AMA Magazine Article - the paragraph

[Mike Hester]

Larry,

I wouldn't get that stressed over it. Don't get me wrong, it hit me the
wrong way too, but it's best to let it slide. If people want to know what
pattern is all about, they aren't usually looking in the Scale Aerobatics
column of MA. The problem is there's really no way to respond to it without
looking bad ourselves. It was an irresponsible statement on his part, and
maybe he indeed had a bad experience. We can't change that.

What we can do is be sure when those new faces show up at the contests, we
try to make a good impression, or at least try to keep from making a bad
one. For one thing, we're usually at someone else's club to begin with, and
we're the guests. In D3, we need to just keep on keepin on, we're doing a
good job from what I see.

Sorry I missed meeting you at the contest last weekend, I was there (the
really BIG guy). I hope you enjoyed yourself, and I hope to meet you next
season!

-Mike Hester

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Diamond" <jed241 at email.msn.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: AMA Magazine Article - the paragraph


> Mike, I will second that...I have attended  couple contest in California
in
> the mid 80's when I first got the bug. This is from someone that carried
> that bug since and just now starting to get involved. I have attended a
> couple contest in D4 and most recently the D3 Championship contest.
>
> At the D3 Contest this past weekend, I learned what pattern was all about.
I
> showed up and only knew one person that I met only once before. He
> introduced me to Mike Dunphy and I met many others at the contest. This
was
> a class act and sets the standard of how a contest should run. Everyone
was
> very helpful and offered there help with any questions or problems I might
> run into. Makes me wonder where the EGO problems are. I haven't seen
> them -ever-!!! Only negative vibes came from an IMACer....
>
> To be fair to Mike Hurley, I propose that Eric or an Officer of the NSRCA
> confront him with the voice of the NSRCA and request an explanation for
the
> article. I feel that a retraction or an apology is in order. I also
> recommend articles in Pattern columns with positive comments with out
> blasting at IMAC. We need to rise above it and press on....
>
> Larry


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