I represent the US on the Commission. There was discussion that the meeting would be less formal with a light agenda this early in the quadrennium. I passed along the US input on issues to Paul after participating in the ISAF Delegation conference call. On the call, we reviewed all the submissions on the table and developed the US position on each. I passed along to Paul that the US still supported the 5/5 approach, as well as the idea of selecting Events and equipment for multiple Games. There are whispers that 5/5 is losing traction against pressure from the dinghy lobby - I don't see that reflected in Carolijn's summary.

Also, there were separate reports supporting Carolijn's statement that the decisions on Events could be moved up from November 2011 to November 2010. This would mean we'll need to greatly move up our lobbying efforts, whatever they may be.

Travel to the meeting in Korea priced out very high, as you can imagine. The US Delegation was pretty small. In the end, with a light agenda for the Commission and a commitment to RC at the HavaMega, I opted to pass along the US position to the Chair and not go to the meeting. I will be attending the Mid-year meeting in Hungary and the Annual meeting in Greece, as there will be a lot happening for multihulls in 2010.