Originally Posted by
David Branyon
I'm one of those "non-serious racers". Been a member since 2000, but haven't sprinted since around 2003... well I hit one now and then but generally just endurance race. My practice has been to renew my license and sign up for the first race at the same time, a week or two before the first race, unless my endurance team pushes earlier for some reason. Just no reason to try and jump on it 1-Jan (or 5-Jan or...) when it's a couple of months until the first race and I'm in the middle of holiday stuff. No grid position stuff in it for me (that I know of, ref: "unless team pushes earlier") and so just my standard procedure. Could I make a note to try and renew on Jan 1? Yes. Would we have more eligible BOD candidates if we made the proposed change? Surely. But BOD's call of course.
Just one guy weighing in, and noting the possibility that there may be a bunch of other folks with the same approach. I'd be in favor of making it something like "2 years of continuous membership. The year's membership shall have started by the first race event to count as a full year." Or something like that.