Dead nuts correct paint codes, 63??

[Tracy C.]

Re: Dead nuts correct paint codes, 63??

guys
Here is the way if a judge has had involvement in a car presented for judging works.

If a judge finds him or herself faced with a car they have been involved with they are obligated to inform the National Team Leader. If it is a Chapter meet where the National Team Leader is not present they are to inform the Meet Judging Chairman. A discussion about the nature of the involvement ensues. The National Team Leader or Meet Judging Chairman then makes the decision how to proceed. In most cases that decision is reached amicably with that judge. In the cases I have personally been involved (both as judge and as National Team Leader) the question "Can you impartially judge the car?" usually comes up. At a regional or National meet the National Judging Chairman often becomes involved as another point of view.

I have been NTL when a judge came to me and stated they did not want to judge the car because of prior knowledge or a conflict of interest, and in those cases no discussion resulted. Another judge was found.

So to my knowledge there is no hard and fast rule, but there is an obligation on the part of the judge to disclose any potential conflict.

The rule on this is defined on page 15 of the 8th edition of the JRM item 7. The baseline rule is this:

"A judge must not be involved in the judging decision process of a car that he/she has knowingly restored, bought, sold, worked on, or has monerarily benifited from involment with."

Discussion then follows regarding the informing the team leader when the occasion does come up as Terry describes. Consquences for a judge who ignores this rule are serious.

At the chapter level this is especially problematic in that chapter members often help one another with restorations and then are in a bit of quandry when it come time to judge the car. I've discussed this with our National Judging Chair David B and described the type of work performed by chapter members and the fact that there was no money involved. At least in my case, he was willing to allow our a couple of our chapter members to judge areas of the car they did not work on.

I appreciate Terry's insight on this topic too. This is supposed to be a FUN hobby. Like any successful organization though, there is a need to have a play book and follow the rules.