Some sites may find an insurance bite by running a contest without the
SSA sanction. In our case, our premises liability is not in effect
during any 'air meet'. A contest policy is something like $850 for
non-SSA sanctioned events, $550 for SSA sanctioned events. This
applies to just about every gaggling that might be an 'air meet' except
camps, which we're told are okay.

I personally think the greater impact will be on Sports class
participation when combined with the obviously higher costs of
competing next year. We have one club with 7 or 8 1-26's here in
Colorado in the club and private fleet and a few more dotted around the
state. No idea if anyone from Colorado is planning on competing in the
1-26 championships next year, but we have our state gathering coming up
next month and the question may come up. Thought an answer might be
nice to have.

Frank Whiteley