Originally Posted by
Andy Bettencourt
I have heard this more than once. In the end, the buck stops with the committee that has to report to the BoD. They have the 10,000 foot stuff to deal with and god bless them for doing that stuff.
The BoD needs a singular group that is responsible for the administration of the classes. Since there are so many, the CRB needs the Ad-Hocs to do the leg-work and make recommendations. In theory, the AH's are the ground-level, reporting what the class is feeling/wanting/thinking and making recommendations as such.
The issue with IT IMHO is that the drivers don't really want it 'run' like the other classes 'need' to be run. Back when Peter Keene took over SSB and SSC, we talked briefly about how to implement a 'Process' for those classes. In the end, given the wide range of stock HP and TQ numbers, I could not figure out a way to make it work...so you had to just do your best with the tweaking in order to try and keep the parity. Something IT is not used to nor is interested in. I believe fully that once you immerse yourself in that 'tweaking' culture, it is very hard not to try and apply it across the board.
In the end we have to believe that those on the CRB are dong what they think is right for the classes and if (we think) they are missing the mark in the class we love, the drivers need to write in and be counted - hopefully with constructive suggestions.