Why do you think the board would make the right decision? Last year they tried to promote the person I'm describing above.[/QUOTE]

I honestly don't know Michael. I have to trust in the ability of the people I elected to the board to make decisions based on the best interest of the club. I don't know all the variables around the promotion so I cant give you an educated guess on why they did what they did.
I will say I believe the formula we currently use isn't an accurate measure of a persons riding ability to be promoted to expert. IMO we should adjust the formula or dedicate a little more research before promoting racers. That being said, there's always going to be someone at the bottom of that promotion list and that will always result in a debate of "where do we draw the line".
There's no perfect answer to any of this and that's where we have to trust in the ability of our BOD to make sound decisions based on the best interest of the club.