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<DIV>In a message dated 7/9/2005 6:33:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
vanputte@cox.net writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fdecb0" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I had heard,
from a <BR>reliable source, that the F3A Team auction was to be prevented from
<BR>being conducted at the NSRCA meeting, because no competition was wanted
<BR>with the Nats auction. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>It would be interesting to know who the "reliable source" is.... I am
closely working with Eric Henderson, who is in charge of setting up the banquet,
and haven't heard any of this. Most people know that Eric and I are
good friends, and it's a friendship built upon mutual trust. (One of the perks
of being in this hobby!) In actuality, we are planning to run the two
events more or less as one. We will announce which items are for the FAI
Team and which are NSRCA items, but it will all happen together, couldn't be
done with more cooperation if we tried! So, now you've heard it directly
from the source. </DIV>
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<DIV>Brian Clemmons</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>