Hey John W. - I'm not sure where you guys are up to in your work on this issue but I wonder if I could offer a small suggestion... I think it would be good for the MHC to formally (and very politely of course) request that USSA (a) support the requests from YNZ and RYA for a reconsideration of the Olympic decision and (b) specifically seek that any subsequent vote by the ISAF Council be explicitly worded as a vote on the selection of events that most fully meet the Olympic event criteria defined in ISAF Regulation 16.1.5, not just "what events do you want to be in the Olympics". I believe the thing that has screwed up this whole situation is people voting based on their own narrow national interests, not in the interests of the sport or the Olympics. Even if it doesn't actually change the way people vote, at least they won't be able to get away with public statements about national interest like those we've seen in the past months from USSA and YNZ.