The
CWG/LMR proposal for the Nationals and "national-level" competitions have
numerous requirements. I'm going to list a few of them which are onerous and
will not be followed no matter what "system" we have in place:

Safety director must check adequate wind indicators at launch and
in all major landing fields.

Often we land at remote goals where the safety director has not
traveled to. We try to land at airfields so there are wind socks, but sometimes
we don't. Often we don't have a safety director, so the safety director check
list found in the proposal is not applicable.

Entrants should have a radio capable of transmitting and receiving
the USHPA authorized frequencies. (recommended for Class A meets, required for
Class B and C meets). At the discretion of the meet organizer, additional legal
frequencies may be supported.

We haven't used the USHPA frequencies for years.

Pilots must sign a statement that his/her glider is in certified
form or is considered safe to fly (by the pilot)

We have never asked for this. This is only a requirement at the
Worlds.

Maps available for competitors and support crews

Often we just use electronic maps.

Pilot registration must be open for at least 90 days before the
start of Class C events, 60 days prior to the start of Class B events,...

These requirements have been overlooked frequently and should be
dropped.

A copy of the USHPA Competition Rulebook, meet specific rules, and
a copy of the current FAR Part 103 will be available to any competitor in the
contest, and a local, current sectional aeronautical chart will be displayed to
all pilots at each meeting.

We don't do this. These are all available on line.

Registrations shall not be accepted any earlier than 15 days after
first posting of the competition announcement in the Calendar on the USHPA
website at http://www.USHPA.org/calender.asp. The announcement will also appear in the
first possible issue of the magazine.

This has been ignored and needs to be pulled out of the rules.

The Meet Organizers are required to keep registration records
including date of registration for each pilot. The CCC or his designee has the
right to review registration records, and other competition records for
compliance at any time.

This Malcolm Jones rule is outdated and needs to be pulled from
the rules.

Fair and impartial procedures for complaints and protests to be
filed by competitors must clearly be defined in the meet rules. USHPA defines a
complaint as a verbal request by a competitor to the designated official,
usually the Meet Director or Safety Director, to investigate operational matters
with which the competitor is dissatisfied. If the competitor is still
dissatisfied they may file a protest to the event protest committee.

A complaint is actually in writing.

Unless otherwise defined in the meet specific rules, a protest
committee shall consist of two meet officials and one competitor not involved in
the protest to be elected by the entrants.

Our protest committees consist of three pilots and an alternate
pilot. This has worked for years and is the same approach used overseas.

In Class B and Class C competitions, no additional flying contests
(spot landing, etc.) for the competition pilots shall be sponsored by the meet
organizers.

We have been doing spot landing contests for the last three years
on the last day of the Big Spring meets.

Radios for all pilots are strongly recommended and required when
an event involves cross country flying. When required, the pilot and meet
director shall have radios capable of transmitting on a common USHPA frequency
unless alternative frequencies are unanimously agreed by the meet director and
all participants.

We don't use these frequencies and this section contradicts the
earlier section on radios.

When towing, the pilot shall be equipped with a secondary means of
disconnecting the towline. At lease one method of completely releasing the
towline from the towing device shall be available.

We consider a weak link to be an adequate backup and secondary
release.