Bigger issues--Long as usual from me

[Jerry Budd]

Actually Bill, I've never even been to an IMAC contest (I'm a hard 
core pattern guy who fell in love with the pattern planes on the Nats 
cover of Model Aviation back in the late 70's).

However, simple logic suggests that NSRCA can completely control it's 
own destiny wrt AMA approval if NSRCA is simply willing to show a 
little perseverance and take a firm stand on matters of importance. 
AMA has almost no leverage over NSRCA once one realizes that AMA 
needs NSRCA a whole lot more than NSRCA needs AMA.

Don't get me wrong, I don't have a fundamental problem with an AMA 
Pattern Contest Board legislating on AMA matters, I just think that a 
3 year rules cycle process is utterly absurd.

Hell, in California we can elect and then recall a Governor in less 
time than that!

: )

Jerry


>Jerry:
>You are absolutely correct in your assessment of what IMAC did--it's 
>almost as if you were there, (instead of out flying pattern!<G>)
>Your further statements are in line with my sentiments.
>
>Bill Glaze
>
>Jerry Budd wrote:
>
>>Hi Ron,
>>
>>I don't believe that AMA "inadvertently" gave the IMAC folks 
>>control, they (AMA) simply didn't have any choice in the matter. 
>>The word I'm getting is that the IMAC community was fully willing 
>>to break away from AMA if that was what it was going to take to get 
>>what they (IMAC) reasonably wanted.  At that point AMA is faced 
>>with having some control or no control.  Saying AMA "inadvertently 
>>lost control" is at best "spin" and at worst a lie.
>>
>>I just don't understand why we (NSRCA) are willing to simply lie 
>>down and get run over on this by AMA.
>>
>>Do you have any idea why?
>>
>>Jerry
>>
>>>As far as I can tell, NSRCA will do all the annex work and the 
>>>contest board will only "sprinkle holy water" on our work.  I do 
>>>not believe that the contest board members (most are NSRCA 
>>>members) would ever put a veto on anything we wanted to do.  It's 
>>>just that the AMA hierarchy is unwilling to relinquish any more 
>>>control over the rule book than they' inadvertently gave the 
>>>IMACers in the last cycle.  The process WILL take longer, because 
>>>it takes time to "sprinkle holy water".
>>>
>>>Ron Van Putte
>>
>>
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