Segment D -- Procedures

D.1 RULE CHANGE PROCEDURES
To ensure the orderly growth of racquetball, the USRA has established specific procedures that are followed before a major change is made to the rules of the game. NOTE: Changes to rules and regulations in Sections 1 through 10 must adhere to published rule change procedures. Remaining sections may be altered by vote of the USRA Board of Directors*.

• 1. Rule change proposals must be submitted in writing to the USRA National Office by June 1st. NOTE: The Board of Directors has imposed a moratorium on rule changes that establishes the next deadline for submission of rule change proposals as June 1, 2002, which would set the earliest possible effective date as September 1, 2003. [See following timeline for procedural details.]
• 2. The USRA Board of Directors will review all proposals at its October board meeting and determine which will be considered.
• 3. Selected proposals will appear in RACQUETBALL Magazine -- the official USRA publication -- as soon as possible after the October meeting for comment by the general membership.
• 4. After reviewing membership input and the recommendations of the National Rules Committee and National Rules Commissioner, the proposals are discussed and voted upon at the annual Board of Directors meeting in May.
• 5. Changes approved in May become effective on September 1st. Exception: changes in racquet specifications become effective two years later on September 1st.
• 6. Proposed rules that are considered for adoption in one year, but are not approved by the Board of Directors in May of that year, will not be considered for adoption the following year.

* The following "policies & procedures" segments are subject to stated rule change procedures outlined in D.1:
• A.6 Round Robin Scoring
• A.8 Tournament Conduct
• B.5 (d-g) Forfeitures, Defaults ...
• B.6 Line Judges
• B.7 Appeals
• B.8 Outcome of Appeals

D.2 USRA NATIONAL RULES COMMITTEE

• Rich Clay, National Rules Commissioner
  3401 North Kedzie
  Chicago, IL 60618
  773/539-1114 (Office)
  847/918-7407 (Home)

• Michael Arnolt
  Suite 307 3833 North Meridian Street
  Indianapolis, IN 46208
  317/926-2766 (Office)
  317/259-1359 (Home)
  

• Dan J. Davis
  5304 Hollister Street
  Houston, TX 77040
  817/666-9139 (Office)
  

• Otto Dietrich
  4244 Russet Court
  Lilburn, GA 30047
  770/972-2303 (Home)
  

• Jim Easterling
  321 Village Lansing, MI 48911
  517/887-0459 (Home)
  517/373-2399 (Office)
  

• Lorraine Galloway
  175-20 Wexford Terrace #7-5
  Jamaica Estates, NY 11432
  718/739-4629 (Home)
  

• Jim Gillhouse
  2120 East Willamette Avenue
  Colorado Springs, CO 80909
  719/471-0799 (Home)
  719/526-9636 (Office)
  

• Mary Lyons
  940 Penman Road
  Neptune Beach, FL 32266
  904/241-6789 (Home)
  

• Eric Muller
  445 Fifth Avenue, Apt. 32-C
  New York, NY 10016
  212/683-1610 (Home)
  

• Annie Muniz
  812 Woodstock Bellaire, TX 77401
  713/659-3554 (Office)
  713/432-0881 (Home)
  

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