Bigger issues--Long as usual from me

[Bill Glaze]

Jerry:  Yes! to yours below!
BTW: is it necessary for the Contest Board to speak with an Austrian 
accent?<G>  Probably not, but if they looked like Arnold, I sure 
wouldn't want to cross them!

Bil Glaze

Jerry Budd wrote:

> 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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