Region 9 director Chip Garner is spearheading this effort.

-Tom

I and my colleagues in the Arizona Soaring Association fully supports
OLC and its challenge to the USA soaring community. From my
perspective, this includes SSA's support, as long as the latter doesn't
become an undue burden with unnecessary new rules, policing or
nannying.

OLC participation has already increased cross-country flying here in
Arizona. Our local FBO was amazed to see five gliders turn up on a
freezing November day this last weekend so that we could add a few
hundred more OLC points. (We had thermals to 7,500 feet on Saturday
and 8,500 feet Sunday, plus some wave).

The OLC is working, don't weigh it down with too many rules or too much
beaurocracy!

Scoring should be easy, transparent and accessible.

Mike