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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Hi
Brian, ol ex-editor. Good to have you back hassling us on the List.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Let’s see, Membership: I think I hit most things in my
two previous sets of answers. Probably all the standard reasons, with some
“Political” ones also. We have to eliminate those, and concentrate on making
NSRCA provide good, legitimate reasons to join. We will have to work on both
getting new blood, and wooing back those that have left, for reasons we can
resolve. This needs some serious study, and objective evaluation to really find
the realistic, and best path You know the K Factor used to be one of the largest
reasons, and I think some things Tony has done will help, plus getting it back
to better than it was when we used to wait at the mail box, and complain about
it being a day late.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Finances: I have not been privy to much in that area.
Probably Derik is the best source for what the history is. He indicated we had
problems in 1998/1999, and whatever they were, were resolved. Also he indicated
that we were operating at a yearly loss, and essentially living off our past
Bank account. We have to get that fixed. According to Maureen’s input, we are a
non-profit organization, and if <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida</st1:place></st1:State> laws are the same as
<st1:State><st1:place>Alabama</st1:place></st1:State> laws, should not carry
much over from year to year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
recognize that two of our major resource generators, K-Factor and Membership,
have gone down, and I have addressed how I would work on both those
areas.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">AMA:
As far as I know, I have a great relationship with the personnel at AMA. I have
spent time with several of their VP’s, mostly discussing day to day things. I
have not had any reason to hob nob with them, but all my contacts and interfaces
have been very satisfactory. Spent most time working on memberships and Club
related activities as Club President. Lately a lot of time with the Insurance,
and Legal side related to our Field.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Geography Issue: Moving the RC Pattern portion of the
NATS around to “share the travel wealth” sounds great on the surface. It could
be doable, if we have a good comprehensive plan to present to AMA. They have the
hammer, and we will need to show tangible benefits for them. E.G., they would
have more slack days, probably less effort, and expenses, etc. The computers
they use, we donated to NSRCA, and NSRCA owns the scanners, so they are
available. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It needs to be looked at
in detail, and I plan to get some people together, “Committee,” to dig into all
the pro’s and con’s and report back what they found, and recommend. All those
things we take for granted at <st1:City><st1:place>Muncie</st1:place></st1:City>
will have to be found, funded, and organized locally. I think the best place for
this Committee to start is by setting down with those involved in putting on the
W C in <st1:State><st1:place>Florida</st1:place></st1:State>, and extracting all
the information relevant to holding our NATS at some other location. Then we can
provide that info to the Membership so they can make an informed judgment about
whether they want to go forward to AMA or not. Being located in the middle, it’s
great for me, but I do sympathize with those on both ends, and “have trailer
will travel,” if that is what the Membership wants, and we sell.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Lamar Blair </FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">NSRCA 475</FONT></P>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Wincons@aol.com href="mailto:Wincons@aol.com">Wincons@aol.com</A>
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<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> Thursday, December 16, 2004 8:27
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Lamar's Answers to
Troy</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 12/16/2004 12:30:42 PM Central Standard Time, <A
href="mailto:rcaerobob@cox.net">rcaerobob@cox.net</A> writes:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f5f4b8" face=Arial color=#000000
size=2>Nope. Those are my questions. Troy's was the next
day.<BR><BR>BOb P.<BR>> <BR>> From: Tom Simes <<A
href="mailto:nsrca@shinymetalass.com">nsrca@shinymetalass.com</A>><BR>>
Date: 2004/12/16 Thu AM 11:19:05 EST<BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A><BR>> Subject:
Re: Lamar's Answers to Troy<BR>> <BR>> On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:12:50
-0800<BR>> Chris Larson <csl@direcway.com> wrote:<BR>> <BR>>
> Hey All-<BR>> > Maybe I missed it, but did Lamar answer Troy's
questions? If someone<BR>> > could repost, or e-mail me offline
that would be great. We're still<BR>> > waiting for our ballots
here on the "Left Coast", but I'm sure they'll<BR>> > be here any day.
Thanks,<BR>> <BR>> I believe this is Lamar's reply:<BR>> <BR>>
http://lists.f3a.us/pipermail/nsrca-discussion/2004-December/024914.html<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>Hey guys, long time no type....... I'm still on the road back to being
active again. Getting back into the list again; saw these posts
pertaining to the election. Got a question or two, myself, for both
candidates:</DIV>
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<DIV> Both: What do you think
caused the fall off of membership? Also, Derek, great job getting the
finances squared away..... any insights as to what happened, and how we can
avoid future problems? Lamar, what kind of relationships do you have
with AMA personnel? Both: How do we deal with the geography issue;
particularly, having the NATS in Muncie every year, and it being such a long
hike for those on the west coast? Me, I live about midway from either
coast, but in California or North Carolina, this is a thorny question.
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<DIV>Brian Clemmons, your ex- K Factor Editor
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