Just something to understand here...
For example, say NESBA wants VIR for March 15/16th weekend.
VIR won't respond to NESBA until it has heard from some of the bigger names and some of the bigger events and some of other orgs that may bring in more $$$ for them. Bigger fish get first dibs!!
Once all the major contracts are sorted...they'll then let us have some other open weekends.
Or else it will lead to unnecessary back and forth and moving dates.
Then everyone will have a heart attack about how March 15/16th was posted and is now cancelled. then there will be another colorful thread here.
so...the schedule cannot be finalized immediately Jan 1st 2014.
that's just how I understand it.