Bill, I'm sorry to disappoint you. You are one of the few people who's opinion I truly value. I only assigned the club to you as I thought it was you who started it and thought you made all the final decisions concerning racing in NASTE. I apologize for my misunderstanding. I have learned a lot about our club, racing in general and about some of the people in our club over the past couple of days.
Thank you for allowing me to participate, both in racing and this great discussion. I didn't realize I had such an influence on the social aspect of the club and sorry if I sent you off on a different tangent than what you had envisioned for NASTE. I'm not really sure I follow on how I've had influence on rule changes though, unless it's just because I'm a female? I don't follow, but it's okay. I either apologize for that (if it was bad) or want to say I'm happy to have helped (if it was good).
You've done a marvelous job of keeping things running smoothly over the years and it's been a pleasure to get to know you. Thank you for all you do and have done for us. Thank you can't be said enough to you.
I'm not sure I understand what Rico is saying about hosting a race. I thought that everyone who had a track has been hosting races, so I'm not sure who is hosting none of them. Since only a few of the races are going to count point wise, why would it be better to not host races? You would still get points at other venues even if host points weren't counted, so wouldn't it be better to have as many races as possible to choose from?
I understand about wanting to race on your own track also for races and I also understand about not counting the points for the host on their own races. That kind of seems fair since usually, not always, but usually the host does win on his own track. Bryan wins almost all the time, so that's kind of why I first thought these changes were all about.
Even if it is only a one point difference in the totals, that one point could make a difference when it comes down to it. I haven't looked at totals, so I am probably wrong, but it is out there. If someone needs to win ONE race to be in the final, then maybe that one race would be at a place where the host mostly wins and if that race wasn't counted for the host, the second place person would be the winner and it might be their ONLY win. I don't know if that makes sense written, but it did in my head.
Howie~~Thank you for the offer of your track. It's always such a pleasure to race there, but you do realize that I am NOT one of the seven these people are talking about, right? If the final race comes down to racing on your track, I won't be in the final, so won't have a reason to be at the race. If I'm not there, you had better hope that one of the special seven knows how to make rum balls and will share with you.
I will however make sure I have rum balls for the Halloween race if you are graciously hosting that again this year. ![smile](https://naste.org/forum/img/smilies/smile.png)
Thanks for allowing this discussion Bill. It's great to see other views and ideas. Some things I would never have thought of myself. Yes, it might be controversial this season, but at least most everyone seems to keep their tempers in check. I need to work on that myself as things jump out of my mouth before I think about them some times.