2011 15M Nationals

On Aug 18, 7:59*pm, ZL wrote:
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

On the SSA page under Sailplane Racing | Other Resources | Site Selection

http://www.ssa.org/myhome.asp?mbr=4186670184

Log in and you can see who the committee members are.

-Dave

Thanks, that's the pointer I was looking for.

-- Matt