Bob is absolutely right,our job being on the Bylaws committee is to review the Bylaws and make a recommendation.We are very low on the totem pole.
Dan not really sure why you would want to air this issue out on this forum.Probably in your best interest is to discuss it with your Division chair.
Problem is - Dan doesn't have a "Division Chair". He doesn't own a Tiger anymore and he's not a 2009 member of the HCA.
This is an internal HCA policy decision which really only affects certain areas of the country, where there are Tiger one-design fleets as well as F18 fleets.
BTW, the language used by the Bylaws Committee - "three open class regattas per year" - is misleading. It's not carte blanche for a Division to have three open class events. An existing HCA event cannot use this policy to re-characterize their event as an "open" event to invite other classes.
It is a method for yacht clubs and other Organizing Authorities to invite Hobie Classes to their event and have the event count towards HCA rankings. The Charlotte Harbor Regatta is a perfect example of this, where the Hobie 16 Class has been invited to share a regatta with Flying Scots, Sunfish, Melges 24s, Viper 640s, Wetas and several other classes.
