On Nov 12, 6:07*pm, wrote:
On Monday, November 12, 2012 5:14:37 PM UTC-5, Kevin Christner wrote:
Tim, Thanks for your thoughts. Am I the only one confused about why a higher performance LS-6 would be allowed in the "Club" class while the theoretically lower performance LS-8 is not? 2C

Read again the text of the description and note that it describes a handicap range.
All sailplanes withing that range would be permitted to fly in Club class.. This includes the LS-8.
Yes it appears you are confused, but not sure where confusion came from.
Cheers
UH

To clarify, the "club" class competition will include all sailplanes
below 0.899 (Ls6 / ventus abc) on the US handicap list. (Subject to
SSA BOD approval) as Hank said. This includes LS8/D2, V1 and all
ASW20s. It also extends arbitrarily to lower performance, so a KA6 is
welcome to come fly the "club" class.

The US team is still deciding what to do about team selection, which
is a separate issue. For the moment, they have made no change to the
rule that sailplanes must be on the US team club class list to qualify
for team selection points. This includes V1 and all ASW20s, but not
LS8/D2. It also has a lower limit, the KA6 is not on it. (see ssa,
racing, other resources, handicaps. Look for the "C" for club).The
team will announce a formal decision on this issue when they have made
it. Until they announce a change, the current rules are in effect, see
the ssa list.

The IGC maintains a separate list of what "club" means. This changes
from championship to championship. The current version does not
include the V1 or ASW20 b and c. This list has no bearing on US
contests at the moment.

In sum, there may be three definitions of "club" to watch: 1) who is
allowed to fly in the "club" portion of US sports/club class nationals
2) what gliders, flying in that contest, earn US team points 3) the
IGC "club" list for the upcoming world championships. They are all
different!

John Cochrane