<DIV>To me, the biggest part of this is what each of us fly for? To compete, to win, to win a district championship, to have fun, to get away from town, etc etc.</DIV>
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<DIV>In the early 90's I moved from then Sportsman to advanced in June. Some of my competing brethern thought I was crazy for moving up in the middle of the year because it destroyed my DC chances in either. To them, the DC was a huge thing, they strived for. To me, I wanted to fly a new sequence and move up the ladder. Neither of us is wrong, just different mind sets.</DIV>
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<DIV>I think the ability to choose, and make that choice by a timeline, in Jan in future years is a good idea. Dist 6 is extremely HUGE, and is really a good motivator for those interested in challenging for the yearly awards. I really don't see any down side to it.</DIV>
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<DIV>If someone chooses a different District than their physical location, they probably weren't attending many of the contests in that District anyway(case in D6). $$ and time will let them attend contests that are closest. </DIV>
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<DIV>Overall, this may help to increase some contests attendance also. </DIV>
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<DIV>Ed<BR><BR><B><I>Grow Pattern <pattern4u@comcast.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The NSRCA board voted in a change to allow pilots who live on district borders or who compete more in the "other" district, to register in that district for district championship purposes. This year you can do it up to the end of July.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tried the option, just for grins, and immediately got a bit of ribbing from my current district D-1 and my foster home district D-2.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In my case, I know that I am not going to terrify Don Szczur (flying FAI) when he finds out that I am now a rival as opposed to a visitor in VA.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It did get me to ponder how well the ability to change districts is going to work. There are districts who would lose pilots and not gain any and vice versa.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At a higher level, does it really matter if you live or are registered in a district. Should it be more important that you show up, pay your entry fee and fly???</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Not want to incite word-war, but I really am interested in how it will pan out and what people think about it? We are giving it a try but should also inspect the results for next year.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Eric.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>