We have been working on preparations for the introduction of the
SSA-OLC League here in the US. The list of SSA-OLC clubs has been
revised to eliminate duplicates and clubs with no members in the OLC
database. If you sign up as a competitor on the OLC and can't find your
club, you can still enter it from the competition entry page.

The OLC League does require that flights take off from their club's
designated "home" airport to be scored in the League competition (the
correct airport name must also be selected in the claim form). We have
entered home airports for most clubs in the OLC database, based on
available info. If you want to designate a different home airport for
the OLC League, or just want to check that we entered the correct one,
drop an email to olcatssadotorg for US clubs. You also need to send
us a note if you enter a new club because we still need to designate
the home airfield. If you recently sent a message to this email
address, and did not get a reply yet, please resend it.

We need to get the home airfields entered before the beginning of the
competition on April 29, since it is not possible to change the home
airfield during the competition. The requirement for one home airfield
per club is to keep distributed or traveling clubs from gaining an
advantage from flying wherever the weather is more favorable each week.


This means that existing OLC clubs may want to realign their membership
to participate in the OLC League. Clubs that fly from multiple
airfields may want to create separate OLC divisions for each airfield.
Members of distributed OLC clubs with no home airfield may want to
change their club membership, either temporarily or permanently. And
multiple clubs flying from one airport may want to combine into one to
maximize their scoring. You can change your personal club affiliation
as often as you like by editing your competitor profile on the OLC web
site. To modify existing clubs, you will need help from an
administrator, so send these requests to the olcatssadotorg address
for the US, or your OLC administrator for other countries.

The OLC League can be a great way to enhance interest in soaring in
your club, whether it is an offical SSA Chapter, or just a loose group
of weekend pilots that fly from a particular airport. All you need to
participate is a glider, an IGC approved logger, and a computer. No
special software is needed, but flight analysis programs like SeeYou
and StrePla will make claiming a little easier. Please be an advocate
for the OLC League at your club, and help others get involved!

For more info, see the links on the top bar of the SSA-OLC web page:

http://www.ssa.org/members/contestreports/OLC.htm