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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Verne:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Very well said. Hope your flyin' is as good
as your typin' this weekend......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Looking forward to seeing you.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill</FONT></DIV>
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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=verne@twmi.rr.com href="mailto:verne@twmi.rr.com">Verne Koester</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, June 09, 2005 11:12
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [SPAM] Re: New
Sequences</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>There are rules proposals in the survey that cover your
situation. Many of them make a lot of sense, at least to me. You can find them
as well as the proposed schedules on the NSRCA site. It's a little tricky, but
we have to deal with the fact that there are a lot of guys who just love to
fly pattern, support our contests and are our friends that won't make it to
the top. The reasons can be job/family demands, financial, skill or
deteriorating skill with age, or any number of other factors. The trick is to
adopt rules that accommodate those things while still preventing the
trophy hog from laying around in a class year after year. Some of the
proposals address those things and merit all of our attention. If we ignore
them, we'll find our already-shrinking local contests reduced to a
"why-bother" level.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Verne</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=amad2terry@juno.com href="mailto:amad2terry@juno.com">Terry
Terrenoire</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=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 09, 2005 6:37
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [SPAM] Re: New
Sequences</DIV>
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<DIV>Just another comment. Keep in mind that I have not seen the new
sequence yet.</DIV>
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<DIV>I have been flying Advance since 1989, before turnaround. I don't
believe I have won a contest in that time, and have had only a couple of
2nds. Right now, I am looking at the jump to Masters as being too big for
me. I have learned to handle the current schedule, maybe not as smoothly as
most, but I can get thru the sequence without embarresing myself.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>If the new sequence is "easier", I can see myself in a position where I
could be winning some contests, and would be forced out of the class, again
with a much bigger leap to a class I feel is already beyond my abilities.
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<DIV>At my age, learning new tricks, when the old have not been perfected,
may just push some of us in similar situations completely out of the
mix.</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry T.</DIV>
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<DIV>On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 21:40:24 -0700 (PDT) Rodney Tanner <<A
href="mailto:rodney19821982@yahoo.com">rodney19821982@yahoo.com</A>>
writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>Bill, Mike: </DIV>
<DIV>I see the argument for a smoother transition between 402 and 403 and
in the context of the overall progression through the classes it is
probably a valid one, especially for the Intermediate guy coming up.
Personally, though, I am glad for the leap I am going through
in the current 403 - Advanced and canīt wait to go up to Masters,
which I now see as more of a logical step up, rather than the big,
intentional, leap it will be in the future. </DIV>
<DIV>Good job guys.</DIV>
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<DIV>Rodney <BR><BR><B><I>Mike Hester
<kerlock@comcast.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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Bill said.<BR><BR>We had 2 choices to smooth out that huge leap between
402 and 403: make 402 <BR>tougher or make 403 slightly easier. The
overwhelming majority was against <BR>making 402 any tougher, so we went
this way. Like Bill said, look at the <BR>schedules in relation to each
other and consider that carefully before <BR>anyone votes on them. There
are a couple of ways we could end up with a <BR>worse problem than we
currently have. My hope is everyone will put a lot of <BR>thought into
their choices. I'm reminded of teh old knight at the end of <BR>Indiana
Jones and the Last Crusade....."choose wisely". Look what happened
<BR>to the guy that picked the wrong one. Eek.<BR><BR>-Mike<BR>-----
Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Bill Pritchett"
<PHELPS15@COMCAST.NET><BR>To: <DISCUSSION@NSRCA.ORG><BR>Sent: Wednesday,
June 08, 2005 8:03 PM<BR>Subject: New Sequences<BR><BR><BR>>
Rodney:<BR>> Both proposed Advanced schedules are "easier" than the
current Advanced <BR>> schedule. This was one of the criteria that we
worked with, based upon <BR>> overwhelming opinion that the jump to
Advanced is currently too much. I <BR>> like both schedules (not
because I'm on the committee...hehe), but what <BR>> this WILL do is
make the jump to Masters much bigger for the guys that <BR>> will
come through these schedules. I am sort of a victim of having made
<BR>> the current jump, and now that I've made it, felt that I could
objectively <BR>> help others coming up in seasons to come not deal
with some of the issues <BR>> current Advanced flyers have had to
handle. Our current schedule calls <BR>> for 10 maneuvers prior to a
cross box turnaround. Although there is <BR>> discussion on the list
right now about being on that "line", and a cross <BR>> box being a
bother, let's face it, most Advanced flyers need to adjust <BR>>
in/out earlier than 10 maneuvers in. Lots of thought and discussion went
<BR>> into these, and I'm sure that everyone on the committee hopes
that the <BR>> NSRCA membership takes a deep collective breath before
making any <BR>> judgments. One thing we all tried to do is make it
more even in jumps <BR>> between classes, up to Masters. We all
seemed to agree that Masters <BR>> should be the "big" jump, and a
jump that provides a class of <BR>> "Destination" for some, and FAI
prep for others. I hope that you, and <BR>> others, will look at the
proposed Advanced schedule as a part of the <BR>> whole, and not a
direct comparison to the present.<BR>> Thanks<BR>>
Bill<BR>><BR>><BR>> Bill Pritchett<BR>>
765-744-9322<BR>><BR>>
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