Well, the scuttlebutt is that the USOF BoD has added a chaise longue to the deck of the US Championship boat and has rearranged some furniture, in the form of adding an IOF-style Long race and leaving all of the other myriad championships intact. And some folks around here have been muttering that this ain't to their liking. So...
What do you do when you don't like something? You vote with yer feet, that's what. You don't show up. Of course, it's pretty dang-blang hard to not show up at an event that hasn't happened, and that hasn't even been scheduled. The new champs deal takes effect in 2010, and no club has bid on the two-day US Champs for 2010 yet. Well, if you really don't like two-day combined races, here's where the magic of Attackpoint lets you not show up way in advance.
Courtesy of Trailbusters OC, I've "added" the
2010 Champs to the calendar. Not planning on going? Go right ahead and say so. SIgn yerself up as "No, I ain't going". Nothing will sink a potential bid faster than a list of prominent folks who have said in advance that they won't go, no matter where it's held, and then maybe the whole two-day champs concept will be dead. On the other hand, if you are interested, then indicate that. If it looks like there's widespread interest, maybe some club will step up and offer to host the event. Think this straw poll is a bad idea? Then don't vote. And go right ahead and call me a jerk and a troublemaker. I've been called worse.
(And you furriners stay out of it. Canadians are OK, but if you live in Oz, we know you ain't coming anyhow, so just stick your vote in your billabong.)