On 8/18/2010 4:52 PM, mattm wrote:
On Aug 18, 3:26 pm, Tim wrote:
On Aug 18, 11:53 am, wrote:



On Aug 18, 10:57 am, Tim wrote:

On Aug 18, 8:47 am, wrote:

I hear they'll be in Logan, UT. Can anyone confirm the dates?

9B

Logan 15 Meter nationals - July 17th through July 28th, 2011

OK, so now I'm curious. How does the process work to set locations
and dates for contests in general, and National contests in
particular?
I understand that individual contest organizations have to bid to hold
a contest, and that Nationals are supposed to move back and forth
from "east" to "west" (with the central US counting for both), but
what's
the details? Who decides what goes in or out or when?

I'm mostly asking about US contests, but I'm curious how it works
elsewhere, too. For World contests I'm aware of the votes done at
the IGC.

Thanks,
-- Matt

Matt,

It depends on many factors:
1. Who is willing to host
2. History of the class; as you said east, west, central, etc.
3. SSA politics

I am still convinced that other than central locations the SSA should
have East and West Nationals. We still have a system that favors
those with large amounts of vacation and willingness to drive many
miles.

Here is the data I put together earlier this year for the last five
years. The average values show where the contests have been mostly
at. Ideal would be near 2.0. Look at the poor Open Class, I would
hate to own an Open Class bird and live in the east.

Location
Standard 15M 18M Open
Site E,C,W* Site E,C,W* Site E,C,W* Site E,C,W*
2005 Waynesville 1 Uvalde 2 Montague 3 Ephrata 3
2006 Uvalde 2 Montague 3 Hobbs 3 Hobbs 3
2007 Hobbs 3 Mifflin 1 Albert Lea 2 Albert Lea 2
2008 Cordele 1 Uvalde 2 Mifflin 1 Uvalde 2
2009 Montague 3 Cordele 1 Ephrata 3 Montague 3
2010 Hobbs 3 Uvalde 2 Waynesville 1 Hobbs 3

2.166666667 1.833333333 2.166666667 2.666666667

*East = 1, Central = 2, West = 3

Standard 15M 18M Open
2011 should be East West West or Central East!

Oh, ya, I've drawn that chart myself too. Mine was more of a
procedural
question -- is there a contest awarding committee someplace? I guess
to a large extent it's driven by whoever steps forward with proposals,
right?

Thanks,
-- Matt
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-Dave