Poland - electrics

[Ron Van Putte]

patterndude at comcast.net wrote:

>This group is great at getting to all sides of an issue.  We've heard pros and cons, good motivations and bad.  There can be many perceptions.  However, Since we'll probably never know the reality of the motivations and the rationale I have to restate my opinion earlier: If we field a US team, lead by a US team manager, then let's let the team discuss and determine how best to win.  This issue should have been discussed and approved by the team manager.  The relevant info for us is: did the leadership of the team follow an informed and logical process.  If so, then I can support it.  If not, then let's keep that in mind when putting the next set of leaders in nplace
>

First, I know that Tony Stillman was unhappy that Jason chose to switch 
to an electric airplane after the F3A Team Selection Finals.   It was 
not a question of failure of team leadership.  The Team manager cannot 
tell team members what to do/not to do.  Second, there was no informed 
and logical process conducted because, in the absence of rules governing 
team member actions,  a team member could ignore the process if it was 
contrary to what he wanted to do.  Third, we do not select the F3A Team 
Manager; the Team Manager is selected by ALL of the participants in the 
Team Selection program.

Ron Van Putte


=====================================
# To be removed from this list, send a message to 
# discussion-request at nsrca.org
# and put leave discussion on the first line of the body.
#