I take Micki's post as an explanation why the Region 9 soaring
community may only want to run one regional this year, at Logan.
That's fine.

But just for the record -- and for the rest of you who I hope are
thinking about putting on a regional -- let's be clear that nothing in
the rules or siting traditions stops you from running another regional
if you feel like it:

1. There is no "slot" issue! Yes, it would be nice for very nearby
sites to coordinate a bit, but we're not even close to that problem.
There are very few western regionals scheduled at all this year. It is
perfectly fine to run a regional in Arizona at the same time as one is
going on in Pennsylvania! It is perfectly fine by the rules to run an
Arizona regional in May and Utah regional in July. Many regions have
"north" and "south" regionals in the same year.

2. You can ask for a waiver for just about anything you want. This
year, we're encouraging waivers for talking on the radio, but anyone
could have asked for it in years past. Of course it needs to be
sensible, fair, safe and well thought out. But we want to encourage
experimentation.

Have fun!
John Cochrane