Given the current problem of low attendance and signups, maybe we should make it so that:

NOVICE classes are "protected classes" meaning that ONLY Novices can run them.

All others are considered ADVANCED (instead of Expert or Amateur) classes, and novices and Experts CAN run those classes (we let the Novices in half of the races anyway...)

Not withstanding the current "fast guys can't run true amateur classes"

muddy?