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<DIV><SPAN class=791450217-27102002><FONT face=verdana>Tom, you have a point
about the "just plain tired." In our club, one of the most frequent excuses is
the level of commitment required-- time, equipment and money. Its not true
in district 8, since you can easily be competitive in Sportsman with a 4
star or Tiger 60, a minimum of practice and attendance of two or three meets.
But its the impression it takes a lot of time, equipment and
money that we are fighting. In reality, the District 8 Sportsman
Champion flew a fun-fly Wonder for 3 of the 4 meets he attended. The
District 8 Intermediate Champ flew a 20+ year old Hippo Tippo. Neither
practiced more than once a week. Somehow, we got to turn this lore that it takes
a $2k airplane and abondoning the family to fly
pattern.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><SPAN class=791450217-27102002> </SPAN>-----Original
Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> discussion-request@nsrca.org
[mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Thomas C.
Weedon<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 27, 2002 1:10 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: bureaucratic
organization!<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV><SPAN class=130450009-27102002><FONT face=verdana>Just a few comments in
responce to the questions concerning Pattern Drop Outs. One reason not
mentioned is, "Just plain tired". Tired of trudging hundreds of miles every
other weekend, coming home late on Sunday nights and having to get up early
Monday morning an fighting yourself back to work, tired of coming home from
work most every night, skipping dinner, packing up the plane and heading to
the field for practice, tired of meeting deadlines, tired of .... (you name
it). Our hobby has a way of wearing some people down. I guess that's why I
look foreward to winter up here in the North county. I can then spend some
time on my other hobbies. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=130450009-27102002><FONT face=verdana>Now, for the lighter
side, we are seeing a resurgance in Pattern activity up here in D4. Our latest
problem, "Too Many Contests". That's great!!!! So, Pattern will have a
great future, long after I'm gone, and that makes me feel satisfied. How about
you all?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=130450009-27102002><FONT face=verdana>Tom</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
discussion-request@nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Bill Glaze<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 26, 2002 12:58
PM<BR><B>To:</B> discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: bureaucratic
organization!<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Certainly not original thinking on my
part, but identifying similar organizations who are having current success
in the areas we want to increase, would be a good way to start. Polls
are interesting and useful, and sometimes indicative, but in many cases it
is difficult to really pinpoint the truth. Problem is, analysis of
information obtained. <BR>Some respondees themselves may not be able to
answer the question of why they dropped out; another difficulty is that
there probably could be 1,000 different answers from 1,000 different people.
<BR>I was favorably impressed by the K-Factor poll I received; it at least
recognizes there is, in fact, a problem. I feel it was very well done.
<BR>Bob's idea of a poll is a good start; at least it isn't addressing the
choir, it is addressing former choir members to find out why they quit, and
addressing other members of the congregation to find out why they haven't
joined the choir. <BR>I have doubts about the number of responses; I
certainly hope they are many. That in itself will be interesting.
<P>Bill Glaze
<P>John Ferrell wrote:
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<FONT face=Arial>You have defined the problem in usable
terms.</FONT> <FONT face=Arial><B>If </B>growth is a good
thing</FONT><FONT face=Arial><B>Then</B> identify the popular direction
and pursue it</FONT><FONT face=Arial><B>Else</B> the future is random or
essetially adrift.</FONT> <FONT face=Arial>Since the potential
subject base is not inclined to respond well to surveys</FONT><FONT
face=Arial>gathering the necessary input will be tedious.</FONT> John
Ferrell <BR>6241 Phillippi Rd <BR>Julian NC 27283 <BR>Phone: (336)685-9606
<BR>Dixie Competition Products <BR>NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW <BR>"My
Competition is Not My
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