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Administrative Rules

Table of Contents

Rule 1 - Tournament Director's Staff'
Rule 2 - Process for Changing Statutes During a Tourney
Rule 3 - Hall of Fame
Rule 4 - Playoff Seeding
Rule 5 - Division Names
Rule 6 - Appeals by Committee Members
Rule 7 - OC Votes on Appeals of TD Rulings
Rule 8 - Widespread Outages

Administrative Rules are statements of procedures, usually written by the Chief TD or his agents, that provide day to day guidance in areas of league administration. These rules are often expanded versions or clarification of rules or principles found in the Constitution, Statutes or Interim Rules. Administrative Rules later added to the Constitution or Statutes would be removed from or revised in this document.

Rule 1 - Tournament Director's Staff

In order to assure a sufficient number of volunteers to serve the League in each Tournament, there must be a certain ratio of volunteers to teams. That ratio is 1:2, so for every two teams entered, we must have one volunteer for the TD Staff. If volunteerism is below expectations, we will start refusing Team Entries. At a minimum, each team is expected to provide one volunteer every other tourney.

The present structure of the Tournament Director's staff is:

1. The Chief TD. Overall responsibility for all aspects of the league.

2. Entry Clerk. Takes team and individual entries. Creates divisions from the teams. 

3. Director of League Operations, ICC; Director of League Operations. Assist with promotion of the league on the server; keep themselves informed of problems that may be developing and take appropriate administrative actions to resolve them.

4. Division TDs (dTD) and assistant dTDs. Team captains report to them with roster changes (also to entry clerk), board assignments, and rulings in all disputes. A TD Handbook has been written for them.

5. Webmaster. Maintains the website. dTDs send him board assignments for their division, and results of games as they are played or ruled upon.

Rule 2 - Process for Changing Statutes during a Tourney

When the OC overturns a decision, the Committee will be responsible for preparing and presenting a summary and statement to the SC (which may be the Rules Committee) so that the SC can see if anything needs to be fixed. If the SC has questions, they may politely and respectfully approach the OC via the Chair or Deputy Chair, at a convenient and non-disruptive time for all.   ¶ Mar 26, 2006

Rule 3 - Hall of Fame

Since we've gone to the Quad Format, it is clear the 85% W-D-L standard is extraordinarily difficult to achieve due to the increased number of byes. Therefore starting on T11, the new standard will be 75%. A player must have played at least four games to be eligible.

One year of continuous participation on the TD Staff will qualify one for the Hall of Fame. ¶ Nov 6th, 2001

Rule 4 - Playoff Seeding and Home Team

Section 6 (Championship Division) states that teams in playoffs will be seeded according to their records in regulation play. The following rules apply.

1. Throughout the playoffs, teams shall be seeded by their record in regulation play. First, Match Points; Second, Game Points; Third, a coin toss.
2. Whenever one or more "Best Second Place" teams are included in the playoffs, they shall be seeded below all division winners. Only Second Place teams are considered, regardless of the record of any Third Place Team in a division.
3. In all playoff matches, the higher seeded team is the home team. Pairings are always highest seed vs lowest seed, second high vs second lowest, and so on. E.g. 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5, with 1,2,3,4 being home teams.
4. Whenever Interserver playoff matches are held between ICS winners, the servers will be ranked alphabetically. Teams on the highest ranked server will be home team in odd numbered years and away team in even numbered years. E.g. FICS vs ICC, FICS is home in odd numbered years. All games of the Away team shall be played on their server. 

Rule 5 - Division Names

Each Section has a theme or topic from which are drawn the Division names.  Divisions should be assigned in the order shown.
 

Mountain U2200	Arbor U2000	Aquatic U1800	Erg U1600	Planetary U1400	Galactic U1200
Cook Denali Everest K2 Fuji Annapurna Broad Kenya Lhotse Makalu Matterhorn Mauna Kea Mont Blanc Olympus Rainier Vinson	Apple Hawthorn Magnolia Maple Oak Willow Birch Cedar Dogwood Elm Locust Pine Poplar Spruce Walnut Yew	Angel Iguazu Niagara Sutherland Tugela Victoria Yosemite Blackwell Cuavery Douglas Francis Gavarnie Haloku Kiwi Langfoss Monument	Gibson Habbanya Kalahari Maine Mojave Negev Sahara Sonoran Atacama Colorado Gobi Great Sandy Libyan Patagonian TaklaMakan Yuma	Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Pluto Saturn Terra Uranus Venus Arrakis Kronos Romulus Vulcan Charon Ganymede Titan	Messier Nebula Nova Pulsar Quasar Binary Cartwheel Cloud Crab Gemini Lens Orion Ring Spiral Supernova Whirlpool

Rule 6 - Appeals by Committee Members

“If an Oversight Committee member is given a card, and the carded OC member wishes to appeal, a Special Steering Committee Appeals Subcommittee will be formed to hear the appeal. Precedent and the new rule, summarized.

1. OC member carded, appeal heard by Special Subcommittee of SC.
2. SC member carded, appeal heard by OC.
3. Someone serving on both SC and OC carded, appeal heard by Special Subcommittee of the SC.
   

This rule will serve to head off and circumvent any perception of conflict of interest, or favoritism.
June 18, 2007