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Rob Overton
 
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Default Time limit for hearing (not filing) protest

"Garry McGonigal" wrote in message ...

As a Protest Chair I would find it unacceptable that a week or months, even
a day, has elapsed before the protestee was notified of a protest, and the
details. That is denying the protestee the opportunity to assemble any
witnesses, etc. in a reasonable and fair manner and while events are
current. On that basis alone I would deny the protest as being valid.


Just wanted to make sure there's no misunderstanding here. A Protest
Chair must follow the rules, which make no mention of a time period
for notifying the protestee after the protest is filed. So hopefully,
if all the requirements for notification on the water (hail, flag) and
for filing were met, and there's nothing in the Notice of Race or
Sailing Instructions about how the protestee gets notified, you would
not "deny the protest as being valid", because as a Protest Chair
you'd be following the rules and not your "common sense", right?