I certainly don't have a problem with what's proposed below. As I
said in my earlier post - a lot of the questions about Nationals
revolves around the intended _goal_ of the contest. What's more
important: Trying to find the best pilot? The pilot who can fly top
equipment the best? The pilot most likely to win in a WGC (and
therefore should be selected to the US team)? There's not necessarily
a wrong answer; but consensus is needed in order to adjust the contest
appropriately.

So far, the consensus appears to be that increased participation and
an attempt to compare pilot skill (regardless of equipment, to a
limited degree) are a higher priority than some of these other factors
I've mentioned. As the potential beneficiary of any handicapping, I'm
totally happy with that. ;-D

--Noel
P.S. Sorry John, you posted your admonishment while I was typing up
my novel - if I'd seen your post I would've skipped that huge
explanation and left well enough alone!


On Feb 10, 6:36*pm, wrote:

I was wondering if the following has been considered?: Allow any
Standard Class glider to enter the Standard Class Nationals. Use a
Handicap system to level the playing field so that that Nationals
would be a true test of the skill of the pilot. Then used the non-
handicapped results to select the Team Members for the World
Championships.