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Finish Location

2019-12-02T20:17:46Z

Darin: add MV Mountain Mike's, remove bad "reservations" number for Round Table, Pizza Depot closed, formatting

==Choosing a Finish Location==
A good finish location will have many of the following characteristics:
* '''Place orders at the counter –''' so each person or group of people can order and pay separately
* '''Various types of food –''' because not everyone wants the same thing (not even pizza)
* '''Open late –''' to allow at least an hour after the finish closes for protests, announcements, awards, and discussion
* '''Good lighting –''' so people can read the critique
* '''Plenty of room –''' so everyone gets a seat (including normal non-rallyist customers, if we don't have a room/area reserved)
* '''Near the rallye's end –''' because no one likes long final traverses to the finish

==Finish Locations==
The following have been used as finish locations for past rallyes.

===San Jose Round Table Pizza===
* Address: 4400 Stevens Creek Blvd, San Jose
* Phone: 408-983-0900
* URL: https://www.roundtablepizza.com/location/215/
* Details:
** Large rooms that we can reserve; plenty of room for 30+ cars (depending on how many rooms we get)
** TV screens that we can connect to [[Using the Computerized Scoring System|the computerized scoring system]]
** About 15 minutes from Larry's AutoWorks

===Jake's of Sunnyvale===
* Address: 174 E Fremont Avenue, Sunnyvale
* Phone: 408-720-8884
* URL: http://www.jakesrestaurants.com/jakesofsunnyvale.html
* Details:
** Cannot reserve rooms; usually enough room for 12-15 cars
** Can be crowded/noisy, especially for big sporting events

===Jake's of Saratoga===
* Address: 12175 Saratoga Sunnyvale Road, Saratoga
* Phone: 408-257-5858
* URL: http://www.jakesrestaurants.com/jakesofsaratoga.html
* Details:
** Cannot reserve room
** Can be crowded/noisy, especially for big sporting events

===The Garrett===
* Address: 1777 S Bascom Avenue, Campbell
* Phone: 408-559-7930
* URL: http://thegarretrestaurant.com/
* Details:
** Cannot reserve room
** Can be crowded/noisy, especially for big sporting events

===Mountain Mike's Pizza (Campbell)===
* Address: 301 E Hamilton Avenue, Campbell
* Phone: (408) 378-9090
* URL: https://www.mountainmikespizza.com/locations/hamilton-e-hamilton/
* Details:
** They have a reservable room, but may want a deposit toward purchases.
** They have more room than Jakes of Saratoga, but is very noisy.
** Used by Dave and Cris in February, 2019.

===Mountain Mike's Pizza (Mountain View)===
* Address: 1724 Miramonte Avenue, Mountain View
* Phone: 650-988-9090
* URL: https://www.mountainmikespizza.com/locations/mountain-view-miramonte/
* Details:
** They have a reservable room, and did not ask for a deposit for Toy Rallye (December 2019).

===Armadillo Willy's BBQ===
* Address: Address: 1031 N San Antonio Rd, Los Altos
* Phone: (650) 941-2922
* URL: http://www.armadillowillys.com/armadillo_willys_bbq_los_altos.asp
* Details:
** There's a room that can be reserved that might hold the people from a dozen cars or so.

===Giovanni's New York Pizzaria ===
* Address: 1127 N Lawrence Expressway at lakehaven
* Phone: (408) 734-4221
* URL: https://www.giovannisnypizza.com/
* Details:
** There is a reserveable side room with long tables.
** Tell them we expect 50 people, so they won't seat others in this side room.
** Waiters take orders and deliver food, so a tip is expected.
** Open Saturdays until 9:30 PM.

==Closed Locations==
* Pizza Depot, Sunnyvale (2015)
* The Boardwalk, Los Altos (2014)

Finish Location

2019-09-18T03:32:01Z

Darin: Armadillo Willy's

==Choosing a Finish Location==
A good finish location will have many of the following characteristics:
* '''Place orders at the counter –''' so each person or group of people can order and pay separately
* '''Various types of food –''' because not everyone wants the same thing (not even pizza)
* '''Open late –''' to allow at least an hour after the finish closes for protests, announcements, awards, and discussion
* '''Good lighting –''' so people can read the critique
* '''Plenty of room –''' so everyone gets a seat (including normal non-rallyist customers, if we don't have a room/area reserved)
* '''Near the rallye's end –''' because no one likes long final traverses to the finish

==Finish Locations==
The following have been used as finish locations for past rallyes.

===San Jose Round Table Pizza===
* Address: 4400 Stevens Creek Blvd, San Jose
* Reservations: 866-642-8950
* Phone: 408-983-0900
* Details:
** Large rooms that we can reserve; plenty of room for 30+ cars (depending on how many rooms we get)
** TV screens that we can connect to [[Using the Computerized Scoring System|the computerized scoring system]]
** About 15 minutes from Larry's AutoWorks

===Jake's of Sunnyvale===
* Address: 174 E Fremont Avenue, Sunnyvale
* Phone: 408-720-8884
* Details:
** Cannot reserve rooms; usually enough room for 12-15 cars
** Can be crowded/noisy, especially for big sporting events

===Jake's of Saratoga===
* Address: 12175 Saratoga Sunnyvale Road, Saratoga
* Phone: 408-257-5858

===The Garrett===
* Address: 1777 S Bascom Avenue, Campbell
* Phone: 408-559-7930

===Mountain Mike's Pizza===
* Address: 301 E Hamilton Avenue, Campbell
* Phone: (408) 378-9090
* Webpage: https:// www. mountainmikespizza. com /locations/hamilton-e-hamilton/
* They have a reservable room, but may want a deposit toward purchases.
* They have more room than Jakes of Saratoga, but is very noisy.
(Used by Dave and Cris in February, 2019.)

===Armadillo Willy's BBQ===
* Address: Address: 1031 N San Antonio Rd, Los Altos
* URL: http://www.armadillowillys.com/armadillo_willys_bbq_los_altos.asp
* Phone: (650) 941-2922
* Details:
** There's a room that can be reserved that might hold the people from a dozen cars or so.

===Giovanni's New York Pizzaria ===
* Address: 1127 N Lawrence Expressway at lakehaven
* URL: www.giovannisnypizza.com
* Phone: (408) 734-4221
* Details:
** There is a reserveable side room with long tables.
** Tell them we expect 50 people, so they won't seat others in this side room.
** Waiters take orders and deliver food, so a tip is expected.
** Open Saturdays until 9:30 PM.

===Pizza Depot===
* Address: 919 E Duane Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085
* URL: pizzadepotsunnyvale.com
* Phone: (408) 245-7760
This is not as nice as others, but is pretty empty on Saturday nights.
Could be noisy nonetheless, since they have pinball and arcade games.

===The Boardwalk (CLOSED JUNE 2014)===

Past TRC Rallyes

2019-02-02T03:26:49Z

Darin: clean up table formatting

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Since 1981, The Rallye Club (TRC) has produced more than 350 rallyes.
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| colspan="6" | <h2>1981</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
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| 1 || 1981-02-07 || T&D || Skyline's Last Gleaming (I) || Jerry Mattson, Thom Mallard || SCCA-SFR
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| 2 || 1981-04-04 || T&D || Der Truthahn || Rob Thomas || SCCA-SFR
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| 2.5 || 1981-04-15 || T&D/T || Never Give A Sucker (After Mtg) || Bill Jonesi
|-

| 3 || 1981-06-06 || T&D/T || Summertime Sundae || Steve Sharp || NC 510
|-

| 4 || 1981-08-01 || T&D/T || Raiders Of The Lost CP || Steve Beuerman || NC 510
|-

| 5 || 1981-10-03 || T&D || Rallye Street Blues || Frank Wirsch, Mark Robichek || NC 510
|-

| 6 || 1981-12-05 || T&D || Skyline's Revenge (II) || Jerry Mattson || NC 510
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>1982</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 7 || 1982-01-10 || T&D/T || Excursion || Harriet Gittings || FTC
|-

| 8 || 1982-01-24 || T&D/T || Super Bowl Rallye I (Eagle's Flight III) || Bill Jonesi, Mark Oldham
|-

| 9 || 1982-02-06 || T&D/T || Red River Rallye || Dave Graubart || NC 510
|-

| 10 || 1982-04-03 || T&D || Skyline III || Jerry Mattson || NC 510
|-

| 11 || 1982-05-15 || CM || Silicon Rallye || Ron Capener || TTSCC
|-

| 12 || 1982-05-22 || SCCAc || Earthquake 4.0 - SCCA Div || Bill Jonesi, Steve Sharp || SCCA-SFR
|-

| 13 || 1982-05-23 || SCCAc || Aftershock 0.4 - SCCA Div || Keith McMahan || SCCA-SFR
|-

| 14 || 1982-06-05 || T&D/T || Rand McRallye || Frank Wirsch, Mark Robichek || NC 510
|-

| 15 || 1982-07-17 || AB-CF || Car Trek II (The Wrath Of Beuerman) || Steve Beuerman || FTC
|-

| 16 || 1982-08-07 || T&D || Summertime Sundae II || Steve Sharp || NC 510
|-

| 17 || 1982-10-02 || T&D/T || Balsam I || Tim Winker || NC 510
|-

| 18 || 1982-12-03 || T&D/T || Skyline Never Forgets (IV) || Jerry Mattson || NC 510
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>1983</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 19 || 1983-01-30 || Var || Super Bowl Rallye II || Frank Wirsch
|-

| 20 || 1983-02-05 || T&D/T || Rallye According To Garp, The || Dave Graubart || NC 510
|-

| 21 || 1983-03-05 || CM || Revenge Of The Gemmi || Steve Berger || FTC
|-

| 22 || 1983-04-02 || T&D/T || Rand McRallye II || Frank Wirsch, Mark Robichek || NC 510
|-

| 23 || 1983-05-07 || CM || Silicon Rallye II || Ron Capener || FTC
|-

| 24 || 1983-05-21 || SCCAc || Earthquake 5.0 - SCCA Natl || Bill Jonesi || SCCA-SFR
|-

| 25 || 1983-05-22 || SCCAc || Aftershock 0.5 - SCCA Div || Greg Ravenscroft || SCCA-SFR
|-

| 26 || 1983-06-04 || T&D || June Jaunt || John Clever
|-

| 27 || 1983-07-04 || Photo || Firecracker Foto I || Mark Oldham
|-

| 28 || 1983-07-09 || CM || Dungeon || John Fabela
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| 29 || 1983-09-11 || CM || Dungeon (rethrow) || John Fabela
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| 30 || 1983-10-28 || CM || Monster Mash '83 || Frank Wirsch, Mark Robichek
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>1984</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 31 || 1984-01-22 || T&D/T || Super Bowl Rallye III || Bill Jonesi, Mark Oldham
|| -
|-

| 32 || 1984-02-10 || CM || Cabbage Patch Rallye, The || Dave Graubart
|-

| 33 || 1984-04-14 || CM || A-Team, The || John Kleder, Harry Mills
|-

| 34 || 1984-06-10 || AB/CM || Gold Rush '84 || Stu Helfer, John Fabela
|-

| 35 || 1984-06-30 || Monte || Monte Carlo Fahrt Schnell || Gary Kerchner
|-

| 36 || 1984-07-04 || Photo || Firecracker Foto II || Mark Oldham
|-

| 37 || 1984-08-11 || CM || Indiana Jonesi & Rallye of Doom || Bill Jonesi, Chris Moore
|-

| 38 || 1984-10-26 || CM || Monster Mash '84 || Frank Wirsch, Mark Robichek
|-

| 39 || 1984-11-10 || CM || One Moore Turkey Rallye || Chris Moore
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>1985</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 40 || 1985-01-05 || CM || Car Trek III: Search for Schott || Bob Schott
|-

| 41 || 1985-02-02 || CM || 2010: A Rallye Oddity || Dave Graubart
|-

| 42 || 1985-03-02 || CM || A-Team Returns, The || Harry Mills, John Kleder
|-

| 43 || 1985-04-06 || CM || 501 Blues || Brian Finney || Club 501
|-

| 44 || 1985-05-04 || CM || Carman || Steve Berger
|-

| 45 || 1985-06-01 || CM || Welcome to the Machine || Willie Lynch
|-

| 46 || 1985-06-15 || CM || Sherlock Holmes Greatest Rallye || John Kleder, Harry Mills
|-

| 46.5 || 1985--6/85 || T&D || Stick Map Rallye (After Mtg) || Bill Jonesi
|-

| 47 || 1985-07-04 || Photo || Firecracker Foto III || Mark Oldham
|-

| 48 || 1985-07-14 || PanAm || View to a Rallye, A || Frank Wirsch
|-

| 49 || 1985-08-03 || AB || Maze IV, The || Bill Jonesi
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| 50 || 1985-08-11 || Monte || Quest for Zeros || Chris Moore
|-

| 51 || 1985-08-17 || T&D || Rallye Day '85: A Drive in the Country || Steve Beuerman
|-

| 52 || 1985-08-17 || CM || Rallye Day '85: BB's Strike Three || Larry Friedrich
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| 53 || 1985-09-07 || CM || Prisoner, The || Bob Schott
|-

| 54 || 1985-09-08 || T&D || California Cooler || Dave Graubart
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| 55 || 1985-09-15 || T&D || Oktoberallye || Bill Jonesi || BMW CCA
|-

| 56 || 1985-10-05 || CM || Generic Rallye, The || TRC Board
|-

| 57 || 1985-10-13 || T&D || Are We Having Fun Yet? || Stu Helfer
|-

| 58 || 1985-10-25 || CM || Monster Mash '85 || Mark Robichek
|-

| 59 || 1985-11-02 || CM || Mad Max Beyond Rallyedome || John Fabela
|-

| 60 || 1985-12-07 || CM || Night to Remember, A || Brian Finney, Steve Berger
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>1986</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 61 || 1986-01-04 || AB || Hitchhiker's Guide to Rallying (HHG1) || Bob Schott
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| 62 || 1986-01-26 || Var || Super Bowl Rallye IV || Frank Wirsch
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| 63 || 1986-02-01 || CM || Rallye of the Nile, The || Dave Graubart
|-

| 64 || 1986-03-01 || CM || Welcome to Wonka Land || Todd Walker
|-

| 65 || 1986-04-05 || CM || Night Driver II || Stu Helfer
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| 66 || 1986-05-03 || CM || Down and Out in Los Altos Hills || Frank Wirsch
|-

| 67 || 1986-06-07 || CM || June Swoon || Larry Friedrich
|-

| 68 || 1986-06-15 || AB/CM || Gold Rush '86 || Bob Schott
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| 69 || 1986-07-04 || Photo || Firecracker Foto IV || Mark Oldham
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| 70 || 1986-07-05 || CM || Summer School I || Chris Moore
|-

| 71 || 1986-08-02 || CM || Lost in the Ozone || Dave Kumpf
|-

| 72 || 1986-08-16 || T&D/T || Yellow Route || Bill Jonesi, Stu Helfer || ZONC
|-

| 73 || 1986-09-20 || T&D/T || Orange Route || Bill Jonesi, Mark Oldham || ZONC
|-

| 74 || 1986-10-04 || AB || Return of Redbeard || Bob Schott
|-

| 75 || 1986-10-18 || T&D/T || Red Route || Bill Jonesi || ZONC
|-

| 76 || 1986-10-24 || CM || Monster Mash '86 || Mark Robichek
|-

| 77 || 1986-12-06 || CM || Psycho IV || Larry Friedrich
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>1987</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 78 || 1987-01-03 || CM || Great Train Robbery, The || Steve Ferguson
|-

| 79 || 1987-02-07 || CM || Rallye to the Far Side (I) || Dave Graubart
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| 80 || 1987-03-14 || Monte || Trouble with Trembles || Stu Helfer
|-

| 81 || 1987-04-04 || CM || Pinball Wizard || Bob Hirsch
|-

| 82 || 1987-04-11 || Monte || Shake, Rallye & Roll || Mark Robichek
|-

| 83 || 1987-05-16 || SCCAt || Earthquake 6.0 - SCCA Natl || Mark Oldham || SCCA-ABR/Fiat
|-

| 84 || 1987-05-17 || SCCAt || Aftershock 0.6 - SCCA Div || Jerry Stalder || SCCA-ABR/Fiat
|-

| 85 || 1987-06-06 || CM || S.N.A.F.U. || Frank wirsch
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| 86 || 1987-06-13 || Monte || Fire || Dave Graubart
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| 87 || 1987-08-01 || PanAm || Rallye Day '87: Mountains Near || Frank Wirsch
|-

| 88 || 1987-08-01 || AB-CF || Rallye Day '87: City Lights || Larry Friedrich
|-

| 89 || 1987-09-12 || AB-CF || Quest, The || Bob Schott
|-

| 90 || 1987-10-03 || AB || Maze V, The<br>(Turkey Tracks rethrow) || Bill Jonesi
|-

| 91 || 1987-10-30 || CM || Monster Mash '87 || Mark Robichek
|-

| 92 || 1987-11-07 || CM || Institutionalized || Jeff Trimble
|-

| 93 || 1987-12-05 || CM || Silicon Valley Days || Cris Wendt
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>1988</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 94 || 1988-01-02 || AB-CF || Everything You Know Is Wrong || Steve Beuerman
|-

| 95 || 1988-02-06 || CM || Calgary Rallye, The || Dave Graubart
|-

| 96 || 1988-03-05 || QA || Questions Without Answers || Mike Machado
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| 97 || 1988-04-02 || T&D/T || Rallye Day '88: Enlightened || Steve Beuerman
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| 98 || 1988-04-02 || AB-CF || Rallye Day '88: Sidetracked || Bob Schott
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| 99 || 1988-04-23 || CM || Happy Trails || Jeff Trimble
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| 100 || 1988-05-07 || CM || Centennial || TRC Board
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| 101 || 1988-06-04 || CM || Calvin and Hobbes || Frank Wirsch
|-

| 102 || 1988-06-12 || T&D || Pound and a Half, A || Stu Helfer || ZONC
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| 103 || 1988-06-25 || CM || Old Timer's Disease || Jeff Trimble
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| 104 || 1988-07-02 || CM || Summer School II || TRC Board
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| 105 || 1988-07-04 || Photo || Firecracker Foto V || Mark Oldham || 2nd Gen
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| 106 || 1988-08-20 || T&D || Fire Country || Willie Lynch
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| 107 || 1988-09-10 || CM || Are You Superstitious || Cris Wendt
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| 108 || 1988-10-01 || CM || Tail of Two Kittys, The || Jeff Trimble
|-

| 109 || 1988-10-22 || T&D || Car Trek - Next Generation || Dave Graubart
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| 110 || 1988-10-28 || CM || Monster Mash '88 || Mark Robichek
|-

| 111 || 1988-11-05 || CM || Rallye to the White House || Abby Grossman
|-

| 112 || 1988-11-19 || CM || Who Framed Wallye Wabbit || Bill Jonesi || ZONC
|-

| 113 || 1988-12-03 || CM || Fish Named Willie, A || Jeff Trimble
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>1989</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 114 || 1989-01-07 || CM || School Daze || Bob Schott
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| 115 || 1989-02-03 || CM || Read My Lips || Dave Graubart
|-

| 116 || 1989-03-05 || CM || Spring Training || Abby Grossman, Don Couch
|-

| 117 || 1989-04-01 || CM || Alice's Adventures in Rallyeland || Rich Berlin
|-

| 118 || 1989-05-06 || CM || Happy Trails II || Jeff Trimble
|-

| 119 || 1989-05-27 || SCCAc || Tremors 0.07 - SCCA Div || Stu Helfer || SCCA-ABR
|-

| 120 || 1989-05-28 || SCCAc || Earthquake 7.0 - SCCA Natl || Steve Beuerman || SCCA-ABR
|-

| 121 || 1989-05-29 || SCCAt || Aftershock 0.7 - SCCA Div || Jerry Stalder || SCCA-ABR
|-

| 122 || 1989-06-03 || CM || Deja Vu<br>(Rallye of Doom rethrow) || Bill Jonesi
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| 123 || 1989-07-01 || CM || Summer School III (Let's Party) || Willie Lynch
|-

| 124 || 1989-07-04 || Photo || Firecracker Foto VI || Jeff Trimble || 2nd Gen
|-

| 125 || 1989-08-20 || AB/CM || Gold Rush '89 || Bob Schott, Don Couch
|-

| 126 || 1989-09-09 || CM || Rallye to the Twilight Zone || Cris Wendt
|-

| 127 || 1989-10-07 || CM || TRC Enquirer, The || Jeff Trimble
|-

| 128 || 1989-10-21 || CM || Monster Mash '89 || Mark Robichek
|-

| 129 || 1989-11-04 || CM || Time Management || Mike Machado, Patti Machado
|-

| 130 || 1989-12-02 || AB || Rallye at End of Decade (HHG2) || Steve Beuerman
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>1990</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 131 || 1990-01-06 || CM || So Long & Thanks for the Fish (HHG3) || Jeff Trimble
|-

| 132 || 1990-02-03 || CM || Return to the Far Side (II) || Dave Graubart
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| 133 || 1990-03-03 || CM || Spring Training II || Don Couch
|-

| 134 || 1990-04-07 || CM || Rallye from Hell, The || Cris Wendt
|-

| 135 || 1990-04-28 || T&D || Midnight Sun II || Emile Houle || TTSCC
|-

| 136 || 1990-05-05 || CM || Thru the Looking-Glass (Alice II) || Rich Berlin
|-

| 137 || 1990-06-02 || T&D || Rallye Day '90: Double Clutch || Steve Beuerman || ZONC
|-

| 138 || 1990-06-02 || CM || Rallye Day '90: Stick Shift II || Jeff Lee, Bill Jonesi || ZONC
|-

| 139 || 1990-06-09 || Var || First Annual Jensen Motorcar Run || Paul Rollins || Jensen
|-

| 140 || 1990-07-07 || CM || Summer School IV (Summer Solstice) || Willie Lynch
|-

| 141 || 1990-08-25 || T&D || Honeymooners, The || Mike Machado
|-

| 142 || 1990-09-01 || QA || Sports Car Olympics || Jeff Trimble || NCSCC
|-

| 143 || 1990-09-08 || CM || Seven R/I Solution, The || Tod Wicks
|-

| 144 || 1990-09-15 || QA || Middleaged Mutant Rallyemasters || Jeff Trimble
|-

| 145 || 1990-10-06 || CM || Rallye to Middle Earth || Abby Grossman
|-

| 146 || 1990-10-20 || CM || Monster Mash '90 || Mark Robichek
|-

| 146.5 || 1990-11-03 || T&D || Geo Braille Rallye || Bill Jonesi || ZONC
|-

| 147 || 1990-11-03 || CM || Clue || Mike Machado
|-

| 148 || 1990-12-01 || CM || Procrastinating Again || Steve Beuerman
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>1991</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 149 || 1991-01-05 || QA || Fawlty Rallye || Jeff Trimble
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| 150 || 1991-01-27 || T&D || Super Bowl Rallye VI || Mike Machado, Patti Machado
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| 151 || 1991-02-02 || AB || Birthday Party || Dave Graubart
|-

| 152 || 1991-02-09 || T&D || Recycler || Steve Beuerman
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| 153 || 1991-03-02 || AB/CM || Dick Tracy || Mitch & Corey
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| 154 || 1991-04-06 || CM || Monopoly || Cris Wendt
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| 155 || 1991-04-14 || PC || Historic Event || Jeff Trimble || MG
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| 156 || 1991-05-04 || CM || Great Train Robbery II<br>(Great Train rethrow) || John Willmore, Rich Webb
|-

| 157 || 1991-05-18 || CM || Order & Kaos || Nevin & Corey
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| 158 || 1991-06-15 || PC || Double Clutch II || Steve Beuerman
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| 159 || 1991-07-04 || Photo || Firecracker Foto VII || Jeff Trimble
|-

| 160 || 1991-07-06 || CM || Basic Rallying 101 || Abby Grossman
|-

| 161 || 1991-08-03 || CM || Moose Haven || Cris Wendt
|-

| 162 || 1991-08-10 || PanAm || Evening in Monte Carlo, An || Paul Traina
|-

| 163 || 1991-09-07 || CM || Expose Yourself to Rallying || John Willmore, Rich Webb
|-

| 164 || 1991-09-21 || AB/CM || Gold Rush '91 || Steve Beuerman
|-

| 165 || 1991-10-05 || QA || Bill & Jeff's Bogus Rallye || Jeff Trimble, Bill Jonesi
|-

| 166 || 1991-11-02 || CM || Monster Mash '91 || Mark Robichek
|-

| 167 || 1991-12-07 || CM || Everything You Think You... || Alan Bell
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>1992</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 168 || 1992-01-04 || CM/QA || JayTee's Big Adventure || Jeff Trimble
|-

| 169 || 1992-02-01 || CM || Murphy's Rallye || Cris Wendt
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| 170 || 1992-03-07 || CM || Spring Training III || John Kleder
|-

| 171 || 1992-04-04 || AB/QA || Many Happy Returns || Dave Graubart, Alan Gershanov
|-

| 172 || 1992-05-02 || AB || Maze VI<br>(Maze IV rethrow) || John Willmore, Rich Webb
|-

| 173 || 1992-09-12 || CM || Summer School V (Gimmick Rallye I) || Alan Bell
|-

| 174 || 1992-09-18 || T&D/T || Everything You Know Is Still Wrong || Stu Helfer || ARL
|-

| 175 || 1992-10-03 || CM || Whatsamatta Rallye || Abby Grossman
|-

| 176 || 1992-11-07 || CM || Yet One Moore Turkey Rallye || Chris Moore
|-

| 177 || 1992-12-05 || CM || Mystery || Steve Beuerman, Bob Schott
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>1993</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
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| 178 || 1993-01-02 || T&D || Nupe-It || Jeff Trimble
|-

| 179 || 1993-02-06 || AB/QA || Around World in 80 Gimmicks || Cris Wendt
|-

| 180 || 1993-04-03 || AB/QA || Far Side Rallye III, The || Dave Graubart
|-

| 181 || 1993-06-05 || AB/QA || Middleaged Mutant RMs III || Jeff Trimble
|-

| 182 || 1993-07-03 || T&D || Firecracker Foto VIII || Stu Helfer
|-

| 183 || 1993-08-07 || AB || Summer School VI (Ski Bear Rallye) || John Willmore
|-

| 184 || 1993-11-06 || T&D || Everything You Know Is Wrong Still || Ritch Webb
|-

| 185 || 1993-12-04 || CM || Another Mystery Rallye (2) || Bob Schott, Steve Beuerman
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>1994</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 186 || 1994-01-08 || T&D || Better Than Life || Jeff Trimble
|-

| 187 || 1994-01-30 || T&D/T || Super Bowl Rallye VIII || Bill Jonesi
|-

| 188 || 1994-02-05 || AB/QA || Where In Time..Carmen San Diego? || Cris Wendt
|-

| 189 || 1994-03-05 || PC || Bear Left || Stu Helfer
|-

| 190 || 1994-04-02 || AB/QA || Rallye to Lillehammer || Dave Graubart
|-

| 191 || 1994-05-07 || T&D || Timed Rallye School I || Steve Beuerman
|-

| 192 || 1994-06-04 || CM || Beavis and Butthead || Jeff Trimble
|-

| 193 || 1994-07-04 || Photo || Firecracker Foto IX || Jeff Trimble
|-

| 194 || 1994-08-06 || CM || Summer School VII (Kindergarten CP) || Rich Berlin
|-

| 195 || 1994-11-05 || T&D || Smoke || Willie Lynch
|-

| 196 || 1994-11-05 || T&D || Fire II || Dave Graubart
|-

| 197 || 1994-12-03 || AB || Yule Be Suprised<br>(Maze V rethrow) || Bill Jonesi
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>1995</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 198 || 1995-01-29 || T&D/T || Super Bowl Rallye IX || Bill Jonesi
|-

| 199 || 1995-02-04 || AB/QA || Cyber Rallye || Cris Wendt
|-

| 200 || 1995-03-04 || AB/QA || Bisontennial (Far Side IV) || Dave Graubart
|-

| 201 || 1995-04-01 || CM || Up Shift Creek || Jeff Trimble
|-

| 202 || 1995-05-06 || CM || Car Drek Voyager || Bill Jonesi || ZONC
|-

| 203 || 1995-06-03 || QA || Rallye Improvement<br>(Luck of Irish rethrow) || Mark Robichek, Bill Jonesi
|-

| 204 || 1995-07-04 || Photo || Firecracker Foto X || Jeff Trimble
|-

| 205 || 1995-08-05 || T&D || Timed Rallye School II || Steve Beuerman || BAMA
|-

| 206 || 1995-08-05 || T&D || Smoke II || Willie Lynch || BAMA
|-

| 207 || 1995-10-07 || AB || Monster Mash '95<br>(End Decade rethrow) || Steve Beuerman
|-

| 208 || 1995-11-04 || PanAm || Lost - Pan Am Rallye School || Dave Graubart || BAMA
|-

| 209 || 1995-11-04 || T&D || Found - T & D Rallye || Stu Helfer || BAMA
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>1996</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 210 || 1996-01-28 || T&D/T || Super Bowl Rallye X || Bill Jonesi
|-

| 211 || 1996-02-03 || AB/QA || Dilbert Rallye, The || Dave Graubart
|-

| 212 || 1996-04-06 || H&H || Return of Wallye Wabbit || Bill Jonesi
|-

| 213 || 1996-09-07 || T&D || Straight Path, The (Stick map) || Willie Lynch
|-

| 214 || 1996-10-05 || AB/QA || Monster Mash '96<br>(MM '93 rethrow) || Bill Jonesi
|-

| 215 || 1996-11-02 || T&D || Smoke III || Willie Lynch
|-

| 216 || 1996-11-02 || T&D/T || Don't Inhale || Stu Helfer
|-

| 217 || 1996-12-07 || CM || Rallye: Impossible || Bill Jonesi
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>1997</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 218 || 1997-01-26 || T&D/T || Super Bowl Rallye XI || Bill Jonesi
|-

| 219 || 1997-02-01 || AB/QA || Groundhog Day || Dave Graubart
|-

| 220 || 1997-03-01 || QA || March Hare || Jeff Trimble (Jonesi,Wendt)
|-

| 221 || 1997-04-05 || CM || X-Files, The<br>(Rallye to Middle Earth rethrow) || Cris Wendt
|-

| 222 || 1997-05-03 || PanAm || Pre Prix || Tim Errington || PCA-LPR
|-

| 223 || 1997-06-21 || CM || Let's Party!<br>(Summer School III rethrow) || Bill Jonesi
|-

| 224 || 1997-08-02 || CM || Private Parts || Bob Neilsen
|-

| 225 || 1997-10-04 || CM || Monster Mash '97 || Bob Neilsen
|-

| 226 || 1997-11-01 || T&D || Smoke IV (Regulatity Run) || Willie Lynch, Bill Jonesi
|-

| 227 || 1997-11-09 || PanAm || Prieta Prix XXVIII || Bill Jonesi || PCA-LPR
|-

| 228 || 1997-12-06 || CM || Rallyesoft Version 1.0 || Rich & Doug Shusher
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>1998</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 229 || 1998-01-03 || CM || Winter Solstice<br>(Summer Solstice rethrow) || Bill Jonesi
|-

| 230 || 1998-01-25 || T&D || Super Bowl Rallye XII || Willie Lynch
|-

| 231 || 1998-02-07 || AB/QA || Dilbert's Back (II) || Dave Graubart
|-

| 232 || 1998-03-07 || CM || I Spy I || Bob Neilsen
|-

| 233 || 1998-04-04 || AB/QA || Rallye Noir || Cris Wendt
|-

| 234 || 1998-05-09 || CM || Titanic || Bob Neilsen
|-

| 235 || 1998-05-23 || SCCAct || Tremors '98 - SCCA Natl Dual || Derf Nation || SCCA-ABR
|-

| 236 || 1998-05-24 || SCCAct || Earthquake '98 - SCCA Natl Dual || Bill Jonesi || SCCA-ABR
|-

| 237 || 1998-05-25 || SCCAt || Aftershock '98 - SCCA Natl Tour || J Toney || SCCA-ABR
|-

| 238 || 1998-06-06 || AB/QA || Jim's Gems || Randy Hendry
|-

| 239 || 1998-08-01 || CM || Black Hole, The || Bob Neilsen
|-

| 240 || 1998-09-12 || CM || Full Monty Python, The || Rich & Doug Shusher
|-

| 241 || 1998-10-03 || CM || Monster Mash '98 || Bob Neilsen
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>1999</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 242 || 1999-04-17 || QA || Rallye to the Far Side (V)<br>(rethrow) || Dave Graubart
|-
| 243 || 1999-11-06 || QA || Turkeys in Wonderland<br>(Luck of... rethrow) || Steve Watt, Bill Jonesi || FTC
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>2000</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 244 || 2000-02-05 || CM || Rallye Raider || Jeff Trimble || FTC
|-

| 245 || 2000-03-04 || AB-CF || Spring Training IV<br>(The Quest rethrow) || Willie Lynch, Bill Jonesi || FTC
|-

| 246 || 2000-04-01 || CM || What Fools Believe || Randy Hendry || FTC
|-

| 247 || 2000-05-06 || AB || X-Y Files, The || Bill Jonesi || FTC
|-

| 248 || 2000-06-03 || AB/CM || Watt's Opp.DOC || Steve Watt || FTC
|-

| 249 || 2000-08-05 || CM || Rallye: Impossible 2<br>(Rallye: Impossible rethrow) || Bill Jonesi || FTC
|-

| 250 || 2000-10-07 || AB || Monster Mash '00 || Jeff Trimble || FTC
|-

| 251 || 2000-11-04 || PanAm || Moon Over Martinez || Pete Soper, Bill Jonesi
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>2001</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 252 || 2001-02-03 || AB-CF || 20th Birthday Rallye<br>(EYKIW rethrow) || Steve Watt, Bill Jonesi
|-

| 253 || 2001-03-03 || CM || March Hare (2) || Jeff Trimble
|-

| 254 || 2001-04-07 || AB || Twister || Willie Lynch
|-

| 255 || 2001-04-22 || T&D || Hill & Valley Rallye '01 || Bill Jonesi || BMW CCA
|-

| 256 || 2001-05-05 || AB || Schools On || Steve Watt
|-

| 257 || 2001-06-02 || AB || Don't Panic!<br>(MM '95 rethrow) || Randy Hendry
|-

| 258 || 2001-08-04 || CM/QA || Mummy 2<br>(MM '92 rethrow) || Bill Jonesi, Steve Watt
|-

| 259 || 2001-10-20 || CM || Monster Mash '01<br>(MM '94 rethrow) || Bill Jonesi, Abby Grossman
|-

| 260 || 2001-11-03 || AB || Rolling Blackout<br>(Zonc RS rethrow) || Bill Jonesi, Willie Lynch
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>2002</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 261 || 2002-02-02 || QA || 21st Birthday Rallye<br>(RoboCP2 rethrow) || Steve Watt, Bill Jonesi
|-

| 262 || 2002-03-02 || CM || Spring Training V<br>(YIJ rethrow) || Bill Jonesi
|-

| 263 || 2002-04-06 || CM || Rallyemaster Down<br>(2010 rethrow) || Cris Wendt
|-

| 264 || 2002-05-04 || CM || Cheshire CM, The || Jeff Trimble
|-

| 265 || 2002-06-01 || CM || June Bride<br>(OMTR rethrow) || Darin McGrew, Bill Jonesi
|-

| 266 || 2002-07-06 || CM || Volcano || Willie Lynch, Bill Jonesi
|-

| 266.5 || 2002-07-07 || PanAm || Monte Car-quinez<br>(Moon Over Mart. rethrow) || Pete Soper, Bill Jonesi || Subaru
|-

| 267 || 2002-08-03 || CM || Car Wars II<br>(Centennial rethrow) || John Mirassou
|-

| 268 || 2002-10-05 || CM || Monster Mash '02<br>(MM '84 rethrow) || Abby Grossman, Bill Jonesi
|-

| 269 || 2002-11-02 || CM || One Ringy Dingy || Darin McGrew
|-

| 270 || 2002-12-01 || AB || Toy Rallye '02, The || Bill Jonesi || GGLC
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>2003</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 271 || 2003-02-01 || CM || Rallye Bowl XXXVII || Cris Wendt
|-

| 272 || 2003-03-01 || AB || Rallye School '03 (BABR covered) || Steve Watt
|-

| 273 || 2003-04-05 || CM || SNAFU || Teresa & Nick Stefanisko
|-

| 274 || 2003-04-12 || SCCAc || Earthquake '03 - SCCA Natl Course || Bill Jonesi || SCCA-OR
|-

| 275 || 2003-04-13 || SCCAt || Aftershock '0.3 - SCCA Natl Tour || Pete Soper || SCCA-OR
|-

| 276 || 2003-05-03 || CM || Mayday, Mayday... || Darin McGrew
|-

| 277 || 2003-06-07 || CM || Out of Towners, The<br>(Twilight Zone rethrow) || Don & Rochelle Bess
|-

| 278 || 2003-08-02 || CM || Italian Rob, The || Jeff Trimble
|-

| 279 || 2003-08-23 || CM || Lunacy (Oakland) || Stu Helfer, Pete Soper
|-

| 280 || 2003-08-24 || T&D || Hill & Valley Rallye '03 || Stu Helfer, Bill Jonesi || SCCA-SFR
|-

| 281 || 2003-09-06 || AB/QA || Harry Potter &...<br>(Bisontenniel rethrow) || Dave Graubart
|-

| 282 || 2003-10-04 || CM || Monster Mash '03<br>(Horny rethrow) || Teresa & Nick Stefanisko
|-

| 283 || 2003-11-01 || CM || Two Ringy Dingy || Darin McGrew
|-

| 284 || 2003-12-07 || AB || Toy Rallye '03, The || Jeff Trimble || GGLC
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>2004</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 285 || 2004-02-07 || CM || Return to Middle Earth<br>(Rallye to... rethrow) || Abby Grossman
|-

| 286 || 2004-02-21 || T&D || February Frolic '04 || Bill Jonesi || PCA
|-

| 287 || 2004-03-06 || CM || Spring Break || Darin McGrew
|-

| 288 || 2004-04-03 || CM || Clue Rallye || Teresa & Nick Stefanisko
|-

| 289 || 2004-05-01 || CM || Starsky & Hutch<br>(S&H rethrow) || Bill Jonesi
|-

| 290 || 2004-06-05 || CM || Best in Show || Don & Rochelle Bess
|-

| 291 || 2004-07-17 || Monte || Golden West 2004 || Pete Soper, Bill Jonesi || SCCA-SFR
|-

| 292 || 2004-08-07 || CM || Anger Management || Jeff Trimble, TRC Board
|-

| 293 || 2004-09-04 || CM || Mystery (3)<br>(Mystery rethrow) || Bob Schott
|-

| 294 || 2004-10-02 || CM || Monstah Mash '04 || Cris Wendt
|-

| 295 || 2004-11-06 || CM || Dyslexia || Teresa & Nick Stefanisko
|-

| 296 || 2004-12-04 || CM || Critter Chaos || Adam & Beth Riggs, Brian Underwood
|-

| 297 || 2004-12-05 || AB || Toy Rallye 2004 || Darin McGrew || GGLC/SCCA
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>2005</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 298 || 2005-02-05 || CM || TRC Begins Year 25 || Cris Wendt
|-

| 299 || 2005-02-19 || T&D/T || February Frolic '05 || Bill Jonesi || PCA
|-

| 300 || 2005-03-05 || CM || Prisoner, The (2) || Ken Schott
|-

| 301 || 2005-04-02 || CM || Common Sense || Teresa & Nick Stefanisko
|-

| 302 || 2005-05-07 || CM || Alice in Rallyeland 3<br>(Alice 1 rethrow) || Bob Schott
|-

| 303 || 2005-06-04 || CM || 64K Rally//e || Adam & Beth Riggs, Brian Underwood
|-

| 304 || 2005-07-02 || CM || Car Wars III: Revenge of the SI<br>(rethrow) || Bill Jonesi, Ric Goldman
|-

| 305 || 2005-08-06 || Var || Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy<br>(HHG4 rethrow) || Bob & Ken Schott
|-

| 306 || 2005-08-20 || CM || Fantastic Rallye 4 || John Fabela
|-

| 307 || 2005-09-03 || CM || Snicket Rallye<br>(Generic Rallye rethrow) || Ric Goldman, Bill Jonesi
|-

| 308 || 2005-10-01 || CM || Monster Mash '05 || John Mirassou
|-

| 309 || 2005-11-05 || CM || Three Ringy Dingy || Darin McGrew
|-

| 310 || 2005-12-03 || CM || Voldermart Return of Dark Mark (HP3) || Teresa & Nick Stefanisko
|-

| 311 || 2005-12-04 || AB/QA || Toy Rallye '05, The || Bob & Ken Schott || GGLC/SCCA
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>2006</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 312 || 2006-01-07 || CM || Rallye Academy || Bob Schott, TRC Board
|-

| 313 || 2006-02-04 || CM || TRC Turns Twenty-Five || Dave Graubart, Cris Wendt
|-

| 314 || 2006-03-04 || CM || Spy Hunter || Bob & Ken Schott
|-

| 315 || 2006-04-01 || CM || South Park April Fools || Teresa & Nick Stefanisko
|-

| 316 || 2006-05-06 || CM || Rallye: Impossible: III<br>(Max Scoresheet rethrow) || Bill Jonesi, Cris Wendt
|-

| 317 || 2006-06-03 || AB || Knights of the Route Table || Adam & Beth Riggs, Brian Underwood
|-

| 318 || 2006-07-01 || CM || Amazing Rallye, The || Teresa Stefanisko, Darin McGrew,<br>Adam & Beth Riggs, Brian Underwood,<br>Abby Grossman, Mike Hsu, Doris Fung
|-

| 319 || 2006-08-05 || CM || Summertime Blues<br>(Horny Shamrock rethrow) || Dean Stanton, Darin McGrew
|-

| 320 || 2006-09-02 || AB || School Daze Fall '06<br>(Ski Bear rethrow) || Steve Watt
|-

| 321 || 2006-10-07 || CM || Monster Mash The Musical || Teresa & Nick Stefanisko
|-

| 322 || 2006-11-04 || AB || Four Ringy Dingy || Darin McGrew
|-

| 323 || 2006-12-02 || CM || Monty Python's Flying ...<br>(MM '88 rethrow) || Karen Cate, Greg Wong
|-

| 324 || 2006-12-03 || AB/QA || Toy Rallye '06, The || Bob & Ken Schott || GGLC/SCCA
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>2007</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 325 || 2007-01-06 || CM || Maze VIII, The<br>(Stick Shift II rethrow) || Bill Jonesi
|-

| 326 || 2007-02-03 || CM || Vista 2007 The Rallye || Dave Graubart, Cris Wendt
|-

| 327 || 2007-03-03 || CM || Survivor: Silicon Valley || Teresa & Nick Stefanisko
|-

| 328 || 2007-04-07 || CM || Three Strikes and "You're Out" || Dave Moen, Keith Anderson
|-

| 329 || 2007-05-05 || CM || Great Railroad Caper || Bob & Ken Schott
|-

| 330 || 2007-06-02 || AB/CM/QA || Alphabet Soup || Darin McGrew
|-

| 331 || 2007-07-07 || CM || Amazing Rallye II, The || Teresa Stefanisko, Dave Moen,<br>Keith Anderson, Abby Grossman,<br>Darin McGrew, Susan Paglianti
|-

| 332 || 2007-08-04 || CM || Talladega Nights || Karen Cate, Greg Wong
|-

| 333 || 2007-09-01 || CM || Courting Disaster || Dave Fladlien
|-

| 334 || 2007-10-06 || CM || Monster Mash '07<br>(MM 91 rethrow) || Dean Stanton
|-

| 335 || 2007-11-03 || CM || Deal or No Deal || Teresa Stefanisko
|-

| 336 || 2007-12-02 || AB/QA || Toy Rallye '07, The || Bob & Ken Schott || GGLC/SCCA
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>2008</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 337 || 2008-01-05 || AB/CM || Happy Birthday, Louis Braille || Darin & Michelle McGrew
|-

| 338 || 2008-02-02 || CM || 24 || Dave Graubart, Cris Wendt
|-

| 339 || 2008-03-01 || CM || Tourist Trap || Teresa & Nick Stefanisko
|-

| 340 || 2008-04-05 || CM || Three Strikes and "You're Out" 2 || Dave Moen, Keith Anderson
|-

| 341 || 2008-05-03 || CM || Dilbert Rallye, The<br>(Calvin & Hobbes rethrow) || Cris Wendt
|-

| 342 || 2008-06-07 || AB/CM || June Bride 2: Tropical Honeymoon || Darin McGrew
|-

| 343 || 2008-07-05 || CM || Amazing Rallye III, The || Teresa Stefanisko, Kim & Trevor Graham,<br>Abby Grossman, Dave Fladlien,<br>Cyndel Podich, Gary Watson
|-

| 344 || 2008-08-02 || CM || Get Smart || Karen Cate, Greg Wong
|-

| 345 || 2008-09-06 || CM || Drive for Show Rallye for Dough || Dave Moen, Keith Anderson
|-

| 346 || 2008-10-04 || CM || Monster M*A*S*H || Darin & Michelle McGrew
|-

| 347 || 2008-11-01 || CM || Indecision 2008 || Teresa & Nick Stefanisko
|-

| 348 || 2008-12-06 || AB/QA || Rerail Santa (Toy Rallye '08) || Ed Slintak, Ray deBlieck || GGLC
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>2009</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 349 || 2009-01-03 || CM || Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Rallye (HP4) || Steve Crounse & Chris Davidson
|-

| 350 || 2009-02-07 || CM || Meltdown || Dave Graubart, Cris Wendt
|-

| 351 || 2009-03-07 || CM || March Madness || Karen Cate, Greg Wong
|-

| 352 || 2009-04-04 || CM || April's Fool || Ted Boet || EDTC
|-

| 353 || 2009-05-02 || CM || Mother of all Rallyes || Dave Moen, Keith Anderson
|-

| 354 || 2009-06-06 || CM || Amazing Rallye IV, The || Teresa Stefanisko, Kim & Trevor Graham,<br>Abby Grossman, Dave Fladlien,<br>Cyndel Podich, Gary Watson
|-

| 355 || 2009-08-01 || CM || Totally 80's Rallye, The || Kim & Trevor Graham
|-

| 356 || 2009-09-05 || CM || Fall Rush || Teresa & Nick Stefanisko
|-

| 357 || 2009-10-03 || CM || Animal House || Ed Slintak, Ray deBlieck
|-

| 358 || 2009-11-07 || CM || Things That Go Bump In The Night || Ted Boet || EDTC
|-

| 359 || 2009-12-06 || AB || Toy Rallye '09, The || Darin McGrew || GGLC
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>2010</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 360 || 2010-02-06 || CM || We're Off to See the Wizard || Dave Graubart, Cris Wendt
|-

| 361 || 2010-03-06 || CM || Lilo and Stitch || Teresa & Nick Stefanisko
|-

| 362 || 2010-04-03 || CM || Nice Kind Gentle, Fluffy, Easy & Fun<br>Bunny Rallye, The || Dave Moen, Keith Anderson
|-

| 363 || 2010-05-01 || CM || Adventures of Sherlock Holmes || Ted Boet || EDTC
|-

| 364 || 2010-06-05 || AB || A-B Team Rallye || Darin McGrew
|-

| 365 || 2010-07-03 || CM || Amazing Rallye V, The || Teresa Stefanisko,...
|-

| 366 || 2010-08-07 || AB || A-B Sea Rallye<br>(Return of Redbeard rethrow) || Dean Stanton
|-

| 367 || 2010-09-04 || CM || Best of the Stepheniskos || Teresa & Nick Stefanisko
|-

| 368 || 2010-10-02 || CM || Going Postal || Ed Slintak, Ray deBlieck
|-

| 369 || 2010-11-06 || CM || Spiderman || Ted Boet || EDTC
|-

| 370 || 2010-12-04 || AB || Toy Rallye '10, The || Darin McGrew || GGLC
|-

| colspan="6" | <h2>2011</h2>
|-
! # !! Date !! Type !! Event Name !! Rallyemaster(s) !! Co-Sponsor
|-

| 371 || 2011-02-05 || CM || Over The Hill || Dave Graubart, Cris Wendt
|-

| 372 || 2011-03-05 || CM || Zombieland || Ozan Demirlioglu
|-

| 373 || 2011-04-02 || CM || Go For Two || Dave Moen, Keith Anderson
|-

| 374 || 2011-06-04 || AB || X-Men: First Rallye || Darin McGrew
|-

| 375 || 2011-07-02 || CM || Amazing Rallye VI, The || Teresa Stefanisko, Trevor & Kim Graham,<br>Jeffery Martin
|-

|}

== Legend ==
=== Rallye Types ===
{|
| AB || A-B (multi-part RI) gimmick rallye
|-
| AB-CF || A-B (multi-part RI) gimmick rallye with SCCA Natl Course-Following concepts
|-
| CM || Coursemarker gimmick rallye
|-
| H&H || Hare & Hounds gimmick rallye
|-
| Monte || Monte Carlo timed rallye
|-
| PanAm || Pan Am (map/known true time Monte Carlo) timed rallye
|-
| PC || Pan Carlo (map/average speed Monte Carlo) timed rallye
|-
| Photo || Photo gimmick rallye
|-
| Q-A || Question-Answer gimmick rallye
|-
| SCCAc || Sports Car Club of America Natl or Div COURSE (trap) rallye
|-
| SCCAt || Sports Car Club of America Natl or Div TOUR (non-trap) rallye
|-
| T&D || Time and Distance (generally non-trap) timed rallye
|-
| T&D/T || Time and Distance trap timed rallye
|-
| Var || Variety (Gimmick) rallye
|}
=== Car Clubs ===
{|
| ARL || Associated Ralliests Limited (Sacramento TSD club)
|-
| BAMA || Bay Area Miata Association
|-
| BMW CCA || BMW Car Club Association
|-
| Club 501 || Local Gimmick Rallye Club
|-
| EDTC || El Dorado Touring Club
|-
| FIAT || Fiat America
|-
| FTC || Fremont Touring Club
|-
| GGLC || Golden Gate Lotus Club
|-
| Jensen || Jensen Car Club
|-
| MG || MG Owners Club
|-
| NC 510 || Northern California (Datsun) 510 Association
|-
| NCSCC || Northern California Sports Car Council
|-
| Paradox || Local Gimmick Rallye Club
|-
| PCA-LPR || Porsche Club of America - Loma Prieta Region
|-
| PCA-SVR || Porsche Club of America - Sacramento Valley Region
|-
| SCCA-ABR || Sports Car Club of America - Arizona Border Region
|-
| SCCA-OR || Sports Car Club of America - Oregon Region
|-
| SCCA-SFR || Sports Car Club of America - San Francisco Region
|-
| Subaru || Subaru Club
|-
| TTSCC || Triumph Travellers Sports Car Club
|-
| ZONC || (Datsun/Nissan) Z Owners of Northern California
|-
| 2nd Gen || (Volkswagen) Second Generation Owners Club
|-
|}

Advice for New Rallyemasters

2018-10-08T16:23:20Z

Darin: clarify CP personnel requirements

Are you considering writing a gimmick rallye? Congratulations!

And welcome! TRC needs new rallyemasters.

== Writing the Rallye ==

=== Get Help ===

If you're writing a TRC rallye, then don't go it alone!
Other TRC members will help you with details like:
* printing
* registering rallyists at the start
* awards
* participation plaques (refrigerator magnets)
* tools and expertise for posting CMs (if necessary)
* recruiting precheckers and checkpoint workers

We can also help by matching you up with a more experienced mentor, who can help, guide, and encourage you.
As a new rallyemaster, you should look for a mentor whose rallyes you enjoy, and whose critiques you understand and agree with.

As soon as you are considering writing a rallye, please contact any of the [[TRC Board Structure|TRC board members]], or drop by one of our business meetings (usually the third Tuesday of the month, but check [http://www.therallyeclub.org/calendar our calendar] to be sure).

Please join the [http://old.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-rm TRC-RM] list.
However, there are a lot of rallyemasters on this list who will want to enter your rallye, so you shouldn't ask "spoiler" questions on this list.
Save those for your mentor, or for your precheckers.

=== Be Patient ===

If possible, wait until you have a fair bit of experience as a rallyist before you try writing a rallye yourself.
You should be able to understand all the gimmicks described in the critique for someone else's rallye before you try to be a rallyemaster for a similar rallye.

Some find it easier to start by "rethrowing" an old rallye.
That is, take an existing rallye and change the [[Picking a Theme|theme]] and other "chrome" as necessary, rather than write your own rallye from scratch.

If you do not have the support of a local rallye club, then study whatever sample rallyes you can find (e.g., on the web).
Use them as a source of gimmick ideas, and as an example of what the general instructions (GIs) should look like, about how scoring should work, etc.

=== Choosing a Neighborhood ===

Not all neighborhoods are created equal.
Don't sabotage yourself by placing your rallye in a difficult neighborhood.

For a coursemarker rallye, pay attention to the available poles. Some neighborhoods have only [[Coursemarker Guidelines#Good Luck on Concrete Poles|concrete poles]], which make it difficult to post coursemarkers.
Some neighborhoods have few usable poles, either because there are few poles to begin with, or because trees/shrubs obscure motorists' view of anything signs posted on the poles.

It is best to avoid neighborhoods with heavy traffic on Saturday nights, or with narrow streets that make U-turns difficult.
If your rallye will be on a holiday weekend, then consider how the holiday traffic might be different from normal Saturday night traffic.
Make sure the neighborhood is well lit.
(Yellow street lights can cause rallyists problems, even though the streets appear well lit.)

Don't fall in love with a neighborhood with street names that fit the [[Picking a Theme|theme]] of your rallye.
Make sure it is otherwise a good rallye neighborhood before using it.

=== Route Instructions ===

The route instructions (RIs) should get people from the start to the finish if they ignore the misspellings and gimmicks and just follow them as though they were written by a well-intentioned person who is bad at giving directions. You shouldn't need emergency envelopes or other tricks to get lost rallyists back on course. They should be able to follow the RI course (AKA "the turkey route") and make it to the finish.

=== Special Instructions ===

All rallyemasters need to be able to give ungimmicked instructions to rallyists.
We do this with Special Instructions (SIs).
There are never any gimmicks on SIs.
Don't even think about gimmicks on SIs.
Don't let rallyists even think about gimmicks on SIs.

You therefore need to be explicit about where SIs start and end, such as,
"Begin SI at Main. . . . End SI after passing Lilac."
If an SI is in effect, a rallyist won't (shouldn't have to) use an "uninstructed T" rule.
And beginners may be confused if they will see CMs while on their SI;
perhaps you need to explicitly say something like, "Do not record nor use CMs while on an SI."
Some RMs define a Traverse in the Order of Precedence, so it is not an SI and can be gimmicked.

There are situations where there wouldn't be a gimmick on the SI,
but the SI somehow would be associated with something that has a gimmick.
An example would be an on-course CM that brings an "on course" SI into effect,
but some other gimmick uses the CM.
Technically, this is not a gimmick on the SI;
it is a gimmick on the CM that brings the SI into effect.
However, rallyists (especially inexperienced rallyists) don't always understand that distinction.
To avoid confusing them, you should avoid using SIs in these situations.
For example, you could have the CM bring a Supp into effect, rather than an SI.

=== Prechecking ===

It's better for problems to be found by your precheckers than by your rallyists.
If a prechecker disagrees with your interpretation of a gimmick, then either drop the gimmick or fix the wording so your prechecker is happy.

After making changes, precheck it again to make sure you haven't broken something else.

Often, it helps to have precheckers with styles that differ from yours.
They will bring a different point of view to the precheck, and will catch problems that you wouldn't have noticed.
Likewise, it also helps to have precheckers with different experience levels (e.g., Novices and Master Experts).

=== Keep It Simple ===

Apply the [[Wikipedia:KISS principle|KISS principle]].
Or, as experienced Cub Scout leaders say, Keep It Simple, Make It Fun (KISMIF).
Note that [[Gimmicks That Should Be Avoided|some gimmicks are best avoided]],
since they tend to cause problems.

It's better to make a gimmick a bit more obvious and have more people figure it out, than to leave it ambiguous and have more people protest it (or just be disgruntled).
Remember, you're trying to help the rallyists have fun, not to thwart them at every turn.
There should be plenty of easy and moderate gimmicks, and just a few hard gimmicks.

If you don't have the support of a local rallye club, then keep it extremely simple.
If you're doing this on your own, then none of the rallyists will have much experience either.
(If they do, then they should be writing the rallye, or at least helping you.)
Complex gimmicks will go over everyone's heads.
Besides, you'll probably have less help with the basic logistics of the rallye.

=== Rallye Length ===

Complaints about TRC rallyes being too short are extremely rare.
Complaints about TRC rallyes being too long are common, and we usually have a rallye or two a year where we need to extend the closing time at the finish.
When in doubt, it's better for a rallye to be too short than too long.

Here are some rules of thumb for estimating whether your rallye is about the right length.

Checkpoints take time (verifying readiness, talking to the checkpoint workers, reading carefully any CP slips). If there is no checkpoint, your rallye can be a ''little'' longer.

For a coursemarker rallye:
* Limit yourself to two "alphabets" of CMs (i.e., use 52 CMs max)
* Use about 28-35 good CMs (full-credit and partial-credit).
* 20 to 35 RIs are typical, but this count is no proof the length is right.
* Drive the entire route to "read" every CM pole (both the good and the bad CMs). This will take less time than actually running the rallye, so if you cannot complete this test well within the time allowed for rallyists to run the rallye (after studying the materials), then your rallye is definitely too long.

For an A–B or multi-style rallye:
* 50 RIs is usually about right for an A–B rallye.
* For a multi-style rallye, start with the above guideline for A–B rallyes, but convert 10 RIs into 10 CMs or 10 Questions. An A–B, CM, Q–A rallye might have about 30 RIs, 10 CMs, and 10 Questions.

Furthermore, our insurance covers events up to 50 miles long. Rallyemasters must verify that the length of the rallye (including all traverses) does not exceed 50 miles.

=== Instruction Complexity ===

A good rule of thumb is that a rallye should have no more than two types of "gimmick instructions".
That is, in addition to the types of instructions that every rallye must have (e.g., SIs, GIs, RIs, Supps),
you can use two other types of gimmick instructions.

As an example, many rallyes include Notes and Bonuses.
Monster Mash rallyes often include Monsters and one other type of gimmick instructions.
However, a Star Trek rallye that included distinct Vulcan, Romulan, and Klingon instructions runs the risk of being too complex.

=== Theme ===

If you have theme ideas that aren't integrally part of your rallye, consider if you can use them somewhere:
* Characters in the story or changing rules temporarily (as in a "Monster Mash")?
* Kinds of instructions, or alternate names for rallye objects, such as the score sheet, CMs, CPs, rallye workers.
* Giveaways
* Checkpoint activity?

=== Scoring ===

Determine if you want to do manual scoring (probably with a scoring template) or machine scoring.
Machine scoring may be more work up front, but less work after the rallye.
RMs who have used it before find it is not more work up front, either.

=== Score Sheets ===

RMs should include
* a place for rallyists' email addresses (at least for driver and navigator, ideally for passengers, as well).
* and a checkbox with which rallyists can request to be added to the TRC-Events mailing list.
We usually assure the rallyists that this list gets a small amount of mail and never spam.
You could also explain that they will get an email they will have to confirm to finish the
sign-up process for the TRC-Events mailing list.

==== Tiebreakers ====

Because we order awards ahead of time, we only have 2 for each car.
Therefore, ties must be broken.

Before smartphones, a common tiebreaker was a trivia quiz based on the theme of the rallye.
Now that most rallyists have the internet in their pocket, that's less useful as a tiebreaker.

A fair (albeit boring) approach is a simple "pick a number" tiebreaker.
However, they are less useful if there is a particular number associated with the rallye's theme.
For example, nearly everyone will enter 42 on a ''Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'' rallye.

Checkpoint games work nicely as tiebreakers.
They also create interaction between rallyists and CP personnel, which provides more gimmick opportunities.
Naturally, checkpoint games require checkpoint personnel who can run the games, in addition to the checkpoint personnel who are running the checkpoint itself.

Common tiebreakers also include asking how far from perfect the team's score will be, and/or how far from perfect the best score will be.
These tiebreakers can reward those who are more aware of how difficult the rallye is and how well they are doing.
They can also indicate to the rallyemaster whether there is a big mismatch between how difficult the rallye was and how difficult rallyists thought the rallye was (before handing in their score sheets).

For A-B or Q-A style rallyes, the first missed gimmick is an easy tiebreaker.
This tiebreaker is harder with CM style rallyes, where the order of the gimmicks probably does not match the order of the spaces on the page.

At times, we've seen a lot of "grubbing for points" protests.
(These are protests filed by teams that clearly missed the gimmick, but are trying to come up some weakness in the gimmick's language that might convince a protest committee to give them the points anyway.)
Using the fewest denied protests as a tiebreaker will discourage this kind of frivolous protest.
You don't even need to make it the first tiebreaker.
It will be effective even if the fewest denied protests is the last tiebreaker, which will almost never be used to break a tie.

== Before the Rallye ==

See the [[Gimmick Rallye Timeline]].

== At the Rallye ==

=== Rallye Briefing ===

It is traditional to have a short (20 minutes) briefing for first timers and beginners
(novices are normally invited, as well) at the midpoint of the registration window.
You need to explain the basics of the rallye and how to use the score sheet
(e.g., how a CM is recorded and invokes SUPPs or SIs).
This is typically done using the club's whiteboard and markers.
Have a route prepared ahead of time.
(It may, but need not, be a portion of true roads encountered in your rallye).
Have a rallyist read the applicable definitions or GI sections, SUPP parts, etc.

=== Questions ===

The RM phone needs to be answered by someone other than the one giving the briefing,
since the briefing occurs during the rallye (particularly for upper division).
If you're a lone RM, ask another experienced rallyist to give the briefing and
negotiate which gimmicks should be given away at the briefing.

While you are at the start, you will get questions. You might also get phone calls
during this time. Don't let your phone answers be overheard by other rallyists.

* You probably want to get the rallyists' class and perhaps their car number.
* Try not to ''give'' answers, but to ''confirm'' rallyist guesses.
* For lower classes, try to lead them to the pertinent section(s) or sentence(s).
* Have rallyist read to you and perhaps they can find their own answer.
* Sometimes a rallyist will find the relevant portions of the GI, but still need (class-appropriate) help in drawing the correct conclusion.
* Remember that English wording is almost always ambiguous, even if crystal clear to you.

If a rallyist finds a "bug" in the rallye, consider notifying other cars:
* You might post a sign with an SI to help those who have not yet passed that point.
* Tweet a notification during the rallye, if necessary.
* Remember to also have CP workers notify all cars, to reach those not following TRC on Twitter.

=== Protests ===

There are no perfect rallyemasters.
There are no perfect precheckers.
Therefore, there are no perfect rallyes.

Expect protests, and don't take them personally.
Carefully consider the point being made in each protest.
Try to give more leeway to lower classes than you would to an expert.

If a gimmick is truly broken, then you should grant it for all cars.
If the protest describes an alternate interpretation of the instructions that is as reasonable as your intended interpretation, then consider granting credit for that car, and possibly for all cars with the same answers.

TRC's competition director (or someone designated by her) will organize the protest committee and assure that protests are handled according to the [[TRC Gimmick Rallye Protest Policy]].

Be sure to record the effect of protests on the affected score sheets. This makes it easier to publish your results later.

Protests and their outcome are public documents. Allow rallyists to read (but not take) their protests and those of others.

== After the Rallye ==

A rallyemaster's job isn't over when the rallye is done.

=== Accept Criticism ===

Shortly after the rallye, read any written comments on the evaluation forms, and reread the protests.
Write yourself a few notes about things that went well in the rallye, and things that you should have done differently.
Consider summarizing comments on evaluation forms and the protests and the reasons for their acceptance or rejection to append to your results or include in your report to the board.

=== Remove Coursemarkers ===

If you used coursemarkers (or other rallye-erected signs), then take them down promptly.
Many experienced rallyemasters schedule a couple hours the day after the rallye to take them down.
They come down more quickly than they go up, so just get it over with.
Never leave them up longer than a week.

=== Ask the Treasurer for any Expense Reimbursement ===

Seek [[TRC Accounting Rules#Reimbursement_Policies | reimbursement]]
from [[TRC Board Structure|TRC's Treasurer]],
ideally a week before the next TRC business meeting.

=== Post Results ===

Send email with a summary of the results to the [http://old.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-talk TRC-Talk] list, to TRC's {{webmaster}}, and to the email addresses provided by any rallyists.
Use the bcc feature for the rallyists' email addresses, to prevent the unlikely abuse of rallyists' email address by other rallyists.

If you are [[Scoring a Rallye by Hand|scoring your rallye by hand]], then you can use a previous rallye's results as a template.
If you are [[Using the Computerized Scoring System|using the computerized scoring system]], then it will generate results automatically.

In general, it's best not to rescore your rallye.
Just post the same results you announced at the finish.

==== File naming convention ====

Mail your results (text or PDF) as an attachment named ''yyyy-mm-dd''-'''Results'''-''NAME''.''suffix'' where:
* ''yyyy-mm-dd'' is the date the Rallye was run
* '''Results''' is just like that (case matters)
* ''NAME'' is the name of the Rallye
* ''suffix'' is pdf or txt
For example, the results for Ghostchasers, a rallye that was run on October 6th of 2012, is 2012-10-06-Results-Ghostchasers.pdf

== At the Next TRC Business Meeting ==

=== Concluding Report ===

Come to the next business meeting to give a report on your rallye (during the "previous events" section of the meeting).
This is a good time to share any lessons you learned, as well as general comments about how the rallye went.

=== Scoresheets ===

Give scoresheets to [[TRC_Board_Structure#officers|Treasurer]] to be filed, probably at that business meeting. The board would also like the protest forms or a summary, to file away
with your rallye.

=== Soft Copy of All Rallye Materials ===

The board, starting in 2017, would also like to save machine copies of past rallyes, to ease future examination and reuse of rallyes (after several years, of course).

=== Equipment ===

If you have any TRC equipment (such as checkpoint signs or CM removal tools), return them to the [[TRC Board Structure|TRC Equipment Chair]].

=== Get Receipts to Treasurer ===

If you asked the Treasurer for [[Rallye Reimbursements|reimbursement]] and didn't scan the matching receipts and E-mail them, bring them to the next business meeting, at which you report.

== See also ==
* [[Writing an A-B Rallye]]

Advice for New Rallyemasters

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Darin: flesh out the Tie Breakers stub

Are you considering writing a gimmick rallye? Congratulations!

And welcome! TRC needs new rallyemasters.

== Writing the Rallye ==

=== Get Help ===

If you're writing a TRC rallye, then don't go it alone!
Other TRC members will help you with details like:
* printing
* registering rallyists at the start
* awards
* participation plaques (refrigerator magnets)
* tools and expertise for posting CMs (if necessary)
* recruiting precheckers and checkpoint workers

We can also help by matching you up with a more experienced mentor, who can help, guide, and encourage you.
As a new rallyemaster, you should look for a mentor whose rallyes you enjoy, and whose critiques you understand and agree with.

As soon as you are considering writing a rallye, please contact any of the [[TRC Board Structure|TRC board members]], or drop by one of our business meetings (usually the third Tuesday of the month, but check [http://www.therallyeclub.org/calendar our calendar] to be sure).

Please join the [http://old.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-rm TRC-RM] list.
However, there are a lot of rallyemasters on this list who will want to enter your rallye, so you shouldn't ask "spoiler" questions on this list.
Save those for your mentor, or for your precheckers.

=== Be Patient ===

If possible, wait until you have a fair bit of experience as a rallyist before you try writing a rallye yourself.
You should be able to understand all the gimmicks described in the critique for someone else's rallye before you try to be a rallyemaster for a similar rallye.

Some find it easier to start by "rethrowing" an old rallye.
That is, take an existing rallye and change the [[Picking a Theme|theme]] and other "chrome" as necessary, rather than write your own rallye from scratch.

If you do not have the support of a local rallye club, then study whatever sample rallyes you can find (e.g., on the web).
Use them as a source of gimmick ideas, and as an example of what the general instructions (GIs) should look like, about how scoring should work, etc.

=== Choosing a Neighborhood ===

Not all neighborhoods are created equal.
Don't sabotage yourself by placing your rallye in a difficult neighborhood.

For a coursemarker rallye, pay attention to the available poles. Some neighborhoods have only [[Coursemarker Guidelines#Good Luck on Concrete Poles|concrete poles]], which make it difficult to post coursemarkers.
Some neighborhoods have few usable poles, either because there are few poles to begin with, or because trees/shrubs obscure motorists' view of anything signs posted on the poles.

It is best to avoid neighborhoods with heavy traffic on Saturday nights, or with narrow streets that make U-turns difficult.
If your rallye will be on a holiday weekend, then consider how the holiday traffic might be different from normal Saturday night traffic.
Make sure the neighborhood is well lit.
(Yellow street lights can cause rallyists problems, even though the streets appear well lit.)

Don't fall in love with a neighborhood with street names that fit the [[Picking a Theme|theme]] of your rallye.
Make sure it is otherwise a good rallye neighborhood before using it.

=== Route Instructions ===

The route instructions (RIs) should get people from the start to the finish if they ignore the misspellings and gimmicks and just follow them as though they were written by a well-intentioned person who is bad at giving directions. You shouldn't need emergency envelopes or other tricks to get lost rallyists back on course. They should be able to follow the RI course (AKA "the turkey route") and make it to the finish.

=== Special Instructions ===

All rallyemasters need to be able to give ungimmicked instructions to rallyists.
We do this with Special Instructions (SIs).
There are never any gimmicks on SIs.
Don't even think about gimmicks on SIs.
Don't let rallyists even think about gimmicks on SIs.

You therefore need to be explicit about where SIs start and end, such as,
"Begin SI at Main. . . . End SI after passing Lilac."
If an SI is in effect, a rallyist won't (shouldn't have to) use an "uninstructed T" rule.
And beginners may be confused if they will see CMs while on their SI;
perhaps you need to explicitly say something like, "Do not record nor use CMs while on an SI."
Some RMs define a Traverse in the Order of Precedence, so it is not an SI and can be gimmicked.

There are situations where there wouldn't be a gimmick on the SI,
but the SI somehow would be associated with something that has a gimmick.
An example would be an on-course CM that brings an "on course" SI into effect,
but some other gimmick uses the CM.
Technically, this is not a gimmick on the SI;
it is a gimmick on the CM that brings the SI into effect.
However, rallyists (especially inexperienced rallyists) don't always understand that distinction.
To avoid confusing them, you should avoid using SIs in these situations.
For example, you could have the CM bring a Supp into effect, rather than an SI.

=== Prechecking ===

It's better for problems to be found by your precheckers than by your rallyists.
If a prechecker disagrees with your interpretation of a gimmick, then either drop the gimmick or fix the wording so your prechecker is happy.

After making changes, precheck it again to make sure you haven't broken something else.

Often, it helps to have precheckers with styles that differ from yours.
They will bring a different point of view to the precheck, and will catch problems that you wouldn't have noticed.
Likewise, it also helps to have precheckers with different experience levels (e.g., Novices and Master Experts).

=== Keep It Simple ===

Apply the [[Wikipedia:KISS principle|KISS principle]].
Or, as experienced Cub Scout leaders say, Keep It Simple, Make It Fun (KISMIF).
Note that [[Gimmicks That Should Be Avoided|some gimmicks are best avoided]],
since they tend to cause problems.

It's better to make a gimmick a bit more obvious and have more people figure it out, than to leave it ambiguous and have more people protest it (or just be disgruntled).
Remember, you're trying to help the rallyists have fun, not to thwart them at every turn.
There should be plenty of easy and moderate gimmicks, and just a few hard gimmicks.

If you don't have the support of a local rallye club, then keep it extremely simple.
If you're doing this on your own, then none of the rallyists will have much experience either.
(If they do, then they should be writing the rallye, or at least helping you.)
Complex gimmicks will go over everyone's heads.
Besides, you'll probably have less help with the basic logistics of the rallye.

=== Rallye Length ===

Complaints about TRC rallyes being too short are extremely rare.
Complaints about TRC rallyes being too long are common, and we usually have a rallye or two a year where we need to extend the closing time at the finish.
When in doubt, it's better for a rallye to be too short than too long.

Here are some rules of thumb for estimating whether your rallye is about the right length.

Checkpoints take time (verifying readiness, talking to the checkpoint workers, reading carefully any CP slips). If there is no checkpoint, your rallye can be a ''little'' longer.

For a coursemarker rallye:
* Limit yourself to two "alphabets" of CMs (i.e., use 52 CMs max)
* Use about 28-35 good CMs (full-credit and partial-credit).
* 20 to 35 RIs are typical, but this count is no proof the length is right.
* Drive the entire route to "read" every CM pole (both the good and the bad CMs). This will take less time than actually running the rallye, so if you cannot complete this test well within the time allowed for rallyists to run the rallye (after studying the materials), then your rallye is definitely too long.

For an A–B or multi-style rallye:
* 50 RIs is usually about right for an A–B rallye.
* For a multi-style rallye, start with the above guideline for A–B rallyes, but convert 10 RIs into 10 CMs or 10 Questions. An A–B, CM, Q–A rallye might have about 30 RIs, 10 CMs, and 10 Questions.

Furthermore, our insurance covers events up to 50 miles long. Rallyemasters must verify that the length of the rallye (including all traverses) does not exceed 50 miles.

=== Instruction Complexity ===

A good rule of thumb is that a rallye should have no more than two types of "gimmick instructions".
That is, in addition to the types of instructions that every rallye must have (e.g., SIs, GIs, RIs, Supps),
you can use two other types of gimmick instructions.

As an example, many rallyes include Notes and Bonuses.
Monster Mash rallyes often include Monsters and one other type of gimmick instructions.
However, a Star Trek rallye that included distinct Vulcan, Romulan, and Klingon instructions runs the risk of being too complex.

=== Theme ===

If you have theme ideas that aren't integrally part of your rallye, consider if you can use them somewhere:
* Characters in the story or changing rules temporarily (as in a "Monster Mash")?
* Kinds of instructions, or alternate names for rallye objects, such as the score sheet, CMs, CPs, rallye workers.
* Giveaways
* Checkpoint activity?

=== Scoring ===

Determine if you want to do manual scoring (probably with a scoring template) or machine scoring.
Machine scoring may be more work up front, but less work after the rallye.
RMs who have used it before find it is not more work up front, either.

=== Score Sheets ===

RMs should include
* a place for rallyists' email addresses (at least for driver and navigator, ideally for passengers, as well).
* and a checkbox with which rallyists can request to be added to the TRC-Events mailing list.
We usually assure the rallyists that this list gets a small amount of mail and never spam.
You could also explain that they will get an email they will have to confirm to finish the
sign-up process for the TRC-Events mailing list.

==== Tiebreakers ====

Because we order awards ahead of time, we only have 2 for each car.
Therefore, ties must be broken.

Before smartphones, a common tiebreaker was a trivia quiz based on the theme of the rallye.
Now that most rallyists have the internet in their pocket, that's less useful as a tiebreaker.

A fair (albeit boring) approach is a simple "pick a number" tiebreaker.
However, they are less useful if there is a particular number associated with the rallye's theme.
For example, nearly everyone will enter 42 on a ''Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'' rallye.

Checkpoint games work nicely as tiebreakers.
They also create interaction between rallyists and CP personnel, which provides more gimmick opportunities.

Common tiebreakers also include asking how far from perfect the team's score will be, and/or how far from perfect the best score will be.
These tiebreakers can reward those who are more aware of how difficult the rallye is and how well they are doing.
They can also indicate to the rallyemaster whether there is a big mismatch between how difficult the rallye was and how difficult rallyists thought the rallye was (before handing in their score sheets).

For A-B or Q-A style rallyes, the first missed gimmick is an easy tiebreaker.
This tiebreaker is harder with CM style rallyes, where the order of the gimmicks probably does not match the order of the spaces on the page.

At times, we've seen a lot of "grubbing for points" protests.
(These are protests filed by teams that clearly missed the gimmick, but are trying to come up some weakness in the gimmick's language that might convince a protest committee to give them the points anyway.)
Using the fewest denied protests as a tiebreaker will discourage this kind of frivolous protest.
You don't even need to make it the first tiebreaker.
It will be effective even if the fewest denied protests is the last tiebreaker, which will almost never be used to break a tie.

== Before the Rallye ==

See the [[Gimmick Rallye Timeline]].

== At the Rallye ==

=== Rallye Briefing ===

It is traditional to have a short (20 minutes) briefing for first timers and beginners
(novices are normally invited, as well) at the midpoint of the registration window.
You need to explain the basics of the rallye and how to use the score sheet
(e.g., how a CM is recorded and invokes SUPPs or SIs).
This is typically done using the club's whiteboard and markers.
Have a route prepared ahead of time.
(It may, but need not, be a portion of true roads encountered in your rallye).
Have a rallyist read the applicable definitions or GI sections, SUPP parts, etc.

=== Questions ===

The RM phone needs to be answered by someone other than the one giving the briefing,
since the briefing occurs during the rallye (particularly for upper division).
If you're a lone RM, ask another experienced rallyist to give the briefing and
negotiate which gimmicks should be given away at the briefing.

While you are at the start, you will get questions. You might also get phone calls
during this time. Don't let your phone answers be overheard by other rallyists.

* You probably want to get the rallyists' class and perhaps their car number.
* Try not to ''give'' answers, but to ''confirm'' rallyist guesses.
* For lower classes, try to lead them to the pertinent section(s) or sentence(s).
* Have rallyist read to you and perhaps they can find their own answer.
* Sometimes a rallyist will find the relevant portions of the GI, but still need (class-appropriate) help in drawing the correct conclusion.
* Remember that English wording is almost always ambiguous, even if crystal clear to you.

If a rallyist finds a "bug" in the rallye, consider notifying other cars:
* You might post a sign with an SI to help those who have not yet passed that point.
* Tweet a notification during the rallye, if necessary.
* Remember to also have CP workers notify all cars, to reach those not following TRC on Twitter.

=== Protests ===

There are no perfect rallyemasters.
There are no perfect precheckers.
Therefore, there are no perfect rallyes.

Expect protests, and don't take them personally.
Carefully consider the point being made in each protest.
Try to give more leeway to lower classes than you would to an expert.

If a gimmick is truly broken, then you should grant it for all cars.
If the protest describes an alternate interpretation of the instructions that is as reasonable as your intended interpretation, then consider granting credit for that car, and possibly for all cars with the same answers.

TRC's competition director (or someone designated by her) will organize the protest committee and assure that protests are handled according to the [[TRC Gimmick Rallye Protest Policy]].

Be sure to record the effect of protests on the affected score sheets. This makes it easier to publish your results later.

Protests and their outcome are public documents. Allow rallyists to read (but not take) their protests and those of others.

== After the Rallye ==

A rallyemaster's job isn't over when the rallye is done.

=== Accept Criticism ===

Shortly after the rallye, read any written comments on the evaluation forms, and reread the protests.
Write yourself a few notes about things that went well in the rallye, and things that you should have done differently.
Consider summarizing comments on evaluation forms and the protests and the reasons for their acceptance or rejection to append to your results or include in your report to the board.

=== Remove Coursemarkers ===

If you used coursemarkers (or other rallye-erected signs), then take them down promptly.
Many experienced rallyemasters schedule a couple hours the day after the rallye to take them down.
They come down more quickly than they go up, so just get it over with.
Never leave them up longer than a week.

=== Ask the Treasurer for any Expense Reimbursement ===

Seek [[TRC Accounting Rules#Reimbursement_Policies | reimbursement]]
from [[TRC Board Structure|TRC's Treasurer]],
ideally a week before the next TRC business meeting.

=== Post Results ===

Send email with a summary of the results to the [http://old.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-talk TRC-Talk] list, to TRC's {{webmaster}}, and to the email addresses provided by any rallyists.
Use the bcc feature for the rallyists' email addresses, to prevent the unlikely abuse of rallyists' email address by other rallyists.

If you are [[Scoring a Rallye by Hand|scoring your rallye by hand]], then you can use a previous rallye's results as a template.
If you are [[Using the Computerized Scoring System|using the computerized scoring system]], then it will generate results automatically.

In general, it's best not to rescore your rallye.
Just post the same results you announced at the finish.

==== File naming convention ====

Mail your results (text or PDF) as an attachment named ''yyyy-mm-dd''-'''Results'''-''NAME''.''suffix'' where:
* ''yyyy-mm-dd'' is the date the Rallye was run
* '''Results''' is just like that (case matters)
* ''NAME'' is the name of the Rallye
* ''suffix'' is pdf or txt
For example, the results for Ghostchasers, a rallye that was run on October 6th of 2012, is 2012-10-06-Results-Ghostchasers.pdf

== At the Next TRC Business Meeting ==

=== Concluding Report ===

Come to the next business meeting to give a report on your rallye (during the "previous events" section of the meeting).
This is a good time to share any lessons you learned, as well as general comments about how the rallye went.

=== Scoresheets ===

Give scoresheets to [[TRC_Board_Structure#officers|Treasurer]] to be filed, probably at that business meeting. The board would also like the protest forms or a summary, to file away
with your rallye.

=== Soft Copy of All Rallye Materials ===

The board, starting in 2017, would also like to save machine copies of past rallyes, to ease future examination and reuse of rallyes (after several years, of course).

=== Equipment ===

If you have any TRC equipment (such as checkpoint signs or CM removal tools), return them to the [[TRC Board Structure|TRC Equipment Chair]].

=== Get Receipts to Treasurer ===

If you asked the Treasurer for [[Rallye Reimbursements|reimbursement]] and didn't scan the matching receipts and E-mail them, bring them to the next business meeting, at which you report.

== See also ==
* [[Writing an A-B Rallye]]

Printing for TRC Rallyes

2018-05-04T03:57:10Z

Darin: extraneous characters

When TRC does the printing, it is usually handled by
[[User:Darin|Darin]]
or
[[User:Steve|Steve Watt]] <steve@watt.com>.
* Steve no longer attends TRC rallyes regularly, so it is likely that you (or someone) will pick it up beforehand from his house in San Jose. If he prints your CMs, you pick them up from him at the same time.

= Printing Reimbursement Rates =
The following rates are current, as of January, 2014:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Item
! Reimbursement
|-
| "simplex" on own paper
| $0.06 per sheet
|-
| "simplex" on TRC paper or labels
| $0.05 per sheet
|-
| "duplex" on own paper
| $0.10 per sheet
|-
| "duplex" on TRC paper or card stock
| $0.09 per sheet
|-
| Envelopes (printed)
| $0.07 per 5 envelopes (or fraction thereof)
|-
| CMs on own card stock
| $0.11 per sheet ($0.06+$0.05)
|-
| 2-sided postcards on own card stock
| $0.16 per sheet ($0.06+$0.10)
|-
| Own labels
| $0.30 per sheet ($0.25+$0.05)
|}

(In case you don't know, "simplex" means printing one one side of the sheet;
"duplex" means printing on both sides of the sheet.)

= Standard Rallye Printing =

Someone must registration packs and extras to the rallye start on time and get the critiques to the finish, typically by bringing them to the start, as well.

== Registration Packets ("Reg Packs") ==
Starting with 2018, we now print '''25 copies''' of the rallye registration pack. These are normally single sided (though some notes have been hidden on the backs). Almost all of them will be stapled and numbered, and the last will be unstapled and unnumbered, available for a run to a copy place (though Office Max near Costco has closed) if more than 24 cars register.

== Extra Packets ==
We now normally print '''15 extra''' registration packets (without scoresheets) for back seat passengers. In 2014, we raised our entry fees and started offering these packets at no extra cost.

These may be printed duplex to save money. But there could be concerns about alternative interpretations. For example, is a page printed on the reverse of the RI Page "on the RI page"? It is easiest to simply mark these extra copies unofficial. (This could be done with a "watermark" or by hand or with text on their first page.)

== Critiques ==
Print '''25 copies''' of the critique, duplex. Do not put maps on the back of the text that refers to the same area. There are often errors in the critique that will need to be explained at the finish. It is best to review it last.

== Coursemarkers ==
Darin or Steve can also print your coursemarkers, if you're willing to pick them up. We have a [[Coursemarker Guidelines|few ideas]] about how to create coursemarkers. Word format works fine for these, as the formatting is somewhat less challenging.

We now normally print coursemarkers on standard paper, rather than 110-pound card stock. So TRC reimbursement rates are the same as those stated above. You may also be reimbursed for a duplicate set of CMs on standard paper, in case a CM is lost or destroyed. Most RMs simply depend on a Sharpie or pasting existing letters and numbers in the unlikely case that a replacement is needed.

== Checkpoint Slips ==
When Steve was competing, he normally did '''not''' print checkpoint slips. This is because they usually need handling (small slips need to be cut apart), and one cannot perform that handling without seeing/reading them, and no competing rallyist should do so; that just wouldn't be fair.

= Reimbursement =

Reimbursement rates are now summarized in the table at the top of this page.
This is roughly cost for medium-duty laser printers; bulk copiers will be somewhat lower, small printers somewhat higher.

== Color ==

Some RMs have used color in registration packets, CMs, and Critique maps to great effect. If you want to be reimbursed more than the above rates, you need to get board approval beforehand. If this is used for gimmicks, this will "tip your hand." You may keep your use of color a secret, at the risk that you will absorb the extra expense.

[http://www.copyfactory.com/ Dean's place] charges (in November, 2015) $0.39 for one-sided color copies in bulk, plus a [http://www.copyfactory.com/color-copies-and-digital-prints $5 setup charge], so maybe less than twice that for two-sided. Most places charge more (about $0.50). Standard ink-jet printing cost depends greatly on how much of the page is colored.

If you are printing in color, one way to keep costs down is to minimize how many pages are color (e.g., only the maps of the Critique and only 20 copies; remaining copies would be gray scale). You're likely to do the collation and stapling yourself, however.

= Document Transfer to Darin or Steve Watt =
The easiest way to handle the bulk printing is to E-mail two PDFs to Darin or Steve: One with the packet participants get at the start, one with the critique. Steve can also handle Word 2007 or earlier documents, but there is risk of formatting disagreement when using Office.

Make certain that your PDF creation software embeds any unusual fonts. If you're using any font that doesn't come with a default Windows installation, ask Steve if he has it.

If you can't create a combined PDF, there are web sites that will combine your PDFs for you. Or Steve can probably do it, but you need to make sure that PDF font subsetting does not occur; again this is dependent on your particular PDF creating software.

Note that if you have special car numbers, colored paper, or other unusual requests, Steve can often handle them, but do ask more than a day or two ahead.

Minimum margins are 1/4" on the sides and bottom, and about 1/2" on top (though people prefer more, due to clipboards).

== Schedule ==
Please have your files ready by the Wednesday late-afternoon before the rallye (assuming a Saturday rallye). That gives Steve time to do the test run, and we can iterate if needed to make sure something printable comes out.

= Printing for Mailings =

Reimbursement rates are now summarized in the table at the top of this page. We account for mailings separately from rallye printing.

== Postage for Mailing (as of October, 2016) ==

[https://postcalc.usps.com/Calculator/Postcard?country=0&ccode=US&oz=94041&omil=False&dz=94041&dmil=False&mdt=3%2F11%2F2018&mdz=12%3A29&m=8 Postcard postage] is current '''35 cents''' per card). (This is surprisingly difficult to verify at usps.gov; try [https://postcalc.usps.com/ postcalc.usps.com].)

Postage for a first class [http://postcalc.usps.gov/MailServices.aspx?m=1&p=0&o=1&dz=94041&oz=94203 letter], stamped, is currently '''50 cents'''. (They are currently 3 cents cheaper if metered.) This info may be available from a [https://www.stamps.com/usps/postage-rate-increase/ USPS press release].

Printing for TRC Rallyes

2014-12-06T09:46:32Z

Darin: Darin now keeps a backstocked toner cartridge on hand...

When TRC does the printing, it is usually handled by [[User:Steve|Steve Watt]] <steve@watt.com> or [[User:Darin|Darin]].
* Steve no longer attends every TRC rallye, so it is likely that you (or someone) will pick it up beforehand from his house in San Jose. If he prints your CMs, you pick them up together.

= Printing Reimbursement Rates =
The following rates are current, as of January, 2014:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Item
! Reimbursement
|-
| "simplex" on own paper
| $0.06 per sheet
|-
| "simplex" on TRC paper or labels
| $0.05 per sheet
|-
| "duplex" on own paper
| $0.10 per sheet
|-
| "duplex" on TRC paper or card stock
| $0.09 per sheet
|-
| Envelopes
| $0.07 per 5 envelopes (or fraction thereof)
|-
| CMs on own card stock
| $0.11 per sheet ($0.06+$0.05)
|-
| 2-sided postcards on own card stock
| $0.16 per sheet ($0.06+$0.10)
|-
| Own labels
| $0.30 per sheet ($0.25+$0.05)
|}

(In case you don't know, "simplex" means printing one one side of the sheet;
"duplex" means printing on both sides of the sheet.)

= Standard Rallye Printing =

Whoever prints should bring registration packs and extras to the rallye start and get the critiques to the finish, typically by bringing them to the start, as well.

== Registration Packets ("Reg Packs") ==
Print '''30 copies''' of the rallye registration pack. These are normally single sided (though some notes have been hidden on the backs). Almost all of them will be stapled and numbered, and the last will be unstapled and unnumbered, available for a run up to Office Max if more than 29 cars register.

== Extra Packets ==
We now normally print '''20 extra''' registration packets (without scoresheets) for back seat passengers. In 2014, we raised our entry fees and started offering these packets at no extra cost.

These may be printed duplex to save money. But there could be concerns about alternative interpretations. For example, is a page printed on the reverse of the RI Page "on the RI page"? It is easiest to simply mark these extra copies unofficial. (This could be done with a "watermark" or by hand or with text on their first page.)

== Critiques ==
Print '''30 copies''' of the critique, duplex. Do not put maps on the back of the text that refers to the same area. There are often errors in the critique that will need to be explained at the finish. It is best to review it last.

== Coursemarkers ==
Steve can also print your coursemarkers, if you're willing to pick them up. We have a [[Coursemarker Guidelines|few ideas]] about how to create coursemarkers. Word format works fine for these, as the formatting is somewhat less challenging.

We now normally print coursemarkers on standard paper, rather than 110-pound card stock. So TRC reimbursement rates are the same as those stated above. You may also be reimbursed for a duplicate set of CMs on standard paper, in case a CM is lost or destroyed. Most RMs simply depend on a Sharpie or pasting existing letters and numbers in the unlikely case that a replacement is needed.

== Checkpoint Slips ==
When Steve was competing, he normally did '''not''' print checkpoint slips. This is because they usually need handling (small slips need to be cut apart), and one cannot perform that handling without seeing/reading them, and no competing rallyist should do so; that just wouldn't be fair.

= Reimbursement =

Reimbursement rates are now summarized in the table at the top of this page.
This is roughly cost for medium-duty laser printers; bulk copiers will be somewhat lower, small printers somewhat higher.

== Color ==

Some RMs have used color in registration packets, CMs, and Critique maps to great effect. If you want to be reimbursed more than the above rates, you need to get board approval beforehand. If this is used for gimmicks, this will "tip your hand."

[http://www.copyfactory.com/ Dean's place] charges (in December, 2011) $0.39 for one-sided color copies in bulk, so maybe less than twice that for two-sided. Most places charge more (about $0.50). Standard ink-jet printing cost depends greatly on how much of the page is colored.

If you are printing in color, one way to keep costs down is to minimize how many pages are color (e.g., only the maps of the Critique and only 20 copies; remaining copies would be gray scale). You're likely to do the collation and stapling yourself, however.

= Document Transfer to Steve Watt =
The easiest way to handle the bulk printing is to E-mail two PDFs to Steve or Darin: One with the packet participants get at the start, one with the critique. Steve can also handle Word 2007 or earlier documents, but there is risk of formatting disagreement when using Office.

Make certain that your PDF creation software embeds any unusual fonts. If you're using any font that doesn't come with a default Windows installation, ask Steve if he has it.

If you can't create a combined PDF, there are web sites that will combine your PDFs for you. Or Steve can probably do it, but you need to make sure that PDF font subsetting does not occur; again this is dependent on your particular PDF creating software.

Note that if you have special car numbers, colored paper, or other unusual requests, Steve can often handle them, but do ask more than a day or two ahead.

Minimum margins are 1/4" on the sides and bottom, and about 1/2" on top (though people prefer more, due to clipboards).

== Schedule ==
Please have your files ready by the Wednesday late-afternoon before the rallye (assuming a Saturday rallye). That gives Steve time to do the test run, and we can iterate if needed to make sure something printable comes out.

= Printing for Mailings =

Reimbursement rates are now summarized in the table at the top of this page. We account for mailings separately from rallye printing.

== Postage for Mailing ==

[http://postcalc.usps.gov/Postcards.aspx Postcard postage] is current '''34 cents''' per card (as of Spring, 2014). (This is surprisingly difficult to verify at usps.gov.)

Postage for a first class [http://postcalc.usps.gov/MailServices.aspx?m=1&p=0&o=1&dz=94041&oz=94203 letter], stamped, is currently '''49 cents'''. (They are currenly one cent cheaper if metered.)

TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Cards

2014-12-06T09:44:14Z

Darin: link to 2014 version

__NOTOC__
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=236 Original Version, 10 questions, 10 points each (for reference)]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=279#Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card:_Rate_1-10 2007 Version, 15 questions, 10 points each (for reference)]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=332#TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card 2008 Version, 20 questions, 5 points each, agree/disagree format (for reference)]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=2608#TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card 2013 Version using new open-ended format]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=2617#TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card 2014 Version using new open-ended format]
* [[#TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card|Current Draft using new open-ended format]]
* [[Talk:TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Cards|Discussion about this document]]

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==TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Card==
Rallye Name _________________________ Date ___________

Class ___________ Circle one: Driver Navigator Passenger

Optional: Name _____________________________ Car # ____

How did you hear about this rallye? ____________________

What convinced you to try it? ___________________________

Will you try another rallye? _____________________________

What might get you to rallye more? _____________________

What was your '''favorite''' gimmick? _______________________

What was your '''least favorite''' gimmick? __________________

The length (distance) was: ___ too long ___ about right ___ too short<br>
The duration (time) was: ___ too long ___ about right ___ too short<br>
The difficulty was: ___ too hard ___ about right ___ too easy<br>
Overall, it was: ___ great fun ___ fun ___ OK ___ a waste of time<br>

Please provide any comments you have about:

* planning/organization: ____________________________________________

* registration: ______________________________________________________

* clarity/formatting of instructions: _________________________________

* unintended errors: ________________________________________________

* checkpoint location(s): ____________________________________________

* checkpoint process: _______________________________________________

* rallyemaster(s) & worker(s): ________________________________________

* roads used: _______________________________________________________

* signs used: _______________________________________________________

* understanding any gimmicks you missed after reading the critique:

:__________________________________________________________________

* the way gimmicks were scored/weighted: __________________________

* scoring/awards process: __________________________________________

Thank you. Please feel free to print any additional comments on the back.

TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Cards

2014-12-06T09:41:58Z

Darin: update for Dec 2014

__NOTOC__
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=236 Original Version, 10 questions, 10 points each (for reference)]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=279#Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card:_Rate_1-10 2007 Version, 15 questions, 10 points each (for reference)]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=332#TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card 2008 Version, 20 questions, 5 points each, agree/disagree format (for reference)]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=2608#TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card 2013 Version using new open-ended format]
* [[#TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card|Current Draft using new open-ended format]]
* [[Talk:TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Cards|Discussion about this document]]

----

==TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Card==
Rallye Name _________________________ Date ___________

Class ___________ Circle one: Driver Navigator Passenger

Optional: Name _____________________________ Car # ____

How did you hear about this rallye? ____________________

What convinced you to try it? ___________________________

Will you try another rallye? _____________________________

What might get you to rallye more? _____________________

What was your '''favorite''' gimmick? _______________________

What was your '''least favorite''' gimmick? __________________

The length (distance) was: ___ too long ___ about right ___ too short<br>
The duration (time) was: ___ too long ___ about right ___ too short<br>
The difficulty was: ___ too hard ___ about right ___ too easy<br>
Overall, it was: ___ great fun ___ fun ___ OK ___ a waste of time<br>

Please provide any comments you have about:

* planning/organization: ____________________________________________

* registration: ______________________________________________________

* clarity/formatting of instructions: _________________________________

* unintended errors: ________________________________________________

* checkpoint location(s): ____________________________________________

* checkpoint process: _______________________________________________

* rallyemaster(s) & worker(s): ________________________________________

* roads used: _______________________________________________________

* signs used: _______________________________________________________

* understanding any gimmicks you missed after reading the critique:

:__________________________________________________________________

* the way gimmicks were scored/weighted: __________________________

* scoring/awards process: __________________________________________

Thank you. Please feel free to print any additional comments on the back.

TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Cards

2014-09-16T15:06:26Z

Darin: fix link

__NOTOC__
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=236 Original Version, 10 questions, 10 points each (for reference)]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=279#Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card:_Rate_1-10 2007 Version, 15 questions, 10 points each (for reference)]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=332#TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card 2008 Version, 20 questions, 5 points each, agree/disagree format (for reference)]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=2608#TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card 2013 Version using new open-ended format]
* [[#TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card|Current Draft using new open-ended format]]
* [[Talk:TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Cards|Discussion about this document]]

----

==TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Card==
Rallye Name _________________________ Date ___________

Class ___________ Circle one: Driver Navigator Passenger

Optional: Name _____________________________ Car # ____

How did you hear about this rallye? ____________________

What convinced you to try it? ___________________________

What was your favorite gimmick? _______________________

What was your least favorite gimmick? __________________

The length (distance) was: ___ too long ___ about right ___ too short<br>
The duration (time) was: ___ too long ___ about right ___ too short<br>
The difficulty was: ___ too hard ___ about right ___ too easy<br>
Overall, it was: ___ great fun ___ fun ___ OK ___ a waste of time<br>

Please provide any comments you have about:

* planning/organization: ___________________________________________

* registration: _____________________________________________________

* clarity/formatting of instructions: __________________________________

* unintended errors: _______________________________________________

* checkpoint location(s): ____________________________________________

* the checkpoint process: ___________________________________________

* rallyemaster(s) and checkpoint workers: ____________________________

:_________________________________________________________________

* the roads used: __________________________________________________

* the signs used: ___________________________________________________

* understanding the gimmicks you missed after reading the critique:

:_________________________________________________________________

* the way gimmicks were scored/weighted: __________________________

* the finish process: ________________________________________________

* this evaluation card: ______________________________________________

Thank you. Please feel free to print any additional comments on the back.

TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules

2014-09-16T08:58:03Z

Darin: Amended May 20, 2014

'''''This is the official version of this document.'''''

For unofficial work on (and discussion of) possible future changes to these rules, see the
[[Draft TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules]].

== THE RALLYE CLUB OF SILICON VALLEY RULES FOR GIMMICK RALLYES ==
{{TOC right}}

'''Approved May 20, 2014'''

Originally approved June 19, 1985, as part of TRC's Operating Procedures
<br>Amended November 19, 2003
<br>Amended September 15, 2009
<br>Amended April 17, 2012

===Purpose===
To assist TRC and its members in the production of quality rallye events.
No information within these rules shall be sufficient to form the basis for a rallye protest.
<br clear=all>

===Advertising and Flyers===

# Flyers must be ready before the quarterly mailing prior to the rallye. In some cases, flyers must be ready earlier, since quarterly mailings often include the flyer from the first rallye of the next quarter. To allow time for printing, folding, and addressing the mailing, flyers are needed between 2 and 5 months prior to the rallye, depending upon where the rallye's date lands in the mailing schedule.
# An electronic copy (in PDF) should be sent via email to the webmaster. The person assigned to print the mailing may also request a copy.
# All flyers must have the following on them: date and start time, start location, type of event, entry fee, classes (or an indication that there are multiple classes), rallyemaster name(s) and contact info, TRC name and/or logo, and TRC URL (web address <tt>TheRallyeClub.org</tt>).
# Desirable information: Rallyemasters are encouraged to publish the rallye-specific email addresses (<tt>monYEAR@TheRallyeClub.org </tt> where<tt> mon</tt> is the month and<tt> YEAR </tt> is the year; e.g., <tt>dec2015@TheRallyeClub.org</tt>) that forward to their real email accounts until the rallye is well over. Flyers should also include a map of the start location, and may also include the awards presented. If provided, phone numbers should include area codes.
# [[Flyers for TRC Rallyes]] often reassure newbies that they don't need a sports car or other special type of car. Rallyemasters should use phrases like "Any car can run" or "Bring any type of car", and should not use the phrase "any vehicle". Our insurance does not cover motorcycles, and no one we know to be on a motorcycle should be registered.
# Starting in 2014, the rallyemaster or a webmaster will create an online rallye announcement page with the same kind of information that is on the flyer, with the same or different graphics. There is a template for these pages.
# We are also experimenting with postcard mailings, rather than flyer mailings, but still want flyers available online for rallyists to post (e.g., on a bulletin board).
# Rallyemasters must provide artwork for the postcard mailings. The area for the artwork is about 1 inch by 2-2/3 inches. This area can display a single image with an aspect ratio of about 3:8, or a combination of text/fonts and image(s).

===Rallye Writing===
# Provide for Special Instructions (SIs) and other emergency instructions and signs. There '''must never''' be any gimmicks based on Special Instructions. Doing so would make it harder for other rallyemasters to provide directions that must be taken at face value.
# When possible, it is best to avoid relying upon the distinction between an SI and a Supp on the Supp/SI page. Rallyists do miss the distinction, and will keep looking for gimmicks, thinking they're working on a Supp rather than an SI.
# Busy streets should be avoided, except during traverses. Rallyists must be able to pull over safely to review/discuss the rallye instructions without blocking traffic. This is especially important at coursemarker locations, and at locations where Route Instructions, Bonuses, Notes, etc. are executed. Rallyists should also be able to drive safely at speeds below the posted speed limit, carefully looking for and reading signs. Rallyemasters and precheckers must use their best judgement. Some two-lane streets with 25mph speed limits can be too crowded/busy to use, while some four-lane streets with 35mph speed limits can be quiet and perfectly fine. It is strongly recommended on gimmick rallyes that neither coursemarkers nor signs with gimmicks be located on busy multi-lane roads or Expressways such as El Camino Real, Charleston, Lawrence Expressway, etc.
# Our insurance covers events up to 50 miles long. Rallyemasters should verify that the length of the rallye (including all traverses) does not exceed 50 miles.

===Prechecks===

# At least one precheck must be driven, preferably at the same time and day of the week as the rallye.
# Prechecks must include a full instruction set, a critique (with point values), and a map or other indication of sign locations.
# A driven precheck must be performed at least two weeks before the event by a qualified expert.
# If possible, have more than one car precheck the rallye. Also, it is helpful to have precheckers of different experience levels (master experts may overlook simple things that trip up novices).
# Rallyists who prefer different (and sometimes incompatible) styles of prechecking rallyes should be encouraged to precheck the rallye separately, at different times. Also, it is helpful if precheckers receive any corrections from earlier prechecks before beginning their own precheck.
# The rallyemaster must make all changes required by the prechecker; resolve the problems with the prechecker; or, if they cannot resolve the issues between them, report the problem to the President or Competition Director or their delegate. The rallyemaster is subject to their decisions.
# Our insurance covers events up to 50 miles long. Precheckers should verify that the length of the rallye (including all traverses) does not exceed 50 miles.

===Before The Rallye===

# At least one week before the event date, a corrected copy of the instructions shall be received by the prechecker to confirm that all changes and corrections have been made.
# The rallye course must be previewed within 24 hours of the event. Putting up the coursemarkers for coursemarker rallyes would meet this requirement.
# For CM rallyes, CMs must be erected by someone not competing in the rallye (as rallyists shouldn't know where the CMs are). One exception is the start CM, which is intentionally obvious to all.
# For CM rallyes, the rallyemaster is responsible for removing any old course markers along his route from any previous rallyes. And tape should be removed from poles along the route so that contestants do not think that there is a missing marker.
# The manager of the finish location should be notified at least one week in advance of the event. After the start closes, call again as a reminder, and to let the manager know the final headcount.
# Rallyists appreciate being able to download preliminary General Instructions from the TRC web site before the rallye. Rallyemasters should send preliminary General Instructions (in PDF format) to the TRC webmaster about a week prior to the event. Rallyemasters should note any changes between the preliminary General Instructions and the final General Instructions. For example, updated sections can be highlighted or marked with change bars, or a list of changes can be posted at the start.<p> However, preliminary General Instructions that differ substantially from the final General Instructions are useless. If your General Instructions are still unstable a week before the rallye, then wait until they are stable before publishing preliminary General Instructions.</p>
# All events must be insured before they may be conducted. The insurance chair will perform the necessary functions, but the competition director shall cancel/delay an event if the insurance has not been obtained for a particular event.

===At the Rallye Finish===

# All TRC rallyes will provide club-supplied evaluation cards to all contestants.
# At the finish, results shall be posted on scoreboard, projector, computer screen, etc.
# In addition to the awards for the top finishing car(s) in each class, the rallyemaster(s) shall present the following awards:
## Free Next Rallye - This is a non-transferable "free rallye" card presented to each First Timer car. A supply of blank cards is kept in the finish box.
## Skunk - Two skunk pins are presented to any car that received a perfect score. (They "skunked" the rallye.) A supply of these pins is kept in the finish box.
# A board member shall present to the rallyemaster(s) a certificate for a free rallye. A supply of blank certificates is kept in the finish box. (However, the club no longer signs -- that is, activates -- these certificates until [[#Finances|later]].)

===Posted Signs===

# All rallye-erected signs should be placed in safe locations where easily seen, and they shall be legible. If any part of the rallye is at night, then reflective tape must be on all valid rallye-erected signs.
# The printing on signs government-erected for the purpose of guiding or informing motorists at large should not be altered or defaced in any way. Any augmentation of a government sign should be restored within 24 hours after the rallye. For example, reflective tape may be placed on government signs, if needed, as long as no lettering is covered and the tape is removed after the rallye.
# Signs posted for the rallye should be readily visible. They should be of substantial material and strategically located (typically, high) so that they are not easily removed or altered.
# Emergency signs must be marked as Special Instructions (SIs). There must never be any gimmicks based on emergency signs (or other SIs).

===Score Sheets and Scoring===

# Each car will be provided with one score sheet.
# Each score sheet will have spaces for the following information: car number, class, driver & navigator name, club affiliations, email addresses, and passenger names. To avoid difficulties publishing the results, it is strongly recommended that you do not include gimmicks on: car number, driver & navigator name, or email addresses. Boxes for each letter of the email address are recommended.
# Score sheets should include spaces for postal addresses. Score sheets should also include spaces/check-boxes for rallyists to approve the use of their email addresses for finish results and for future event notifications (membership in the [http://www.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-events TRC-Events] list).
# Score sheets should encourage reporting of passengers' club affiliation (if any), and not just the passengers' names.
# A 15-minute grace period must be provided for score sheets to be turned in after the rallye end time. A penalty can apply during this time. However, the penalty per minute late cannot exceed the value of a single gimmick.

===Protests===

# All rallyes will have provisions for written protests. There must be a time given for when protests are due, generally 5 minutes after last call for score sheets.
# The Competition Director will select (or will designate someone else to select) the protest committee. The protest committee should consist of at least one qualified non-competitor (not the rallyemaster) and two competitors (experts if possible).
# Rallyemasters may voluntarily eliminate or re-score a portion of the rallye prior to the actions of the protest committee.
# The protest committee must receive all protests. The protest committee may overrule the rallyemaster's decisions to deny protests. The protest committee should read all protests granted by the rallyemaster to ensure consistency between their rulings and those of the rallyemaster.
# The committee should decide all protests in private.
# Actions taken in resolving protests should be applied as evenly as possible, but they may affect only one car, cars in specific class(es), or all competitors. Actions often are granted to all cars with a certain set of entries recorded on their score sheet.
# Any change affecting all cars made before protest deadline should be made known, to reduce protests about it.

===Results===

# Results must be emailed and posted on the TRC web site within 2 weeks. Send email to:<br><tt>trc-talk@TheRallyeClub.org, webmaster@TheRallyeClub.org</tt><br> Include the email addresses of all rallyists in the<tt> bcc: </tt> field.
# For all rallyists, the results must include full names, class, club affiliations, car number, score and place. The results must also include the names of all workers and precheckers.
# If there is a Championship, then a copy of the results must be sent to the points keeper for the Championship.
# ("TRC Top Score" award has been suspended, and will not be awarded without board approval.)

===After Event===

# All posted signs must be removed within nine days.
# Within two weeks, or at the next club meeting, the score sheets shall be given to the club Treasurer.

===Finances===

# During the event, the Treasurer or his designee shall collect all moneys received. At the next club meeting, a complete financial report will be made to the club.
# Moneys owed the rallyemaster (and signing the RM's free rallye certificate) may be withheld until all posted signs are removed, the results are sent, and the rallyemaster has made an earnest attempt to comply with all provisions of TRC operating procedures and these Rules.
# Unless other arrangements are approved (as described in TRC's bylaws) in advance, TRC will receive all proceeds from the rallye, and will pay all reasonable expenses. Usual expenses include, but are not limited to: inexpensive items given away at the start or at checkpoints, awards, insurance, printing, and postage for the quarterly mailing. Rallyemasters risk no financial loss, but should provide receipts to the Treasurer for rallye expenses (giveaways, worker food).
# One alternative arrangement that could be approved would be a 50–50 split: After all reasonable expenses are paid, TRC and the associated club or rallyemaster would split evenly any profit or loss.
# Reimbursement requests should be made within two months of the rallye and within the same year as the rallye.
# Reimbursement should occur within a month of the request.

Draft TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules

2014-09-16T08:57:50Z

Darin: Amended May 20, 2014

'''''This document is merely a working draft, with no official standing.'''''

The official version of this document is [[TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules]].
This working draft is intended for unofficial work on (and discussion of) possible future changes to these Gimmick Rallye Rules.

== THE RALLYE CLUB OF SILICON VALLEY RULES FOR GIMMICK RALLYES ==
{{TOC right}}

'''Approved Xxxxx xx, xxxx'''

Originally approved June 19, 1985, as part of TRC's Operating Procedures
<br>Amended November 19, 2003
<br>Amended September 15, 2009
<br>Amended April 17, 2012
<br>Amended May 20, 2014

===Purpose===
To assist TRC and its members in the production of quality rallye events.
No information within these rules shall be sufficient to form the basis for a rallye protest.
<br clear=all>

===Advertising and Flyers===

# Flyers must be ready before the quarterly mailing prior to the rallye. In some cases, flyers must be ready earlier, since quarterly mailings often include the flyer from the first rallye of the next quarter. To allow time for printing, folding, and addressing the mailing, flyers are needed between 2 and 5 months prior to the rallye, depending upon where the rallye's date lands in the mailing schedule.
# An electronic copy (in PDF) should be sent via email to the webmaster. The person assigned to print the mailing may also request a copy.
# All flyers must have the following on them: date and start time, start location, type of event, entry fee, classes (or an indication that there are multiple classes), rallyemaster name(s) and contact info, TRC name and/or logo, and TRC URL (web address <tt>TheRallyeClub.org</tt>).
# Desirable information: Rallyemasters are encouraged to publish the rallye-specific email addresses (<tt>monYEAR@TheRallyeClub.org </tt> where<tt> mon</tt> is the month and<tt> YEAR </tt> is the year; e.g., <tt>dec2015@TheRallyeClub.org</tt>) that forward to their real email accounts until the rallye is well over. Flyers should also include a map of the start location, and may also include the awards presented. If provided, phone numbers should include area codes.
# [[Flyers for TRC Rallyes]] often reassure newbies that they don't need a sports car or other special type of car. Rallyemasters should use phrases like "Any car can run" or "Bring any type of car", and should not use the phrase "any vehicle". Our insurance does not cover motorcycles, and no one we know to be on a motorcycle should be registered.
# Starting in 2014, the rallyemaster or a webmaster will create an online rallye announcement page with the same kind of information that is on the flyer, with the same or different graphics. There is a template for these pages.
# We are also experimenting with postcard mailings, rather than flyer mailings, but still want flyers available online for rallyists to post (e.g., on a bulletin board).
# Rallyemasters must provide artwork for the postcard mailings. The area for the artwork is about 1 inch by 2-2/3 inches. This area can display a single image with an aspect ratio of about 3:8, or a combination of text/fonts and image(s).

===Rallye Writing===
# Provide for Special Instructions (SIs) and other emergency instructions and signs. There '''must never''' be any gimmicks based on Special Instructions. Doing so would make it harder for other rallyemasters to provide directions that must be taken at face value.
# When possible, it is best to avoid relying upon the distinction between an SI and a Supp on the Supp/SI page. Rallyists do miss the distinction, and will keep looking for gimmicks, thinking they're working on a Supp rather than an SI.
# Busy streets should be avoided, except during traverses. Rallyists must be able to pull over safely to review/discuss the rallye instructions without blocking traffic. This is especially important at coursemarker locations, and at locations where Route Instructions, Bonuses, Notes, etc. are executed. Rallyists should also be able to drive safely at speeds below the posted speed limit, carefully looking for and reading signs. Rallyemasters and precheckers must use their best judgement. Some two-lane streets with 25mph speed limits can be too crowded/busy to use, while some four-lane streets with 35mph speed limits can be quiet and perfectly fine. It is strongly recommended on gimmick rallyes that neither coursemarkers nor signs with gimmicks be located on busy multi-lane roads or Expressways such as El Camino Real, Charleston, Lawrence Expressway, etc.
# Our insurance covers events up to 50 miles long. Rallyemasters should verify that the length of the rallye (including all traverses) does not exceed 50 miles.

===Prechecks===

# At least one precheck must be driven, preferably at the same time and day of the week as the rallye.
# Prechecks must include a full instruction set, a critique (with point values), and a map or other indication of sign locations.
# A driven precheck must be performed at least two weeks before the event by a qualified expert.
# If possible, have more than one car precheck the rallye. Also, it is helpful to have precheckers of different experience levels (master experts may overlook simple things that trip up novices).
# Rallyists who prefer different (and sometimes incompatible) styles of prechecking rallyes should be encouraged to precheck the rallye separately, at different times. Also, it is helpful if precheckers receive any corrections from earlier prechecks before beginning their own precheck.
# The rallyemaster must make all changes required by the prechecker; resolve the problems with the prechecker; or, if they cannot resolve the issues between them, report the problem to the President or Competition Director or their delegate. The rallyemaster is subject to their decisions.
# Our insurance covers events up to 50 miles long. Precheckers should verify that the length of the rallye (including all traverses) does not exceed 50 miles.

===Before The Rallye===

# At least one week before the event date, a corrected copy of the instructions shall be received by the prechecker to confirm that all changes and corrections have been made.
# The rallye course must be previewed within 24 hours of the event. Putting up the coursemarkers for coursemarker rallyes would meet this requirement.
# For CM rallyes, CMs must be erected by someone not competing in the rallye (as rallyists shouldn't know where the CMs are). One exception is the start CM, which is intentionally obvious to all.
# For CM rallyes, the rallyemaster is responsible for removing any old course markers along his route from any previous rallyes. And tape should be removed from poles along the route so that contestants do not think that there is a missing marker.
# The manager of the finish location should be notified at least one week in advance of the event. After the start closes, call again as a reminder, and to let the manager know the final headcount.
# Rallyists appreciate being able to download preliminary General Instructions from the TRC web site before the rallye. Rallyemasters should send preliminary General Instructions (in PDF format) to the TRC webmaster about a week prior to the event. Rallyemasters should note any changes between the preliminary General Instructions and the final General Instructions. For example, updated sections can be highlighted or marked with change bars, or a list of changes can be posted at the start.<p> However, preliminary General Instructions that differ substantially from the final General Instructions are useless. If your General Instructions are still unstable a week before the rallye, then wait until they are stable before publishing preliminary General Instructions.</p>
# All events must be insured before they may be conducted. The insurance chair will perform the necessary functions, but the competition director shall cancel/delay an event if the insurance has not been obtained for a particular event.

===At the Rallye Finish===

# All TRC rallyes will provide club-supplied evaluation cards to all contestants.
# At the finish, results shall be posted on scoreboard, projector, computer screen, etc.
# In addition to the awards for the top finishing car(s) in each class, the rallyemaster(s) shall present the following awards:
## Free Next Rallye - This is a non-transferable "free rallye" card presented to each First Timer car. A supply of blank cards is kept in the finish box.
## Skunk - Two skunk pins are presented to any car that received a perfect score. (They "skunked" the rallye.) A supply of these pins is kept in the finish box.
# A board member shall present to the rallyemaster(s) a certificate for a free rallye. A supply of blank certificates is kept in the finish box. (However, the club no longer signs -- that is, activates -- these certificates until [[#Finances|later]].)

===Posted Signs===

# All rallye-erected signs should be placed in safe locations where easily seen, and they shall be legible. If any part of the rallye is at night, then reflective tape must be on all valid rallye-erected signs.
# The printing on signs government-erected for the purpose of guiding or informing motorists at large should not be altered or defaced in any way. Any augmentation of a government sign should be restored within 24 hours after the rallye. For example, reflective tape may be placed on government signs, if needed, as long as no lettering is covered and the tape is removed after the rallye.
# Signs posted for the rallye should be readily visible. They should be of substantial material and strategically located (typically, high) so that they are not easily removed or altered.
# Emergency signs must be marked as Special Instructions (SIs). There must never be any gimmicks based on emergency signs (or other SIs).

===Score Sheets and Scoring===

# Each car will be provided with one score sheet.
# Each score sheet will have spaces for the following information: car number, class, driver & navigator name, club affiliations, email addresses, and passenger names. To avoid difficulties publishing the results, it is strongly recommended that you do not include gimmicks on: car number, driver & navigator name, or email addresses. Boxes for each letter of the email address are recommended.
# Score sheets should include spaces for postal addresses. Score sheets should also include spaces/check-boxes for rallyists to approve the use of their email addresses for finish results and for future event notifications (membership in the [http://www.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-events TRC-Events] list).
# Score sheets should encourage reporting of passengers' club affiliation (if any), and not just the passengers' names.
# A 15-minute grace period must be provided for score sheets to be turned in after the rallye end time. A penalty can apply during this time. However, the penalty per minute late cannot exceed the value of a single gimmick.

===Protests===

# All rallyes will have provisions for written protests. There must be a time given for when protests are due, generally 5 minutes after last call for score sheets.
# The Competition Director will select (or will designate someone else to select) the protest committee. The protest committee should consist of at least one qualified non-competitor (not the rallyemaster) and two competitors (experts if possible).
# Rallyemasters may voluntarily eliminate or re-score a portion of the rallye prior to the actions of the protest committee.
# The protest committee must receive all protests. The protest committee may overrule the rallyemaster's decisions to deny protests. The protest committee should read all protests granted by the rallyemaster to ensure consistency between their rulings and those of the rallyemaster.
# The committee should decide all protests in private.
# Actions taken in resolving protests should be applied as evenly as possible, but they may affect only one car, cars in specific class(es), or all competitors. Actions often are granted to all cars with a certain set of entries recorded on their score sheet.
# Any change affecting all cars made before protest deadline should be made known, to reduce protests about it.

===Results===

# Results must be emailed and posted on the TRC web site within 2 weeks. Send email to:<br><tt>trc-talk@TheRallyeClub.org, webmaster@TheRallyeClub.org</tt><br> Include the email addresses of all rallyists in the<tt> bcc: </tt> field.
# For all rallyists, the results must include full names, class, club affiliations, car number, score and place. The results must also include the names of all workers and precheckers.
# If there is a Championship, then a copy of the results must be sent to the points keeper for the Championship.
# ("TRC Top Score" award has been suspended, and will not be awarded without board approval.)

===After Event===

# All posted signs must be removed within nine days.
# Within two weeks, or at the next club meeting, the score sheets shall be given to the club Treasurer.

===Finances===

# During the event, the Treasurer or his designee shall collect all moneys received. At the next club meeting, a complete financial report will be made to the club.
# Moneys owed the rallyemaster (and signing the RM's free rallye certificate) may be withheld until all posted signs are removed, the results are sent, and the rallyemaster has made an earnest attempt to comply with all provisions of TRC operating procedures and these Rules.
# Unless other arrangements are approved (as described in TRC's bylaws) in advance, TRC will receive all proceeds from the rallye, and will pay all reasonable expenses. Usual expenses include, but are not limited to: inexpensive items given away at the start or at checkpoints, awards, insurance, printing, and postage for the quarterly mailing. Rallyemasters risk no financial loss, but should provide receipts to the Treasurer for rallye expenses (giveaways, worker food).
# One alternative arrangement that could be approved would be a 50–50 split: After all reasonable expenses are paid, TRC and the associated club or rallyemaster would split evenly any profit or loss.
# Reimbursement requests should be made within two months of the rallye and within the same year as the rallye.
# Reimbursement should occur within a month of the request.

TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Cards

2014-09-16T08:46:24Z

Darin: fix link

__NOTOC__
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=236 Original Version, 10 questions, 10 points each (for reference)]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=279#Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card:_Rate_1-10 2007 Version, 15 questions, 10 points each (for reference)]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=332#TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card 2008 Version, 20 questions, 5 points each, agree/disagree format (for reference)]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=2601#TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card 2013 Version using new open-ended format]
* [[#TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card|Current Draft using new open-ended format]]
* [[Talk:TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Cards|Discussion about this document]]

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==TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Card==
Rallye Name _________________________ Date ___________

Class ___________ Circle one: Driver Navigator Passenger

Optional: Name _____________________________ Car # ____

How did you hear about this rallye? ____________________

What convinced you to try it? ___________________________

What was your favorite gimmick? _______________________

What was your least favorite gimmick? __________________

The length (distance) was: ___ too long ___ about right ___ too short
The duration (time) was: ___ too long ___ about right ___ too short
The difficulty was: ___ too hard ___ about right ___ too easy
Overall, it was: ___ great fun ___ fun ___ OK ___ a waste of time

Please provide any comments you have about:

* planning/organization: ___________________________________________

* registration: _____________________________________________________

* clarity/formatting of instructions: __________________________________

* unintended errors: _______________________________________________

* checkpoint location(s): ____________________________________________

* the checkpoint process: ___________________________________________

* rallyemaster(s) and checkpoint workers: ____________________________

:_________________________________________________________________

* the roads used: __________________________________________________

* the signs used: ___________________________________________________

* understanding the gimmicks you missed after reading the critique:

:_________________________________________________________________

* the way gimmicks were scored/weighted: __________________________

* the finish process: ________________________________________________

* this evaluation card: ______________________________________________

Thank you. Please feel free to print any additional comments on the back.

TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Cards

2014-09-16T08:45:01Z

Darin: fix link

__NOTOC__
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=236 Original Version, 10 questions, 10 points each (for reference)]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=279#Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card:_Rate_1-10 2007 Version, 15 questions, 10 points each (for reference)]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=332#TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card 2008 Version, 20 questions, 5 points each, agree/disagree format (for reference)]
* [[#TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card|2013 Version using new open-ended format]]
* [[#TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card|Current Draft using new open-ended format]]
* [[Talk:TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Cards|Discussion about this document]]

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==TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Card==
Rallye Name _________________________ Date ___________

Class ___________ Circle one: Driver Navigator Passenger

Optional: Name _____________________________ Car # ____

How did you hear about this rallye? ____________________

What convinced you to try it? ___________________________

What was your favorite gimmick? _______________________

What was your least favorite gimmick? __________________

The length (distance) was: ___ too long ___ about right ___ too short
The duration (time) was: ___ too long ___ about right ___ too short
The difficulty was: ___ too hard ___ about right ___ too easy
Overall, it was: ___ great fun ___ fun ___ OK ___ a waste of time

Please provide any comments you have about:

* planning/organization: ___________________________________________

* registration: _____________________________________________________

* clarity/formatting of instructions: __________________________________

* unintended errors: _______________________________________________

* checkpoint location(s): ____________________________________________

* the checkpoint process: ___________________________________________

* rallyemaster(s) and checkpoint workers: ____________________________

:_________________________________________________________________

* the roads used: __________________________________________________

* the signs used: ___________________________________________________

* understanding the gimmicks you missed after reading the critique:

:_________________________________________________________________

* the way gimmicks were scored/weighted: __________________________

* the finish process: ________________________________________________

* this evaluation card: ______________________________________________

Thank you. Please feel free to print any additional comments on the back.

TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Cards

2014-09-16T08:26:58Z

Darin: September 13 version for discussion

__NOTOC__
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=236 Original Version for Reference]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=279#Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card:_Rate_1-10|Updated version using original 10-point format (for reference)]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/w/index.php?title=TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Cards&oldid=279#Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card:_Rate_1-10|Previous version using 5-point agree/disagree format (for reference)]
* [[#TRC_Gimmick_Rallye_Evaluation_Card|Current version using new open-ended format]]
* [[Talk:TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Cards|Discussion about this document]]

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==TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Card==
Rallye Name _________________________ Date ___________

Class ___________ Circle one: Driver Navigator Passenger

Optional: Name _____________________________ Car # ____

How did you hear about this rallye? ____________________

What convinced you to try it? ___________________________

What was your favorite gimmick? _______________________

What was your least favorite gimmick? __________________

The length (distance) was: ___ too long ___ about right ___ too short
The duration (time) was: ___ too long ___ about right ___ too short
The difficulty was: ___ too hard ___ about right ___ too easy
Overall, it was: ___ great fun ___ fun ___ OK ___ a waste of time

Please provide any comments you have about:

* planning/organization: ___________________________________________

* registration: _____________________________________________________

* clarity/formatting of instructions: __________________________________

* unintended errors: _______________________________________________

* checkpoint location(s): ____________________________________________

* the checkpoint process: ___________________________________________

* rallyemaster(s) and checkpoint workers: ____________________________

:_________________________________________________________________

* the roads used: __________________________________________________

* the signs used: ___________________________________________________

* understanding the gimmicks you missed after reading the critique:

:_________________________________________________________________

* the way gimmicks were scored/weighted: __________________________

* the finish process: ________________________________________________

* this evaluation card: ______________________________________________

Thank you. Please feel free to print any additional comments on the back.

Finish Location

2014-07-04T23:09:53Z

Darin: Boardwalk closed

New Website

2014-05-31T00:41:41Z

Darin: unified look

TRC has its old / current website: [http://www.therallyeclub.org/ www.therallyeclub.org]
and its wiki (on which this page sits): [[Main_Page|www.therallyeclub.org/wiki]]
And now we have a [https://sites.google.com/site/therallyeclub/ new website], built on Google Sites so that
each page can be permitted for multiple people to edit using "what you see is what you get" tools.

== Current Website Content ==

* Home ("ad" for upcoming rallyes and points to recent results)
* Calendar (info on upcoming rallyes and meetings), with 1-page flyer for each upcoming rallye
* What's a Rallye?
* Results
* Membership (how to join)
* Resources (rallye guide, 1-pager tips, timed rallye resources, external links, equipment, multimedia, RM resources)
* About Us (officers, appointed positions, official documents, meeting minutes)
* Shopping (for items with TRC logo or images).

Note that the old website has minutes, old documents pointed to by Resources, and lots of old results that the new website does not.

== New Website Content ==

* Home ("ad" for upcoming rallyes and brief intro to the club)
* Calendar (info on upcoming rallyes and meetings), with subpages for each rallye
* What's a Rallye? (expanded from the old site's version)
* Results (from the most recent very few rallyes)
* Resources (rallye guide, 1-pager tips, timed rallye resources, external links, equipment, multimedia, RM resources)
* About Us (officers, appointed positions, official documents; membership should be here, too)
* "Buy TRC Stuff"(shopping for items with TRC logo or images).

Note that the new website is missing meeting minutes (as required).
The About Us page does not currently link to a membership form for joining or renewing by mail.

== Why a new website? ==

The purpose of the new website is so that multiple people can update the information.
The old website had a single webmaster.
The new website allows any officer who wants to edit pages to be given permission to do so.

And if rallye masters wanted to create and update their rallye's announcement or results page,
they can do so personally.
For example, when the preliminary GIs exist, the rallye master could post them personally,
rather than emailing to the webmaster and awaiting his attention to post them.

=== Other Advantages of the New Website ===
The new website also has a new look, with a site-wide "bar" advertising the upcoming rallyes.
It also integrates with Google's calendar, which could allow people to easily add our events to their calendar.

The new website also unifies the site's look, so we don't have a "main site" with one look and a wiki with a completely different look.

== Shall we Switch? ==
We should switch so that multiple officers--and potentially rallye masters, as well--can create and edit pages, keeping them current and helping to make them useful.

== Conversion Plan ==

# Obtain and verify an address (such as '''old.'''therallyeclub.org) that can continue to reach the old website when '''www.'''therallyeclub.org is redirected to the new website.
## The marketing part of me wants a title other than "old", but "legacy" ain't much better. old.therallyclub.org now exists, but some more server reconfig is needed to change the rewriting rules - currently it normalizes things to www.
# Bring the new website up to date, so that it advertises 2 or more upcoming rallyes.
# Have the new website offer a membership form for by-mail renewal or link to old website's.
# Change the new website's references to the old website to use this new name.
# Scoop up all the wiki pages, so they can be parts of the new website.
# '''Redirect www.therallyeclub.org to the [https://sites.google.com/site/therallyeclub/ new website].''' Verify that browsing therallyeclub.org will find the new www.therallyeclub.org site. And verify that the top-level headings work.
## Looks like I (SteveW) don't quite have enough admin privs to change URLs on the sites pages, though. The DNS change is trivial, and can be done in seconds once someone makes the change.
## I trust it is the "old" website where you need to be permitted to change URLs. -- [[User:Dean|Dean]]
# Move data from the old website to new website or to a shared Google Drive repository for display on the new website. In particular, old meeting minutes and old results need to be saved.
# Store the wiki snapshot in the new website, clarifying that some of the data is unofficial advice. Try to segregate wiki information based on how "official" it is. Permit former wiki pages to any club member who wants access. (Consider if we also trust some people, like Steve Watt and Ric Goldman, whether they are members or not.)
## I wouldn't trust those guys. Never know what trouble they might cause.
## Wiki snapshots easily done.
# Try to get rallye masters to help us maintain their information.
# Also get (from the old website or from Bill Jonesi) the table of TRC events, so we know when we hit our 400th event. Put that somewhere public on our website.
# Consider integrating our new website with our rallyist database, so officers can use it to obtain contact information for rallyists and rallye masters as needed. This information must not be public.
# If we ever want to decommission our old website, we need to scour the new website for links back to old materials and move them to the new site or to our shared [https://drive.google.com/#folders/0B8mcs-vCr55idnU5Nk1ocGM1QTg Google Drive repository].

Advertise

2014-05-31T00:30:45Z

Darin: bullet list

== List of Places to Advertise Upcoming Rallyes ==

* [http://events.mercurynews.com/user/login?return_to=%2Fevents%2Fnew San Jose Mercury News] (submit to web site; registration required)

* [[User:Darin|Darin McGrew]], [[User:RicGoldman|Ric Goldman]], and others maintains a [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=34328642239 Facebook group].

* [[User:Dean|Dean]] has posted events since 2012 to [http://www.zvents.com/search?swhat=rallye&swhen=&swhere=Mountain+View%2C+CA Zvents], the event website chosen/recommended/used by San Jose Mercury News. For free, we get a title, description (up to 500 characters), keywords, date/time/price, and optional phone and website link. For extra money, we can get higher placement in search results, and can add logos, several photos, video, etc. Dean posts events as user [https://secure.zvents.com/my_listings TheRallyeClub]. Hint: use MyListings to view existing postings.

* [http://events.sfgate.com/ sfgate] (Must register to submit; TRC has a registration and [[User:Dean|Dean Stanton]] knows its details. See also their [http://events.sfgate.com/support/content_guidelines content guidelines].)

=== Who? ===

The "Publicity Chair" should approve all our advertising.
Check with him/her before doing any on your own.
However, everyone should keep this list current with instructions,
so that someone can fill in or take over for the Publicity Chair.

=== Where Else Have We Checked? ===

* [[http://www.nbcbayarea.com/ NBC TV Channel 11, San Jose]] has a [[mailto:feedback@nbcbayarea.com Submit your story tip]] link, but since their web site doesn't seem to have a "list of upcoming local events" it seems pointless to inform them.

* http://www.livingsocial.com/ (Bill may know more about their fees and policies.)

Advertise

2014-05-31T00:29:59Z

Darin: drop my Google calendar

== List of Places to Advertise Upcoming Rallyes ==

[http://events.mercurynews.com/user/login?return_to=%2Fevents%2Fnew San Jose Mercury News] (submit to web site; registration required)

* [[User:Darin|Darin McGrew]], [[User:RicGoldman|Ric Goldman]], and others maintains a [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=34328642239 Facebook group].

[[User:Dean|Dean]] has posted events since 2012 to [http://www.zvents.com/search?swhat=rallye&swhen=&swhere=Mountain+View%2C+CA Zvents], the event website chosen/recommended/used by San Jose Mercury News. For free, we get a title, description (up to 500 characters), keywords, date/time/price, and optional phone and website link. For extra money, we can get higher placement in search results, and can add logos, several photos, video, etc. Dean posts events as user [https://secure.zvents.com/my_listings TheRallyeClub]. Hint: use MyListings to view existing postings.

[http://events.sfgate.com/ sfgate] (Must register to submit; TRC has a registration and [[User:Dean|Dean Stanton]] knows its details. See also their [http://events.sfgate.com/support/content_guidelines content guidelines].)

=== Who? ===

The "Publicity Chair" should approve all our advertising.
Check with him/her before doing any on your own.
However, everyone should keep this list current with instructions,
so that someone can fill in or take over for the Publicity Chair.

=== Where Else Have We Checked? ===

[[http://www.nbcbayarea.com/ NBC TV Channel 11, San Jose]] has a [[mailto:feedback@nbcbayarea.com Submit your story tip]] link, but since their web site doesn't seem to have a "list of upcoming local events" it seems pointless to inform them.

http://www.livingsocial.com/ (Bill may know more about their fees and policies.)

Resources

2014-05-31T00:23:49Z

Darin: drop my Google calendar

This page contains links to a variety of additional information on car rallyes.

== Getting Started ==

* [http://www.TheRallyeClub.org/what.htm What's a Rallye?]
* [[First-Timer Info|Welcome to Your First Gimmick Car Rallye]]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/RallyeTypes.pdf Overview of Rallye Types] (PDF, 37.2kB), a printable single-page summary
* [[Glossary]]

== Gimmick Rallye Resources ==

* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/resources.htm#gimmick TRC's Resources page] has a link to the current Gimmick Rallye Guide and older versions (and links to several of the following items).
* [[Comments for Gimmick Guide Revision]] is a page on which we can keep track of ideas for updating the above guide.

* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/school/ A short CM school rally]
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/school/ScoreSheet.html Scoresheet]
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/school/GIs.html General Instructions (GIs)]
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/school/RIs.html Route Instructions (RIs) and Map]
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/school/Supps.html Supp/SI Page]
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/school/Critique.html Critique]

* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/winsol.pdf Winter Solstice: a sample CM rallye] (PDF, 26.0kB)
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/turkey.pdf Turkeys in Wonderland, a sample Q–A rallye] (PDF, 35.8kB)
* [[Guide to A–B Gimmick Rallyes]] ([http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/ftcguide.pdf original PDF version], 208kB)
* [[Equipment for Gimmick Rallyes]]
* Rallye tips
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/Course_Following_BLK.pdf Course Following] (PDF, 35kB)
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/Run_Sheet_BLK.pdf Keep a Run Sheet] (PDF, 39kB)
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/Onto_Gimmicks_BLK.pdf Onto Gimmicks] (PDF, 43kB)
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/Parallel%20_Signs_BLK.pdf Parallel Signs] (PDF, 123kB)
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/Hanging_Supps_BLK.pdf Hanging Supps] (PDF, 63kB)
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/First_RI.pdf First RI] (PDF, 43kB)
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/Scoring_Pattern_1.pdf Scoring Patterns] (PDF, 50kB)
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/Sign%20Location_2.pdf Sign Locations] (PDF, 234kB)
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/Write_Rallye_BLK.pdf Be a Rallyemaster] (PDF, 53kB)

* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/RunSheet.pdf Sample Run Sheet for recording CMs] (PDF, 7kB)

=== Articles About Gimmick Rallyes ===

* [http://jalopnik.com/5687618/california-dreamin--november-road-rallying-in-a-convertible California Dreamin’ November Road Rallying In A Convertible]
* [http://jalopnik.com/5509264/13+year+old-navigator-key-to-latest-road-rallye-win 13-Year-Old Navigator Key To Latest Road Rallye Win]
* [http://jalopnik.com/5476573/the-el-dorado-touring-club-road-rallye The El Dorado Touring Club Road Rallye]
* [http://jalopnik.com/5466028/longest-distance-between-two-points--road-rallye Longest Distance Between Two Points? Road Rallye!]

== Timed Rallye Resources ==

* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/txt/howto.txt How to do seat-of-pants T&D navigation]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/mathprob.htm How to solve math problems on trap T&Ds]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/txt/mc3steps.txt Three steps to running a Monte Carlo rallye]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/txt/pc4steps.txt Four steps to running a Pan Carlo rallye]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/txt/tables.txt Timed rallye tables]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/tsdgis.pdf Time and Distance Rallye General Instructions] (PDF, 61.5kB)

* [[Equipment for Timed Rallyes]]
** [http://www.performancemarket.com/rally.htm Rallye Equipment Suppliers]
** [http://www.squirrelspeed.com Squirrel Technologies Software]
** [http://www.ebtec.com/racenews/manuals Rallye Equipment Manuals]
** [http://members.aol.com/CWillis97/haldaman.html Halda Information]
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/txt/rallyeequip.txt Guide to Equipment for Timed Rallyes]
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/glossary.pdf Glossary of Equipment for Timed Rallyes] (PDF, 12.0kB)

* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/txt/bkreview.txt Review of <cite>The Road Rally Handbook</cite>]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/tsdbooks.pdf The Almost Complete T&D Rallying Bookshelf] (PDF, 14.3kB)

== Other Rallye Sites ==

* [http://www.BayAreaMiataAssociation.com/ Bay Area Miata Association (BAMA)]
* [http://www.rx7.org/ Bay Area RX-7 Club (BARX7)]
* [http://www.pca.org/ Porsche Club of America (PCA)]
** [http://lpr.pca.org/ PCA - Loma Prieta Region]
** [http://www.pca-ggr.org/ PCA - Golden Gate Region]
** [http://www.pca.org/zone7 PCA - Zone 7]
** [http://vista.pca.org/dia PCA - Diablo Region]
** [http://www.DerPorsche.net PCA - Sacramento Valley Region]
** [http://vista.pca.org/yos/ PCA - Yosemite Region]
** [http://www.pcasdr.org PCA - San Diego Region]
* [http://www.gglotus.org Golden Gate Lotus Club]
* [http://www.sccorvettes.org/ Santa Clara Corvettes]
* [http://www.empiresportscar.org/ Empire Sports Car Club]
* [http://www.tsdroadrally.com/ TSD Road Rallye]
* [http://carzero.freeservers.com Into-The-Night (ITN) Rallye Team]
* [http://www.scca.com/Rally/RoadRally.asp Sports Car Club of America (SCCA)]
** [http://www.sfrscca.org/index.phtml SCCA - San Francisco Region]
** [http://ffn.smscc.org SCCA - Cal Club Region Flyer]
* [http://www.leftrightonline.com Pacific Northwest Rallye Information]
* [http://www.jcna.com/library/rally/ Jaguar Clubs of North America]
* [http://www.crazyhunt.com/welcome.htm Crazy Hunt (San Diego)]
* [http://wheelsrallyeteam.com/ Wheels Rallye Team (Chicago and online rallyes)]
* [http://www.brandxrallyeteam.com/ Brand-X Rallye Team (Chicago)]
* [http://www.car-list.com/carclub.html Car Clubs of the World]
* [http://www.goss.com/rally.htm Rallye Central] (lots of rallye information)
* [http://www.goss.com/farsrch.htm Worldwide Find-A-rallye]
* [http://www.usrally.com/ US Rally Database]

== The Rallye Club (TRC) ==

* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/media.htm TRC's Multimedia Archive]
* [[TRC History]]
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/starlite/starscrap.htm TRC's Starlite Scrapbook]
** [[History and Evolution of the Coursemarker Gimmick Rallye]] [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/History%20and%20Evolution.pdf original PDF version], 91kB)
** [[Coursemarker Gimmick Rallyes: A Blast from the Past]] [http://www.therallyeclub.org/rallyes/2004-08-30-Article-Blast_from_Past.pdf original PDF version], 94kB)
** [[Sports Car Rally Handbook: Gimmick Rallies|The Sports Car Rally Handbook: Gimmick Rallies]]
** [[Sports Car Rallies, Trials, and Gymkhanas: Gimmick Rallies]]
** [[Guide to Rallying: Gimmick Rallies|A Guide to Rallying: Gimmick Rallies]]
** [[Rally Notes: Variations on the Theme]]
** [[Art of the Gimmick Rally|The Art of the Gimmick Rally]]

* {{bylaws_link}}

* The text for the [[TRC Gimmick Rallye Evaluation Cards]] for development.

== Rallyemaster Resources ==

The following are intended to aid rallyemasters in preparation for their events.

=== To Help Write Rallyes ===
* [[Sample General Instructions (A-B)]]
* [[Sample General Instructions (CM)]]
* [[Sample General Instructions (Q-A)]]
* [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/neighborhoods/ Maps showing neighborhood names]. (We mark our internal rallye calendar with neighborhoods to avoid rallyes close in time and in space.)
=== To Prepare for Finish ===
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/Award%20and%20Par%20Plaque%20Process.pdf Award and Par Plaque Process] (PDF, 36kB)
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/scoring%20program%20precheck.pdf Scoring Program] (PDF, 52kB)
=== To Prepare a Flyer ===
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/rm/Flyer_Template.ppt Flyer template] (MS PowerPoint, 324kB)
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/rm/WhatIsARallye.pdf What is a rallye?] (PDF, 112kB)
* Maps to Start Location:
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/rm/Start_map.jpg Map 1] (1105x970 JPEG, 470kB)
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/rm/Start_map2.gif Map 2] (505x465 GIF, 9KB)
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/rm/Start_map2.jpg Map 3] (532x300 JPEG, 19kB)
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/rm/larry.gif Larry's Autoworks logo] (228x82 GIF, 3kB)
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/rm/cp.gif Checkpoint] (103x132 GIF, 2kB)
* TRC Logo:
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/rm/trc.gif Logo 1] (449x576 GIF, 6kB)
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/rm/trc2.gif Logo 2] (1012x1298 GIF, 45kB)
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/rm/trc3.gif Logo 3] (115x215 GIF, 4kB)
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/rm/trctile.GIF Logo 4] (385x426 GIF, 14kB)
** [http://www.therallyeclub.org/rm/trctile.png Logo 5] (385x426 PNG, 25kB)

== Rallye Publicity Resources ==

* [[User:Dean|Dean Stanton]] has [[Business Cards|TRC business cards]] with information about TRC's gimmick rallyes, and the URL of our web site.

* [[User:Darin|Darin McGrew]], [[User:RicGoldman|Ric Goldman]], and others maintains a [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=34328642239 Facebook group].

* [[Gimmick Rallye Slogans]] might be useful for a flyer or publicity item (mug, T-shirt). Add your ideas to the list!

* List of places to [[Advertise]] upcoming rallyes.

== Other Resources ==

* [http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/vc.htm California Vehicle Code]
* [http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/hdbk/driver_handbook_toc.htm California Driver Handbook]
* [http://g.co/maps/phbn5 Map showing restaurants near Larry's AutoWorks]

Draft TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules

2014-05-20T08:10:10Z

Darin: postcard artwork

'''''This document is merely a working draft, with no official standing.'''''

The official version of this document is [[TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules]].
This working draft is intended for unofficial work on (and discussion of) possible future changes to these Gimmick Rallye Rules.

== THE RALLYE CLUB OF SILICON VALLEY RULES FOR GIMMICK RALLYES ==
{{TOC right}}

'''Approved Xxxxx xx, xxxx'''

Originally approved June 19, 1985, as part of TRC's Operating Procedures
<br>Amended November 19, 2003
<br>Amended September 15, 2009
<br>Amended April 17, 2012

===Purpose===
To assist TRC and its members in the production of quality rallye events.
No information within these rules shall be sufficient to form the basis for a rallye protest.
<br clear=all>

===Advertising and Flyers===

# Flyers must be ready before the quarterly mailing prior to the rallye. In some cases, flyers must be ready earlier, since quarterly mailings often include the flyer from the first rallye of the next quarter. To allow time for printing, folding, and addressing the mailing, flyers are needed between 2 and 5 months prior to the rallye, depending upon where the rallye's date lands in the mailing schedule.
# An electronic copy (in PDF) should be sent via email to the webmaster. The person assigned to print the mailing may also request a copy.
# All flyers must have the following on them: date and start time, start location, type of event, entry fee, classes (or an indication that there are multiple classes), rallyemaster name(s) and contact info, TRC name and/or logo, and TRC URL (web address <tt>TheRallyeClub.org</tt>).
# Desirable information: Rallyemasters are encouraged to publish the rallye-specific email addresses (<tt>monYEAR@TheRallyeClub.org </tt> where<tt> mon</tt> is the month and<tt> YEAR </tt> is the year; e.g., <tt>dec2015@TheRallyeClub.org</tt>) that forward to their real email accounts until the rallye is well over. Flyers should also include a map of the start location, and may also include the awards presented. If provided, phone numbers should include area codes.
# [[Flyers for TRC Rallyes]] often reassure newbies that they don't need a sports car or other special type of car. Rallyemasters should use phrases like "Any car can run" or "Bring any type of car", and should not use the phrase "any vehicle". Our insurance does not cover motorcycles, and no one we know to be on a motorcycle should be registered.
# Starting in 2014, the rallyemaster or a webmaster will create an online rallye announcement page with the same kind of information that is on the flyer, with the same or different graphics. There is a template for these pages.
# We are also experimenting with postcard mailings, rather than flyer mailings, but still want flyers available online for rallyists to post (e.g., on a bulletin board).
# Rallyemasters must provide artwork for the postcard mailings. The area for the artwork is about 1 inch by 2-2/3 inches. This area can display a single image with an aspect ratio of about 3:8, or a combination of text/fonts and image(s).

===Rallye Writing===
# Provide for Special Instructions (SIs) and other emergency instructions and signs. There '''must never''' be any gimmicks based on Special Instructions. Doing so would make it harder for other rallyemasters to provide directions that must be taken at face value.
# When possible, it is best to avoid relying upon the distinction between an SI and a Supp on the Supp/SI page. Rallyists do miss the distinction, and will keep looking for gimmicks, thinking they're working on a Supp rather than an SI.
# Busy streets should be avoided, except during traverses. Rallyists must be able to pull over safely to review/discuss the rallye instructions without blocking traffic. This is especially important at coursemarker locations, and at locations where Route Instructions, Bonuses, Notes, etc. are executed. Rallyists should also be able to drive safely at speeds below the posted speed limit, carefully looking for and reading signs. Rallyemasters and precheckers must use their best judgement. Some two-lane streets with 25mph speed limits can be too crowded/busy to use, while some four-lane streets with 35mph speed limits can be quiet and perfectly fine. It is strongly recommended on gimmick rallyes that neither coursemarkers nor signs with gimmicks be located on busy multi-lane roads or Expressways such as El Camino Real, Charleston, Lawrence Expressway, etc.
# Our insurance covers events up to 50 miles long. Rallyemasters should verify that the length of the rallye (including all traverses) does not exceed 50 miles.

===Prechecks===

# At least one precheck must be driven, preferably at the same time and day of the week as the rallye.
# Prechecks must include a full instruction set, a critique (with point values), and a map or other indication of sign locations.
# A driven precheck must be performed at least two weeks before the event by a qualified expert.
# If possible, have more than one car precheck the rallye. Also, it is helpful to have precheckers of different experience levels (master experts may overlook simple things that trip up novices).
# Rallyists who prefer different (and sometimes incompatible) styles of prechecking rallyes should be encouraged to precheck the rallye separately, at different times. Also, it is helpful if precheckers receive any corrections from earlier prechecks before beginning their own precheck.
# The rallyemaster must make all changes required by the prechecker; resolve the problems with the prechecker; or, if they cannot resolve the issues between them, report the problem to the President or Competition Director or their delegate. The rallyemaster is subject to their decisions.
# Our insurance covers events up to 50 miles long. Precheckers should verify that the length of the rallye (including all traverses) does not exceed 50 miles.

===Before The Rallye===

# At least one week before the event date, a corrected copy of the instructions shall be received by the prechecker to confirm that all changes and corrections have been made.
# The rallye course must be previewed within 24 hours of the event. Putting up the coursemarkers for coursemarker rallyes would meet this requirement.
# For CM rallyes, CMs must be erected by someone not competing in the rallye (as rallyists shouldn't know where the CMs are). One exception is the start CM, which is intentionally obvious to all.
# For CM rallyes, the rallyemaster is responsible for removing any old course markers along his route from any previous rallyes. And tape should be removed from poles along the route so that contestants do not think that there is a missing marker.
# The manager of the finish location should be notified at least one week in advance of the event. After the start closes, call again as a reminder, and to let the manager know the final headcount.
# Rallyists appreciate being able to download preliminary General Instructions from the TRC web site before the rallye. Rallyemasters should send preliminary General Instructions (in PDF format) to the TRC webmaster about a week prior to the event. Rallyemasters should note any changes between the preliminary General Instructions and the final General Instructions. For example, updated sections can be highlighted or marked with change bars, or a list of changes can be posted at the start.<p> However, preliminary General Instructions that differ substantially from the final General Instructions are useless. If your General Instructions are still unstable a week before the rallye, then wait until they are stable before publishing preliminary General Instructions.</p>
# All events must be insured before they may be conducted. The insurance chair will perform the necessary functions, but the competition director shall cancel/delay an event if the insurance has not been obtained for a particular event.

===At the Rallye Finish===

# All TRC rallyes will provide club-supplied evaluation cards to all contestants.
# At the finish, results shall be posted on scoreboard, projector, computer screen, etc.
# In addition to the awards for the top finishing car(s) in each class, the rallyemaster(s) shall present the following awards:
## Free Next Rallye - This is a non-transferable "free rallye" card presented to each First Timer car. A supply of blank cards is kept in the finish box.
## Skunk - Two skunk pins are presented to any car that received a perfect score. (They "skunked" the rallye.) A supply of these pins is kept in the finish box.
# A board member shall present to the rallyemaster(s) a certificate for a free rallye. A supply of blank certificates is kept in the finish box. (However, the club no longer signs -- that is, activates -- these certificates until [[#Finances|later]].)

===Posted Signs===

# All rallye-erected signs should be placed in safe locations where easily seen, and they shall be legible. If any part of the rallye is at night, then reflective tape must be on all valid rallye-erected signs.
# The printing on signs government-erected for the purpose of guiding or informing motorists at large should not be altered or defaced in any way. Any augmentation of a government sign should be restored within 24 hours after the rallye. For example, reflective tape may be placed on government signs, if needed, as long as no lettering is covered and the tape is removed after the rallye.
# Signs posted for the rallye should be readily visible. They should be of substantial material and strategically located (typically, high) so that they are not easily removed or altered.
# Emergency signs must be marked as Special Instructions (SIs). There must never be any gimmicks based on emergency signs (or other SIs).

===Score Sheets and Scoring===

# Each car will be provided with one score sheet.
# Each score sheet will have spaces for the following information: car number, class, driver & navigator name, club affiliations, email addresses, and passenger names. To avoid difficulties publishing the results, it is strongly recommended that you do not include gimmicks on: car number, driver & navigator name, or email addresses. Boxes for each letter of the email address are recommended.
# Score sheets should include spaces for postal addresses. Score sheets should also include spaces/check-boxes for rallyists to approve the use of their email addresses for finish results and for future event notifications (membership in the [http://www.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-events TRC-Events] list).
# Score sheets should encourage reporting of passengers' club affiliation (if any), and not just the passengers' names.
# A 15-minute grace period must be provided for score sheets to be turned in after the rallye end time. A penalty can apply during this time. However, the penalty per minute late cannot exceed the value of a single gimmick.

===Protests===

# All rallyes will have provisions for written protests. There must be a time given for when protests are due, generally 5 minutes after last call for score sheets.
# The Competition Director will select (or will designate someone else to select) the protest committee. The protest committee should consist of at least one qualified non-competitor (not the rallyemaster) and two competitors (experts if possible).
# Rallyemasters may voluntarily eliminate or re-score a portion of the rallye prior to the actions of the protest committee.
# The protest committee must receive all protests. The protest committee may overrule the rallyemaster's decisions to deny protests. The protest committee should read all protests granted by the rallyemaster to ensure consistency between their rulings and those of the rallyemaster.
# The committee should decide all protests in private.
# Actions taken in resolving protests should be applied as evenly as possible, but they may affect only one car, cars in specific class(es), or all competitors. Actions often are granted to all cars with a certain set of entries recorded on their score sheet.
# Any change affecting all cars made before protest deadline should be made known, to reduce protests about it.

===Results===

# Results must be emailed and posted on the TRC web site within 2 weeks. Send email to:<br><tt>trc-talk@TheRallyeClub.org, webmaster@TheRallyeClub.org</tt><br> Include the email addresses of all rallyists in the<tt> bcc: </tt> field.
# For all rallyists, the results must include full names, class, club affiliations, car number, score and place. The results must also include the names of all workers and precheckers.
# If there is a Championship, then a copy of the results must be sent to the points keeper for the Championship.
# ("TRC Top Score" award has been suspended, and will not be awarded without board approval.)

===After Event===

# All posted signs must be removed within nine days.
# Within two weeks, or at the next club meeting, the score sheets shall be given to the club Treasurer.

===Finances===

# During the event, the Treasurer or his designee shall collect all moneys received. At the next club meeting, a complete financial report will be made to the club.
# Moneys owed the rallyemaster (and signing the RM's free rallye certificate) may be withheld until all posted signs are removed, the results are sent, and the rallyemaster has made an earnest attempt to comply with all provisions of TRC operating procedures and these Rules.
# Unless other arrangements are approved (as described in TRC's bylaws) in advance, TRC will receive all proceeds from the rallye, and will pay all reasonable expenses. Usual expenses include, but are not limited to: inexpensive items given away at the start or at checkpoints, awards, insurance, printing, and postage for the quarterly mailing. Rallyemasters risk no financial loss, but should provide receipts to the Treasurer for rallye expenses (giveaways, worker food).
# One alternative arrangement that could be approved would be a 50–50 split: After all reasonable expenses are paid, TRC and the associated club or rallyemaster would split evenly any profit or loss.
# Reimbursement requests should be made within two months of the rallye and within the same year as the rallye.
# Reimbursement should occur within a month of the request.

Writing an A-B Rallye

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The main difference between writing an [[Glossary#A|A-B rallye]] and writing a [[Glossary#C|coursemarker rallye]]
is that an A-B rallye must work with only the route instructions and existing signs/landmarks.
With a CM rallye, rallyemasters can post additional CMs to get rallyists back on course if they catch only part of a gimmick.
With an A-B rallye, rallyemasters cannot use CMs or Supps to get confused rallyists back on course.

It is still possible for multiple gimmicks to interact in an A-B rallye,
but they need to do so without creating too many possible options for the rallyists.
Each RI can handle only 2 (or sometimes 3) alternatives.
If multiple gimmicks interact to create several options for the rallyists,
then you're going to need a few RIs to get everyone back on course.
Writing (and scoring!) those RIs is going to be more complicated and difficult.

== Structure ==
There are four main types of Route Instruction in an A-B rallye:
; Same Location : Both parts refer to the same action(s), performed at the same location(s), and the rallyist must determine whether each part is valid.
; Same Route : Both parts occur along the same route, but not at the same location, and the rallyist must determine whether the first part is valid.
; Supp Style : One part occurs beyond a turn for a gimmick (typically using Observe or CS), and the other part gets rallyists back on route immediately (e.g., "U at Smith, R 1st Opp"), the way Supp instructions do in CM rallyes.
; Branching : The parts occur along different routes, with the two routes eventually rejoining.

Simple gimmicks based on instructions that are invalid per the GIs
(e.g., misspelled street names or words that "do not exist on signs")
typically use either the Same Location or Same Route type of RI.

More complex gimmicks (especially those that have rallyists turn on specific streets)
cannot use the Same Location type of RI.
When they use the Same Route type of RI,
they tend to be more obvious because one of the parts will refer to the same turn as the higher-precedence gimmick.
Rallyists need to realize that they should do the turn for the higher-precedence gimmick, rather than for the RI.

Using a Supp Style type of RI makes the gimmick less obvious,
because those who do not get the gimmick will not encounter the landmark for the part that acts like a Supp.
However, it is still relatively easy for experienced rallyists with maps
to figure out where they would need to turn to do the part that acts like a Supp.
From there, they can easily reverse engineer the gimmick.
Thus, the Supp Style type of RI is very similar to the Same Route type of RI in practice.

Using a Branching type of RI makes the gimmick even less obvious.
Rallyists who catch the gimmick will follow a different route than those who don't.
Neither RI part will refer to the turn for the gimmick,
and often neither group of rallyists (those who get the gimmick and those who don't)
will encounter the landmarks used in the RI part for the other group.

Branching type RIs usually makes the rallye flow better too, because there is no need for a U-turn.

== Looping ==

With Branching type RIs, it can be helpful to loop one of the routes.
That is, the rallyemaster can take advantage of the topography of the roads
to bring rallyists who get a gimmick back together with rallyists who miss the gimmick.

Here is an example where rallyists start at the bottom of the map,
and some gimmick causes them to turn right at Oak & Smith:
| | | |
___ J | | | |
| | M o | |_______| |___________
| | i h | |
| | l n | \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ |
| | l s | \ _______ _______ \ |
| | e o | \ | | | Black | \ |
| | r n | \ | | | | \ |
| |_______| \ | | | | \ |
| \ | B | | J | \ |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ \ | r | | o | \ |
| \ ___________| o | | n | \ |
| \ | Davis w | | e | \ |
| \ | n | | s | \ |
| \ |___________________| |_______| \ |
| \ \ |
| X / / / / / X \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ |
| X _______ X _______ _______ |
| X | O | X | Smith | | | |
| X | a | X | | | | |
| X | k | X | | | | |

| /|\ A. L on Smith, L at T
\|/ | B. L on Jones, L at T
In this example, rallyists who miss the gimmick will do part A,
turning left on Smith (Oak & Smith),
then turning left at the T (Smith & Miller).
Rallyists who get the gimmick will turn right at Oak & Smith, and then do part B.

However, part B takes them on a longer loop:
continuing past Brown,
turning left on Jones (Smith & Jones),
continuing on Black at the forced turn,
continuing past Brown again,
turning left at the T (Black & Johnson),
continuing on Davis at the forced turn,
and turning left at the uninstructed T (Davis & Miller).
Note that the loop would still work with a [[Glossary#T|T rule]]
that has rallyists turn right at the uninstructed T (Davis & Miller),
because they would reverse their direction of travel in the cul-de-sac (Miller).

As the above example shows,
a rallye's T rule can be used to simplify RI(s) used to loop rallyists back on route.
However, excessive reliance on the T rule can confuse rallyists.

== Gimmick Ideas ==

=== Signs, Roads, or Objects ===
It is common for an A-B rallye to use quotation marks to indicate signs
and non-quoted text to refer to the road itself or to a defined object,
such as a SIGNAL or T. Example GIs:
: If an RI part uses quotation marks, then it refers to a sign bearing all the word(s) and number(s) that appear within its quotation marks.
: If an RI part has no quotation marks, then it refers to the object, if it is defined, and otherwise to the named road itself.
Using these, and a definition of ON as "physically upon"
: R on "SMITH"
means to drive over the sign reading SMITH, which is unsafe.
: R at "T"
requires a sign with the word "T"; a warning of a T intersection ahead may qualify.

=== SOL, SOR, or SA ===
Many A-B rallyes place importance on [http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/Sign%20Location_2.pdf sign location]:
on the left, on the right, or anywhere (or difficult to see).
And is it important where the sign is as you approach it or as you pass it?
There is a difference when you turn.
And are multiple surfaces on the same pole considered all one sign or separate signs?

Older A-B rallye required signs to be on the right unless otherwise instructed.
Rallyists often prefer that all sign location restrictions are explicit.
Sample definitions:
: SOL (Sign on Left): Sign must be on the left as you approach it.
: SOR (Sign on Right): Sign must be on the right as you pass it.
: SA (Sign Anywhere): Sign may be anywhere, including overhead, or may be hard to see.
: *: The use of an asterisk (*) in an instruction requires sign(s) to be on the left as you pass.

Stinker: The last of these subtly applies to the instruction, rather than to the RI ''part'' A or B.

=== Intersection Types ===
You can define that certain terms limit what types of intersections are acceptable.
Examples:
: CH: An chance to turn at an intersection where pavement meets but does not cross
: PAST: Beyond the sign or landmark, turning at an intersection where roads cross each other
: S: Straight at an intersection where pavement crosses in both directions

=== Reads In Part (RIP) ===
RIP requires that the text quoted in the instruction is a proper subset of the text on the sign.
That is, the sign must also have something more.
Sample definitions:
: RIP (Reads in Part): Other word(s) or number(s) are on the sign, in addition to those inside the instruction's quotation marks.
: RIP (Reads in Part): Some, but not all, of the words that exist on the sign appear in the instruction.

=== After / Past ===
Sometimes, a rallye can avoid having multiple actions for an A or B part,
simplifying the rallye for those new to A-B rallyes.
One way to achieve this is to define AFTER or PAST, perhaps as "Beyond the sign or landmark in question."
Now, rather than "C at Smith, R at Jones" an RI part can read "R at Jones after Smith".

== Scoring ==

<table style="float: right; border: none; margin: 0">
<caption>Example Scoring Templates</caption>
<tr>
<td>
{| style="border: thin solid; margin: 0 0 0.5em 2em"
|+Simple Scoring
|-
| 1. || A
| style="background:green; color:white" | B || C ||     || 11. || A || B
| style="background:green; color:white" | C
|-
| 2.
| style="background:green; color:white" | A || B || C || || 12. || A || B
| style="background:green; color:white" | C
|-
| 3. || A || B
| style="background:green; color:white" | C || || 13. || A
| style="background:green; color:white" | B || C
|-
| 4. || A
| style="background:green; color:white" | B || C || || 14. || A || B
| style="background:green; color:white" | C
|-
| 5. || A || B
| style="background:green; color:white" | C || || 15.
| style="background:green; color:white" | A || B || C
|-
| 6.
| style="background:green; color:white" | A || B || C || || 16. || A || B || C
|-
| 7. || A
| style="background:green; color:white" | B || C || || 17.
| style="background:green; color:white" | A || B || C
|-
| 8. || A
| style="background:green; color:white" | B || C || || 18.
| style="background:green; color:white" | A || B || C
|-
| 9. || A || B || C || || 19. || A
| style="background:green; color:white" | B || C
|-
| 10.
| style="background:green; color:white" | A || B || C || || 20.
| style="background:green; color:white" | A || B || C
|-
|}
</td><td>
{| style="border: thin solid; margin: 0 0 0.5em 2em"
|+Combo Scoring
|-
| 1. || A || B || C ||     || 11. || A || B || C
|-
| 2. || A || B || C || || 12. || A || B || C
|-
| 3. || A || B || C || || 13. || A || B || C
|-
| 4. || A || B || C || || 14. || A || B || C
|-
| 5. || A || B || C || || 15. || A || B || C
|-
| 6. || A || B || C || || 16.
| style="background:yellow; color:black" | A || B
| style="background:green; color:white" | C
|-
| 7. || A || B || C || || 17. || A || B || C
|-
| 8. || A || B || C || || 18. || A || B || C
|-
| 9. || A
| style="background:green; color:white" | B
| style="background:yellow; color:black" | C || || 19. || A || B || C
|-
| 10. || A || B || C || || 20. || A || B || C
|-
|}
</td>
</tr>
</table>

TRC's [[Using the Computerized Scoring System|computerized scoring system]] does not handle A-B rallyes well.
It is easier to score A-B rallyes with templates made from overhead transparency sheets.
Transparency markers (or in a pinch, dry-erase markers) can be used to mark the template.
When a transparent template is placed over a score sheet, everything recorded on the score sheet can be seen.
Sometimes teams make additional marks on their score sheet that might not show through the windows of a paper template.

It is often helpful to have two scoring templates for a rallye.
The first template indicates everything that is simply worth +10 points.
Scoring this template is easy: count the answers that match this template and append a zero (i.e., multiply by 10).
The second template indicates everything else, and usually the more experience person scores this template.
A third person can add the two subtotals,
and add the finish points awarded to everyone to make a perfect score total 1000 points.

For these example scoring templates,
all the RIs except 9 and 16 are simply scored 10 points for the correct answer.
Both RI 9 and RI 16 have full-credit answers worth 10 points,
and partial credit answers worth 5 points.

== See Also ==
* [[Rallyemaster_Handbook]]
* [[Advice_for_New_Rallyemasters]] (even if you aren't a new RM) and especially its sections on
** [[Advice_for_New_Rallyemasters#Choosing a Neighborhood|Choosing a Neighborhood]] (as you'll need good poles for coursemarkers).
** [[Advice_for_New_Rallyemasters#Rallye_Length|Rallye Length]] to assure your rallye isn't too long or complex.
* [[Guide to A–B Gimmick Rallyes]]
* [[Sample General Instructions (A-B)]]
* [[Gimmick Types]]
* [[Scoring a Rallye by Hand]]
* [[Prechecking Gimmick Rallyes]]

Advice for New Rallyemasters

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Darin: Rallye Length

Are you considering writing a gimmick rallye? Congratulations!

And welcome! TRC needs new rallyemasters.

== Writing the Rallye ==

=== Get Help ===

If you're writing a TRC rallye, then don't go it alone!
Other TRC members will help you with details like:
* printing
* registering rallyists at the start
* awards
* participation plaques (refrigerator magnets)
* tools and expertise for posting CMs (if necessary)
* recruiting precheckers and checkpoint workers

We can also help by matching you up with a more experienced mentor, who can help, guide, and encourage you.
As a new rallyemaster, you should look for a mentor whose rallyes you enjoy, and whose critiques you understand and agree with.

As soon as you are considering writing a rallye, please contact any of the [[TRC Board Structure|TRC board members]], or drop by one of our business meetings (usually the third Tuesday of the month, but check [http://www.therallyeclub.org/upcoming.htm our calendar] to be sure).

Please join the [http://www.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-rm TRC-RM] list.
However, there are a lot of rallyemasters on this list who will want to enter your rallye, so you shouldn't ask "spoiler" questions on this list.
Save those for your mentor, or for your precheckers.

=== Be Patient ===

If possible, wait until you have a fair bit of experience as a rallyist before you try writing a rallye yourself.
You should be able to understand all the gimmicks described in the critique for someone else's rallye before you try to be a rallyemaster for a similar rallye.

Some find it easier to start by "rethrowing" an old rallye.
That is, take an existing rallye and change the [[Picking a Theme|theme]] and other "chrome" as necessary, rather than write your own rallye from scratch.

If you do not have the support of a local rallye club, then study whatever sample rallyes you can find (e.g., on the web).
Use them as a source of gimmick ideas, and as an example of what the general instructions (GIs) should look like, about how scoring should work, etc.

=== Choosing a Neighborhood ===

Not all neighborhoods are created equal.
Don't sabotage yourself by placing your rallye in a difficult neighborhood.

For a coursemarker rallye, pay attention to the available poles. Some neighborhoods have only [[Coursemarker Guidelines#Good Luck on Concrete Poles|concrete poles]], which make it difficult to post coursemarkers.
Some neighborhoods have few usable poles, either because there are few poles to begin with, or because trees/shrubs obscure motorists' view of anything signs posted on the poles.

It is best to avoid neighborhoods with heavy traffic on Saturday nights, or with narrow streets that make U-turns difficult.
If your rallye will be on a holiday weekend, then consider how the holiday traffic might be different from normal Saturday night traffic.
Make sure the neighborhood is well lit.
(Yellow street lights can cause rallyists problems, even though the streets appear well lit.)

Don't fall in love with a neighborhood with street names that fit the [[Picking a Theme|theme]] of your rallye.
Make sure it is otherwise a good rallye neighborhood before using it.

=== Route Instructions ===

The route instructions (RIs) should get people from the start to the finish if they ignore the misspellings and gimmicks and just follow them as though they were written by a well-intentioned person who is bad at giving directions. You shouldn't need emergency envelopes or other tricks to get lost rallyists back on course. They should be able to follow the RI course (AKA "the turkey route") and make it to the finish.

=== Special Instructions ===

All rallyemasters need to be able to give ungimmicked instructions to rallyists.
We do this with Special Instructions (SIs).
There are never any gimmicks on SIs.
Don't even think about gimmicks on SIs.
Don't let rallyists even think about gimmicks on SIs.

You therefore need to be explicit about where SIs start and end, such as,
"Begin SI at Main. . . . End SI after passing Lilac."
If an SI is in effect, a rallyist won't (shouldn't have to) use an "uninstructed T" rule.
And beginners may be confused if they will see CMs while on their SI;
perhaps you need to explicitly say something like, "Do not record nor use CMs while on an SI."
Some RMs define a Traverse in the Order of Precedence, so it is not an SI and can be gimmicked.

There are situations where there wouldn't be a gimmick on the SI,
but the SI somehow would be associated with something that has a gimmick.
An example would be an on-course CM that brings an "on course" SI into effect,
but some other gimmick uses the CM.
Technically, this is not a gimmick on the SI;
it is a gimmick on the CM that brings the SI into effect.
However, rallyists (especially inexperienced rallyists) don't always understand that distinction.
To avoid confusing them, you should avoid using SIs in these situations.
For example, you could have the CM bring a Supp into effect, rather than an SI.

=== Prechecking ===

It's better for problems to be found by your precheckers than by your rallyists.
If a prechecker disagrees with your interpretation of a gimmick, then either drop the gimmick or fix the wording so your prechecker is happy.

After making changes, precheck it again to make sure you haven't broken something else.

Often, it helps to have precheckers with styles that differ from yours.
They will bring a different point of view to the precheck, and will catch problems that you wouldn't have noticed.
Likewise, it also helps to have precheckers with different experience levels (e.g., Novices and Master Experts).

=== Keep It Simple ===

Apply the [[Wikipedia:KISS principle|KISS principle]].
Or, as experienced Cub Scout leaders say, Keep It Simple, Make It Fun (KISMIF).
Note that [[Gimmicks That Should Be Avoided|some gimmicks are best avoided]],
since they tend to cause problems.

It's better to make a gimmick a bit more obvious and have more people figure it out, than to leave it ambiguous and have more people protest it (or just be disgruntled).
Remember, you're trying to help the rallyists have fun, not to thwart them at every turn.
There should be plenty of easy and moderate gimmicks, and just a few hard gimmicks.

If you don't have the support of a local rallye club, then keep it extremely simple.
If you're doing this on your own, then none of the rallyists will have much experience either.
(If they do, then they should be writing the rallye, or at least helping you.)
Complex gimmicks will go over everyone's heads.
Besides, you'll probably have less help with the basic logistics of the rallye.

=== Rallye Length ===

Complaints about TRC rallyes being too short are extremely rare.
Complaints about TRC rallyes being too long are common, and we usually have a rallye or two a year where we need to extend the closing time at the finish.
When in doubt, it's better for a rallye to be too short than too long.

Here are some rules of thumb for estimating whether your rallye is about the right length.

For a coursemarker rallye:
* Limit yourself to two "alphabets" of CMs (i.e., use 52 CMs max)
* Use about 28-35 good CMs (full-credit and partial-credit).
* 20 to 35 RIs are typical, but this count is no proof the length is right.
* Drive the entire route to "read" every CM pole (both the good and the bad CMs). This will take about as long as actually running the rallye, so you should be able to complete this test within the time allowed for rallyists to run the rallye.

For an A–B or multi-style rallye:
* 50 RIs is usually about right for an A–B rallye.
* For a multi-style rallye, start with the above guideline for A–B rallyes, but convert 10 RIs into 10 CMs or 10 Questions. An A–B, CM, Q–A rallye might have about 30 RIs, 10 CMs, and 10 Questions.

Furthermore, our insurance covers events up to 50 miles long. Rallyemasters should verify that the length of the rallye (including all traverses) does not exceed 50 miles.

=== Instruction Complexity ===

A good rule of thumb is that a rallye should have no more than two types of "gimmick instructions".
That is, in addition to the types of instructions that every rallye must have (e.g., SIs, GIs, RIs, Supps),
you can use two other types of gimmick instructions.

As an example, many rallyes include Notes and Bonuses.
Monster Mash rallyes often include Monsters and one other type of gimmick instructions.
However, a Star Trek rallye that included distinct Vulcan, Romulan, and Klingon instructions runs the risk of being too complex.

== Before the Rallye ==

See the [[Gimmick Rallye Timeline]].

== At the Rallye ==

=== Rallye Briefing ===

It is traditional to have a short (20 minutes) briefing for first timers and beginners
(novices are normally invited, as well) at the midpoint of the registration window.
You need to explain the basics of the rallye and how to use the score sheet
(e.g., how a CM is recorded and invokes SUPPs or SIs).
This is typically done using the club's whiteboard and markers.
Have a route prepared ahead of time.
(It may, but need not, be a portion of true roads encountered in your rallye).
Have a rallyist read the applicable definitions or GI sections, SUPP parts, etc.

The RM phone needs to be answered by someone other than the one giving the briefing,
since the briefing occurs during the rallye (particularly for upper division).
If you're a lone RM, ask another experienced rallyist to give the briefing and
negotiate which gimmicks should be given away at the briefing.

=== Protests ===

There are no perfect rallyemasters.
There are no perfect precheckers.
Therefore, there are no perfect rallyes.

Expect protests, and don't take them personally.
Carefully consider the point being made in each protest.
If a gimmick is truly broken, then you should grant it for all cars.
If the protest describes an alternate interpretation of the instructions that is as reasonable as your intended interpretation, then consider granting credit for that car, and possibly for all cars with the same answers.

TRC's competition director (or someone designated by her) will organize the protest committee and assure that protests are handled according to the [[TRC Gimmick Rallye Protest Policy]].

== After the Rallye ==

A rallyemaster's job isn't over when the rallye is done.

=== Accept Criticism ===

Shortly after the rallye, read any written comments on the evaluation forms, and reread the protests.
Write yourself a few notes about things that went well in the rallye, and things that you should have done differently.

=== Remove Coursemarkers ===

If you used coursemarkers (or other rallye-erected signs), then take them down promptly.
Many experienced rallyemasters schedule a couple hours the day after the rallye to take them down.
They come down more quickly than they go up, so just get it over with.
Never leave them up longer than a week.

=== Ask the Treasurer for any Expense Reimbursement ===

Seek [[TRC Accounting Rules#Reimbursement_Policies | reimbursement]]
from [[TRC Board Structure|TRC's Treasurer]],
ideally a week before the next TRC business meeting.

=== Post Results ===

Send email with a summary of the results to the [http://www.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-talk TRC-Talk] list, to TRC's {{webmaster}}, and to the email addresses provided by any rallyists.
Use the bcc feature for the rallyists' email addresses, to prevent the unlikely abuse of rallyists' email address by other rallyists.

If you are [[Scoring a Rallye by Hand|scoring your rallye by hand]], then you can use a previous rallye's results as a template.
If you are [[Using the Computerized Scoring System|using the computerized scoring system]], then it will generate results automatically.

In general, it's best not to rescore your rallye.
Just post the same results you announced at the finish.

==== File naming convention ====

Mail your results (text or PDF) as an attachment named ''yyyy-mm-dd''-'''Results'''-''NAME''.''suffix'' where:
* ''yyyy-mm-dd'' is the date the Rallye was run
* '''Results''' is just like that (case matters)
* ''NAME'' is the name of the Rallye
* ''suffix'' is pdf or txt
For example, the results for Ghostchasers, a rallye that was run on October 6th of 2012, is 2012-10-06-Results-Ghostchasers.pdf

== At the Next TRC Business Meeting ==

=== Concluding Report ===

Come to the next business meeting to give a report on your rallye (during the "previous events" section of the meeting).
This is a good time to share any lessons you learned, as well as general comments about how the rallye went.

=== Scoresheets ===

Give scoresheets to [[TRC_Board_Structure#officers|Treasurer]] to be filed, probably at that business meeting.

=== Equipment ===

If you have any TRC equipment (such as checkpoint signs or CM removal tools), return them to the [[TRC Board Structure|TRC Equipment Chair]].

=== Get Receipts to Treasurer ===

If you asked the Treasurer for [[Rallye Reimbursements|reimbursement]] and didn't scan the matching receipts and E-mail them, bring them to that business meeting.

== See also ==
* [[Writing an A-B Rallye]]

Draft TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules

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Darin: 50 mile limit

'''''This document is merely a working draft, with no official standing.'''''

The official version of this document is [[TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules]].
This working draft is intended for unofficial work on (and discussion of) possible future changes to these Gimmick Rallye Rules.

== THE RALLYE CLUB OF SILICON VALLEY RULES FOR GIMMICK RALLYES ==
{{TOC right}}

'''Approved Xxxxx xx, xxxx'''

Originally approved June 19, 1985, as part of TRC's Operating Procedures
<br>Amended November 19, 2003
<br>Amended September 15, 2009
<br>Amended April 17, 2012

===Purpose===
To assist TRC and its members in the production of quality rallye events.
No information within these rules shall be sufficient to form the basis for a rallye protest.
<br clear=all>

===Advertising and Flyers===

# Flyers must be ready before the quarterly mailing prior to the rallye. In some cases, flyers must be ready earlier, since quarterly mailings often include the flyer from the first rallye of the next quarter. To allow time for printing, folding, and addressing the mailing, flyers are needed between 2 and 5 months prior to the rallye, depending upon where the rallye's date lands in the mailing schedule.
# An electronic copy (in PDF) should be sent via email to the webmaster. The person assigned to print the mailing may also request a copy.
# All flyers must have the following on them: date and start time, start location, type of event, entry fee, classes (or an indication that there are multiple classes), rallyemaster name(s) and contact info, TRC name and/or logo, and TRC URL (web address <tt>TheRallyeClub.org</tt>).
# Desirable information: Rallyemasters are encouraged to publish the rallye-specific email addresses (<tt>monYEAR@TheRallyeClub.org </tt> where<tt> mon</tt> is the month and<tt> YEAR </tt> is the year; e.g., <tt>dec2015@TheRallyeClub.org</tt>) that forward to their real email accounts until the rallye is well over. Flyers should also include a map of the start location, and may also include the awards presented. If provided, phone numbers should include area codes.
# [[Flyers for TRC Rallyes]] often reassure newbies that they don't need a sports car or other special type of car. Rallyemasters should use phrases like "Any car can run" or "Bring any type of car", and should not use the phrase "any vehicle". Our insurance does not cover motorcycles, and no one we know to be on a motorcycle should be registered.
# Starting in 2014, the rallyemaster or a webmaster will create an online rallye announcement page with the same kind of information that is on the flyer, with the same or different graphics. There is a template for these pages.
# We are also experimenting with postcard mailings, rather than flyer mailings, but still want flyers available online for rallyists to post (e.g., on a bulletin board).

===Rallye Writing===
# Provide for Special Instructions (SIs) and other emergency instructions and signs. There '''must never''' be any gimmicks based on Special Instructions. Doing so would make it harder for other rallyemasters to provide directions that must be taken at face value.
# When possible, it is best to avoid relying upon the distinction between an SI and a Supp on the Supp/SI page. Rallyists do miss the distinction, and will keep looking for gimmicks, thinking they're working on a Supp rather than an SI.
# Busy streets should be avoided, except during traverses. Rallyists must be able to pull over safely to review/discuss the rallye instructions without blocking traffic. This is especially important at coursemarker locations, and at locations where Route Instructions, Bonuses, Notes, etc. are executed. Rallyists should also be able to drive safely at speeds below the posted speed limit, carefully looking for and reading signs. Rallyemasters and precheckers must use their best judgement. Some two-lane streets with 25mph speed limits can be too crowded/busy to use, while some four-lane streets with 35mph speed limits can be quiet and perfectly fine. It is strongly recommended on gimmick rallyes that neither coursemarkers nor signs with gimmicks be located on busy multi-lane roads or Expressways such as El Camino Real, Charleston, Lawrence Expressway, etc.
# Our insurance covers events up to 50 miles long. Rallyemasters should verify that the length of the rallye (including all traverses) does not exceed 50 miles.

===Prechecks===

# At least one precheck must be driven, preferably at the same time and day of the week as the rallye.
# Prechecks must include a full instruction set, a critique (with point values), and a map or other indication of sign locations.
# A driven precheck must be performed at least two weeks before the event by a qualified expert.
# If possible, have more than one car precheck the rallye. Also, it is helpful to have precheckers of different experience levels (master experts may overlook simple things that trip up novices).
# Rallyists who prefer different (and sometimes incompatible) styles of prechecking rallyes should be encouraged to precheck the rallye separately, at different times. Also, it is helpful if precheckers receive any corrections from earlier prechecks before beginning their own precheck.
# The rallyemaster must make all changes required by the prechecker; resolve the problems with the prechecker; or, if they cannot resolve the issues between them, report the problem to the President or Competition Director or their delegate. The rallyemaster is subject to their decisions.
# Our insurance covers events up to 50 miles long. Precheckers should verify that the length of the rallye (including all traverses) does not exceed 50 miles.

===Before The Rallye===

# At least one week before the event date, a corrected copy of the instructions shall be received by the prechecker to confirm that all changes and corrections have been made.
# The rallye course must be previewed within 24 hours of the event. Putting up the coursemarkers for coursemarker rallyes would meet this requirement.
# For CM rallyes, CMs must be erected by someone not competing in the rallye (as rallyists shouldn't know where the CMs are). One exception is the start CM, which is intentionally obvious to all.
# For CM rallyes, the rallyemaster is responsible for removing any old course markers along his route from any previous rallyes. And tape should be removed from poles along the route so that contestants do not think that there is a missing marker.
# The manager of the finish location should be notified at least one week in advance of the event. After the start closes, call again as a reminder, and to let the manager know the final headcount.
# Rallyists appreciate being able to download preliminary General Instructions from the TRC web site before the rallye. Rallyemasters should send preliminary General Instructions (in PDF format) to the TRC webmaster about a week prior to the event. Rallyemasters should note any changes between the preliminary General Instructions and the final General Instructions. For example, updated sections can be highlighted or marked with change bars, or a list of changes can be posted at the start.<p> However, preliminary General Instructions that differ substantially from the final General Instructions are useless. If your General Instructions are still unstable a week before the rallye, then wait until they are stable before publishing preliminary General Instructions.</p>
# All events must be insured before they may be conducted. The insurance chair will perform the necessary functions, but the competition director shall cancel/delay an event if the insurance has not been obtained for a particular event.

===At the Rallye Finish===

# All TRC rallyes will provide club-supplied evaluation cards to all contestants.
# At the finish, results shall be posted on scoreboard, projector, computer screen, etc.
# In addition to the awards for the top finishing car(s) in each class, the rallyemaster(s) shall present the following awards:
## Free Next Rallye - This is a non-transferable "free rallye" card presented to each First Timer car. A supply of blank cards is kept in the finish box.
## Skunk - Two skunk pins are presented to any car that received a perfect score. (They "skunked" the rallye.) A supply of these pins is kept in the finish box.
# A board member shall present to the rallyemaster(s) a certificate for a free rallye. A supply of blank certificates is kept in the finish box. (However, the club no longer signs -- that is, activates -- these certificates until [[#Finances|later]].)

===Posted Signs===

# All rallye-erected signs should be placed in safe locations where easily seen, and they shall be legible. If any part of the rallye is at night, then reflective tape must be on all valid rallye-erected signs.
# The printing on signs government-erected for the purpose of guiding or informing motorists at large should not be altered or defaced in any way. Any augmentation of a government sign should be restored within 24 hours after the rallye. For example, reflective tape may be placed on government signs, if needed, as long as no lettering is covered and the tape is removed after the rallye.
# Signs posted for the rallye should be readily visible. They should be of substantial material and strategically located (typically, high) so that they are not easily removed or altered.
# Emergency signs must be marked as Special Instructions (SIs). There must never be any gimmicks based on emergency signs (or other SIs).

===Score Sheets and Scoring===

# Each car will be provided with one score sheet.
# Each score sheet will have spaces for the following information: car number, class, driver & navigator name, club affiliations, email addresses, and passenger names. To avoid difficulties publishing the results, it is strongly recommended that you do not include gimmicks on: car number, driver & navigator name, or email addresses. Boxes for each letter of the email address are recommended.
# Score sheets should include spaces for postal addresses. Score sheets should also include spaces/check-boxes for rallyists to approve the use of their email addresses for finish results and for future event notifications (membership in the [http://www.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-events TRC-Events] list).
# A 15-minute grace period must be provided for score sheets to be turned in after the rallye end time. A penalty can apply during this time. However, the penalty per minute late cannot exceed the value of a single gimmick.

===Protests===

# All rallyes will have provisions for written protests. There must be a time given for when protests are due, generally 5 minutes after last call for score sheets.
# The Competition Director will select (or will designate someone else to select) the protest committee. The protest committee should consist of at least one qualified non-competitor (not the rallyemaster) and two competitors (experts if possible).
# Rallyemasters may voluntarily eliminate or re-score a portion of the rallye prior to the actions of the protest committee.
# The protest committee must receive all protests. The protest committee may overrule the rallyemaster's decisions to deny protests. The protest committee should read all protests granted by the rallyemaster to ensure consistency between their rulings and those of the rallyemaster.
# The committee should decide all protests in private.
# Actions taken in resolving protests should be applied as evenly as possible, but they may affect only one car, cars in specific class(es), or all competitors. Actions often are granted to all cars with a certain set of entries recorded on their score sheet.
# Any change affecting all cars made before protest deadline should be made known, to reduce protests about it.

===Results===

# Results must be emailed and posted on the TRC web site within 2 weeks. Send email to:<br><tt>trc-talk@TheRallyeClub.org, webmaster@TheRallyeClub.org</tt><br> Include the email addresses of all rallyists in the<tt> bcc: </tt> field.
# For all rallyists, the results must include full names, class, club affiliations, car number, score and place. The results must also include the names of all workers and precheckers.
# If there is a Championship, then a copy of the results must be sent to the points keeper for the Championship.
# ("TRC Top Score" award has been suspended, and will not be awarded without board approval.)

===After Event===

# All posted signs must be removed within nine days.
# Within two weeks, or at the next club meeting, the score sheets shall be given to the club Treasurer.

===Finances===

# During the event, the Treasurer or his designee shall collect all moneys received. At the next club meeting, a complete financial report will be made to the club.
# Moneys owed the rallyemaster (and signing the RM's free rallye certificate) may be withheld until all posted signs are removed, the results are sent, and the rallyemaster has made an earnest attempt to comply with all provisions of TRC operating procedures and these Rules.
# Unless other arrangements are approved (as described in TRC's bylaws) in advance, TRC will receive all proceeds from the rallye, and will pay all reasonable expenses. Usual expenses include, but are not limited to: inexpensive items given away at the start or at checkpoints, awards, insurance, printing, and postage for the quarterly mailing. Rallyemasters risk no financial loss, but should provide receipts to the Treasurer for rallye expenses (giveaways, worker food).
# One alternative arrangement that could be approved would be a 50–50 split: After all reasonable expenses are paid, TRC and the associated club or rallyemaster would split evenly any profit or loss.
# Reimbursement requests should be made within two months of the rallye and within the same year as the rallye.
# Reimbursement should occur within a month of the request.

Draft TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules

2014-05-20T07:31:16Z

Darin: motorcycles

'''''This document is merely a working draft, with no official standing.'''''

The official version of this document is [[TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules]].
This working draft is intended for unofficial work on (and discussion of) possible future changes to these Gimmick Rallye Rules.

== THE RALLYE CLUB OF SILICON VALLEY RULES FOR GIMMICK RALLYES ==
{{TOC right}}

'''Approved Xxxxx xx, xxxx'''

Originally approved June 19, 1985, as part of TRC's Operating Procedures
<br>Amended November 19, 2003
<br>Amended September 15, 2009
<br>Amended April 17, 2012

===Purpose===
To assist TRC and its members in the production of quality rallye events.
No information within these rules shall be sufficient to form the basis for a rallye protest.
<br clear=all>

===Advertising and Flyers===

# Flyers must be ready before the quarterly mailing prior to the rallye. In some cases, flyers must be ready earlier, since quarterly mailings often include the flyer from the first rallye of the next quarter. To allow time for printing, folding, and addressing the mailing, flyers are needed between 2 and 5 months prior to the rallye, depending upon where the rallye's date lands in the mailing schedule.
# An electronic copy (in PDF) should be sent via email to the webmaster. The person assigned to print the mailing may also request a copy.
# All flyers must have the following on them: date and start time, start location, type of event, entry fee, classes (or an indication that there are multiple classes), rallyemaster name(s) and contact info, TRC name and/or logo, and TRC URL (web address <tt>TheRallyeClub.org</tt>).
# Desirable information: Rallyemasters are encouraged to publish the rallye-specific email addresses (<tt>monYEAR@TheRallyeClub.org </tt> where<tt> mon</tt> is the month and<tt> YEAR </tt> is the year; e.g., <tt>dec2015@TheRallyeClub.org</tt>) that forward to their real email accounts until the rallye is well over. Flyers should also include a map of the start location, and may also include the awards presented. If provided, phone numbers should include area codes.
# [[Flyers for TRC Rallyes]] often reassure newbies that they don't need a sports car or other special type of car. Rallyemasters should use phrases like "Any car can run" or "Bring any type of car", and should not use the phrase "any vehicle". Our insurance does not cover motorcycles, and no one we know to be on a motorcycle should be registered.
# Starting in 2014, the rallyemaster or a webmaster will create an online rallye announcement page with the same kind of information that is on the flyer, with the same or different graphics. There is a template for these pages.
# We are also experimenting with postcard mailings, rather than flyer mailings, but still want flyers available online for rallyists to post (e.g., on a bulletin board).

===Rallye Writing===
# Provide for Special Instructions (SIs) and other emergency instructions and signs. There '''must never''' be any gimmicks based on Special Instructions. Doing so would make it harder for other rallyemasters to provide directions that must be taken at face value.
# When possible, it is best to avoid relying upon the distinction between an SI and a Supp on the Supp/SI page. Rallyists do miss the distinction, and will keep looking for gimmicks, thinking they're working on a Supp rather than an SI.
# Busy streets should be avoided, except during traverses. Rallyists must be able to pull over safely to review/discuss the rallye instructions without blocking traffic. This is especially important at coursemarker locations, and at locations where Route Instructions, Bonuses, Notes, etc. are executed. Rallyists should also be able to drive safely at speeds below the posted speed limit, carefully looking for and reading signs. Rallyemasters and precheckers must use their best judgement. Some two-lane streets with 25mph speed limits can be too crowded/busy to use, while some four-lane streets with 35mph speed limits can be quiet and perfectly fine. It is strongly recommended on gimmick rallyes that neither coursemarkers nor signs with gimmicks be located on busy multi-lane roads or Expressways such as El Camino Real, Charleston, Lawrence Expressway, etc.

===Prechecks===

# At least one precheck must be driven, preferably at the same time and day of the week as the rallye.
# Prechecks must include a full instruction set, a critique (with point values), and a map or other indication of sign locations.
# A driven precheck must be performed at least two weeks before the event by a qualified expert.
# If possible, have more than one car precheck the rallye. Also, it is helpful to have precheckers of different experience levels (master experts may overlook simple things that trip up novices).
# Rallyists who prefer different (and sometimes incompatible) styles of prechecking rallyes should be encouraged to precheck the rallye separately, at different times. Also, it is helpful if precheckers receive any corrections from earlier prechecks before beginning their own precheck.
# The rallyemaster must make all changes required by the prechecker; resolve the problems with the prechecker; or, if they cannot resolve the issues between them, report the problem to the President or Competition Director or their delegate. The rallyemaster is subject to their decisions.

===Before The Rallye===

# At least one week before the event date, a corrected copy of the instructions shall be received by the prechecker to confirm that all changes and corrections have been made.
# The rallye course must be previewed within 24 hours of the event. Putting up the coursemarkers for coursemarker rallyes would meet this requirement.
# For CM rallyes, CMs must be erected by someone not competing in the rallye (as rallyists shouldn't know where the CMs are). One exception is the start CM, which is intentionally obvious to all.
# For CM rallyes, the rallyemaster is responsible for removing any old course markers along his route from any previous rallyes. And tape should be removed from poles along the route so that contestants do not think that there is a missing marker.
# The manager of the finish location should be notified at least one week in advance of the event. After the start closes, call again as a reminder, and to let the manager know the final headcount.
# Rallyists appreciate being able to download preliminary General Instructions from the TRC web site before the rallye. Rallyemasters should send preliminary General Instructions (in PDF format) to the TRC webmaster about a week prior to the event. Rallyemasters should note any changes between the preliminary General Instructions and the final General Instructions. For example, updated sections can be highlighted or marked with change bars, or a list of changes can be posted at the start.<p> However, preliminary General Instructions that differ substantially from the final General Instructions are useless. If your General Instructions are still unstable a week before the rallye, then wait until they are stable before publishing preliminary General Instructions.</p>
# All events must be insured before they may be conducted. The insurance chair will perform the necessary functions, but the competition director shall cancel/delay an event if the insurance has not been obtained for a particular event.

===At the Rallye Finish===

# All TRC rallyes will provide club-supplied evaluation cards to all contestants.
# At the finish, results shall be posted on scoreboard, projector, computer screen, etc.
# In addition to the awards for the top finishing car(s) in each class, the rallyemaster(s) shall present the following awards:
## Free Next Rallye - This is a non-transferable "free rallye" card presented to each First Timer car. A supply of blank cards is kept in the finish box.
## Skunk - Two skunk pins are presented to any car that received a perfect score. (They "skunked" the rallye.) A supply of these pins is kept in the finish box.
# A board member shall present to the rallyemaster(s) a certificate for a free rallye. A supply of blank certificates is kept in the finish box. (However, the club no longer signs -- that is, activates -- these certificates until [[#Finances|later]].)

===Posted Signs===

# All rallye-erected signs should be placed in safe locations where easily seen, and they shall be legible. If any part of the rallye is at night, then reflective tape must be on all valid rallye-erected signs.
# The printing on signs government-erected for the purpose of guiding or informing motorists at large should not be altered or defaced in any way. Any augmentation of a government sign should be restored within 24 hours after the rallye. For example, reflective tape may be placed on government signs, if needed, as long as no lettering is covered and the tape is removed after the rallye.
# Signs posted for the rallye should be readily visible. They should be of substantial material and strategically located (typically, high) so that they are not easily removed or altered.
# Emergency signs must be marked as Special Instructions (SIs). There must never be any gimmicks based on emergency signs (or other SIs).

===Score Sheets and Scoring===

# Each car will be provided with one score sheet.
# Each score sheet will have spaces for the following information: car number, class, driver & navigator name, club affiliations, email addresses, and passenger names. To avoid difficulties publishing the results, it is strongly recommended that you do not include gimmicks on: car number, driver & navigator name, or email addresses. Boxes for each letter of the email address are recommended.
# Score sheets should include spaces for postal addresses. Score sheets should also include spaces/check-boxes for rallyists to approve the use of their email addresses for finish results and for future event notifications (membership in the [http://www.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-events TRC-Events] list).
# A 15-minute grace period must be provided for score sheets to be turned in after the rallye end time. A penalty can apply during this time. However, the penalty per minute late cannot exceed the value of a single gimmick.

===Protests===

# All rallyes will have provisions for written protests. There must be a time given for when protests are due, generally 5 minutes after last call for score sheets.
# The Competition Director will select (or will designate someone else to select) the protest committee. The protest committee should consist of at least one qualified non-competitor (not the rallyemaster) and two competitors (experts if possible).
# Rallyemasters may voluntarily eliminate or re-score a portion of the rallye prior to the actions of the protest committee.
# The protest committee must receive all protests. The protest committee may overrule the rallyemaster's decisions to deny protests. The protest committee should read all protests granted by the rallyemaster to ensure consistency between their rulings and those of the rallyemaster.
# The committee should decide all protests in private.
# Actions taken in resolving protests should be applied as evenly as possible, but they may affect only one car, cars in specific class(es), or all competitors. Actions often are granted to all cars with a certain set of entries recorded on their score sheet.
# Any change affecting all cars made before protest deadline should be made known, to reduce protests about it.

===Results===

# Results must be emailed and posted on the TRC web site within 2 weeks. Send email to:<br><tt>trc-talk@TheRallyeClub.org, webmaster@TheRallyeClub.org</tt><br> Include the email addresses of all rallyists in the<tt> bcc: </tt> field.
# For all rallyists, the results must include full names, class, club affiliations, car number, score and place. The results must also include the names of all workers and precheckers.
# If there is a Championship, then a copy of the results must be sent to the points keeper for the Championship.
# ("TRC Top Score" award has been suspended, and will not be awarded without board approval.)

===After Event===

# All posted signs must be removed within nine days.
# Within two weeks, or at the next club meeting, the score sheets shall be given to the club Treasurer.

===Finances===

# During the event, the Treasurer or his designee shall collect all moneys received. At the next club meeting, a complete financial report will be made to the club.
# Moneys owed the rallyemaster (and signing the RM's free rallye certificate) may be withheld until all posted signs are removed, the results are sent, and the rallyemaster has made an earnest attempt to comply with all provisions of TRC operating procedures and these Rules.
# Unless other arrangements are approved (as described in TRC's bylaws) in advance, TRC will receive all proceeds from the rallye, and will pay all reasonable expenses. Usual expenses include, but are not limited to: inexpensive items given away at the start or at checkpoints, awards, insurance, printing, and postage for the quarterly mailing. Rallyemasters risk no financial loss, but should provide receipts to the Treasurer for rallye expenses (giveaways, worker food).
# One alternative arrangement that could be approved would be a 50–50 split: After all reasonable expenses are paid, TRC and the associated club or rallyemaster would split evenly any profit or loss.
# Reimbursement requests should be made within two months of the rallye and within the same year as the rallye.
# Reimbursement should occur within a month of the request.

TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules

2014-05-20T07:29:44Z

Darin: edits to the rallye rules need to be approved at the business meeting

'''''This is the official version of this document.'''''

For unofficial work on (and discussion of) possible future changes to these rules, see the
[[Draft TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules]].

== THE RALLYE CLUB OF SILICON VALLEY RULES FOR GIMMICK RALLYES ==
{{TOC right}}

'''Approved April 17, 2012'''

Originally approved June 19, 1985, as part of TRC's Operating Procedures
<br>Amended November 19, 2003
<br>Amended September 15, 2009

===Purpose===
To assist TRC and its members in the production of quality rallye events.
No information within these rules shall be sufficient to form the basis for a rallye protest.
<br clear=all>

===Advertising and Flyers===

# Flyers must be ready before the quarterly mailing prior to the rallye. In some cases, flyers must be ready earlier, since quarterly mailings often include the flyer from the first rallye of the next quarter. To allow time for printing, folding, and addressing the mailing, flyers are needed between 2 and 5 months prior to the rallye, depending upon where the rallye's date lands in the mailing schedule.
# An electronic copy (in PDF) should be sent via email to the webmaster. The person assigned to print the mailing may also request a copy.
# All flyers must have the following on them: date and start time, start location, type of event, entry fee, classes (or an indication that there are multiple classes), rallyemaster name(s) and contact info, TRC name and/or logo, and TRC URL (web address <tt>TheRallyeClub.org</tt>).
# Desirable information: Rallyemasters are encouraged to publish the rallye-specific email addresses (<tt>mmmYY@TheRallyeClub.org </tt> where<tt> mmm </tt> is the month and<tt> YY </tt> is the year; e.g., <tt>dec09@TheRallyeClub.org</tt>) that forward to their real email accounts until the rallye is well over. Flyers should also include a map of the start location, and may also include the awards presented. If provided, phone numbers should include area codes.

===Rallye Writing===
# Provide for Special Instructions (SIs) and other emergency instructions and signs. There '''must never''' be any gimmicks based on Special Instructions. Doing so would make it harder for other rallyemasters to provide directions that must be taken at face value.
# When possible, it is best to avoid relying upon the distinction between an SI and a Supp on the Supp/SI page. Rallyists do miss the distinction, and will keep looking for gimmicks, thinking they're working on a Supp rather than an SI.
# Busy streets should be avoided, except during traverses. Rallyists must be able to pull over safely to review/discuss the rallye instructions without blocking traffic. This is especially important at coursemarker locations, and at locations where Route Instructions, Bonuses, Notes, etc. are executed. Rallyists should also be able to drive safely at speeds below the posted speed limit, carefully looking for and reading signs. Rallyemasters and precheckers must use their best judgement. Some two-lane streets with 25mph speed limits can be too crowded/busy to use, while some four-lane streets with 35mph speed limits can be quiet and perfectly fine. It is strongly recommended on gimmick rallyes that neither coursemarkers nor signs with gimmicks be located on busy multi-lane roads or Expressways such as El Camino Real, Charleston, Lawrence Expressway, etc.

===Prechecks===

# At least one precheck must be driven, preferably at the same time and day of the week as the rallye.
# Prechecks must include a full instruction set, a critique (with point values), and a map or other indication of sign locations.
# A driven precheck must be performed at least two weeks before the event by a qualified expert.
# If possible, have more than one car precheck the rallye. Also, it is helpful to have precheckers of different experience levels (master experts may overlook simple things that trip up novices).
# Rallyists who prefer different (and sometimes incompatible) styles of prechecking rallyes should be encouraged to precheck the rallye separately, at different times. Also, it is helpful if precheckers receive any corrections from earlier prechecks before beginning their own precheck.
# The rallyemaster must make all changes required by the prechecker; resolve the problems with the prechecker; or, if they cannot resolve the issues between them, report the problem to the President or Competition Director or their delegate. The rallyemaster is subject to their decisions.

===Before The Rallye===

# At least one week before the event date, a corrected copy of the instructions shall be received by the prechecker to confirm that all changes and corrections have been made.
# The rallye course must be previewed within 24 hours of the event. Putting up the coursemarkers for coursemarker rallyes would meet this requirement.
# For CM rallyes, CMs must be erected by someone not competing in the rallye (as rallyists shouldn't know where the CMs are). One exception is the start CM, which is intentionally obvious to all.
# For CM rallyes, the rallyemaster is responsible for removing any old course markers along his route from any previous rallyes. And tape should be removed from poles along the route so that contestants do not think that there is a missing marker.
# The manager of the finish location should be notified at least one week in advance of the event. After the start closes, call again as a reminder, and to let the manager know the final headcount.
# Rallyists appreciate being able to download preliminary General Instructions from the TRC web site before the rallye. Rallyemasters should send preliminary General Instructions (in PDF format) to the TRC webmaster about a week prior to the event. Rallyemasters should note any changes between the preliminary General Instructions and the final General Instructions. For example, updated sections can be highlighted or marked with change bars, or a list of changes can be posted at the start.<p> However, preliminary General Instructions that differ substantially from the final General Instructions are useless. If your General Instructions are still unstable a week before the rallye, then wait until they are stable before publishing preliminary General Instructions.</p>
# All events must be insured before they may be conducted. The insurance chair will perform the necessary functions, but the competition director shall cancel/delay an event if the insurance has not been obtained for a particular event.

===At the Rallye Finish===

# All TRC rallyes will provide club-supplied evaluation cards to all contestants.
# At the finish, results shall be posted on scoreboard, projector, computer screen, etc.
# In addition to the awards for the top finishing car(s) in each class, the rallyemaster(s) shall present the following awards:
## Free Next Rallye - This is a non-transferable "free rallye" card presented to each First Timer car. A supply of blank cards is kept in the finish box.
## Skunk - Presented to any car that received a perfect score. (They "skunked" the rallye.) A supply of these pins is kept in the finish box.
# A board member shall present to the rallyemaster(s) a certificate for a free rallye. A supply of blank certificates is kept in the finish box. (However, the club no longer signs -- that is, activates -- these certificates until [[#Finances|later]].)

===Posted Signs===

# All rallye-erected signs should be placed in safe locations where easily seen, and they shall be legible. If any part of the rallye is at night, then reflective tape must be on all valid rallye-erected signs.
# The printing on signs government-erected for the purpose of guiding or informing motorists at large should not be altered or defaced in any way. Any augmentation of a government sign should be restored within 24 hours after the rallye. For example, reflective tape may be placed on government signs, if needed, as long as no lettering is covered and the tape is removed after the rallye.
# Signs posted for the rallye should be readily visible. They should be of substantial material and strategically located (typically, high) so that they are not easily removed or altered.
# Emergency signs must be marked as Special Instructions (SIs). There must never be any gimmicks based on emergency signs (or other SIs).

===Score Sheets and Scoring===

# Each car will be provided with one score sheet.
# Each score sheet will have spaces for the following information: car number, class, driver & navigator name, club affiliations, email addresses, and passenger names. To avoid difficulties publishing the results, it is strongly recommended that you do not include gimmicks on: car number, driver & navigator name, or email addresses. Boxes for each letter of the email address are recommended.
# Score sheets should include spaces for postal addresses. Score sheets should also include spaces/check-boxes for rallyists to approve the use of their email addresses for finish results and for future event notifications (membership in the [http://www.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-events TRC-Events] list).
# A 15-minute grace period must be provided for score sheets to be turned in after the rallye end time. A penalty can apply during this time. However, the penalty per minute late cannot exceed the value of a single gimmick.

===Protests===

# All rallyes will have provisions for written protests. There must be a time given for when protests are due, generally 5 minutes after last call for score sheets.
# The Competition Director will select (or will designate someone else to select) the protest committee. The protest committee should consist of at least one qualified non-competitor (not the rallyemaster) and two competitors (experts if possible).
# Rallyemasters may voluntarily eliminate or re-score a portion of the rallye prior to the actions of the protest committee.
# The protest committee must receive all protests. The protest committee may overrule the rallyemaster's decisions to deny protests. The protest committee should read all protests granted by the rallyemaster to ensure consistency between their rulings and those of the rallyemaster.
# The committee should decide all protests in private.
# Actions taken in resolving protests should be applied as evenly as possible, but they may affect only one car, cars in specific class(es), or all competitors. Actions often are granted to all cars with a certain set of entries recorded on their score sheet.
# Any change affecting all cars made before protest deadline should be made known, to reduce protests about it.

===Results===

# Results must be emailed and posted on the TRC web site within 2 weeks. Send email to:<br><tt>trc-talk@TheRallyeClub.org, webmaster@TheRallyeClub.org</tt><br> Include the email addresses of all rallyists in the<tt> bcc: </tt> field.
# For all rallyists, the results must include full names, class, club affiliations, car number, score and place. The results must also include the names of all workers and precheckers.
# If there is a Championship, then a copy of the results must be sent to the points keeper for the Championship.
# ("TRC Top Score" award has been suspended, and will not be awarded without board approval.)

===After Event===

# All posted signs must be removed within nine days.
# Within two weeks, or at the next club meeting, the score sheets shall be given to the club Treasurer.

===Finances===

# During the event, the Treasurer or his designee shall collect all moneys received. At the next club meeting, a complete financial report will be made to the club.
# Moneys owed the rallyemaster (and signing the RM's free rallye certificate) may be withheld until all posted signs are removed, the results are sent, and the rallyemaster has made an earnest attempt to comply with all provisions of TRC operating procedures and these Rules.
# Unless other arrangements are approved (as described in TRC's bylaws) in advance, TRC will receive all proceeds from the rallye, and will pay all reasonable expenses. Usual expenses include, but are not limited to: inexpensive items given away at the start or at checkpoints, awards, insurance, printing, and postage for the quarterly mailing. Rallyemasters risk no financial loss, but should provide receipts to the Treasurer for rallye expenses (giveaways, worker food).
# One alternative arrangement that could be approved would be a 50–50 split: After all reasonable expenses are paid, TRC and the associated club or rallyemaster would split evenly any profit or loss.

TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules

2014-05-20T07:27:08Z

Darin: motorcycles

'''''This is the official version of this document.'''''

For unofficial work on (and discussion of) possible future changes to these rules, see the
[[Draft TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules]].

== THE RALLYE CLUB OF SILICON VALLEY RULES FOR GIMMICK RALLYES ==
{{TOC right}}

'''Approved April 17, 2012'''

Originally approved June 19, 1985, as part of TRC's Operating Procedures
<br>Amended November 19, 2003
<br>Amended September 15, 2009

===Purpose===
To assist TRC and its members in the production of quality rallye events.
No information within these rules shall be sufficient to form the basis for a rallye protest.
<br clear=all>

===Advertising and Flyers===

# Flyers must be ready before the quarterly mailing prior to the rallye. In some cases, flyers must be ready earlier, since quarterly mailings often include the flyer from the first rallye of the next quarter. To allow time for printing, folding, and addressing the mailing, flyers are needed between 2 and 5 months prior to the rallye, depending upon where the rallye's date lands in the mailing schedule.
# An electronic copy (in PDF) should be sent via email to the webmaster. The person assigned to print the mailing may also request a copy.
# All flyers must have the following on them: date and start time, start location, type of event, entry fee, classes (or an indication that there are multiple classes), rallyemaster name(s) and contact info, TRC name and/or logo, and TRC URL (web address <tt>TheRallyeClub.org</tt>).
# Desirable information: Rallyemasters are encouraged to publish the rallye-specific email addresses (<tt>mmmYY@TheRallyeClub.org </tt> where<tt> mmm </tt> is the month and<tt> YY </tt> is the year; e.g., <tt>dec09@TheRallyeClub.org</tt>) that forward to their real email accounts until the rallye is well over. Flyers should also include a map of the start location, and may also include the awards presented. If provided, phone numbers should include area codes.
# [[Flyers for TRC Rallyes]] often reassure newbies that they don't need a sports car or other special type of car. Rallyemasters should use phrases like "Any car can run" or "Bring any type of car", and should not use the phrase "any vehicle". Our insurance does not cover motorcycles, and no one we know to be on a motorcycle should be registered.

===Rallye Writing===
# Provide for Special Instructions (SIs) and other emergency instructions and signs. There '''must never''' be any gimmicks based on Special Instructions. Doing so would make it harder for other rallyemasters to provide directions that must be taken at face value.
# When possible, it is best to avoid relying upon the distinction between an SI and a Supp on the Supp/SI page. Rallyists do miss the distinction, and will keep looking for gimmicks, thinking they're working on a Supp rather than an SI.
# Busy streets should be avoided, except during traverses. Rallyists must be able to pull over safely to review/discuss the rallye instructions without blocking traffic. This is especially important at coursemarker locations, and at locations where Route Instructions, Bonuses, Notes, etc. are executed. Rallyists should also be able to drive safely at speeds below the posted speed limit, carefully looking for and reading signs. Rallyemasters and precheckers must use their best judgement. Some two-lane streets with 25mph speed limits can be too crowded/busy to use, while some four-lane streets with 35mph speed limits can be quiet and perfectly fine. It is strongly recommended on gimmick rallyes that neither coursemarkers nor signs with gimmicks be located on busy multi-lane roads or Expressways such as El Camino Real, Charleston, Lawrence Expressway, etc.

===Prechecks===

# At least one precheck must be driven, preferably at the same time and day of the week as the rallye.
# Prechecks must include a full instruction set, a critique (with point values), and a map or other indication of sign locations.
# A driven precheck must be performed at least two weeks before the event by a qualified expert.
# If possible, have more than one car precheck the rallye. Also, it is helpful to have precheckers of different experience levels (master experts may overlook simple things that trip up novices).
# Rallyists who prefer different (and sometimes incompatible) styles of prechecking rallyes should be encouraged to precheck the rallye separately, at different times. Also, it is helpful if precheckers receive any corrections from earlier prechecks before beginning their own precheck.
# The rallyemaster must make all changes required by the prechecker; resolve the problems with the prechecker; or, if they cannot resolve the issues between them, report the problem to the President or Competition Director or their delegate. The rallyemaster is subject to their decisions.

===Before The Rallye===

# At least one week before the event date, a corrected copy of the instructions shall be received by the prechecker to confirm that all changes and corrections have been made.
# The rallye course must be previewed within 24 hours of the event. Putting up the coursemarkers for coursemarker rallyes would meet this requirement.
# For CM rallyes, CMs must be erected by someone not competing in the rallye (as rallyists shouldn't know where the CMs are). One exception is the start CM, which is intentionally obvious to all.
# For CM rallyes, the rallyemaster is responsible for removing any old course markers along his route from any previous rallyes. And tape should be removed from poles along the route so that contestants do not think that there is a missing marker.
# The manager of the finish location should be notified at least one week in advance of the event. After the start closes, call again as a reminder, and to let the manager know the final headcount.
# Rallyists appreciate being able to download preliminary General Instructions from the TRC web site before the rallye. Rallyemasters should send preliminary General Instructions (in PDF format) to the TRC webmaster about a week prior to the event. Rallyemasters should note any changes between the preliminary General Instructions and the final General Instructions. For example, updated sections can be highlighted or marked with change bars, or a list of changes can be posted at the start.<p> However, preliminary General Instructions that differ substantially from the final General Instructions are useless. If your General Instructions are still unstable a week before the rallye, then wait until they are stable before publishing preliminary General Instructions.</p>
# All events must be insured before they may be conducted. The insurance chair will perform the necessary functions, but the competition director shall cancel/delay an event if the insurance has not been obtained for a particular event.

===At the Rallye Finish===

# All TRC rallyes will provide club-supplied evaluation cards to all contestants.
# At the finish, results shall be posted on scoreboard, projector, computer screen, etc.
# In addition to the awards for the top finishing car(s) in each class, the rallyemaster(s) shall present the following awards:
## Free Next Rallye - This is a non-transferable "free rallye" card presented to each First Timer car. A supply of blank cards is kept in the finish box.
## Skunk - Presented to any car that received a perfect score. (They "skunked" the rallye.) A supply of these pins is kept in the finish box.
# A board member shall present to the rallyemaster(s) a certificate for a free rallye. A supply of blank certificates is kept in the finish box. (However, the club no longer signs -- that is, activates -- these certificates until [[#Finances|later]].)

===Posted Signs===

# All rallye-erected signs should be placed in safe locations where easily seen, and they shall be legible. If any part of the rallye is at night, then reflective tape must be on all valid rallye-erected signs.
# The printing on signs government-erected for the purpose of guiding or informing motorists at large should not be altered or defaced in any way. Any augmentation of a government sign should be restored within 24 hours after the rallye. For example, reflective tape may be placed on government signs, if needed, as long as no lettering is covered and the tape is removed after the rallye.
# Signs posted for the rallye should be readily visible. They should be of substantial material and strategically located (typically, high) so that they are not easily removed or altered.
# Emergency signs must be marked as Special Instructions (SIs). There must never be any gimmicks based on emergency signs (or other SIs).

===Score Sheets and Scoring===

# Each car will be provided with one score sheet.
# Each score sheet will have spaces for the following information: car number, class, driver & navigator name, club affiliations, email addresses, and passenger names. To avoid difficulties publishing the results, it is strongly recommended that you do not include gimmicks on: car number, driver & navigator name, or email addresses. Boxes for each letter of the email address are recommended.
# Score sheets should include spaces for postal addresses. Score sheets should also include spaces/check-boxes for rallyists to approve the use of their email addresses for finish results and for future event notifications (membership in the [http://www.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-events TRC-Events] list).
# A 15-minute grace period must be provided for score sheets to be turned in after the rallye end time. A penalty can apply during this time. However, the penalty per minute late cannot exceed the value of a single gimmick.

===Protests===

# All rallyes will have provisions for written protests. There must be a time given for when protests are due, generally 5 minutes after last call for score sheets.
# The Competition Director will select (or will designate someone else to select) the protest committee. The protest committee should consist of at least one qualified non-competitor (not the rallyemaster) and two competitors (experts if possible).
# Rallyemasters may voluntarily eliminate or re-score a portion of the rallye prior to the actions of the protest committee.
# The protest committee must receive all protests. The protest committee may overrule the rallyemaster's decisions to deny protests. The protest committee should read all protests granted by the rallyemaster to ensure consistency between their rulings and those of the rallyemaster.
# The committee should decide all protests in private.
# Actions taken in resolving protests should be applied as evenly as possible, but they may affect only one car, cars in specific class(es), or all competitors. Actions often are granted to all cars with a certain set of entries recorded on their score sheet.
# Any change affecting all cars made before protest deadline should be made known, to reduce protests about it.

===Results===

# Results must be emailed and posted on the TRC web site within 2 weeks. Send email to:<br><tt>trc-talk@TheRallyeClub.org, webmaster@TheRallyeClub.org</tt><br> Include the email addresses of all rallyists in the<tt> bcc: </tt> field.
# For all rallyists, the results must include full names, class, club affiliations, car number, score and place. The results must also include the names of all workers and precheckers.
# If there is a Championship, then a copy of the results must be sent to the points keeper for the Championship.
# ("TRC Top Score" award has been suspended, and will not be awarded without board approval.)

===After Event===

# All posted signs must be removed within nine days.
# Within two weeks, or at the next club meeting, the score sheets shall be given to the club Treasurer.

===Finances===

# During the event, the Treasurer or his designee shall collect all moneys received. At the next club meeting, a complete financial report will be made to the club.
# Moneys owed the rallyemaster (and signing the RM's free rallye certificate) may be withheld until all posted signs are removed, the results are sent, and the rallyemaster has made an earnest attempt to comply with all provisions of TRC operating procedures and these Rules.
# Unless other arrangements are approved (as described in TRC's bylaws) in advance, TRC will receive all proceeds from the rallye, and will pay all reasonable expenses. Usual expenses include, but are not limited to: inexpensive items given away at the start or at checkpoints, awards, insurance, printing, and postage for the quarterly mailing. Rallyemasters risk no financial loss, but should provide receipts to the Treasurer for rallye expenses (giveaways, worker food).
# One alternative arrangement that could be approved would be a 50–50 split: After all reasonable expenses are paid, TRC and the associated club or rallyemaster would split evenly any profit or loss.

Printing for TRC Rallyes

2013-12-17T23:31:06Z

Darin: envelopes

When TRC does the printing, it is usually handled by [[User:Steve|Steve Watt]] <steve@watt.com>. Verify that he will bring the printout to the start or that you (or someone) can pick it up beforehand. If he prints your CMs, you pick them up together.

= Standard Rallye Printing =

Whoever prints should bring '''30 copies''' of the rallye and critique to the start. Almost all of them will be stapled and numbered, and the last will be unstapled, available for a run up to Office Max if more than 29 cars register.

We now normally print '''20 extra''' registration packets (without scoresheets) to sell for back seat passengers.

See below about coursemarkers and other printing.

== Reimbursement ==

If you want to do your own printing on your own paper, TRC will reimburse at $0.05 for a "simplex" sheet with one printed side (typical of registration packets) and $0.09 for a two-sided "duplex" page (typical in a Critique).
Envelopes are reimbursed at $.07 per 5 envelopes (or fraction thereof).
This is roughly cost for medium-duty laser printers; bulk copiers will be somewhat lower, small printers somewhat higher.

(When we print on TRC-purchased paper, we reimburse half a cent less: $0.045 for a simplex sheet and $0.085 for a duplex page. These rates started in January, 2012.
If you print CMs on your 110-pound card stock, we reimburse $0.06 for each sheet, plus the same $0.045 for simplex printing.)

=== Color ===

Some RMs have used color in registration packets, CMs, and Critique maps to great effect. If you want to be reimbursed more than the above rates, you need to get board approval beforehand. If this is used for gimmicks, this will "tip your hand."

[http://www.copyfactory.com/product_info.php?products_id=208 Dean's place] charges (in December, 2011) $0.39 for one-sided color copies in bulk, so maybe less than twice that for two-sided. Most places charge more (about $0.50). Standard ink-jet printing cost depends greatly on how much of the page is colored.

If you are printing in color, one way to keep costs down is to minimize how many pages are color (e.g., only the maps of the Critique and only 30 copies; remaining copies would be gray scale).

== Document Transfer to Steve ==
The easiest way to handle the bulk printing is to E-mail two PDFs to Steve: One with the packet participants get at the start, one with the critique. I can also handle Word 2007 or earlier documents, but there is risk of formatting disagreement when using Office.

Make certain that your PDF creation software embeds any unusual fonts. If you're using any font that doesn't come with a default Windows installation, ask me if I have it.

If you can't create a combined PDF, I can probably do it, but you need to make sure that PDF font subsetting does not occur; again this is dependent on your particular PDF creating software.

Note that if you have special car numbers, colored paper, or other unusual requests, we can often handle them, but do ask more than a day or two ahead.

Minimum margins are 1/4" on the sides and bottom, and about 1/2" on top (though people prefer more, due to clipboards).

== Coursemarkers ==
Steve can also print your coursemarkers, if you're willing to pick them up. I have a [[Coursemarker Guidelines|few ideas]] about how to create coursemarkers. Word format works fine for these, as the formatting is somewhat less challenging.

We now normally print coursemarkers on standard paper, rather than 110-pound card stock. So TRC reimbursement rates are the same as those stated above. You may also be reimbursed for a duplicate set of CMs on standard paper, in case a CM is lost or destroyed.

== Checkpoint Slips ==
When Steve is competing, he normally does '''not''' print checkpoint slips. This is because they usually need handling (small slips need to be cut apart), and one cannot perform that handling without seeing/reading them, and no competing rallyist should do so, that just wouldn't be fair.

== Schedule ==
Please have your files ready by the Wednesday late-afternoon before the rallye (assuming a Saturday rallye). That gives me time to do the test run, and we can iterate if needed to make sure something printable comes out.

= Printing for Mailings =

We reimburse for mailings (which are generally quarterly, plus a membership election mailing at the end of the year) at the same rate. (See [[#Reimbursement|Reimbursement]] section above.)
The mailing labels are reimbursed as well, at $.25 per page if you buy the labels, (standard) $.045 per page if TRC has already bought the labels.

Printing for TRC Rallyes

2013-09-18T03:19:55Z

Darin: approved: print only 30 copies

When TRC does the printing, it is usually handled by [[User:Steve|Steve Watt]] <steve@watt.com>. Verify that he will bring the printout to the start or that you (or someone) can pick it up beforehand. If he prints your CMs, you pick them up together.

= Standard Rallye Printing =

Whoever prints should bring '''30 copies''' of the rallye and critique to the start. Almost all of them will be stapled and numbered, and the last will be unstapled, available for a run up to Office Max if more than 29 cars register.

We now normally print '''20 extra''' registration packets (without scoresheets) to sell for back seat passengers.

See below about coursemarkers and other printing.

== Reimbursement ==

If you want to do your own printing on your own paper, TRC will reimburse at $0.05 for a "simplex" sheet with one printed side (typical of registration packets) and $0.09 for a two-sided "duplex" page (typical in a Critique). This is roughly cost for medium-duty laser printers; bulk copiers will be somewhat lower, small printers somewhat higher.

(When we print on TRC-purchased paper, we reimburse half a cent less: $0.045 for a simplex sheet and $0.085 for a duplex page. These rates started in January, 2012.
If you print CMs on your 110-pound card stock, we reimburse $0.06 for each sheet, plus the same $0.045 for simplex printing.)

=== Color ===

Some RMs have used color in registration packets, CMs, and Critique maps to great effect. If you want to be reimbursed more than the above rates, you need to get board approval beforehand. If this is used for gimmicks, this will "tip your hand."

[http://www.copyfactory.com/product_info.php?products_id=208 Dean's place] charges (in December, 2011) $0.39 for one-sided color copies in bulk, so maybe less than twice that for two-sided. Most places charge more (about $0.50). Standard ink-jet printing cost depends greatly on how much of the page is colored.

If you are printing in color, one way to keep costs down is to minimize how many pages are color (e.g., only the maps of the Critique and only 30 copies; remaining copies would be gray scale).

== Document Transfer to Steve ==
The easiest way to handle the bulk printing is to E-mail two PDFs to Steve: One with the packet participants get at the start, one with the critique. I can also handle Word 2007 or earlier documents, but there is risk of formatting disagreement when using Office.

Make certain that your PDF creation software embeds any unusual fonts. If you're using any font that doesn't come with a default Windows installation, ask me if I have it.

If you can't create a combined PDF, I can probably do it, but you need to make sure that PDF font subsetting does not occur; again this is dependent on your particular PDF creating software.

Note that if you have special car numbers, colored paper, or other unusual requests, we can often handle them, but do ask more than a day or two ahead.

Minimum margins are 1/4" on the sides and bottom, and about 1/2" on top (though people prefer more, due to clipboards).

== Coursemarkers ==
Steve can also print your coursemarkers, if you're willing to pick them up. I have a [[Coursemarker Guidelines|few ideas]] about how to create coursemarkers. Word format works fine for these, as the formatting is somewhat less challenging.

We now normally print coursemarkers on standard paper, rather than 110-pound card stock. So TRC reimbursement rates are the same as those stated above. You may also be reimbursed for a duplicate set of CMs on standard paper, in case a CM is lost or destroyed.

== Checkpoint Slips ==
When Steve is competing, he normally does '''not''' print checkpoint slips. This is because they usually need handling (small slips need to be cut apart), and one cannot perform that handling without seeing/reading them, and no competing rallyist should do so, that just wouldn't be fair.

== Schedule ==
Please have your files ready by the Wednesday late-afternoon before the rallye (assuming a Saturday rallye). That gives me time to do the test run, and we can iterate if needed to make sure something printable comes out.

= Printing for Mailings =

We reimburse for mailings (which are generally quarterly, plus a membership election mailing at the end of the year) at the same rate. (See [[#Reimbursement|Reimbursement]] section above.)
The mailing labels are reimbursed as well, at $.25 per page if you buy the labels, (standard) $.045 per page if TRC has already bought the labels.

Finish Location

2013-08-23T18:36:45Z

Darin: add details

Potential Meeting Locations

2013-08-23T18:24:59Z

Darin: fix link

==Choosing a Meeting Location==
Like a good [[Finish Location]],
a good business meeting location will have many of the following characteristics:
* '''Place orders at the counter –''' so each person or group of people can order and pay separately and a wait-person won't care that we're sitting a long while
* '''A fairly quiet place for us –''' a room/area reserved is ideal, if we don't have to pay for it.
** We need available space (e.g., tables we can move together can suffice).
** We need not too much noise (such as sports TV or loud music).
** We don't want our discussion to ruin anyone else's evening.

* '''Open late –''' at least until 10 PM, and later would be better. If our meeting goes to 10, some may chat or work on the next rallye.
** Many pizza places close at 9 PM.

* '''Various types of food –''' because not everyone wants the same thing (not even pizza)
* '''Reasonably low prices'''.
* '''Good lighting –''' so people can read from papers
* '''Reasonably close to attendees or to freeway –''' so we can arrive on time and start the meeting and also make a quick getaway.

==Meeting Locations==
The following have been used as meeting locations in the past.

===San Jose Round Table Pizza===
* Address: 4400 Stevens Creek Blvd, San Jose
* Reservations: 866-642-8950
* Phone: 408-983-0900

===Sunnyvale Round Table Pizza===
* Address: 860 Old San Francisco Rd, Sunnyvale, CA 94086===
* Phone: (650) 941-0237
* Review: Their salad bar was considerably smaller and less appetizing than other Round Tables.
* They have a "back room" but it cannot be reserved IIRC and there can be arcade machine noise.

== Potential Meeting Locations ==
Someone should visit these places when nearby and see if they meet our criteria.
If they aren't busy, ask the manager whether we'd be welcome to stay from 7:30 to 9:30,
whether we can reserve an area or room (or at least ask for music or TV to be turned off),
whether a non-eater would be allowed, etc. Delete entries that are unnacceptable.

=== [https://plus.google.com/106206634995426448528/about?gl=us&hl=en Windy City Pizza] ===
* Near CA-92 and El Camino Real, San Mateo
* 35 Bovet Rd San Mateo, CA 94402
* (650) 591-9457

=== [https://plus.google.com/111611587775972828706/about?gl=us&hl=en Round Table Pizza in San Mateo] ===
* Near CA-92 and US-101, San Mateo
* 1852 S Norfolk St San Mateo, CA 94403
* (650) 341-0600

Gimmicks That Should Be Avoided

2013-08-21T22:59:31Z

Darin: fix link

Some types of gimmicks are prohibited or strongly discouraged in the [[TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules]].
Others just create problems that are best avoided.

== Special Instructions (SIs) ==

Provide for Special Instructions (SIs) and other emergency instructions and signs.
There '''must never''' be any gimmicks based on Special Instructions.
Doing so would make it harder for other rallyemasters to provide directions that must taken at face value.

=== SI Side Effects ===

Sometimes an SI will have a side effect.
For example, an SI on the RI page might bring a Note into effect.
Or it might precede the Note, but a Note may be brought into effect by the preceding RI and not by the SI.
All these situations confuse some beginners, who don't understand the limits of a promise of "no gimmicks on SIs."
Consider using a non-SI instruction (perhaps a Traverse?) rather than an SI as the non-RI instruction that triggers side effects.
Or consider stating explicitly (in the SI part of the Order of Precedence) that an SI can have side effects
(but don't expect that phrase to be sufficient without definition or explanation).

== Contact Information ==

To avoid difficulties publishing the results,
it is strongly recommended that you do not include gimmicks on:
car number,
driver & navigator name,
or email addresses.

== Delete Gimmick (DG) ==

Older rallyes sometimes used a DG (Delete Gimmick which caused you to find this coursemarker) instruction to undo a gimmick, after rallyists had caught the gimmick and recorded the resulting coursemarker.
Rallyemasters that use DG assume that rallyists understand what gimmicks they want to delete,
and what the result of deleting the gimmick will be.
This was particularly frustrating when there
was a "DG" in both the full and partial credit coursemarkers of a combination gimmick.
Was the gimmick
being deleted by the full credit CM the one that separated it from the partial or the one it had in common with the partial?
Who knows? You usually needed to know the rallyemaster.

Rallyists (especially less experienced rallyists) can easily end up deleting the "wrong" gimmick,
and may do the wrong thing in response to deleting the right gimmick.

One alternative to using a DG instruction is to send rallyists who catch the gimmick into a CP.
By asking rallyists which RI they are working on,
the CP workers can determine whether rallyists are entering the CP normally,
or whether they are entering the CP early/late because they caught a gimmick.

Another alternative to using a DG instruction is to set up the gimmick with a "monster" style instruction
that is in effect only for a short time.

You could also have rallyists call the RM (perhaps on a different number than "I'm confused" calls). The RM can ask what CM they are at (to confirm they reached it), and explicitly tell the rallyist which phrase or sentence to delete (or alter) in the GIs.

== Straight as Possible (SAP) Gimmicks ==

You ''may'' create gimmicks based on the Straight as Possible rule.
The most common is a spot where the main road (and center line) curves, but a side road branches out straight ahead.
[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.40821,-122.004903&hl=en&ll=37.408074,-122.005287&spn=0.002523,0.010117&num=1&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=37.408073,-122.005284&panoid=ZN6GfU7vBeVqSI_FZwO0oQ&cbp=11,66.04,,0,0 Moffett Park Dr and Moffett Park Ct] is such a spot.

=== Do Not Make Ambiguous SAP Gimmicks ===

However, there are places where you should not attempt a SAP gimmick.
It may be obviously SAP to you (or on a map), but these are not generally agreed as SAP.
If a side road comes off a curve, the side road might be SAP during the approach,
or it might be SAP where the street-naming sign is, or
at the spot where one would need to choose whether to turn onto the spur,
but not at more than one of these points. This leads to confusion and protests.

Consider this a partial list of places where you should not attempt a SAP gimmick
and add to this list when you find additional ones:
# [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=utica+ct+at+Tangerine,+Sunnyvale&hl=en&ll=37.355678,-122.03521&spn=0.005049,0.020235&sll=37.269174,-119.306607&sspn=11.393375,20.720215&hnear=Tangerine+Way+%26+Utica+Ct,+Sunnyvale,+Santa+Clara,+California+94087&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=37.35568,-122.035212&panoid=PHskVsvkROWdKVzq93n3lQ&cbp=11,270,,0,0 Utica Ct at Tangerine], Sunnyvale
# [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Quetta+Ct+at+Quetta+Av,+Sunnyvale&hl=en&ll=37.362909,-122.042506&spn=0.005048,0.020235&sll=37.355678,-122.03521&sspn=0.011189,0.020235&hnear=Quetta+Ave+%26+Quetta+Ct,+Sunnyvale,+Santa+Clara,+California+94087&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=37.362904,-122.042505&panoid=dCUmWyN6bqt1tTxdBfKE7Q&cbp=11,181.46,,0,0 Quetta Ct at Quetta Ave and Haverhill Dr], Sunnyvale
# [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=+Lewiston+Dr+at+Mistaya+Ct,+Sunnyvale&hl=en&ll=37.346825,-122.044373&spn=0.005049,0.020235&sll=37.346723,-122.044437&sspn=0.011122,0.020235&hnear=Lewiston+Dr+%26+Mistaya+Ct,+Sunnyvale,+Santa+Clara,+California+94087&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=37.346828,-122.044372&panoid=ygXc_rM7hrJoBjc10ykb3w&cbp=11,180.47,,0,0 Lewiston Dr at Mistaya Ct], Sunnyvale
# [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Nome+Ct+at+Newfoundland+Dr,+Sunnyvale&hl=en&ll=37.346074,-122.042457&spn=0.000631,0.002529&sll=37.346825,-122.044373&sspn=0.01119,0.020235&hnear=Newfoundland+Dr+%26+Nome+Ct,+Sunnyvale,+Santa+Clara,+California+94087&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=37.346075,-122.042458&panoid=07vuosgAylmqmRQaNb7WyQ&cbp=11,228.75,,0,10.02 Newfoundland Dr at Nome Ct], Sunnyvale

User:Darin

2013-08-21T00:42:44Z

Darin: TAR8

My wife and I entered our first TRC gimmick rallye in August, 2001. Actually, I drove, [[User:Dean|a friend]] navigated, and my wife was a passenger. But since then, my wife and I have been a two-person team (she navigates and I drive), and we've been involved somehow with almost every TRC gimmick rallye—if not as rallyists, then as rallyemasters, precheckers, and/or CP workers. I've also taught classroom gimmick rallye schools.

I was TRC's [[TRC Board Structure|president]] from 2005–2007.
I started 2008 as a board member at large, but took over as secretary mid-year.
I continued as secretary until 2013, when I became president again.

== Other Interests ==

My wife and I also enjoy riding our
[http://www.bilenky.com/viewpnt.html ViewPoint tandem bicycle], organic gardening, and playing board and card games like [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13/the-settlers-of-catan The Settlers of Catan], [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2842/transamerica TransAmerica], [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/50/lost-cities Lost Cities], [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/696/the-big-idea The Big Idea], [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/339/quiddler Quiddler], and [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9220/saboteur Saboteur].
I also enjoy
[http://www.geocaching.com/about/ geocaching],
and am a member of [http://www.thegba.net/ Geocachers of the Bay Area].

In 1998, I accepted an invitation to join the
[http://www.htmlhelp.com/ Web Design Group],
which was founded to promote the creation of
creative, informative, browser-independent, and resolution-independent
web sites that are accessible to all users worldwide.

I am a software release engineer.

== Favorite Missed Gimmicks ==

Of the gimmicks that we've missed, here are some of our favorites:
* In '''The Amazing Rallye VIII''' (July 2013), we missed several gimmicks, including:
** We were instructed to turn on streets with names that began with La or Le, which naturally included names like La Grande, but which '''also''' included names like Lewiston.
** We were instructed to turn on Quebec when "in Canada". However, when we encountered Quebec, we were traveling on a street that did not meet the definition of being "in Canada", so we should not have turned on Quebec.
** On the last leg, we caught that RI 1 did not come into effect, and that we could not delete an RI when no RI in effect. But we missed that we could not do a "CRI 1" (Continue working on RI 1) because the definition required first deleting lower-numbered RI(s), and there were no lower-numbered RIs.
* In '''The Big Bang Rallye''' (Paradox Rallye Club, August 2011), questions came into consideration based on the execution of the preceding and succeeding RIs. However, two-part RIs were handled in a special way, and were considered deleted (not executed). Thus, these two-part RIs could not bring questions into consideration, or take them out of consideration.
* In '''The Amazing Rallye VI''' (July 2011), an on-course CM deleted lower-numbered RIs, thus deleting (and completing) RI 1. This RI used "onto", and completing it put us onto the named street again. Unfortunately, we missed another gimmick and did not record the on-course CM.
* In '''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes''' (May 2010), parking lots existed at the start, finish, and checkpoints. After the on-course CP, another gimmick sent us back past the CP where the current RI should have been executed by turning into the parking lot at the CP.
* In '''The Nice, Kind, Gentle, Fluffy, Easy & Fun Bunny Rallye''' (April 2010), the GIs told us to turn at "Ben Roe". This took you to a CM that deleted the word "Roe", so the signs read just "Ben". However, this deleted the word everywhere, including the sentence in the GIs, which now told us to turn at "Ben", just like the signs.
* In '''Lilo & Stitch''' (March 2010), a "Stop 4-Way" sign was a valid government-erected "S 4" coursemarker. The word "Way" did not exist on signs, leaving "Stop 4". Another gimmick turned the word "Stop" into "S", leaving "S 4". With a bit of reflective tape, the "S 4" sign met the rallye's definition of a coursemarker.
* In '''We're Off to See the Wizard''' (February 2010), we were told to visit ("travel upon the street indicated") Colony. The instruction to visit Colony remained in effect, and was higher precedence than the Supp to turn off Colony back onto the RI course. Thus, we should have continued to travel upon Colony to get a second CM. A close second was the CM that should have brought an RI back into effect, since the RI was "the valid instruction corresponding to that number".
* In '''Things That Go BUMP in the Night''' (November 2009), an RI told us to turn onto a street name that was printed both upside-down and backwards. We realized that the RI was bad, because at the time, words on signs appeared upside-down, but not backwards. But then we were instructed to delete the RI, which completed the RI. We did not realize that completing the RI put us [[Onto Gimmicks|onto]] the impossible (upside-down and backwards) street name.
* In '''Happy Mother's Day''' (or '''The Mother of All Rallyes''', May 2009), the GIs told us not to turn on streets labeled "NO OUTLET". However, the Mother Instructions that told us to turn on these streets had higher precedence than the GIs, so we should have turned anyway.
* In '''April's Fool''' (April 2009), rather than being instructed to complete ''Supp parts'' in ascending numerical order, we were instructed to complete ''Supps'' in ascending numerical order.
* In '''Indecision 2008''' (November 2008), there were two spaces to record CM AA on the score sheet, so the GIs were written to allow recording CMs in multiple spaces. But in addition to recording CM AA twice, we were also supposed to record CM A twice: once in the space next to A in the CM section of the score sheet, and again in the space that appeared next to the letter A in one of the tiebreaker questions at the bottom.
* In '''Drive for Show, Rallye for Dough!''' (September 2008), a numbered Hazard instruction appeared on the RI page. Since it was labeled "Hazard", it was a valid Hazard instruction. Since it was numbered, it was also a valid RI. The rules for both Hazard instructions and RIs applied to this instruction.
* In '''Get Smart''' (August 2008), we were told to use a cipher that mapped shapes to letters. Along the route, we encountered a yellow caution sign that depicted a unique street configuration and recommended a speed of 15. The cipher converted the shape of the street configuration to a letter, and the sign became a valid "Q 15" coursemarker.
* On one leg of '''The Amazing Rallye III''' (July 2008), we were told when RIs came into effect and went out of effect. We were also told that the exception to that was RI 1, which came into effect after the start traverse. Thus, RI 1 never went out of effect, and we were able to execute it again later in the rallye.
* In '''Three Strikes and You're Out''' (April 2008), we received a CP slip that told us to delete a specific sentence from our GIs. However, the sentence that appeared in our GIs was not quite the same as the one we were told to delete. Thus, we could not delete anything.
* In '''24''' (February 2008), a U was defined as a turn of about 180°. At one point in the rallye, the digit 1 no longer existed, changing the definition of U to a turn of about 80°. A close second was removing every other letter from the "Lynn Way" street sign. Since the abbreviations for Lane and Way did not exist on the "Ln Wy" sign, Lynn Way was unnamed, and therefore no longer a valid road.
* In '''Courting Disaster''' (September 2007), just before we entered the CP, a higher-precedence instruction preempted RI 20. After asking us which RI we were working on, the CP personnel gave us a CP slip that told us to CRI 21. However, the definition of CRI only brought RI 21 into effect; it did not delete or take out of effect RI 20. Later, after executing RI 21, we had an opportunity to execute RI 20.
* In '''Three Strikes and You're Out''' (April 2007), the GIs said that roads labeled with "Not a Through Street" or "No Outlet" signs do not exist. However, since these signs were neither rallye-erected signs, nor government-erected street-naming signs, they were not valid signs, and the roads labeled by them still existed.

* In '''Monty Python's Flying Rallye''' (December 2006), we passed a parallel CM that did not have a valid Supp. We continued past it to a second CM. The Supp for the second CM sent us back past the first parallel CM, which we were supposed to rerecord. Then we were supposed to bring into effect the Supp for the number that now appeared on our score sheet.
* In '''School Daze''' (September 2006), an instruction to observe "15 MPH" could be executed at a "30 MPH" sign, because according to the GIs, only the word (defined as one or more letters) needed to appear on a sign.
* In '''Knights of the Route Table''' (June 2006), neither L nor R were defined in the GIs. Thus, RI 1 could not be executed, and after completing the initial traverse, we should have continued straight to enter the CP early.
* In '''Rallye: Impossible 3''' (May 2006), RIs with defined terms after the word "AT" could be completed only at the object as defined. Since deleting an RI would complete it, we could not delete such an RI unless we were at the defined object.
* In '''Monster Bash''' (October 2005), the GIs told us to execute RIs containing the word "at" by turning where the words after "at" appeared on a sign. Even though "CS" was undefined, we were able to execute an RI that told us to "CS at Cardinal" by turning at the "Cardinal" street sign.
* In '''A Series of Unfortunate Events''' (September 2005), Roman numerals were to be read only as their Arabic equivalents, which converted Note C into RI 100.
* In '''Car Wars III: Revenge of the SI''' (July 2005), the GIs deleted a street name (everywhere "outside this sentence"). With the street name deleted, an RI became just "R AT", and since nothing appeared after "AT", the RI could be done at any street sign.
* In '''Alice's Adventures in Rallyeland''' (May 2005), a gimmick deleted the top sign on any support. The road surface was considered a support, and the CP sign was the top sign on the road surface. Thus, the CP sign was deleted and we were supposed to continue past the CP.
* In '''Common Sense''' (April 2005), at the CP, we were told to delete instructions numbered 1 through 7. We deleted RIs numbered 1–7, but neglected to delete Supps numbered 1–7.
* In '''The Prisoner''' (March 2005), Number 1 did not exist in the Village, so we could not do RI 1. At the end of the rallye, we escaped from the Village, so Number 1 existed again, and we finally could do RI 1.
* In '''Critter Chaos''' (December 2004), we were told to hand our score sheet to the "correct critter" at the on-course CP. The workers at the first three on-course CPs were dressed as critters, but the worker at the last on-course CP was not dressed as a critter, and explicitly told us "I am not a critter." We were not supposed to give our score sheet to this worker.

* In '''Mystery!''' (September 2004), a gimmick caused us to read signs backwards. After recording CM AB in the BA space on our score sheet, the gimmick went out of effect, which allowed us to read CM AB correctly. We should have recorded it in the AB space on our score sheet too.

* In '''Car Drek Enterprize''' (November 2003), we passed a parallel CM that did not have a valid Supp. We continued past it to a second CM. The Supp for the second CM sent us back past the first parallel CM. Upon re-encountering the first CM, we were supposed to delete the uncompleted Supp parts from the second CM.
* In '''The Out-of-Towners''' (June 2003), thieves stole certain words from all signs. At a CP, we received a slip that told us that the thieves had been caught, that their loot had been recovered, and that the stolen words now appeared on all street-naming signs. But that meant that they appeared on ''all'' street-naming signs, not just on the ones on which they had originally appeared.
* In '''Return of Rallye to Middle Earth''' (February 2003), a variation on the Aristotle prohibited us from completing consecutively numbered instructions at the same intersection. At one intersection, we executed RI 6. Later, after denying a bad CM at the same intersection, a CM brought Supp 5 into effect. Since Supp 5 and RI 6 are consecutively numbered, we should not have completed Supp 5 at this intersection.
* In '''Volcano''' (July 2002), there was a CP just past an intersection that was covered by a lava flow to a depth of 10 cm. While we could not drive through the intersection to reach the CP, we could park our vehicle and walk to the CP on the sidewalk (which was protected from the shallow lava flow by a curb that was higher than 4 inches).

Membership Policy

2013-07-17T06:45:58Z

Darin: Reconstructed draft, as amended and approved at TRC business meeting on Tuesday, March 20, 2007.

Status: Reconstructed draft, as amended and approved at TRC business meeting on Tuesday, March 20, 2007.

== The Rallye Club of Silicon Valley ==
=== Membership Policy ===

# Regular Voting Members Additional Rights and Privileges:
## Discount on Club sponsored events.
## Access to Club properties and equipment (marker-parker, CP signs, etc.), subject to club approval.
## Opportunity for participation for Club promotional items (mugs, etc.).
## Access to Club publications (newsletter, mailers, e-log discussions, password protected website, etc.).
# Associate Voting Members Additional Rights and Privileges:
## Discount on Club sponsored events.
## Access to Club properties and equipment (marker-parker, CP signs, etc.), subject to club approval.
## Opportunity for participation for Club promotional items (mugs, etc.).
## Access to Club publications (newsletter, mailers, e-log discussions, password protected website, etc.).
# Non Voting Members Additional Rights and Privileges:
## The Board shall have the authority to establish and define different categories of non-voting membership when needed and determine their rights and privileges.
## Honorary Members
### Status awarded and renewed each year by a vote of the board.
### Pay no annual dues.
### Discount on Club sponsored events.
### Access to Club properties and equipment (marker-parker, CP signs, etc.), subject to club approval.
## Lifetime Members
### Pay no annual dues.
### Discount on Club sponsored events.
### Access to Club properties and equipment (marker-parker, CP signs, etc.), subject to club approval.

Membership Policy

2013-07-17T06:28:20Z

Darin: Reconstructed draft, as amended (but not approved) at TRC business meeting on Tuesday, February 20, 2007.

Status: Reconstructed draft, as amended (but not approved) at TRC business meeting on Tuesday, February 20, 2007.

== The Rallye Club of Silicon Valley ==
=== Membership Policy ===

# Regular Voting Members Additional Rights and Privileges:
## Discount on Club sponsored events.
## Access to Club properties and equipment (marker-parker, CP signs, etc.), subject to club approval.
## Opportunity for participation for Club promotional items (mugs, etc.).
## Access to Club publications (newsletter, mailers, e-log discussions, password protected website, etc.).
# Associate Voting Members Additional Rights and Privileges:
## Discount on Club sponsored events.
## Access to Club properties and equipment (marker-parker, CP signs, etc.), subject to club approval.
## Opportunity for participation for Club promotional items (mugs, etc.).
## Access to Club publications (newsletter, mailers, e-log discussions, password protected website, etc.).
# Non Voting Members Additional Rights and Privileges:
## The Board shall have the authority to establish and define different categories of non-voting membership when needed and determine their rights and privileges.
## Honorary Members
### Status awarded and renewed each year by a vote of the board.
### Pay no annual dues.
### Discount on Club sponsored events.
## Lifetime Members
### Pay no annual dues.
### Discount on Club sponsored events.

Membership Policy

2013-07-17T06:21:16Z

Darin: Initial draft proposed via email on Tuesday, November 21, 2006.

Status: Initial draft proposed via email on Tuesday, November 21, 2006.

== The Rallye Club of Silicon Valley ==
=== Membership Policy ===

# Regular Voting Members Additional Rights and Privileges:
## Discount on Club sponsored events.
## Access to Club properties and equipment (marker-parker, CP signs, etc.).
## Opportunity for participation for Club promotional items (mugs, etc.).
## Access to Club publications (newsletter, mailers, e-log discussions, password protected website, etc.).
# Associate Voting Members Additional Rights and Privileges:
## Discount on Club sponsored events.
## Access to Club properties and equipment (marker-parker, CP signs, etc.).
## Opportunity for participation for Club promotional items (mugs, etc.).
## Access to Club publications (newsletter, mailers, e-log discussions, password protected website, etc.).
# Non Voting Members Additional Rights and Privileges:
## The Board shall have the authority to establish and define different categories of non-voting membership when needed and determine their rights and privileges.
## Honorary Members
### Status awarded and renewed each year by a vote of the board.
### Pay no annual dues.
### Discount on Club sponsored events.

TRC Operations

2013-07-17T06:16:47Z

Darin: Link to Membership Policy

= The Rallye Club of Silicon Valley =
TRC is a California nonprofit corporation, operating under IRS 501(c)(7) rules.

From an operations standpoint, the order of precedence is:
# Articles of Incorporation that are filed with the CA Secretary of State.
# {{bylaws_link}}
# [[TRC Operating Procedures]] ([http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/TRC%20Operating%20Procedures-2010-02.pdf PDF version]).
# [[Membership Policy]]
# Rules Documents, which can be thought of as "work instructions", for those who are familiar with ISO-9000 document structures.
## [[TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules]]
## [[TRC Timed Rallye Rules]]
## [[TRC Accounting Rules]]
## [[TRC Contact Database Rules]]

(Eventually these will all link to their appropriate approved documents, but the board is still in the process of cleaning up some details. At present, each may not be approved.)

There are other, informal procedures around, including:
* [[Printing for TRC Rallyes]]
* [[Rallye Reimbursements]]
* [[Using the Computerized Scoring System]]
* [[Awards and Par Plaques for TRC Rallyes]]
* [[TRC Treasurer Instructions]]

TRC

2013-07-17T06:16:41Z

Darin: Link to Membership Policy

The Rallye Club of Silicon Valley (TRC) is a non-profit California corporation that presents car rallyes in the San Francisco Bay Area, mostly in Santa Clara county.
It was founded in 1980 and has presented more than 300 events.
Learn more about the [[TRC Board Structure]] and [[TRC Operations]].

== TRC Documents ==

* {{bylaws_link}}
# [[TRC Operating Procedures]] ([http://www.therallyeclub.org/pdf/TRC%20Operating%20Procedures-2010-02.pdf PDF version]), updated February, 2010
# [[Membership Policy]]
* [[TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules]] (which says when it was last updated)

== What We Offer ==

* [[Membership]], which is open to anyone with an interest in the sport of car rallyes.
* Car rallyes of [http://www.therallyeclub.org/what.htm various types], open to the public, with a discount for members. See the [http://www.therallyeclub.org/upcoming.htm Calendar].
* Consulting for non-profit or corporate team building exercises or celebrations. Contact [mailto:jonesi@therallyeclub.org Bill Jonesi] for information.

== Email Contacts ==
You may send email to these addresses:
* [mailto:info@TheRallyeClub.org info]: general comments and questions
* [mailto:membership@TheRallyeClub.org membership]: comments and questions about club membership
* {{webmaster}}: comments and questions about this web site
* [mailto:treasurer@TheRallyeClub.org treasurer]: request [[Rallye_Reimbursements|reimbursement]] for club expenses

== Mailing Lists ==
You may add yourself to these mailing lists:
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-events TRC-Events]: Event announcements only (low volume).
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-talk TRC-Talk] General discussion mailing list. Only subscribers can post messages (keeps the spammers away).

== Facebook Group ==
You may be added to [http://www.facebook.com/groups/therallyeclub/ our Facebook group]
(confirmation normally takes less than a day).
Events are normally announced to the Facebook group.

== See Also ==

* [[TRC History]]
* [http://www.therallyeclub.org/about_us.htm About Us]

Finish Location

2013-05-31T18:57:45Z

Darin: Created page with "==Choosing a Finish Location== A good finish location will have many of the following characteristics: * '''Place orders at the counter –''' so each person or group of peop..."

Main Page

2013-01-15T18:40:38Z

Darin: Reverted edits by Brinansofhy1976 (talk) to last revision by Darin

Welcome to The Rallye Club's wiki!

If you're interested in contributing to the wiki, then please see our [[TRCWiki:Community Portal|Community Portal]].

== Featured Wiki Content ==

* [[Rallyemaster Handbook]]
* [[Resources]]
* [[Membership]]
* [[TRC Board Structure]] and [[TRC Operations]]
* [[Other Ways to Help]]
* [[Gimmick Rallye Class Structure]]

=== Content Notice ===

None of the content in this wiki is presently official notice from the TRC board. Such notices will be posted on the [http://www.TheRallyeClub.org/ main TRC web site].

== Featured Main Site Content ==

* [http://www.TheRallyeClub.org/ Home]
* [http://www.TheRallyeClub.org/what.htm What's a Rallye?]
* [http://www.TheRallyeClub.org/results.htm Results]
* [http://www.TheRallyeClub.org/shop.htm Shop!]
* [http://www.TheRallyeClub.org/calendar.htm Calendar]
* [http://www.TheRallyeClub.org/member.htm Membership]
* [http://www.TheRallyeClub.org/resources.htm Resources]
* [http://www.TheRallyeClub.org/about_us.htm About Us]

Advice for New Rallyemasters

2013-01-14T23:42:12Z

Darin: yyyy-dd-mm to yyyy-mm-dd

Are you considering writing a gimmick rallye? Congratulations!

And welcome! TRC needs new rallyemasters.

== Writing the Rallye ==

=== Get Help ===

If you're writing a TRC rallye, then don't go it alone!
Other TRC members will help you with details like:
* printing
* registering rallyists at the start
* awards
* participation plaques (refrigerator magnets)
* tools and expertise for posting CMs (if necessary)
* recruiting precheckers and checkpoint workers

We can also help by matching you up with a more experienced mentor, who can help, guide, and encourage you.
As a new rallyemaster, you should look for a mentor whose rallyes you enjoy, and whose critiques you understand and agree with.

As soon as you are considering writing a rallye, please contact any of the [[TRC Board Structure|TRC board members]], or drop by one of our business meetings (usually the third Tuesday of the month, but check [http://www.therallyeclub.org/upcoming.htm our calendar] to be sure).

Please join the [http://www.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-rm TRC-RM] list.
However, there are a lot of rallyemasters on this list who will want to enter your rallye, so you shouldn't ask "spoiler" questions on this list.
Save those for your mentor, or for your precheckers.

=== Be Patient ===

If possible, wait until you have a fair bit of experience as a rallyist before you try writing a rallye yourself.
You should be able to understand all the gimmicks described in the critique for someone else's rallye before you try to be a rallyemaster for a similar rallye.

Some find it easier to start by "rethrowing" an old rallye.
That is, take an existing rallye and change the [[Picking a Theme|theme]] and other "chrome" as necessary, rather than write your own rallye from scratch.

If you do not have the support of a local rallye club, then study whatever sample rallyes you can find (e.g., on the web).
Use them as a source of gimmick ideas, and as an example of what the general instructions (GIs) should look like, about how scoring should work, etc.

=== Choosing a Neighborhood ===

Not all neighborhoods are created equal.
Don't sabotage yourself by placing your rallye in a difficult neighborhood.

For a coursemarker rallye, pay attention to the available poles. Some neighborhoods have only [[Coursemarker Guidelines#Good Luck on Concrete Poles|concrete poles]], which make it difficult to post coursemarkers.
Some neighborhoods have few usable poles, either because there are few poles to begin with, or because trees/shrubs obscure motorists' view of anything signs posted on the poles.

It is best to avoid neighborhoods with heavy traffic on Saturday nights, or with narrow streets that make U-turns difficult.
If your rallye will be on a holiday weekend, then consider how the holiday traffic might be different from normal Saturday night traffic.
Make sure the neighborhood is well lit.
(Yellow street lights can cause rallyists problems, even though the streets appear well lit.)

Don't fall in love with a neighborhood with street names that fit the [[Picking a Theme|theme]] of your rallye.
Make sure it is otherwise a good rallye neighborhood before using it.

=== Route Instructions ===

The route instructions (RIs) should get people from the start to the finish if they ignore the misspellings and gimmicks and just follow them as though they were written by a well-intentioned person who is bad at giving directions. You shouldn't need emergency envelopes or other tricks to get lost rallyists back on course. They should be able to follow the RI course (AKA "the turkey route") and make it to the finish.

=== Special Instructions ===

All rallyemasters need to be able to give ungimmicked instructions to rallyists.
We do this with Special Instructions (SIs).
There are never any gimmicks on SIs.
Don't even think about gimmicks on SIs.
Don't let rallyists even think about gimmicks on SIs.

You therefore need to be explicit about where SIs start and end, such as,
"Begin SI at Main. . . . End SI after passing Lilac."
If an SI is in effect, a rallyist won't (shouldn't have to) use an "uninstructed T" rule.
And beginners may be confused if they will see CMs while on their SI;
perhaps you need to explicitly say something like, "Do not record nor use CMs while on an SI."
Some RMs define a Traverse in the Order of Precedence, so it is not an SI and can be gimmicked.

There are situations where there wouldn't be a gimmick on the SI,
but the SI somehow would be associated with something that has a gimmick.
An example would be an on-course CM that brings an "on course" SI into effect,
but some other gimmick uses the CM.
Technically, this is not a gimmick on the SI;
it is a gimmick on the CM that brings the SI into effect.
However, rallyists (especially inexperienced rallyists) don't always understand that distinction.
To avoid confusing them, you should avoid using SIs in these situations.
For example, you could have the CM bring a Supp into effect, rather than an SI.

=== Prechecking ===

It's better for problems to be found by your precheckers than by your rallyists.
If a prechecker disagrees with your interpretation of a gimmick, then either drop the gimmick or fix the wording so your prechecker is happy.

After making changes, precheck it again to make sure you haven't broken something else.

Often, it helps to have precheckers with styles that differ from yours.
They will bring a different point of view to the precheck, and will catch problems that you wouldn't have noticed.
Likewise, it also helps to have precheckers with different experience levels (e.g., Novices and Master Experts).

=== Keep It Simple ===

Apply the [[Wikipedia:KISS principle|KISS principle]].
Or, as experienced Cub Scout leaders say, Keep It Simple, Make It Fun (KISMIF).
Note that [[Gimmicks That Should Be Avoided|some gimmicks are best avoided]],
since they tend to cause problems.

It's better to make a gimmick a bit more obvious and have more people figure it out, than to leave it ambiguous and have more people protest it (or just be disgruntled).
Remember, you're trying to help the rallyists have fun, not to thwart them at every turn.
There should be plenty of easy and moderate gimmicks, and just a few hard gimmicks.

If you don't have the support of a local rallye club, then keep it extremely simple.
If you're doing this on your own, then none of the rallyists will have much experience either.
(If they do, then they should be writing the rallye, or at least helping you.)
Complex gimmicks will go over everyone's heads.
Besides, you'll probably have less help with the basic logistics of the rallye.

=== Rallye Length ===

Complaints about TRC rallyes being too short are extremely rare.
Complaints about TRC rallyes being too long are common, and we usually have a rallye or two a year where we need to extend the closing time at the finish.
When in doubt, it's better for a rallye to be too short than too long.

Here are some rules of thumb for estimating whether your rallye is about the right length.

For a coursemarker rallye:
* Limit yourself to two "alphabets" of CMs (i.e., use 52 CMs max)
* Use about 28-35 good CMs (full-credit and partial-credit).
* 20 to 35 RIs are typical, but this count is no proof the length is right.
* Drive the entire route to "read" every CM pole (both the good and the bad CMs). This will take about as long as actually running the rallye, so you should be able to complete this test within the time allowed for rallyists to run the rallye.

For an A–B or multi-style rallye:
* 50 RIs is usually about right for an A–B rallye.
* For a multi-style rallye, start with the above guideline for A–B rallyes, but convert 10 RIs into 10 CMs or 10 Questions. An A–B, CM, Q–A rallye might have about 30 RIs, 10 CMs, and 10 Questions.

=== Instruction Complexity ===

A good rule of thumb is that a rallye should have no more than two types of "gimmick instructions".
That is, in addition to the types of instructions that every rallye must have (e.g., SIs, GIs, RIs, Supps),
you can use two other types of gimmick instructions.

As an example, many rallyes include Notes and Bonuses.
Monster Mash rallyes often include Monsters and one other type of gimmick instructions.
However, a Star Trek rallye that included distinct Vulcan, Romulan, and Klingon instructions runs the risk of being too complex.

== Before the Rallye ==

See the [[Gimmick Rallye Timeline]].

== At the Rallye ==

=== Rallye Briefing ===

It is traditional to have a short (20 minutes) briefing for first timers and beginners
(novices are normally invited, as well) at the midpoint of the registration window.
You need to explain the basics of the rallye and how to use the score sheet
(e.g., how a CM is recorded and invokes SUPPs or SIs).
This is typically done using the club's whiteboard and markers.
Have a route prepared ahead of time.
(It may, but need not, be a portion of true roads encountered in your rallye).
Have a rallyist read the applicable definitions or GI sections, SUPP parts, etc.

The RM phone needs to be answered by someone other than the one giving the briefing,
since the briefing occurs during the rallye (particularly for upper division).
If you're a lone RM, ask another experienced rallyist to give the briefing and
negotiate which gimmicks should be given away at the briefing.

=== Protests ===

There are no perfect rallyemasters.
There are no perfect precheckers.
Therefore, there are no perfect rallyes.

Expect protests, and don't take them personally.
Carefully consider the point being made in each protest.
If a gimmick is truly broken, then you should grant it for all cars.
If the protest describes an alternate interpretation of the instructions that is as reasonable as your intended interpretation, then consider granting credit for that car, and possibly for all cars with the same answers.

TRC's competition director (or someone designated by her) will organize the protest committee and assure that protests are handled according to the [[TRC Gimmick Rallye Protest Policy]].

== After the Rallye ==

A rallyemaster's job isn't over when the rallye is done.

=== Accept Criticism ===

Shortly after the rallye, read any written comments on the evaluation forms, and reread the protests.
Write yourself a few notes about things that went well in the rallye, and things that you should have done differently.

=== Remove Coursemarkers ===

If you used coursemarkers (or other rallye-erected signs), then take them down promptly.
Many experienced rallyemasters schedule a couple hours the day after the rallye to take them down.
They come down more quickly than they go up, so just get it over with.
Never leave them up longer than a week.

=== Ask the Treasurer for any Expense Reimbursement ===

Seek [[TRC Accounting Rules#Reimbursement_Policies | reimbursement]]
from [[TRC Board Structure|TRC's Treasurer]],
ideally a week before the next TRC business meeting.

=== Post Results ===

Send email with a summary of the results to the [http://www.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-talk TRC-Talk] list, to TRC's {{webmaster}}, and to the email addresses provided by any rallyists.
Use the bcc feature for the rallyists' email addresses, to prevent the unlikely abuse of rallyists' email address by other rallyists.

If you are [[Scoring a Rallye by Hand|scoring your rallye by hand]], then you can use a previous rallye's results as a template.
If you are [[Using the Computerized Scoring System|using the computerized scoring system]], then it will generate results automatically.

In general, it's best not to rescore your rallye.
Just post the same results you announced at the finish.

==== File naming convention ====

Mail your results (text or PDF) as an attachment named ''yyyy-mm-dd''-'''Results'''-''NAME''.''suffix'' where:
* ''yyyy-mm-dd'' is the date the Rallye was run
* '''Results''' is just like that (case matters)
* ''NAME'' is the name of the Rallye
* ''suffix'' is pdf or txt
For example, the results for Ghostchasers, a rallye that was run on October 6th of this year, is 2012-10-06-Results-Ghostchasers.pdf

== At the Next TRC Business Meeting ==

=== Concluding Report ===

Come to the next business meeting to give a report on your rallye (during the "previous events" section of the meeting).
This is a good time to share any lessons you learned, as well as general comments about how the rallye went.

=== Scoresheets ===

Give scoresheets to [[TRC_Board_Structure#officers|Treasurer]] to be filed, probably at that business meeting.

=== Equipment ===

If you have any TRC equipment (such as checkpoint signs or CM removal tools), return them to the [[TRC Board Structure|TRC Equipment Chair]].

=== Get Receipts to Treasurer ===

If you asked the Treasurer for [[Rallye Reimbursements|reimbursement]] and didn't scan the matching receipts and E-mail them, bring them to that business meeting.

== See also ==
* [[Writing an A-B Rallye]]

Gimmick Rallye Timeline

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Darin: yyyy-dd-mm to yyyy-mm-dd

Though this checklist is worded the first time rallyemaster, consulting it should keep any rallyemaster from forgetting anything important and help the rallye stay on schedule. More detailed instructions are in the [[Rallyemaster Handbook]].

== Before the Rallye ==

=== 9 months prior ===

* Sign up to write a rallye
* Decide the type of rallye you will write, [[Picking a Theme|theme]] of rallye & if it will be a [[Rethrow, Partial Rethrow, or Completely New Rallye|rethrow, a partial rethrow or a new rallye from scratch]]
* Join [http://www.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-rm the TRC-RM mailing list]
* Choose a [[Advice for New Rallyemasters#Get Help|mentor]]
* Start writing the rallye

=== 6 months prior ===

* Consult with mentor. Discuss concepts, basic [[Gimmick Types|gimmick ideas]], [[Flyers for TRC Rallyes|flyer]], route, etc.
* Try to assure no major (traffic-causing) events will occur along the route. Check that [http://www.shorelineamphitheatertickets.com/ Shoreline Amphitheater] will not have an event on rallye night if you are going anywhere near it.
* Continue writing rallye.
* If you want to finish at the San Jose Round Table Pizza (4400 Stevens Creek Blvd. between Lawrence & Keilly), you can reserve the large room only 3-5pm, 5-7pm, or 7-10pm. This means that reasonable rallye finishes are 4, 6, 8, and 9 PM. Plan accordingly before publishing a flyer.

=== 4 months prior ===

* Prepare [[Flyers for TRC Rallyes|flyer]] including your mmmYY@TheRallyeClub.org E-mail address and send it to [mailto:webmaster@TheRallyeClub.org webmaster].
* Send mail to [[user:steve|Steve Watt]] <[mailto:steve@watt.com steve@watt.com]> asking him to put you on the mmmYY@TheRallyeClub.org mailing list. You may have more than one person get this mail, but probably want to agree who will answer, so questioners don't get duplicate or conflicting responses.
* Finish writing rallye
* Either start attending monthly General meetings to give updates or email updates to [[TRC Board Structure|TRC's Secretary]] at least 4 days before meeting.

=== 3 months prior ===

* Arrange for precheckers.
* Get first [[Prechecking Gimmick Rallyes|prechecks]] done; make corrections to rallye as needed.

=== 2 months prior ===

* [[Awards and Par Plaques for TRC Rallyes|Order Par Plaques & Awards]] (optional).
* Arrange checkpoint workers, if needed.

=== 2 weeks prior ===

* Prepare checkpoint crew instructions.
* Obtain [[TRC Equipment|equipment]] (marker parkers).
* Arrange for [[Printing for TRC Rallyes|printing]]
* Choose scoring method ([[Scoring a Rallye by Hand|by hand]] or [[Using the Computerized Scoring System|by computer]])
* Contact Finish location (San Jose Round Table will often give us a discount. Ask for one, and then mention it in your final traverse or at the end of your GIs.)

=== 1 week prior ===

* Conduct final pre-check.
* Confirm workers.
* Email preliminary GIs to the {{webmaster}} so they can be posted on the web site. (If they are not identical to the final GIs, label them Preliminary.)
==== File naming convention ====
Mail your preliminary GIs as a PDF attachment named ''yyyy-mm-dd''-'''PreGI'''-''NAME''.pdf where:
* ''yyyy-mm-dd'' is the date the Rallye was run
* '''PreGI''' is just like that (and case matters)
* ''NAME'' is the name of the Rallye
For example, the preliminary instructions for Ghostchasers, a rallye to be run on October 6th of 2012, use the preferred filename
2012-10-06-PreGI-Ghostchasers.pdf

=== 3 days prior ===
* Send your materials for [[Printing for TRC Rallyes|printing]] if you're having TRC handle it.
* If you're printing, print 20 extra registration packets (without score sheets) to sell for back seat passengers.

=== 1 day prior ===
* [[Police Notification|Notify the police]] of rallye cities (or county sheriff) that the rallye is tomorrow.
* Send email with electronic copies of the rallye materials.
** If the registration workers are competing in the rallye, then they will need PDF copies. This allows them to spend two hours plus driving the rallye before registration opens, to make up for the two hours plus they lose working registration (counting driving from the course to the start, setting up, packing up, and returning to the course). You may want to mention when you expect the course markers (if used) should be erected for the first portion of the course and what rallye portion(s) should not be attempted until the checkpoint is staffed.
** If Michelle McGrew <[mailto:michelle@TheRallyeClub.org michelle@TheRallyeClub.org]> is competing in the rallye, then she will need plain text soft copies.

== The Day of the Rallye ==

=== Before the start opens ===

* First thing (or the night before), E-mail a registration packet to the one staffing your registration table, so he/she/they can start the rallye before the start opens, to compensate for leaving the start after the start closes. Tell him/her/them if a CP will change things, if necessary. Do not send the critique or CP worker instructions, as that would be an unfair competition advantage.
* Post signs, if used.
* Call Finish location and remind them

=== At the start ===

* Arrive at Start 15 minutes before opening.
* Check with Registrar. Let them know any special instructions for giving out packets
* Instruct workers (checkpoint, Start).
* Start answering rallyists' questions.
* Do Q&A session and rallye school

=== After the start closes ===

* Remove all posted material at the start
* Drive route: check posted signs & check in with CP workers

=== At the finish ===

* If you have a finish reservation at the San Jose Round Table, someone must arrive and claim it within 15 minutes of its start time.
* Arrive at the Finish at least 15 minutes prior to Finish opening
* Display flyers, evaluation sheets, and protest forms.
* Setup scoreboard (whiteboard or computer cabled to the TV's HDMI input).
* Answer rallyists' questions.
* Collect score sheets and give Critiques.
* Begin scoring.
* Update scoreboard.

=== After finish closes ===

* Start marking score sheets as late.
* Start reading [[TRC Gimmick Rallye Protest Policy|protests]].
* At last call, stop accepting score sheets.
* Give any extra registration packets and critiques to the treasurer (or registrar) to sell.
* Re-score score sheets as necessary.
* Post decided protests (in red).
* Presentation and Announcements (need not be done personally by the RM):
** Announce awards.
** Thank workers and rallyists.
** Announce next month's rallye.
** Announce that additional registration packets and critiques are for sale ($1 for the combo) and any leftover par plaques are for sale ($.50 each)
** Someone should issue the RM a free rallye coupon as a thank-you gift (though it isn't signed and active yet).
* Clean-up:
** Give the [[TRC Board Structure|Treasurer]] any unclaimed awards.
** Give the [[TRC Board Structure|Treasurer]] the flyer rack.
** Give the whiteboard, stand, and markers to TRC's [[TRC Board Structure|Equipment Chair]].
** Give the checkpoint signs (and any other TRC signs used) to TRC's [[TRC Board Structure|Equipment Chair]].

== After Rallye ==

=== Within 2 weeks ===

* Send results to rallyists and {{webmaster}}
* Give score sheets to [[TRC_Board_Structure#Treasurer|TRC's Treasurer]]
* Remove all rallye signs, if used
* Return TRC rallye equipment (checkpoint signs, scoreboards, marker parker) to the [[TRC Board Structure|Equipment Chair]], typically at the next business meeting.

* Seek [[TRC Accounting Rules#Reimbursement_Policies | reimbursement]] from [[TRC Board Structure#Treasurer|TRC's Treasurer]]
** Provide a list of what you want reimbursed (typically by E-mail, in advance of the next business meeting)
** Provide receipts to the treasurer (scan and E-mail or bring to business meeting)

* Prepare a brief report on what went well and poorly, interesting protests, etc.
*: Then E-mail the report to the [mailto:trc-business@TheRallyeClub.org|TRC business mailing list]
*: or give the report in person at the next [http://www.therallyeclub.org/calendar.htm business meeting.]
* Start planning next rallye.

Flyers for TRC Rallyes

2013-01-14T23:40:54Z

Darin: yyyy-dd-mm to yyyy-mm-dd

= Objective =
The purposes of a rallye's flyer are
* to inform (or remind) prospective rallyists of the details of the rallye -- [[Picking a Theme|theme]], rallye type, date, time, and anything special.
* to explain to first timers what a rallye is or what the rallye will be like, if a rallyist provides a flyer to a prospective first timer.
* to convince both to attend or to seek more information about rallying and about the club.

TRC's flyers are posted online and printed onto paper. Paper flyers are offered (for free) at prior rallye events and are snail-mailed to members who request hard copies and to nonmembers who have run a rallye in the past many months (in hopes they will return). Mailed flyers are normally printed in black and white. Flyers at events are sometimes printed in color, but are not reimbursed at a rate that fully covers the expense. Ideally, consecutive rallyes' flyers are printed on opposite sides of the same sheets, to save paper.

= Guidelines =
Do not assume that every rallyist will have seen your flyer. Therefore a flyer can not set up a gimmick for your rallye, unless it is also set up in your rallye's registration packet.

(One could include a flyer for February's rallye in January's registration packet, however, including some gimmick for January's rallye, such as a NOTE or BONUS instruction.)

[[TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules]] describes the requirements for a flyer.
Specifically, flyers must include:
* date and start time
* start location
* type of event
* entry fee
* classes, or an indication that there are multiple classes
* rallyemaster name(s) and contact info
* TRC name and/or logo
* TRC URL (web address TheRallyeClub.org)
Rallyemasters are encouraged to use a rallye-specific email address hosted on TheRallyeClub.org as their contact information.
These email addresses are in the form mmmyy@TheRallyeClub.org (e.g., dec11@TheRallyeClub.org is the address for the December 2011 rallye), and will forward email to your real email address.
Any phone numbers provided should include area codes.

It is also useful to include:
* finish time
* time of the beginners school and/or Q&A session
* map of the start location
* type of event (especially if it is not a CM gimmick rallye)
* awards offered
* availability of preliminary GIs

Ideally, flyers should go beyond the factual data described above, and sell potential rallyists on the idea of running the event.
Most flyers include some sort of artwork (if only [[Picking a Theme|theme]]-related clipart), but it is possible to do more.
For example, you could briefly describe how the theme is woven into the rallye.
Or perhaps you could use a catch phrase that hints at how the theme is woven into the rallye.
Or perhaps you could include a review-style quote (e.g., from a respected prechecker who especially enjoyed your rallye).

But consider how you might encourage someone to attend your rallye when you meet them at the finish the month before.
Or how you would encourage someone who has heard about rallyes to finally attend a rallye--specifically, to attend your rallye.

= Resources =
[[Resources#To_Prepare_a_Flyer]] contains parts from which you can construct a flyer.

= Format =
The rallye flyer should contain something (like a photo, drawing, or large text) to attract attention when the flyer is posted across the room.

It may also contain "fine print" to be read by someone directly in front of it. See also the [[#Guidelines|Guidelines]] of what the flyer should include.

= Submission =

An electronic copy (in PDF)
should be sent via email to the {{webmaster}}.
The person assigned to print the mailing may also request a copy.
(If you don't know, simply CC it to the
[[TRC_Board_Structure|president and secretary]].)

== File naming convention ==

Mail your PDF as an attachment named ''yyyy-mm-dd''-'''TYPE'''-''NAME''.pdf
where:
* ''yyyy-mm-dd'' is the date the Rallye is to be run
* '''TYPE''' is one of "'''Flyer'''", "PreGI", or "Results" (case matters)
* ''NAME'' is the name of the Rallye
For example, the preliminary instructions for Ghostchasers, a rallye that was run on October 6th of this year, the preferred filename is 2012-10-06-PreGI-Ghostchasers.pdf

Talk:Flyers for TRC Rallyes

2013-01-14T23:39:48Z

Darin: changing yyyy-dd-mm

I think it's great to have a filename convention.
However I think it would be preferable to use the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 ISO 8601] date format (YYYY-MM-DD) and put the type after the name.
This way, an alphabetic file listing will sort the files by ascending date, and group the rallye materials together.
i.e.:

yyyy-'''mm'''-'''dd'''-"NAME"-"TYPE"

-- [[User:Hartwell|Hartwell]] 14:22, 14 January 2013 (PST)

I agree. Any objection if I change yyyy-dd-mm to yyyy-mm-dd everywhere it occurs?
<br>- [[User:Darin|Darin McGrew]] 15:28, 14 January 2013 (PST)

Ric agreed that yyyy-dd-mm was a mistake. I'm changing it to yyyy-mm-dd everywhere.
<br>- [[User:Darin|Darin McGrew]] 15:39, 14 January 2013 (PST)

Talk:Flyers for TRC Rallyes

2013-01-14T23:28:11Z

Darin: agree

Talk:Flyers for TRC Rallyes

2013-01-14T23:23:53Z

Darin: move Hartwell's comments to Talk page

Flyers for TRC Rallyes

2013-01-14T23:23:00Z

Darin: move Hartwell's comments to Talk page

= Objective =
The purposes of a rallye's flyer are
* to inform (or remind) prospective rallyists of the details of the rallye -- [[Picking a Theme|theme]], rallye type, date, time, and anything special.
* to explain to first timers what a rallye is or what the rallye will be like, if a rallyist provides a flyer to a prospective first timer.
* to convince both to attend or to seek more information about rallying and about the club.

TRC's flyers are posted online and printed onto paper. Paper flyers are offered (for free) at prior rallye events and are snail-mailed to members who request hard copies and to nonmembers who have run a rallye in the past many months (in hopes they will return). Mailed flyers are normally printed in black and white. Flyers at events are sometimes printed in color, but are not reimbursed at a rate that fully covers the expense. Ideally, consecutive rallyes' flyers are printed on opposite sides of the same sheets, to save paper.

= Guidelines =
Do not assume that every rallyist will have seen your flyer. Therefore a flyer can not set up a gimmick for your rallye, unless it is also set up in your rallye's registration packet.

(One could include a flyer for February's rallye in January's registration packet, however, including some gimmick for January's rallye, such as a NOTE or BONUS instruction.)

[[TRC Gimmick Rallye Rules]] describes the requirements for a flyer.
Specifically, flyers must include:
* date and start time
* start location
* type of event
* entry fee
* classes, or an indication that there are multiple classes
* rallyemaster name(s) and contact info
* TRC name and/or logo
* TRC URL (web address TheRallyeClub.org)
Rallyemasters are encouraged to use a rallye-specific email address hosted on TheRallyeClub.org as their contact information.
These email addresses are in the form mmmyy@TheRallyeClub.org (e.g., dec11@TheRallyeClub.org is the address for the December 2011 rallye), and will forward email to your real email address.
Any phone numbers provided should include area codes.

It is also useful to include:
* finish time
* time of the beginners school and/or Q&A session
* map of the start location
* type of event (especially if it is not a CM gimmick rallye)
* awards offered
* availability of preliminary GIs

Ideally, flyers should go beyond the factual data described above, and sell potential rallyists on the idea of running the event.
Most flyers include some sort of artwork (if only [[Picking a Theme|theme]]-related clipart), but it is possible to do more.
For example, you could briefly describe how the theme is woven into the rallye.
Or perhaps you could use a catch phrase that hints at how the theme is woven into the rallye.
Or perhaps you could include a review-style quote (e.g., from a respected prechecker who especially enjoyed your rallye).

But consider how you might encourage someone to attend your rallye when you meet them at the finish the month before.
Or how you would encourage someone who has heard about rallyes to finally attend a rallye--specifically, to attend your rallye.

= Resources =
[[Resources#To_Prepare_a_Flyer]] contains parts from which you can construct a flyer.

= Format =
The rallye flyer should contain something (like a photo, drawing, or large text) to attract attention when the flyer is posted across the room.

It may also contain "fine print" to be read by someone directly in front of it. See also the [[#Guidelines|Guidelines]] of what the flyer should include.

= Submission =

An electronic copy (in PDF)
should be sent via email to the {{webmaster}}.
The person assigned to print the mailing may also request a copy.
(If you don't know, simply CC it to the
[[TRC_Board_Structure|president and secretary]].)

== File naming convention ==

Mail your PDF as an attachment named ''yyyy-dd-mm''-'''TYPE'''-''NAME''.pdf
where:
* ''yyyy-dd-mm'' is the date the Rallye is to be run
* '''TYPE''' is one of "'''Flyer'''", "PreGI", or "Results" (case matters)
* ''NAME'' is the name of the Rallye
For example, the preliminary instructions for Ghostchasers, a rallye that was run on October 6th of this year, the preferred filename is 2012-10-06-PreGI-Ghostchasers.pdf

Draft Promotion Demotion

2013-01-14T19:16:36Z

Darin: mispeeling

This is an '''unofficial discussion draft''' of rules that might (if approved) eventually replace TRC's [[Gimmick_Rallye_Class_Structure]]. Key changes are in ''italic'' below. The most important are noted here:
# If a class has only one or two cars (one car for the Beginner class), its first-place award counts only if the score meets or exceeds that of the lowest award winner in a class above.
# Seniors and Experts are promoted if they win 3 and 4 (respectively) first-place awards in their class within 6 consecutive attempts.
# A promoted team can ask to be downgraded again if they have won no awards in 10 consecutive attempts.

Rather than copying all the text in TRC's official document, only changes and a little context are here.
This document is therefore not a replacement for the official document. They'll need to be integrated.

== Classes ==

The experience classes and the awards typically issues are as follows:

{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
!Class !!Awards typically presented
|-
| First Timer || First
|-
| Beginner || First, Second, Third
|-
| Novice || First, Second, Third
|-
| Senior || First, Second
|-
| Expert || First, Second
|-
| Master Expert || First, Second
|}

== Definitions ==
;Extenuating Circumstances
: When there are only 1 or 2 cars in your class. In such a case, your first-place award counts as a win toward promotion only if your score meets or exceeds that of the lowest award winner in a class above yours.
== Promotion ==

=== Lower Classes ===

Rules for advancement for the lower classes are given below.

==== First Timer ====
Each person can only be a first timer '''once'''.
We take a fairly hard line at registration.
If you've been (conscious, aware, thinking, old enough ''[say, over 12]'') in a car running a rallye ever before, you're not a first-timer.

==== Beginner ====
Beginners are folks just starting out. The current standard is that you've won fewer than 2 first-place awards in this class, barring extenuating circumstances.

==== Novice ====

You'll stay a Novice until you win 3 first-place awards in this class, barring extenuating circumstances.

=== Upper Classes ===
"Seniors and Experts move up a class based on ability, as decided by the Competition
Director or Board, rather than the number of awards won. This is done when they are
consistently doing well or dominating their class over their last several rallyes."
-- Operating Procedures IX, F, 1, b.

This proposes firmer rules for moving up in the upper division, based on the number of first-place award within a number of attempts (rallye entries). One team might take only 6 months to enter 6 TRC rallyes; another team might take more than a year to enter 6 TRC rallyes. These rules assume that each person is tracking their own entries and first place wins (though we know most rallyists just try to remember and recent results have not been sufficiently complete to allow reconstruction after the fact).

==== Senior ====
''You'll stay a Senior until you win 3 first-place awards in this class within 10 consecutive attempts, barring extenuating circumstances.

==== Expert ====
''You'll stay an Expert until you win 3 first-place awards in this class within 10 consecutive attempts, barring extenuating circumstances.

==== Master Expert ====
As this is our top class, Master Experts are not promoted.
A "Grand Master" class could be added, if certain teams were dominating the Master Expert class.

== Downgrading ==
''If a team has won no awards at all (barring extenuating circumstances) in 10 consecutive attempts, they may ask the competition director (mailto:compdir@TheRallyeClub.org ?) to allow them to be downgraded by one class. Downgrading is at the competition director's discretion. When a team is downgraded, each rallyist's count of wins and attempts is reset.''

=== Temporary Downgrading ===
''It is common that a team sometimes rallyes without one of the most experienced "key players."''
''Such a team may ask the registrar to allow them to be temporarily downgraded by one class.''
''If that team wins a first-place award in that lowered class, and if their score meets or meets or exceeds that of the lowest award winner in their normal higher class, then they should not request a temporary demotion again for the same subset of rallyists in their team.''

Gimmick Rallye Timeline

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Though this checklist is worded the first time rallyemaster, consulting it should keep any rallyemaster from forgetting anything important and help the rallye stay on schedule. More detailed instructions are in the [[Rallyemaster Handbook]].

== Before the Rallye ==

=== 9 months prior ===

* Sign up to write a rallye
* Decide the type of rallye you will write, [[Picking a Theme|theme]] of rallye & if it will be a [[Rethrow, Partial Rethrow, or Completely New Rallye|rethrow, a partial rethrow or a new rallye from scratch]]
* Join [http://www.therallyeclub.org/mailman/listinfo/trc-rm the TRC-RM mailing list]
* Choose a [[Advice for New Rallyemasters#Get Help|mentor]]
* Start writing the rallye

=== 6 months prior ===

* Consult with mentor. Discuss concepts, basic [[Gimmick Types|gimmick ideas]], [[Flyers for TRC Rallyes|flyer]], route, etc.
* Try to assure no major (traffic-causing) events will occur along the route. Check that [http://www.shorelineamphitheatertickets.com/ Shoreline Amphitheater] will not have an event on rallye night if you are going anywhere near it.
* Continue writing rallye.
* If you want to finish at the San Jose Round Table Pizza (4400 Stevens Creek Blvd. between Lawrence & Keilly), you can reserve the large room only 3-5pm, 5-7pm, or 7-10pm. This means that reasonable rallye finishes are 4, 6, 8, and 9 PM. Plan accordingly before publishing a flyer.

=== 4 months prior ===

* Prepare [[Flyers for TRC Rallyes|flyer]] including your mmmYY@TheRallyeClub.org E-mail address and send it to [mailto:webmaster@TheRallyeClub.org webmaster].
* Send mail to [[user:steve|Steve Watt]] <[mailto:steve@watt.com steve@watt.com]> asking him to put you on the mmmYY@TheRallyeClub.org mailing list. You may have more than one person get this mail, but probably want to agree who will answer, so questioners don't get duplicate or conflicting responses.
* Finish writing rallye
* Either start attending monthly General meetings to give updates or email updates to [[TRC Board Structure|TRC's Secretary]] at least 4 days before meeting.

=== 3 months prior ===

* Arrange for precheckers.
* Get first [[Prechecking Gimmick Rallyes|prechecks]] done; make corrections to rallye as needed.

=== 2 months prior ===

* [[Awards and Par Plaques for TRC Rallyes|Order Par Plaques & Awards]] (optional).
* Arrange checkpoint workers, if needed.

=== 2 weeks prior ===

* Prepare checkpoint crew instructions.
* Obtain [[TRC Equipment|equipment]] (marker parkers).
* Arrange for [[Printing for TRC Rallyes|printing]]
* Choose scoring method ([[Scoring a Rallye by Hand|by hand]] or [[Using the Computerized Scoring System|by computer]])
* Contact Finish location (San Jose Round Table will often give us a discount. Ask for one, and then mention it in your final traverse or at the end of your GIs.)

=== 1 week prior ===

* Conduct final pre-check.
* Confirm workers.
* Email preliminary GIs to the {{webmaster}} so they can be posted on the web site. (If they are not identical to the final GIs, label them Preliminary.)

=== 3 days prior ===
* Send your materials for [[Printing for TRC Rallyes|printing]] if you're having TRC handle it.
* If you're printing, print 20 extra registration packets (without score sheets) to sell for back seat passengers.

=== 1 day prior ===
* [[Police Notification|Notify the police]] of rallye cities (or county sheriff) that the rallye is tomorrow.
* Send email with electronic copies of the rallye materials.
** If the registration workers are competing in the rallye, then they will need PDF copies. This allows them to spend two hours plus driving the rallye before registration opens, to make up for the two hours plus they lose working registration (counting driving from the course to the start, setting up, packing up, and returning to the course). You may want to mention when you expect the course markers (if used) should be erected for the first portion of the course and what rallye portion(s) should not be attempted until the checkpoint is staffed.
** If Michelle McGrew <[mailto:michelle@TheRallyeClub.org michelle@TheRallyeClub.org]> is competing in the rallye, then she will need plain text soft copies.

== The Day of the Rallye ==

=== Before the start opens ===

* First thing (or the night before), E-mail a registration packet to the one staffing your registration table, so he/she/they can start the rallye before the start opens, to compensate for leaving the start after the start closes. Tell him/her/them if a CP will change things, if necessary. Do not send the critique or CP worker instructions, as that would be an unfair competition advantage.
* Post signs, if used.
* Call Finish location and remind them

=== At the start ===

* Arrive at Start 15 minutes before opening.
* Check with Registrar. Let them know any special instructions for giving out packets
* Instruct workers (checkpoint, Start).
* Start answering rallyists' questions.
* Do Q&A session and rallye school

=== After the start closes ===

* Remove all posted material at the start
* Drive route: check posted signs & check in with CP workers

=== At the finish ===

* If you have a finish reservation at the San Jose Round Table, someone must arrive and claim it within 15 minutes of its start time.
* Arrive at the Finish at least 15 minutes prior to Finish opening
* Display flyers, evaluation sheets, and protest forms.
* Setup scoreboard (whiteboard or computer cabled to the TV's HDMI input).
* Answer rallyists' questions.
* Collect score sheets and give Critiques.
* Begin scoring.
* Update scoreboard.

=== After finish closes ===

* Start marking score sheets as late.
* Start reading [[TRC Gimmick Rallye Protest Policy|protests]].
* At last call, stop accepting score sheets.
* Give any extra registration packets and critiques to the treasurer (or registrar) to sell.
* Re-score score sheets as necessary.
* Post decided protests (in red).
* Presentation and Announcements (need not be done personally by the RM):
** Announce awards.
** Thank workers and rallyists.
** Announce next month's rallye.
** Announce that additional registration packets and critiques are for sale ($1 for the combo) and any leftover par plaques are for sale ($.50 each)
** Someone should issue the RM a free rallye coupon as a thank-you gift (though it isn't signed and active yet).
* Clean-up:
** Give the [[TRC Board Structure|Treasurer]] any unclaimed awards.
** Give the [[TRC Board Structure|Treasurer]] the flyer rack.
** Give the whiteboard, stand, and markers to TRC's [[TRC Board Structure|Equipment Chair]].
** Give the checkpoint signs (and any other TRC signs used) to TRC's [[TRC Board Structure|Equipment Chair]].

== After Rallye ==

=== Within 2 weeks ===

* Send results to rallyists and {{webmaster}}
* Give score sheets to [[TRC_Board_Structure#Treasurer|TRC's Treasurer]]
* Remove all rallye signs, if used
* Return TRC rallye equipment (checkpoint signs, scoreboards, marker parker) to the [[TRC Board Structure|Equipment Chair]], typically at the next business meeting.

* Seek [[TRC Accounting Rules#Reimbursement_Policies | reimbursement]] from [[TRC Board Structure#Treasurer|TRC's Treasurer]]
** Provide a list of what you want reimbursed (typically by E-mail, in advance of the next business meeting)
** Provide receipts to the treasurer (scan and E-mail or bring to business meeting)

* Prepare a brief report on what went well and poorly, interesting protests, etc.
*: Then E-mail the report to the [mailto:trc-business@TheRallyeClub.org|TRC business mailing list]
*: or give the report in person at the next [http://www.therallyeclub.org/calendar.htm business meeting.]
* Start planning next rallye.

Flyers for TRC Rallyes

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