[EricH]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

[NPOE]I propose we extend the "working too much" rule to allow more than a day's leeway. Billfred is, after all, a volunteer at this, and he traveled to New Jersey (on purpose) just this weekend. To volunteer.[/NPOE]

[NAE] He just invokes a chain use of the BIWWTM Rule. He can move the date one day, and that becomes the date to judge the contest on. If he's still busy, a second invocation of the rule. In really extreme cases, there is always the OBIWWTM Rule, which has never been invoked despite the threat of it being used right after being created. [/NAE]