably compensate anyone willing to step up and help the MRA when needed.

[Phil795]

Rule Change: Increasing Late Fee to $40
I propose a change to Section 11.2.B


Current rule:
Late registration entries may still be made on MotorsportsReg at any time up to the registration cutoff time of 8:15 am the day of the event, but entries received after the early registration deadline will be assessed a $20 late fee and the entrant will be gridded at the rear of the class on a first come, first served basis. No exceptions will be made.



Proposed rule:
Late registration entries may still be made on MotorsportsReg at any time up to the registration cutoff time of 8:15 am the day of the event, but entries received after the early registration deadline will be assessed a $40 late fee and the entrant will be gridded at the rear of the class on a first come, first served basis. No exceptions will be made.



Reasoning:

With MotorsportReg registration no longer needs to be "closed" or "taken offline" after pre-registration ends on Monday evening prior to an event. Registration is left open until 8:15am on race day and late registrants get assessed an automatic late fee starting on Tuesday prior to an event. So there is plenty of time to get registered prior to the race weekend. The purpose of this rule change is to increase the incentive for racers to pre-register for the following reasons -

1. Reducing traffic in the race day office on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
2. Incentivising pre-registration should help the board have a better outlook of the potential signups going into a race weekend.
3. Puts a little more money in the MRA's bucket thanks to the procrastinators.

[Phil795]

Rule Change: Superstreet & Associate Memberships
I propose a change to Section 7.3.D


Current Rule:
A Single Event Superstreet License will be included in the entry fees. An Associate Membership will be included with your entry fees at your first event of the season.



Proposed Rule Change #1:
Eliminate this rule all together



Proposed Rule Change #2:
If a Superstreet rider purchases an Associate Membership they will be given a $25 credit towards an entry to a Superstreet event.


Reasoning:
This rule was added several years back to satisfy an IRS rule related to how much revenue was allowed from non-member sources for a 501c7. This IRS rule has since changed. Just giving Superstreet riders an Associate Membership for signing up doesn't really engage Superstreet riders in actually being a member of the MRA. In most cases they don't even know about it or what it means to be a member of the MRA. This also allows someone 'nefarious' to potentially campaign superstreet riders to influence MRA elections.