From: bradloff@tms390.micro.ti.com (Brian Radloff)
Subject: Re: USCF category upgrading proposal
Organization: Texas Instruments, Houston
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 19:17:19 GMT

les@sail.stanford.edu (Les Earnest) writes:

>In case you are interested, here is a revised legislative proposal
>that I plan to offer to the USCF Board for upgrading rider categories
>based on performance.  Given that this proposal incorporates ideas
>from three r.b denizens, I plan to submit it over the names of Daniel
>Connelly, Jim Warsa and me unless either Dan or Jim object.

>[Replace the proposed Item B31b with the following.]

>[B31b] In Bylaw J, Section 6 (Categories of Riders), replace Part 3
>with the following and delete Part 6 (qualifying races).

>  Part 3. Upgrading by Performance.
>  (a) Riders accumulate upgrading points in their category in qualifying
>  as follows:
>  (1) First place gets one point for every 10 riders in the race in
>      the rider's category or higher;
>  (2) Second place gets 2 points less that first, but not less than 0;
>  (3) Third and following places get 1 point less than the preceding
>      place but not less than 0.
>  These are overall race placings, not placings within categories.
>  A rider who accumulates 15 such points in the preceding 12 months
>  shall be upgraded to the next higher category, if any.

This sound great!

>  (b) A qualifying race for the purpose of upgrading road categories
>  is one of the following races that is not a handicap, club, or
>  training race.
>  (1) Individual road races at least 100 km. long for men or 70 km.
>      for women.
>  (2) Criteriums at least 40 km. long for men or 32 km. for women.
>  (3) Stage races at least two days long.  Points can be earned both
>      in qualifying stages and for overall placing at the end.

>Submitted by Daniel Connelly, Jim Warsa & Les Earnest.

If this is adopted, I don't think many people are going to be able
to upgrade.  I think this will definitley affect the Cat 4 and Cat 3
riders the most.  Here in Texas, it seems that there are very few
races for the Cat 3&4 riders that are 100K or longer.  Perhaps, there
needs to be length requirements based on category.  These could be
gradually increased over the next few years to make the average 
length of races a little longer.  But if this is adopted, I can't
see many people being upgraded around these parts.

>--
>Les Earnest                                  Phone:  415 941-3984
>Internet: Les@cs.Stanford.edu              USMail: 12769 Dianne Drive
>UUCP: . . . decwrl!cs.Stanford.edu!Les         Los Altos Hills, CA 94022


--Brian Radloff

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