Mark, you're getting ahead of yourself a bit. There are no motions before the Council Please don't give folks the impression that there are.
Yes... my bad... I misspoke. The issue is on the agenda.
Something like what I suggest could be proposed, discussed and voted on at the meeting (per the council rules).
More importantly... there is no reason to dissect the issues with Portsmouth and make judgments at the MHC level as if we needed to bash ONE rating system so that we could move to a non existent US measurement system.
As Jack notes, we would like both the OPTION of using a complete NA measurement rating and the SANCTION/ AUTHORIZATION for the measurement by USSA and the MHC.
I really think it's important to have a single national authority in charge... For CRAC the decision to move from Herb Malm's NAMSA ratings (which worked well) to USSA Portsmouth was in large part driven by the national credibility of US Sailing and the club's willingness to go with the flow so to speak. I understand other clubs had huge issues with the change of the rating system.
Everyone should keep in mind that PHRF and IRC coexist in North America. ISAF and RYA Portsmouth coexist in Great Britan..... There is no reason why Portsmouth and a Measurement rating can't coexist in North America as well.
Many of the important big boat regattas on the Chesapeake will score a boat in PHRF and alias their time for scoring in IRC of the same race. The Gunners focus on the IRC result... the Corinthians like their normal PHRF result and the OA keeps everyone happy.
I would hope that any issues that are raised with the MHC council about Portsmouth were first raised with Darline and the Portsmouth Committee. I know I have raised most of these issues with Darline over the past several years.