Final Post Before Voting Ends

I would like to thank all the people who took the time to read my blog and vote on the questions that I and others felt were important. It has been interesting to say the least. I hope the rules committee will take this information and use it for the betterment of competition soaring.

I don't know all the issues and I don't know all the answers. I believe that the people who elect the rules committee should state the issues and have input to the answers. It then becomes the duty of the RC member to make decisions based on the collective input gathered. The one thing that I have learned these past several weeks is that there are plenty of smart people in the SSA and together with the rules committee nothing is impossible.

There is one thing I would like to make very clear. I have a great deal of respect for our current rules committee and I truly appreciate the job they have done thus far and the complexity of their efforts.

My Final Poll Results:
Please see the final results of my polls. I think you will find them very interesting.

Establishment of a Club Class separate from the Sports Class: (72 total voters)
Support: 58%
Against: 41%


Establishment of a Club Class as part of the Sports Class but with separate scoring: (65 voters)
Support: 49%
Against: 50%


Establishment of a Club Class will reduce overall participation at contests: (68 voters)
Agree:10%
Disagree: 89%


Implementation of a Club Class in less than 4 years: (71 voters)
Support: 64%
Against: 35%


East Coast-West Coast Nationals: (50 voters)
Support: 64%
Against: 36%


SRA poll voting participants - all or just competitors: (53 voters)
Support polling all soaring pilots: 45%
Support polling just competitors: 54%


Seven Day Nationals: (14 voters)
Support: 64%
Against: 35%

Question #7: Seven Day Nationals

One last poll question before the voting ends.

Question #7: Would a seven (7) day nationals starting on Sunday and ending on the following Saturday encourage more participation in competition soaring?

Please refer to the bottom of the blog to submit your answer.

I will be following up with a summary of all of my blog postings before the voting ends.

Thanks, Sam