Marc Ramsey wrote:

Perhaps if you guys
would get off your duffs, get yourselves appointed as IGC delegates
and
GFAC members, and change these silly rules, then I wouldn't have to
waste any more of my time coming up with bogus justifications...

Marc

Alternative suggestion. Rather than getting yourselves elected to the
IGC, focus on your local IGC Reps. Several of the arguments in this
thread have been tried before, and some of them obviously have some
merit. The problem with international bodies like the IGC is that there
is a lot of intertia to overcome (obviously Marc knows this better than
the rest of us duffers). The best place to start is with the
individuals who make up the body.

So, please start a campaign to your local IGC delegates. Names can be
found he

http://www.fai.org/directory/delegates.asp?id=6

I've found that a google on the name usually results in an email
address popping up (usually found on the Website of the national body
such as SSA, BGA, etc.)