At the rule change meeting, while talking about the proposed changes to the Novice classes, the possibility of eliminating NGTO was very briefly discussed. The idea was (I believe) to encourage folks to start out smaller and work on their skills first.

The idea was shelved as 'too late for 2010 - people may already be getting their 1000 ready to race'. If the rule change meeting is too late to discuss this for the next season, where and when would it be appropriate to discuss for the season after next?

How about introducing a novice lightweight class, which could either be run in addition to the ngtu/o classes, or instead of ngto?

(And yes, I am aware that the board hasn't even met on the rule change suggestions for 2010... :lol: )