I have the good luck to fly in the UK, and we have our own excellent ladder,
the BGA National Ladder http://www.bgaladder.co.uk/ . Most pilots in the
UK post to this and not to the OLC.

The BGA ladder rule as to time of posting is as follows:

" 13. Details of each flight must be submitted, either online by the
pilot or via the Club Ladder Steward, within 14 days of the flight taking
place. Full details of flights, including GPS Logger evidence when
available, must be submitted to the National Ladder Steward within 14 days
of being requested. A 10% penalty will be imposed for late entries."

This seems to work well, I am not aware of any complaints.

W.J. (Bill) Dean (U.K.).
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"Doug Haluza" wrote in message
ups.com...

This is cross posted from the SSA Home News & Information General
News, It is specific to the US, but generally applicable as well. The
original post is available at:

http://www.ssa.org/society/ListNewsA...Dtl.asp?id=492

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Dear OLC participants,

On Monday October 9th, the aerokurier Online Contest 2006 year will
end. From Tuesday October 10th, flight claims will be scored in the OLC
2007. The start of the new competition year will also mark the release
of OLC generation 2.0!

Here's a sneak peak at the new user interface:

http://www.ssa.org/newsimages/index_2.0_061003.jpg

The complete architecture of the OLC program and the user interface
have been changed in OLC generation 2.0. The change-over to a modern
system was necessary, because the old program could not keep up with
the explosive growth of the OLC. To make OLC generation 2.0 the best it
could be, a software engineering firm was brought in to help with their
special know-how.

One of the big changes for 2007 is a much simpler flight claim process.
This will really help the OLC continue to grow by making flight claims
almost effortless. Your takeoff airfield will be automatically selected
from the IGC file, and there is no need to enter the region. You won't
have to wait for your browser to load and parse the entire drop-down
list of 13,000 US airfields; the most likely airfield will be selected,
and only a small number of alternates are loaded if needed. Also, start
and end times are automatically selected, and the turnpoint
optimization is completely automatic as well.

The new OLC generation 2.0 has been completely redesigned to be more
user friendly. Hopefully the transition will be smooth, with minimal
problems. If you do have difficulties with the new interface, don't
worry. The submission deadlines for flight claims with technical
difficulties will be waived, as long as the problem is reported by
email before the 2400 Tuesday deadline. The submission deadline is now
2400 local time on Tuesday, instead of 2400Z, to give US pilots more
time to submit their claims.

Some of the many helpful suggestions received have been implemented in
the new OLC generation 2.0. Some more will be implemented later in the
year.Please understand that it was not possible to implement them all,
but your input is still appreciated, so keep the suggestions coming.
Not all functions of the new OLC generation 2.0 will be enabled on the
initial roll out, and will instead be phased in over time, so please be
patient.

Remember that you will need to update your pilot registration
information for 2007, but you can do it after you make your first
claim. Please check your registration email address, so we can contact
you if you have a problem with a claim. Make sure you chose the correct
club affiliation, so you can participate in the IGC-OLC World League
2007. While you are at it, help sign up a friend as well!

If you prefer to use flight analysis software to make automatic claims,
note that you will need to install a patch to make claims to the OLC
2007. Check your software vendor's web site for the OLC update. Make
sure you also download and use the most up-to-date analysis software
version available. You should also check with your logger vendor to
make sure you have the latest revision of the internal firmware and
download software to avoid unnecessary logger validation problems.

The OLC is still the worlds largest decentralized soaring contest, and
continues to grow thanks to your support. Please help up make it even
bigger and better in 2007!

Doug Haluza
SSA-OLC Admin