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<DIV>Nats a year away but I would put this into Next years notes right now!! On the web site if need be. Consequences for not keeping the commitment to your fellow pilots and NSRCA sponsor group. Frequencys should be posted early and Pilots should keep there commitment to judge. This is what makes the Nats work.</DIV>
<DIV>I agree with all of your statements. Ron makes a good point also yes we should reward the judge who is filling in for the no show on the judges line. The Nats reviews are all outstanding but we do need to look into this problem.A lot of work went into a great Nats. To bad a few pilots did not show respect for the simple rules posted early.</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 7/27/2005 10:49:25 AM Eastern Standard Time, gfowler@raytheon.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Ron</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Money does not matter, scores do. In the past, was it not work or lose your best round? THAT keeps people on their toes.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I also heard that some people coming to FAI and Masters did not submit TWO frequencies, creating matrix hassles. Same here- assign the matrix to make sense and if the person does not have his alternate frequency as was requested on the NATS entry form then he simply does not fly that round. The CD needs relief, and the contestants need the MOST fair matrix that can be had.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>No one, after getting ready for the NATS for months, and spending all the money it takes to get to Muncie and stay there 5 days can claim either a time constraint or money constraints for getting a second frequency. No excuse what so ever-according to Gray.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Does anyone in Master's or FAI who did not bring a second frequency care to post why they chose not to, creating these matrix hassles?</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR><BR><BR>Gray Fowler<BR>Principal Chemical Engineer<BR>Composites Engineering</FONT> <BR><BR><BR>
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<TD width="40%"><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><B>Ron Van Putte <vanputte@cox.net></B> </FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Sent by: discussion-request@nsrca.org</FONT>
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<TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Nats Judging Rebate</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR>
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<TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><FONT size=2><TT>Last week at the Nats, I had a talk with Nats event director, Dave <BR>Guerin about judging no-shows. On the very first morning, Dave had at <BR>least three no-shows (F3A pilots who were supposed to judge the Master <BR>class). You can imagine the frustration of trying to reschedule pilots <BR>to cover for them, not to mention the delay in getting the events <BR>started. This was not an isolated case. It happened over and over <BR>during the week. Some just forgot when they were supposed to judge. <BR>There were even some who were scheduled to judge on the third day, who <BR>decided to leave after two days and didn't tell anyone.<BR><BR>We discussed having a "$50 judging rebate". It would work like this: <BR>In addition to the normal entry fees, $50 would be collected. If a <BR>pilot showed up to perform his scheduled judging session, he'd get a <BR>$50 rebate. If a pilot didn't show up to perform his scheduled judging <BR>session, the replacement judge would get the $50. BTW, the normal <BR>stipend for pilots who perform extra judging sessions is $30. <BR>Comments?<BR><BR>Ron Van Putte<BR><BR>=================================================<BR>To access the email archives for this list, go to<BR>http://lists.f3a.us/pipermail/nsrca-discussion/<BR>To be removed from this list, go to http://www.nsrca.org/discussionA.htm<BR>and follow the instructions.<BR><BR>List members email returned for mailbox full will be removed from the list.<BR><BR></TT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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