Perhaps I’ve had a sheltered life, but in 30 years of measuring courses I’ve never signed a certificate after the race was run. On a few occasions I have told the race director that I am unable to do what he wants me to do – get the work done before the race is run. On these occasions the race director says to go ahead with the work and they’ll use the course next year.
What bothers me about these “policies” is that they take a lot of words to attempt to cure imaginary or rare problems. We wind up with nothing concrete. If we are worried that a certifier may be a liar, we write a “policy.” Will this stop the lies? Do the lies exist outside our fevered imagination?
For a group as small as ours, and people as varied as we are, I believe a walk-in-lockstep approach stifles individual motivation and ability. Even though I'm not personally affected by whatever change is contemplated, I resent new rules and regulations that exist to simply reduce paranoia.
What was the origin of this date brouhaha anyway? What actual problem surfaced to make it necessary?
This is not a question about measurement - it's a political issue, solving what is not yet a problem. A simple question-and-answer in the meeting of the Records Committee can resolve borderline questions like this.
Keep #1. Forget #2