The resolution just past the AF&GA Conference in Feb. and I wonder if the AF&GA has had time to present their resolutions (recomendations or requests) to SRD yet. Did the person you talked to say that they were aware of the resolution or were you just discussing the idea?

" Fair" is diffrent things to diffrent people. Some think the whole priority system is not " fair" . With the old system of a lottery draw everyone applying had an equal chance of being draw. One fellow might apply for several years and never get drawn while his buddy could possibly get drawn every year. (I don' t think this happened as often as one heard stories of it happening) In the prioriyt system you can be sure you WILL get a permit eventually in a certian number of years but you are also sure you WILL NOT get a permit for a certian number of years first.

The goat draw does not use the priority system.

The unassigned permits give an opportunity for someone who is watching the system and ready on the phone to get a chance at a permit they may otherwise not have a chance at for several years.

Robin