J 1.2 The notice of race shall include any of the following that will apply
and that would help competitors decide whether to attend the event...
Under my point of view, knowing the number of races may be determinant for the competitor to decide to attend or not the event. So adding races after entry time will be wrong.
 

I tend to agree, struggling to communicate it though to management,,, 

Adding races to an already scheduled racing day you would probably be OK with. But adding days when races were not originally scheduled would I think invite redress requests from boats that couldn't rearrange their schedules to sail on the added days. 

Unless maybe you arranged throwouts such that missing the added days wouldn't necessarily adversely impact a boat's score. 

Craig, I would contend that it's not just wrong by the letter of the RRS, but also highly unfair in 2 major ways .. 

I would suggest to your management  that, if they want to add day(s) of racing, that they create a new event for those days and make entry free for anyone who was entered in the existing event.  That way they can still enjoy extended time racing on the water but also close-out the previously defined event.  Maybe call it the "Leftover Bowl".

For Ang's suggestion, the OA could also score each event separately and also score them together for combined honors. Everybody goes home happy.

Yeah I'm guessing no one will be happy. I forwarded Angelo's comments to the board members telling me to change it since it's in plain english, but they'll probably insist they know better. I'll just let someone else handle the series scoring...  

Craig, do you have a feel for how the fleet would feel about the added races? If you don't think anyone would object and all would appreciate a longer series it might not be an issue. But of course all it takes is one objection... 

Rule 62.1 was changed a little while ago, specifically to allow 'proactive' redress in this sort of situation (emphasis added).

62.1 A request for redress or a protest committee’s decision to consider redress shall be based on a claim or possibility that a boat’s score or place in a race or series has been or may be, through no fault of her own, made significantly worse by
(a) an improper action or omission of the race committee, protest committee, organizing authority ... 

So if a boat requests redress citing the amendment to the NOR as an improper action, and she can convince the protest committee that the amendment changed a matter that 'would help competitors decide whether to attend the event', and that here score could possibly be made worse, she will be entitled to redress, being an arrangement as fair as possible for all boats affected.

Redress might be:

Maybe if you discuss the hypothetical possibility of a request for redress with the OA, they might reconsider their position.

Can I ask why they suddenly think it is a good idea to add a race to the series?

Long story... We have a bunch of sailors on the side line who won't race because of the fear factor.  We decided to add lay day, Fun Races so we could teach and coach.  Some of the racers (including an incoming flag officer) object to giving up the day and have exerted executive influence to cancel the event and schedule more racing the week of... 

Hi all, I think in this case it is not fair, but allowed as per RRS 89.2 (b).

So the races were held (while I was out of town so I didn't really get a vote) the NOR was never amended, So I sent out an email to the fleet asking if anyone objects to the inclusion of the scores.  At first glance I don't think anyone was impacted too much, people who qualified may earn extra dropped races out of this so I'm not 100% sure of the impact.