Count me in Vlad. If there's anything that can be done for the online scene that would be great too.
Thanks Maz, yeah I'll be on GGPO most days, if I can everyday, there will be plenty of debate going on there

but I think it is important to keep practicing at the game as well.
And the final question, addressing the white elephant in the room -> ST vs HD:R <- How do we approach this.. the core ST players (like myself) might be hesitant to embrace HD:R because of the threat it poses to future core ST tournaments. I'm sure its a benign threat and maybe even paranoia.. but probably a good thing to address early on just in case.
Yeah I wouldn't worry too much about HDR posing a threat, we can have both going, but at this point HDR is the better option for big Tourney's.
Everybody knows how I feel on this topic, but if YSB had a serious representation for SF2 on a regular basis I'd probably participate. However I'm pretty inflexible about what I'd like to see. 
Dreamcast ST
OzHadou has 2 PS1/2 -> Dreamcast converters I'd be happy to place into the hands of the ST community for this exercise. We don't need Dreamcasts for tournaments any more so I'm happy to donate them to this cause.
Having said this I will neither endorse nor support ST on Dreamcast. My own Dreamcast crashes all the time and I can't see the value in replacing or repairing it. I have no interest being involved in a game that I cannot play at home.
Thank you, that is good news.
Yeah what I am thinking is that, because we have GGPO for Super Turbo, we all play online there for the most part, DC is the closest thing to the arcade port, without having all the hassles of a real Arcade Machine.
DC is easy for me to cart around from place to place, from state to state it's a small console, plug in and play,
but obviously the real big issue as Ziggy mentioned what happens if it breaks? (order one online, another second hand console), wait for it to arrive, but a supported system like a PS3, Xbox beaks?, well you can walk down the road and buy one of the street, or just another one, also the problem for Dreamcast is that the system has been dead for over a decade now, it's an unrealistic, the system breaks or crashes, basically the competition is off, people who traveled across Australia to participate, will suffer, the tournament will suffer the reputation, people will complain, it's just very unprofessional. I might be sounding like I am jumping to extremes here, but it's already started to happen.
The Supergun set up, I really appreciate the organizers efforts, you guys spent good money on the equipment, but for the community it doesn't work, it doesn't work for OHN, from the venue and the organizers point of view and the players, spectators, general public, it looks unprofessional, wires are hanging out, the soldering iron is being used, people are pulling their hair out, all these stresses that should never happen, the system is cutting out mid way through a game. This can be avoided, I am saying this because I care, I respect the organizers, Kyokugen, Jarop, Kisou, all the boys, much respect and props to you, and I know you mean well.
People were shaking their heads, and laughing, and it frustrates me because I know the boys worked hard to get it all going.
First up people need to understand there's no need for another "Remixed vs. Classic" debate. That's been done to death and since HDR offers both and neither is rubbish there's no reason to go on about this. If the majority want classic (which BTW is very close to Dreamcast, which in turn is very close to arcade ST) then so be it.
As vlade says, the reality is that HDR is commercially available on current hardware. It's reliable, it's accessible, it's affordable and it's commercially viable.
BINGO! yep, and I stand by that comment Ziggy has made as well, it's just more realistic approach, it is one of the reasons HDR was made as well, to make it accessible to the public, and for Tournaments as well, as far as I remember the last HDR comp at OHN also had by far the biggest turn out than recent years, I think 50+ from memory, plus the finals were displayed on the big screen as well, we had atmosphere, we also actually had a crowed watching us all, we had a lot of hype, which is something I have not seen at a SF2 comp in a long while, and it is disappointing and sad to see.
A tiny compromise is all that stands in the way for ST. I hope people are getting closer to making that compromise. We will see.
Yeah I have made that compromise already, I want to see HDR on the main stage again, it's where it belongs IMO, and I will run HDR next year at OHN, there will be people to help me out, so if this what it takes to made SF2 big again, so be it. Guys I am as big of a fan of ST than the next guy, I love the game, it's my favorite game, and I work hard at it, though I am also realistic as well.
The way I see, do we want to be stuck in the back corner behind the curtains, where nobody is cheering for us, or! do we want to be relevant?

I am trying to help the community here, for the long run, it's the only way we are going to stay alive I feel.
Best of luck to vlade for trying to make inroads here. I hope his efforts will not go unappreciated by the Australian ST players. 
Thank you, I will try my best

It's all up for debate here, I am voicing my opinion on the matter, we need to talk about this, work it out, we have to find a way, of course not everybody is going to be happy, but if we want the scene to be relevant, we need to be open minded and learn , constantly learning.