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Reply to "Eliminate Expirations and Renewals"

Jay, I'm not sure what you mean by "tying together" of sanctioning & certification.
When I was sanctions chair for CT-USATF, I included an info sheet with every sanction request explaining the course certification process and its value to races. Most sanctioned races are run on certified courses, but not all.
OTOH, there are many certified courses used by races that are not sanctioned. Most of these are smaller events, who often obtain their insurance through a town parks & rec department or RRCA.
One thing I think we should push is enforcement of the existing rule that any USATF championship be run on a certified course. This is the case for all national championships, but I have heard of Association level championships whose courses are not certified.
As for maps/certs staying online, can't expired courses be accessed now by changing the search parameters? I feel this should continue, since expired courses' maps can be useful for historical purposes (I'm personally fond of citing the Pines to Palms Marathon as perhaps the most aided course ever designed.)
Finally, working back to front on your points, I would think it should be up to the discretion of the state certifier was to whether a confirmation measurement be required. I'm not sure whether this can or should be written into the policy without muddying things up too much. Common sense, although not very common these days, should be used here.
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