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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Eric:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>WHAT GOT YOU SO UPSET?? I did not direct this
at you, and you should not be so sensitive to think that this was about
you! It was about the policy of your boss, not you. You have always
been a supporter of pattern and your columns show that. They have been
informative and well written. You have done a great job with it.
That is not the issue here. You should be the one upset at AMA for not
contacting you to ask YOU to cover it for them! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The F3A Team is the AMA representitive team, and
should be supported by the AMA Magazine, IMHO. To make a blanket statement
that it was not important enough is kinda hard for me to take!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So, before you draw a line in the sand, make sure
you know who your supporters are, because I am one of them!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My comment was a factual statement that was made to
Bob Noll by Model Aviation editor Bob Hunt. Bob Noll was on the way
to the F3A Team Selection contest to be a judge. Bob Noll told Ron Van
Putte that "it is not important enough to cover in Model Aviation."
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<DIV>Tony Stillman<BR>Radio South<BR>3702 N. Pace Blvd.<BR>Pensacola, FL
32505<BR>1-800-962-7802<BR><A
href="http://www.radiosouthrc.com">www.radiosouthrc.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Eric.Henderson@gartner.com
href="mailto:Eric.Henderson@gartner.com">Henderson,Eric</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>Cc:</B> <A title=eric.henderson@comcast.net
href="mailto:eric.henderson@comcast.net">eric.henderson@comcast.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 17, 2003 11:34
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Team Trials</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=108132215-17062003><FONT face=Arial>Ref "</FONT><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>AMA didn't even think it important enough to cover
in<SPAN class=108132215-17062003> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Model Aviation...</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tony
Stillman"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=108132215-17062003><FONT face=Arial>I would be surprised if
any of you did not know that I was at my number-1 son's wedding this
weekend. My son scheduled this event not knowing when the team trails would be
held. If not for the wedding I would have been there working in the judging
"chair", camera in hand.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=108132215-17062003><FONT face=Arial>The above remark caused
me pain. Anyone who has been in pattern for more than two years will know
how much I did for the USA team before they went to Ireland, including
donating my column fee. Also I covered the event at my own expense. (There are
no expenses or free lunches for columnists from the AMA/MA or the
NSRCA).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=108132215-17062003><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=108132215-17062003><FONT face=Arial>For the record - This
year, not one person has contacted me in my capacity as the precision
aerobatics columnist for the purpose of any team trials coverage. No one
has sent me any information, pilot lists, equipment or photos. I would
willingly have promoted the event and caused as much hype as I could
generate.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=108132215-17062003><FONT face=Arial>And yet here we are with
an all too familiar tactic of putting the blame of disinterest on
the amorphous AMA and/or MA, and by association even myself! We are actually
accused of paying no attention to the team trials. <EM>[This is certainly can
not readily be seen as a good will gesture. All it did was offend and look
like an poor attempt to cast a bad light in an open
forum.]</EM></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=108132215-17062003><FONT face=Arial>MA does not have a policy
to cover anything competitive other than the Nationals. (I guess that there
has to be room for other magazines to cover events as well). I know that they
may not even cover world championships in the future. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=108132215-17062003><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=108132215-17062003>This leaves it up to all
of the columnists to do the job in their 1500 words or so every two months.
Bob Hunt encourages me to design my own content and style. I can and
would include team trial synopses. I would just love to have the input,
especially if contacted in advance of my due dates.</SPAN> <SPAN
class=108132215-17062003>There is no embargo on competition information
content within a column.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=108132215-17062003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=108132215-17062003><FONT face=Arial>In my column, by design,
I cover the issues and items that might excite and attract new pattern pilots.
If you want more tech and deep stuff I immediately point you at the NSRCA and
the K-Factor. Looking at it from an AMA editors point of view you can see that
the NSRCA will have it , (team trials etc) covered and that it is really a SIG
item and a segment of that SIG - FAI class etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=108132215-17062003><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=108132215-17062003><FONT face=Arial>Open request to Tony, et
al. - I would request that you contact me direct if you want any coverage or
support. I know that you normally have more wisdom and tact than your
note displayed and it was probably a quickly dashed "reply". However, nobody,
least of all a dedicated columnist, likes to be "set up". <STRONG>Please make
it easy for me to maintain my positive attitude and approach to pattern and
the NSRCA.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=108132215-17062003><FONT
face=Arial><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=108132215-17062003><FONT
face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=108132215-17062003><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=108132215-17062003>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Eric Henderson<BR>AMA District-2 AVP - South
Jersey<BR>Columnist - Model Aviation<BR>Precision
Aerobatics.<BR></FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> discussion-request@nsrca.org
[mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Patternrules@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 17, 2003 11:06
AM<BR><B>To:</B> discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Team
Trials<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B>That's sad Tony, hopefully Eric will do something
in his column.<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
face="Arial Baltic" color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><I>Steve
Maxwell</B></I></FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>