Exerpt from currently approved Policies and Procedures. Jan 12, 2002

4.0 Records

4.1 Regional Records

4.1.1 Approval of records (proposed renumbering from 4.3.1 approved January 12, 2002)

· EVP is responsible for approving all record applications approved by the Seeding Committee.

· Any application for a regional record should be submitted to the Seeding Committee Chairperson using the Eastern Region Record application form in the guidebook.

· The Seeding Committee Chairperson will review and screen all applications, and will submit approved record applications to the EVP for approval.

4.1.2 Eligibility for Eastern Region Records (Changes approved January 12, 2002)

· Regional records may be set at Class C tournaments sanctioned and held in the Eastern Region or any sanctioned Class E,L,R tournaments or Record capability international tournaments.

· Only US citizens and "legal" residents of the Eastern Region may set regional records. Students are not considered residents of the Eastern Region unless their official home address is in the Eastern Region

· Records may be set in each of the three events, Slalom, Tricks, and Jump, and also in overall.

4.1.3 Class C/R Record - Governing Process (Changes approved January 12, 2002)

· The East recognizes Class C records, but also recognizes records set under the more exacting conditions of a Class R record capability tournament. Therefore, existing records set in a Class R record capability tournament can not be broken by another higher score obtained in a Class C tournament. (Class R here includes E, L or R)

· Guiding principle - Class C can not erase a Class R score once the Class R record is established. For example, in the case that a Class C record exceeds an existing record obtained in a Class R tournament, BOTH records, the older Class R and the new Class C record will be recognized.

· For a record to be considered and approved, it must tie or exceed the existing record. If a score is a tie, then both skiers' scores share the record.

· The first time a Class R record is set, it must tie or exceed the previous Class C record to be considered a valid Class R record.

· Seven scenarios may be encountered:

- First scenario - if there is only a Class C existing record, and a greater score is obtained in another Class C tournament, then a new record is set, and the new Class C score will replace the old Class C record.

- Second scenario - there is only a Class C existing record, and a Class R score exceeds the Class C score, then a new record is set, and the new Class R score will replace the old record. Note the new Class R score must exceed the old Class C score to be considered a record if there is no existing Class R record.

- Third scenario - if there is only a Class R existing record, and a Class C score exceeds the Class R score, then BOTH records will be shown.

- Fourth scenario - if there is only a Class R record, and a Class R score exceeds the old Class R score, then a new record is set and shown as Class R.

- Fifth scenario - if there is both a Class C and a Class R record, (as may have occurred in a prior year under the third scenario), and a Class C score exceeds both records, then a new Class C record is set, but the old Class R remains. A Class C score can not erase a score obtained under Class R conditions.

- Sixth scenario - if there is both a Class C and a Class R record, and a new Class R score exceeds the old Class R score, but does not exceed the higher Class C score, then a new Class R record is set, but the Class C record remains.

- Seventh scenario - if there is both a Class C and a Class R record, and a new Class R score exceeds the old Class R score and also the old Class C score, then a new record is set and only the new Class R score remains as the record as it exceeded both the old Class C and Class R scores.

· Note that once a record has been set in a Class R tournament, that division will ALWAYS continue to have a listing under Class R, as Class C can not replace a Class R score.

4.1.4 Regional Overall Records (Changes approved January 12, 2002)

· Overall NOPS scores will be used to determine records.

· Overall records are subject to the same Class C and Class R distinction covered above.