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If I were King, I'd leave the rules of IDPA pretty much the same as they are now. The Purpose section and most of the rules make sense to me, and the rules are working pretty darned well where clubs are trying to follow them.

I'd like to see the clarifications made here, on other forums, and questions to HQ to be clearly answerd in the new rule book. Then I'd like the verbage massaged by some of the technical writers that shoot IDPA. If the grammar and language were cleaned up I am sure there would be less questions. The organization and grouping of information that was done in 2005 should be maintained and improved for 2009.

I'd get rid of the Tac Reload and Reload with Retention terms and use "chamber loaded reload" instead. That way a lot of verbage could be 86'd simplifying the rulebook. There is a whole lot of TR and RWR verbiage in the rulebook and the glossary.

Then I'd swear all the ACs to secrecy and have them pre-review the rulebook before it goes public and make improvements. Each copy could be coded in such a way that any leaks could be tracked down to the AC that the copy was sent to. This may allow the rulebook to be released just one time instead of three times as in 2005, and maintain the integrity of the release process.

And I am looking forward to the new Multigun rules.

As for rule changes;
I'd personally put all the striker fired handguns into a single division, probably ESP since they clearly do not work like a typical double action gun with a long 8-10 lb first trigger pull. (Except CDP of course.) Maybe this would bring more true double action guns back to IDPA.

If the SSR powerfactor were changed to 120,000 that would be fine by me too. One ought to be able to buy off the shelf practice ammo that makes pf.

I'd change the rule so that threat targets are marked with a weapon and non-threat targets do not have to be marked. After all this is a sport about self-defense.

There is probably more, but that is all I remember for now. Thanks for listening,

Ken Reed