Quote Originally Posted by Ron Hill View Post
What would suggest in "Step Downs"? If don't finish in the to five, then you could step down, but not get points. This have to go to a "COMMITTEE" and discussed at length. We used to let the top three "Step Up", maybe allowing the bottom three to "Step Down" would be the way. You could mix the pepers...Black pepper and Green Bells would never mix. Having said that, I know my brother, Russ, want no part of Green Bells in NPA, especially no voting rights! There are just too many Green Bells out there, they could take over.



Not to get too "hot and bothered" about this, but we really need to think about insurance and associated costs for same. Insurance has the possibility to be a real revenue generator for the association. and premium increases are almost automatic with very little explanation necessary Also the red pepper category can always blame the rise of premium on a pepper that did not have radio communication from field to pepper after picked, and was more prone to accident. The hotter the pepper, and the faster through the digestive tract,the more chance for injury. Perhaps the premiums could be adjusted for cool to hot, and probabilities for discomfort, with a premium discount if you don't ask any questions about the cost or coverage?

Also "safety" rules can be made by category involved without a vote of the membership. It is very difficult to determine the intelligence/chance of accident quotient between red, green., and other peppers, and most don't care anyway. They just want to race without all the BS.


Also I don't believe it is too early to be thinking about promotional/social activities on the net, as there seems to be some ignorance about the NPA in the population overall. Perhaps a web site kept updated by a young ambitious Executive Director of Hotness? He, or better yet she, should be knowledgeable about all heat ranges though. Maybe name the company in charge be called "Don't ask how hot it is, Cause you don't need to know, Limited. (Ltd)

We need to be thinking more about cash gathering opportunities, and not spend so much time on rules. They kind of make themselves anyway, depending on disqualifications, and reason for same.

We also need a "Big Pepper" to handle protests, disqualifications. illegal or too large for class peppers, etc. Best he (or she) not have too much recent experience in the pepper industry as that would just heat things up in the case of a decision the members disagreed with. Maybe someone who has "been through the pepper mill" so to say.