| I received a call from a very nice lady after our | | | | trophy classes for years. It just didn't work and |
| last event. She was concerned and confused. She | | | | was really unfair to some. One time we would |
| was concerned with the number of trophies won | | | | have dozens of cars in the Street Rod Class, |
| by Clubs. She was also confused as to how club | | | | then the next time only a few. This was true for |
| members seemed to win a majority of the | | | | almost every event where we had classes. One |
| trophies. I then explained Power Voting to her. | | | | class would be overloaded and another under |
| Here's what I said. | | | | represented. Then when we changed things, the |
| Power Voting is when all the group & club | | | | problem still existed only in different classes. We |
| members vote for all the other club members in | | | | felt like a dog chasing its tail trying to keep the |
| the show. This almost guarantees the club will | | | | classes balanced. It just didn't work. So now we |
| have lots of winners. The reason that this small | | | | do a People's Choice Award system: if the people |
| group of 10 to 30 club members can sway the | | | | like your ride AND they vote for it, you win! The |
| results is the same reason we end up with lousy | | | | best ideas are always the simplest: get the most |
| politicians Apathy! | | | | votes, and you get Best of Show. This has |
| Not casting your vote puts the results in the | | | | resulted in the usual outcome, like the Low Rider |
| hands of a few rather than the many. Power | | | | Bike winning Best of Show in January. The people |
| Voting would be ineffective at Car Shows if a | | | | loved his bike, and he got the most votes so he |
| majority of the attendees would take the time to | | | | Won! It's that simple. |
| check out the cars and vote for their favorites. If | | | | For our part, we will continue to ask people to |
| the General Public would just do that, then Power | | | | take a ballot and vote for their top 10 favorite |
| Voting would be of little consequence. But if the | | | | vehicles. If they don't, then groups & clubs will |
| General Public doesn't want to be bothered with | | | | control the outcome of the People's Choice |
| casting their votes, then Power Voting can | | | | Awards at any Car Show. Please do your part, |
| absolutely affect the outcome of the trophies | | | | come out on Monday, Memorial Day, May 28 to |
| awarded. | | | | the next San Diego Car & Cycle Show & Swap |
| I know some of you are thinking, "Why not have | | | | at the Q and VOTE!. |
| trophy classes? Won't that help?" We tried having | | | | |