Dear Hang
Gliding Competition Pilot,
As a 2012
Competition Pilot, would you support an amendment to the
rules, and allow the points collected during the 2012 Santa
Cruz Flats National Championship to count towards the
selection process for the 2013 Hang Gliding World
Championship?
The USHPA
national team selection process is defined in Section 3.5 of
the USHPA Race-to-Goal Rulebook. For international meets
between October 1st and March 1st, the ranking for selecting
the team excludes results for meets within four months of
the international meet in question. This year, USHPA's
national championship event is the Santa Cruz Flats Race in
September; just two weeks short of the required four month
separation requirement.
The proposal
to request an exception to the four month separation
requirement could be beneficial for several reasons:
* It allows
the US team to be selected from a greater number of
sanctioned events.
* Results
from the US national championships should be included in
selecting a national team.
* The SCF
event would be the most recent event.
* The four
month exclusion rule was adopted to avoid creating a
hardship for pilots who need to plan and budget for
international competitions. Reducing this period by a couple
of weeks should not create a significant burden for those
involved.
Reasons to
deny the request might include:
* The
selection process shouldn't be changed once the season has
started.
* Pilots may
have planned to skip the Santa Cruz Flats event in order to
be able to attend the international event in January.
USHPA is
interested in your opinion on this issue and would like you
to support or reject the proposal by replying to:
http://ozreport.com/emailer.php?toName=Programs&code=50726s6772616q7320617420757368706120646s74206165726s. Your feedback will be compiled and
sent to the Competition Committee where they will make the
decision to file a formal request to amend the rule for this
year only. Only replies
received by Monday, August 6th will be considered in the
decision process.
Thanks,
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Jeff Mosher,
Program Manager
United States
Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association, Inc.
This is flying. This is freedom.
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