I keep getting questions from my DG friends about whether they can play in the 2011 SNDC. No I don't know why people ask me rules questions because I am just a reader. I asked what the rules are in a thread and after a lengthy discussion the thread got moved to private. The most accurate answer I can give is I don't know. I do not recommend reading the written rules on the subject because the TD and several BOD members have said they do not apply. They say the rules that apply are the ones a prior BOD meant to write but did not. Based on discussions only, there are 4 ways to qualify for the 2011 SNDC: 1. You have SN points of any kind for an event held between 06/01/2010 and 05/31/2011 (which you should have if you played a singles event in any divisions other than Novice/Recreational or Junior). You are still qualified even if you did not finish the event as long as you finished one (1) full round (because that is all it takes to get points). 2. You played in a SN Doubles event between 06/01/2010 and 05/31/2011. It is not clear whether you have to have finished the event or even one (1) full round of it but my pure guess is that you must have finished at least one (1) full round. 3. You played in a SN event between 06/01/2010 and 05/31/2011 in either the Novice/Recreational or Junior divisions. You cannot however sign up until the last 2 weeks before the event and if it is full by then, too bad you cannot play. Again it is not clear whether you have to have finished the event or even one (1) full round of it but my pure guess is that you must have finished at least one (1) full round. 4. You obtain a sponsorship exemption by paying an extra $400 (sorry if I misinformed anybody but it was $200 before 09/15/2010), but even then admission is up to the discretion of the TD, and he is authorized to deny you specifically if you are known to be of Pro caliber, and you can only do this every other year regardless. If you want to waste your time reading the discussion that lead me to these conclusions but don't have access to the private section you can read the discussion here: [www.kevindlewis.com] I have also proposed revised qualification rules for the SNDC for next year that you can read here: [www.sndg.org] This is really all I know about it, if that. My disc golfing buddies are plenty important enough to me to have spent this time in an exercise in futility. No I am not running for anything or criticizing anyone. Feel free to criticize me at will but you won't be the first or last. http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,200520#msg-200520 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:37:33 -0500 Phorum 5.2.15a http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,201058#msg-201058 http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,201058#msg-201058 jtolbert General Discussion Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:12:37 -0500 http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,201022#msg-201022 http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,201022#msg-201022 Discjazz General Discussion Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:16:19 -0500 http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,201005#msg-201005 http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,201005#msg-201005 Here's another issue that I've seen. If you read the sponsorship exemption in line 17 of the guidelines, it references the BoD meeting from 9/15/10 for the vote. If you go back to the minutes from 9/15/10, we only voted to raise the SNAC exemption, not the SNDC. I believe Josh erroneously added the exemption to the SNDC guidelines.]]> jtolbert General Discussion Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:17 -0500 http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,200721#msg-200721 http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,200721#msg-200721
[www.jacksondiscgolf.org]]]> Discjazz General Discussion Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:55:38 -0500 http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,200560#msg-200560 http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,200560#msg-200560
Now, about that Rules Oracle question. You may definitely run, but the true Rules Oracle knows that SN "guidelines" are a pitiful counterfeit version of useful, understandable rules. The true Rules Oracle dismisses SN guidelines as cheap substitutes for hard-earned knowledge. The path to true rules wisdom lies not in the SN.

THE RULES ORACLE HAS SPOKEN]]> Bluff Magee General Discussion Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:11:28 -0500 http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,200526#msg-200526 http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,200526#msg-200526 Gilligan General Discussion Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:07:59 -0500 http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,200524#msg-200524 http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,200524#msg-200524 Discjazz General Discussion Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:36:13 -0500 http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,200523#msg-200523 http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,200523#msg-200523
Thanks for helping everyone get it all straight and clear.

Seriously.]]> Gilligan General Discussion Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:27:13 -0500 http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,200520#msg-200520 http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,200520,200520#msg-200520
Based on discussions only, there are 4 ways to qualify for the 2011 SNDC:

1. You have SN points of any kind for an event held between 06/01/2010 and 05/31/2011 (which you should have if you played a singles event in any divisions other than Novice/Recreational or Junior). You are still qualified even if you did not finish the event as long as you finished one (1) full round (because that is all it takes to get points).

2. You played in a SN Doubles event between 06/01/2010 and 05/31/2011. It is not clear whether you have to have finished the event or even one (1) full round of it but my pure guess is that you must have finished at least one (1) full round.

3. You played in a SN event between 06/01/2010 and 05/31/2011 in either the Novice/Recreational or Junior divisions. You cannot however sign up until the last 2 weeks before the event and if it is full by then, too bad you cannot play. Again it is not clear whether you have to have finished the event or even one (1) full round of it but my pure guess is that you must have finished at least one (1) full round.

4. You obtain a sponsorship exemption by paying an extra $400 (sorry if I misinformed anybody but it was $200 before 09/15/2010), but even then admission is up to the discretion of the TD, and he is authorized to deny you specifically if you are known to be of Pro caliber, and you can only do this every other year regardless.

If you want to waste your time reading the discussion that lead me to these conclusions but don't have access to the private section you can read the discussion here:

[www.kevindlewis.com]

I have also proposed revised qualification rules for the SNDC for next year that you can read here:

[www.sndg.org]

This is really all I know about it, if that. My disc golfing buddies are plenty important enough to me to have spent this time in an exercise in futility. No I am not running for anything or criticizing anyone. Feel free to criticize me at will but you won't be the first or last.]]> Discjazz General Discussion Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:23:17 -0500