We sent in the petition to the USHPA Regional Director. 235 people signed the following petition:

* Keep the existing validity system for 2009 and until an improved system, that is approved by the competition community, is developed

* Task the workgroup to engage in an open discussion with the competition community to improve the validity system (there is a very good draft proposal by Greg Babush)

* Instruct the workgroup to suspend its current course, follow our existing rules and work directly with the competition community to determine if there are any real deficiencies in our existing competition system and come up with real solutions.