With regard Remit 2 in the ONZ AGM Agenda:
https://www.orienteering.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/AGM-Agenda-2016-Final.pdf
Can I use this forum to ask some background questions on this topic prior to it being discussed by our club committee?
1: The remit states in the consultation section that this topic has been discussed by ‘ONZ Heads of Committee’s group’. Is this the same as the Junior Development Committee listed on the ONZ Contact list? Does this means that this Committee have formally (or informally) approved this recommendation?
2: Has anyone worked out what this proposed format will do to the organisational structure of the event. The current grade/course structure requires the organizing club to set 9 courses for the Long event. Will this new structure require more or less courses?
3: The suggested grade table in Remit 2 refers to winning times. Is this intended for the relays as well as the Long race? Ie does this propose that the Senior winning time for the relay should be 3 x 40 minutes. Ie 2:00 hours?
4: I am unclear if Sprint orienteering even has different levels of difficulty… but should the Year7/8 Sprint course be any easier than the course for Seniors? Should ONZ stipulate course difficulty for the Sprint race?
5: The 2nd to last point in the ‘Reasons to change’ states that Standard grade competitors currently take significantly longer than estimated. Is this an opinion or has analysis been done to back this up?