4. CRS Organization and Administration

The CRS is governed by a Board of Governors (BOG) which consists of the organizers from each CRS event. Membership on the BOG will begin once the event has been accepted onto the CRS calendar and continue for the remainder of the year the event occurs in, plus the following year. In addition to the organizers there will be a number of other members including: the Director, Equipment Managers, Secretary/Treasurer, Membership Officers, Competitor Liaison, Rallycross Liaison, Press Liaison, Sponsor Liaison, Webmaster and the Stock Class Chairman. The responsibilities of the officers are detailed as follows:

Director

The Director will be elected by a vote of the CRS membership and shall be in charge of the general operations of the CRS. The Director will schedule and chair BOG meetings, and act as the official contact person for the CRS. The Director will be responsible for seeing that a monthly article for DUSTY TIMES is submitted. The Director will be responsible for the acquisition of all the year-end awards (within the budget). The Director will be responsible for the year-end awards banquet, and any other social events as desired. The Director has the power to expend funds as required to accomplish these tasks and other CRS related business as deemed appropriate. The Director may delegate any of these responsibilities to other individuals if desired.

Equipment Manager

The Equipment Manager will be responsible for the CRS rally equipment (green flags, clocks, radios, bibs, sign boards, PA system etc). The manager will order new sign boards and other equipment as necessary to support the various CRS events. The manager will furnish the desired equipment to the organizers prior to the event and collect it from the organizer after the event.

Secretary/Treasurer

The Secretary will be responsible for recording the minutes of the BOG meetings, tabulating votes and updating the rule book as required. The Secretary will be responsible for tabulating the CRS Rally and Rallysprint standings. The Secretary will also be responsible for generating emailings to all CRS members as needed. The Treasurer will be responsible for dispensing funds to pay for subscriptions, decals, trophies, etc.

Rally Membership Officer (Rally MO)

The Rally MO will be responsible for signing up CRS members and distributing information about the CRS to interested parties. The Rally MO will have someone available at the registration of each event to sign up new members. The MO's name, address and phone will be advertised as a contact point for new rallyists. The Rally MO will be responsible for maintaining the membership database.

Competitor Liaison

The Competitor Liaison will act as a point of contact for competitors who would like to make an input to the BOG. He/she will keep written records of the competitor comments and inputs from competitors. The Competitor Liaison will attend BOG meetings. To be eligible for this position the person must have been a competitor on at least one CRS event a year for the three previous years, and plan on continued CRS involvement. The Competitor Liaison will be elected by a vote of the CRS membership.

Rallycross Liasion

The Rallycross Liaison will be the competitor contact for those seeking information on the CRS Rallycross Championship. The Rallycross Liaison will be responsible for making calendar decisions throughout the year and for informing the BOG and webmaster of changes. The Rallycross Liaison will also be responsible for obtaining photos for year end awards and administering class arbitration at events.

Rallycross Pointskeeper & Equipment Manager

The Rallycross Pointskeeper will be responsible for tabulating the Rallycross Championship Standings and furnishing those standings to the Webmaster. The Rallycross Equipment Manager will be responsible for the CRS rallycross equipment. The Rallycross Equipment Manager will furnish the desired equipment to the organizers prior to the event and collect it from the organizer after the event.

Rallycross Membership Officer (RX MO)

The RX MO will be responsible for signing up CRS members and distributing information about the CRS to interested parties. The RX MO will have someone available at the registration of each rallycross to sign up new members. The Rallycross MO’s name, address and phone will be advertised as a contact point for new rallycross competitors. The Rallycross MO will be responsible for maintaining the membership database.

Webmaster

The Webmaster will maintain the CRS website, keeping it current with news, series standings, photos etc.

Sponsor Liaison

The Sponsor Liaison will be responsible for acquiring sponsors (including ad copy) for ads in the rulebook. The Sponsor Liaison may also choose to develop additional sponsors for CRS (website, contingency etc).

Press Liaison

The Press Liaison will actively seek to promote the CRS and will be the single point of contact for the press. The Press Liaison will distribute the writing assignments for articles about events among those interested. These articles will be targeted for publication in DUSTY TIMES and other periodicals that cover CRS events. Nominations for Press Liaison will be solicited from the CRS membership and the BOG will select from those nominated.

Stock Class Chairman

The SCC (Stock Class Chairman) will be responsible for the administration of the CRS Stock Classes (Performance Stock and CRS GT). The SCC will be the contact person for questions and rules. The SCC will be responsible for the policing of the classes at events, and will furnish the organizers with a list of approved Stock and GT Class competitors prior to the drivers’ meeting. The SCC will administer the online of Stock Classes competitors to consider amendments to the rules. The SCC will administrate the voting on proposed changes to the rules. The SCC shall be selected by a vote of the active Performance Stock and GT Class competitors. It is recommended, but not required, that the SCC be someone not competing in Performance Stock or CRS GT Class.

BOG Operation

The BOG shall make decisions on Calendar approval, amendments to these rules, amounts of fees, and any other items deemed appropriate by the Director. The BOG shall also be responsible for appointing people to fill the jobs of Equipment Manager, Secretary, Press Liaison, Rally Membership Officer, Treasurer, Rallycross Liaison, Rallycross Membership Officer, Rallycross Pointskeeper & Equipment Manager, Webmaster and Sponsor Liaison. The BOG will also serve as an informal forum for the organizers to discuss items related to the organization of rallies. For voting purposes each Rally event shall have the same number of votes as the event’s weighting factor (1, 2 or 3), with a limit of 3 BOG votes per competitive weekend. Rallysprint organizers will have one vote for each event organized. Rallycross organizers will have one vote for each CRS points event organized. Any officers that are not organizers will have one BOG vote. Each event will have a single point of contact for the purposes of BOG email polls. The single point of contact for each event will designate who from his event shall be on the BOG mailing list and who will have voting privileges at meetings. A quorum of at least 50% of the possible votes must be present to make any decisions on rules.

While all BOG members are welcome to participate in the discussion of any issue, for voting purposes the BOG will partition issues into three categories: “Rally”, “Rallycross” and “Common.” The Rally and Rallycross categories will be those issues that only relate to that specific championship (e.g., CRS-2 rules would only relate to Rally). Issues that have crossover interest (such as budget and membership items) will be handled as “Common.” The table below details which members of the BOG will vote on which issues.

BoG Position
Rally Only
Rallycross Only
Common
Director, Webmaster, Secretary/Treasurer X X X
Rally Organizers, Rally Equipment Manager X   X
Rally Membership Officer, Rally Competitor Liaison X   X
Stock Class Chairman X   X
Rallycross Membership Officer, Rallycross Competitor Liaison,   X X
Rallycross Pointskeeper & Equipment Manager   X X
Rallycross Organizers   X X
Sponsor Liaison, Press Liaison     X