RE: Score Keeping?
EJ
Thanks for your post.
I must say that I like the idea that a rule, such as was quoted by nys rep, is being added, but I have come to understand that this is a rule that was included in a package that is still under review. I also understand that this package has been tabled until the spring meeting. I am sure that much effort is involved in the review of this package and appreciate that IBO is not rushing that review process.
You wrote in your above post that we must all operate under the present rule and you specifically wrote that taking the lower score is not a rule. I think it is important to add that taking the higher score or flipping a coin is not a rule either, in fact there is no rule that addresses the issue. In saying that there is no rule addressing the issue, I should say that I have not seen such a rule in the written rules that I have referenced which includes 2003 through 2005. All of the suggestions that were given in this thread for keeping scoring on the up and up, as helpful as they are not rules either.
My understanding is that the IBO annuals will be out in the next week or so and that these annuals will include the rules that will apply for 2006. In these rules, will there be a rule that address the issue of handling conflicting scores? Will this package that is being reviewed and that has been tabled until the spring meeting contain rules that are not in the annuals that will be out in the next week or so? When is the spring meeting?