Contest Board Procedures

[Lance Van Nostrand]

This is truly amazing.  The technological leap to modern day seemed beyond
hope but now it is within reach.  After reveling in the relief of this
announcement for a few moments I'm already asking the next set of questions:
1. What are the new deadlines for the 2yr cycle?
2. How are rules changes made during the 2yr cycle such that they are posted
on the website?  I assume that approval of a rule change at any time makes
that rule effective immediately (when posted) and not deferred until the
next 2yr cycle,right?

--Lance

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 12:16 PM
Subject: Fwd: Contest Board Procedures


> John Fuqua, chairman of the R/C Aerobatics Contest Board, asked me to
> forward the following to the NSRCA Discussion List:
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > Subject: Contest Board Procedures
> >
> > On 5-6 Feb AMA convened a meeting of the Contest Board chairmen at AMA
> > HQ to
> > rewrite the Contest Board Procedures.  The revised procedures will
> > become
> > effective after the Executive Council approves them, probably at the
> > April
> > meeting.  I was presently surprised that moving back to a 2 year rules
> > cycle
> > was on everyone's agenda.  So beginning with the next cycle we are
> > back to a
> > 2 year cycle.  In another positive move, the Competition Regulations
> > (Rule
> > Book) will be placed on the AMA website and it will be the OFFICIAL
> > copy.
> > Printed copies will be available upon request but the official copy
> > will be
> > the website version and any changes during the cycle will be
> > immediately
> > posted to the website.  Another great improvement is that rules
> > proposals
> > will be posted on the website as soon as they are accepted.  This will
> > be
> > the ENTIRE proposal not a synopsis and everyone will have immediate
> > access.
> > As a result proposals will no longer be published in Model Aviation.
> > We
> > also addressed Board Member appointment and retention.  Realize that
> > Board
> > Member appointment is strictly at the discretion of the District Vice
> > President (DVP) per the AMA bylaws but the new procedures emphasize
> > that the
> > DVP should consult with the Special Interest Group(s) before
> > appointing a
> > new Board member.  We also included some criteria which could result in
> > removal of a Board Member due to poor performance or lack of activity.
> > Other changes were made relating mostly to administrative procedures
> > for the
> > Board.  All in all, this new document is a great improvement over the
> > old
> > one.
> >
> > John Fuqua
> > RC Aerobatics Contest Board Chairman
> >
> >
> >
>
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