In review of the new requirements for course maps, I came upon a couple of observations.
First, we have never certified races. Courses yes, but races NO. The reason being what happens when The Podunk 5k changes it's name to the Christmas Run 5k? Now a new certificate would be necessary
Forcing the Race name may cause the necessity to reissue certificates unnecessarily. Bob Baumel has made this point clear in the past.
Second, I would stay away from using "valid" anywhere on a certificate unless that course had indeed been Validated. The difference is known to the Validations Chairman but not necessarily known to the general public or the Record keepers.
I have changed my certificates from "Course Submission Date" to Course Certification Effective Date" and use " Certification in effect MM/DD/YYYY to 12/31/YYYY plus 10 years.