2020 Rules Proposals

[MikeN]

I’d say yes to eliminating sideline open mics and adding decibel limits as well as live sampling.

I’d say <shrug> to Guard sheet changes. Not my specialty.

I’d say no to task force redesign - it would eliminate Open Corps’ voice.

I’d say heck no to scoring changes and woodwinds.

-Mike

[jeffmolnar]

24 minutes ago, Hook'emCavies said:

Well i'll be darned... it finally happened. 

I actually never imagined this rule would be proposed.

Didn’t Hop propose it multiple times? It always gets voted down. Hopefully it does again here.

As for the others, seeing amplification limits being proposed is heartening. New DCI rules have been out of control for a while now. Sometimes limitations are good.

[Hook'emCavies]

Just now, jeffmolnar said:

Didn’t Hop propose it multiple times? It always gets voted down. Hopefully it does again here.

As for the others, seeing amplification limits being proposed is heartening. New DCI rules have been out of control for a while now. Sometimes limitations are good.

He more than likely did and it would not surprise me.

[Hook'emCavies]

9 minutes ago, MikeN said:

I’d say yes to eliminating sideline open mics and adding decibel limits as well as live sampling.

I’d say <shrug> to Guard sheet changes. Not my specialty.

I’d say no to task force redesign - it would eliminate Open Corps’ voice.

I’d say heck no to scoring changes and woodwinds.

-Mike

I am with you on Michael Martins proposal... give me a more pure horn line sound.

[Jeff Ream]

15 minutes ago, MikeN said:

I’d say yes to eliminating sideline open mics and adding decibel limits as well as live sampling.

I’d say <shrug> to Guard sheet changes. Not my specialty.

I’d say no to task force redesign - it would eliminate Open Corps’ voice.

I’d say heck no to scoring changes and woodwinds.

-Mike

i;m with you. calendar alert made for popcorn to start popping

[ContraFart]

20 minutes ago, MikeN said:

I’d say yes to eliminating sideline open mics and adding decibel limits as well as live sampling.

I’d say <shrug> to Guard sheet changes. Not my specialty.

I’d say no to task force redesign - it would eliminate Open Corps’ voice.

I’d say heck no to scoring changes and woodwinds.

-Mike

why would the scoring changes be bad? 

[Terri Schehr]

27 minutes ago, MikeN said:

I’d say yes to eliminating sideline open mics and adding decibel limits as well as live sampling.

I’d say <shrug> to Guard sheet changes. Not my specialty.

I’d say no to task force redesign - it would eliminate Open Corps’ voice.

I’d say heck no to scoring changes and woodwinds.

-Mike

Ditto.  

[Terri Schehr]

I can’t believe I marched with the person who proposed woodwinds.  

[2muchcoffeeman]

I get the aspiration to make the benefits available to as many young people as possible. I don't doubt the sincerity of the aim.

But way to maximize the benefits isn't to eliminate the characteristics that distinguish the one thing from all other things. It's to make many different things.

Summer string camps. Chamber orchestras. Youth symphonies. Jazz combos. Chorale. Fiddlin' competitions. Bluegrass camps. Piano competitions. Drum and bugle corps.

I've said it before: When you put all the ingredients in the kitchen into a single pot, every item on the menu tastes the same. The way to expand the "life-enriching benefits" to more young people is to put more items on the menu, not use a bigger pot.

 

 

[xandandl]

24 minutes ago, ContraFart said:

why would the scoring changes be bad? 

old guard judges keep their jobs (number goes down to only 6 judges) and limits the need to increase and widen who might be judging, particularly amongst the younger generations.