Did it ever occur to you guys to ask for an RC waiver to do what you want at a super regional level?

-Evan Ludeman / T8

It occurred to the RC to suggest that option to them.

Here's how we introduce new classes and rules changes: Try it by
waiver at regionals. See if its popular with pilots, and work out the
many (in this case) operational details. If successful, they become a
regular part of regionals rules. If successful, they move to
nationals.

Here's what we tend not to do: Sign petitions to get the SSA board to
overturn the RC, announce in February that a contest in May will have
a quite different list of acceptable gliders, meaning that many pilots
planning to attend will be sent home, fly under rules that almost none
of the participating pilots have read or flown under, requiring the
writing of complex local procedures, no available CDs with any
experience in said rules, new scoring program to be mastered, new
weighing and handicap procedures to be mastered, everything in metric
units, procedures for mixing this contest with another one to be
worked out, etc. etc. etc.

A few super-regionals by waiver would be an excellent way to try this
concept, gauge how popular it really is, and begin to develop the
experience with a totally different way of doing things that this
proposal requires.

John Cochrane