On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Barry Schwartz wrote:
> >I myself have lost to a car that the judge was in my class (and his
> >car won!).
> ******************************
> Hummm. . It's always been my understanding that the judges couldn't (and
> shouldn't) be judging a car if it was in his/her entered class. Seem like
> a conflict of interest to me.
Indeed that would be a conflict of interest. The VTR Rules are fairly
clear on this:
> The Vintage Triumph Register Concours Rules
>
> by George Rabey, VTR Chief Judge
> 22 May 1997
[snip]
> 5. HOST CLUB RESPONSIBILITIES:
...
> 5.3 CLASS JUDGING TEAMS: Class judging teams shall consist of volunteer
> class team leaders and judges. A team may judge more than one class,
> i.e. TR-2 through TR-5. It shall be legal for a member who has a car
> entered in concours to be a judging team member PROVIDED he/she does
> not serve on the team which judges his/her class. It is highly
> recommended that team leaders be certified by the VTR, or readily
> accepted as experts in the cars of the class they will judge. They will
> act as supervisors of the volunteer judges who will work under them.
...
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> This page (http://www.vtr.org/rules/concours.html) last updated 1 July 1997.
--Andy
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