Personally (i.e., not an official position), I view the Tiger and the Viper as good candidates for the same reason; because they are both slight outliers (Tiger due to design age, Viper due to weight), the selection of either would do little damage to the respective classes, yet still allow Olympic teams to compete in larger fleet events in addition to the Olympic Classes events. The B-side to that hit record is that the members of the F16 and F18 fleets would continue to get top-notch sailors at their events. We'll see what happens.

As far as the evaluation process goes, that is in motion now. Criteria will be established, boats will be submitted, and it appears there will be an on-the-water evaluation as before. First, the people that set the criteria will be selected - not sure exactly how that is going down, but that starts the ball rolling.