AMA Magazine Article - the paragraph

[HSTMatt at sbcglobal.net]

In my opinion, it really does not matter if it would be prevalent and true
today if it is not published.

I saw the article and as a 'new pattern guy' I was left with a negative
impression because I saw it in print in our national publication. I'm sure
that many will maintain that negative impression until they read otherwise
in the same forum.

Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Henderson,Eric" <eric.henderson at gartner.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 4:50 PM
Subject: RE: AMA Magazine Article - the paragraph


> As a columnist, I believe that Mike would be in more trouble if he edited
> the truth out of a statement.
>
> From where I sit, That was then - bigger question is, would what happened
be
> prevalent and would it be true today..
>
> Eric.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Van - E-Mail LIST [mailto:extra330 at tampabay.rr.com]
> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 5:44 PM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: Re: AMA Magazine Article - the paragraph
>
>
> From the Article - Radio Control Scale Aerobatics - Page 125, November
2002
>
> " About seven or eight years ago I looked into flying in Pattern
> competition. I went to a couple of meets in my area and found the
> competitors to be very secretive and standoffish. Nobody wanted to help. I
> felt like nobody wanted me there and nobody wanted to talk to me. Needless
> to say, I stayed away from competition for a long time because of that
> experience "
>
> From a personal perspective, I don't think that Mike was throwing any
darts
> at Pattern. He asked this fellow how he got involved in IMAC, and he
related
> his experience to going into IMAC.  I can fully believe that he went to a
> Pattern meet and no one helped him out. Some clubs are that way, no matter
> if it's Pylon, CL, Soaring, IMAC or Pattern. I'm just sorry that he did
not
> meet someone like Steve, Neal or Matt at his first contest. He would still
> be flying Pattern today. I'm sure the bad experience was directly related
to
> the people he talked to, not Pattern itself.
>
> I don't think I'd try and read too much between the lines from the
article,
> it just not come across to me as an intentional attack.
>
> My thoughts,
>
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