<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Larry:<BR><BR>You are EXACTLY correct!! The bottom
line is most just want to compete. They really don't care what the rules
are, as long as they apply to everyone equally. They figure the "voting
stiffs" will handle that for them. Just let them get to the contest and
compete. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Local clubs percentages you show are "real life".
That's where we are. You know it's bad when the National news reports an
"overwhelming turnout of voters" when it is in the 40% range! Our country
is full of the "Silent Majority". So, let those that want to speak out
lead!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Tony Stillman<BR>Radio South, Inc.<BR>3702 N. Pace Blvd.<BR>Pensacola, Fl
32505<BR><A
href="http://www.radiosouthrc.com">www.radiosouthrc.com</A><BR>800-962-7802</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jed241@email.msn.com href="mailto:jed241@email.msn.com">Larry
Diamond</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 17, 2002 9:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Weight is not the
issue!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The NSRCA is no different than our
local club (I suspect most clubs). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Break down of
activities:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>1) We have 40 paid
members.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>2) 50% will fly one time per month
or less</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>3) About 10 people fly more than
twice per month</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>4) About 10 to 12 members attend
our quarterly meetings</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>5) About 5 actually lead the
activities.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>In summary, 25% of the members
decide the destiny of the club. The rest follow and only care to fly when they
want.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Larry</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=buddybrammer35@hotmail.com
href="mailto:buddybrammer35@hotmail.com">Buddy Brammer</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 17, 2002 8:49
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Weight is not the
issue!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<P>If the intrest is such that we only have 20% of those flying pattern
who vote then how in the world are we going to get those outside of pattern
to try it? As I said before it is up to those in pattern to use every means
possible to maintain the intrest of those already flying pattern.</P>
<P>An 80% vote on important issues would indicate to me that pattern is
alive and well. First of all I believe that most of the people who did
not vote failed to vote for reasons other than lack of intrest.
What are they? Every one is trying to figure out why new people are not
stepping up to try pattern when it looks to me we need to search out our
internal problems and make an effort to solve them. If I dont care and you
dont care then who does? </P>
<P>Just searching for answers. Is anyone even interested?</P>
<P>Buddy <BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>From: WHIP23@aol.com
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: discussion@nsrca.org
<DIV></DIV>>To: discussion@nsrca.org
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: Weight is not the issue!
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 18:45:26 EST
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>In a message dated 11/17/02 8:51:26 AM Pacific Standard Time,
<DIV></DIV>>buddybrammer35@hotmail.com writes:
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > In relation to my and Tom's previous post, I am of the
belief and am sure
<DIV></DIV>> > that everyone would like to see a majority of our
members express their
<DIV></DIV>> > position on rules change issues. With that in mind I
believe that NSRCA
<DIV></DIV>> > should devise a plan that might improve voter response
to the issues. This
<DIV></DIV>> > could possibly be accomplished by having a district
repersentative assigned
<DIV></DIV>> > to get out the vote and having that repersentative
assign local people to
<DIV></DIV>> > try to get each member that is assigned to him to vote.
everyone will
<DIV></DIV>> > benefit if we could achieve a majority concensus from
the entire
<DIV></DIV>> > membership. we go to great length's to define the
changes required which
<DIV></DIV>> > should be considered but I think we could do more in
the area of getting
<DIV></DIV>> > more people to vote.
<DIV></DIV>> > This will minimize the on going discussion of the so
called dead horse
<DIV></DIV>> > issues. Many people are not comfortable when 20% of the
whole are making
<DIV></DIV>> > the decissions, because no matter why the 80% did not
vote it cannot be
<DIV></DIV>> > deturmined what the and majority concinsus is.
<DIV></DIV>> > NSRCA is for the members by the members and if the real
reason that 80%
<DIV></DIV>> > did not vote is that they were just not interested then
this indicates to
<DIV></DIV>> > me that our membership will continue to decline. I
really don't think that
<DIV></DIV>> > is the case, So what can we do to improve the
situitation?
<DIV></DIV>> > Buddy
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Boy this is going to get me flamed, but the vote was taken,
all NSRCA members
<DIV></DIV>>had a chance to vote, if some don't care enough to vote then
why should we
<DIV></DIV>>care about what they think of the results of the vote? We
can't get enough
<DIV></DIV>>"volunteer labor" to do what needs to be done, why waste time
trying to get
<DIV></DIV>>people to vote who are not interested enough to do so on
their own. There
<DIV></DIV>>are a few who make this thing (NSRCA) go, we don't need to
waste their time
<DIV></DIV>>holding the hands of those who CHOSE not to vote. If you
don't vote, you
<DIV></DIV>>agree, by default, to let those who do vote make the
decisions for you, it's
<DIV></DIV>>that simple.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Flame on
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Bob
<DIV></DIV></DIV><BR clear=all>
<HR>
Help STOP SPAM with <A href="http://g.msn.com/8HMKEN/2016">the new MSN 8
</A>and get 2 months FREE* </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>