We applied for the 2020 Worlds for Class 1 Women, Sport Class,
Class 2, and Class 5 at Wilotree Park, in Groveland, Florida.

We also applied for the 2020 Pan-Americans for Class 1, Women, Sport, Class 2
and Class 5.

Both meets are Category 1 competitions.

We could not apply for Class 1 Worlds as that would take place in 2021 and we
understand that Macedonia is the likely place for it.

We got the Worlds for all the classes that we asked for at Wilotree Park. There
is no Class 1 Worlds (except for Women only) at Wilotree Park in 2020. We will
discuss with class 1 pilots in 2019 at the Quest Air Nationals what they want
for 2020.

There will be multiple competitions in the Spring at Wilotree Park including the
test competition for the Worlds. We will provide more information about these
competitions soon.

Because we got the Worlds for all these classes (but didn't apply for Class 1)
CIVL felt that they shouldn't give us another Category 1 competition designation
for the classes other than Class 1 at Big Spring. There is no rule against have
two Category 1 competitions in the same year, but CIVL felt that one competition
might draw pilots from the other competition and there should be a focus. For
example, this is the second Sport Class Worlds, and they wanted Sport Class
pilots to come to the Worlds as their first choice. We figure , why not given
them the option to come to both competitions, which, of course, we do.

All CIVL has is titles. Category 1 and Category 2 competitions have exactly the
same value when it comes to WPRS (World) points.

CIVL agreed to let us run all the classes together at Big Spring. And that is
exactly what we will do.

Class 1 will be designated as the 1st Pan-American Class 1 Championships. All
the other classes will be part of the 2020 Big Spring Nationals.

The competition will be run as one competition. Unlike previous Big Spring
Nationals it will take place between August 2nd and 14th, i.e. 13 days.

Again, we will treat it as one competition.

The 2019 Big Spring Nationals will be the test competition for the 2020
Pan-Americans.

We have been communicating with Carlos Alvarado Stuhlhofer of the Guatemalan
team. He wants the Pan-American Title also for the Sport Class in Big Spring, as
well as for the Worlds in Groveland. He will appeal directly to the CIVL Bureau.

We have also written to the CIVL Bureau as follows:

Carlos says that Guatemala will be at the Worlds also. I‘m thinking at least
Canada and Mexico also and them also at the Pan-Americans Sport Class.

What’s going on here I think is that the American countries are taking pride in
the Pan-Americans. They want their own Continental Championships, something that
maybe the Bureau overlooked, but was certainly a factor in why we proposed the
Pan-Americans. Again we were responding to requests from pilots to put these two
meets on, it was not something that we initiated.

There is also a big issue with Guatemala, Mexico and Canada, at least, having
their top teams as Sport Class teams. They want to have a Pan-American venue for
their teams. This is something that CIVL hasn’t really run into before.

We just came along to try to help them out. They’ve always been excited about
competitions in Big Spring as well as Florida. Gateways to the Americas.

Is there really a problem with two category 1 Sport Class competitions in 2020?
I’m thinking that there isn’t.