NSRCA Formal Announcement - let's go forward.

[Ed Miller]

Item 3 has purity of concept but just makes the job of the District VP harder. Not only does he has to keep track of who is a NSRCA member in his district but he also needs to know who isn't in his district and may or may not be a NSRCA member. In NASCAR, CUP drivers often drive in Busch series races, the CUP drivers points awarded during the Busch race count towards the Busch series points standings but the CUP drivers never run anywhere close to a full Busch schedule, so it's a moot point. The same would happen with our District points championships EXCEPT in a district where a single contest determines the champion. 
Item 4 needs to be clarified.
As a CD, I have no problem asking a contestant for their NSRCA membership card along with their AMA card at sign in. I keep both my AMA card and NSRCA card in my flight box, if I'm flying, I have it.
Living in the area the lion's share of activity in NSRCA district 1 occurs, I'm fortunate as the furthest I' have to travel to a contest is maybe 6 hours. Other districts/members have far greater distances to travel so what works for District 1 may not work for another district. With that said, maybe the District VP's should have sole authority of the championship format and rules in his/her district. 
Ed M.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Henderson,Eric 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:52 AM
  Subject: RE: NSRCA Formal Announcement - let's go forward.


  Making sense of all this is hard.

  To be honest and clear, the district championship system is not fool proof. Many minds have tried to make it perfect but there is always a loop hole. The original concept was to produce an "Overlay" to add a competitive spice to a district. Once you win a contest or two, your interest can fade. The district championship system has, in most cases, increased attendance or at least supported/maintained it.

  We used to have a rolling membership sign-up - which meant that you joined in any month of the year and rejoined the same month every year. It was therefore OK to join at any point in time and then it was appropriate to immediately become part of the championship programs. As District VP's we used the marketing aspect of a championship to recruit. Also if you make a guy wait until next year to qualify he/she could be out of that class, and advancement issue in its own right.

  Things that I always wanted changed/implemented, because this is an NSRCA Championship are.

  1. Eligibility - to be from the date you join.

  2. Eligibility - Only NSRCA members

  3. Out of district Pilots - Accepting that it is a specific District's Championship, the out-of-district pilots are like pseudo-non-NSRCA members and their positions to not count in the host district.

  4. Eligibility - Where Districts allow an out-of-district contest the position in that out-of-district contest to count, but not affect the out-of-district.

  5. NSRCA Board scope - Specify eligibility rules for the USA 

  6. District-VP scope - Define type and style of championship system etc.

  I don't think we can change the past but we can make quite a difference to our future. Our mission, should we chose to accept it, is to "Promote our sport". We already know how to run it, we know how to rule it, and we certainly know how to analyze it!    The question is can we EXPAND it.

  Take the NSRCA challenge...


  Regards,

  Eric.









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  From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of BUDDYonRC at aol.com
  Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 10:24 PM
  To: discussion at nsrca.org
  Subject: Re: NSRCA Formal Announcement


  Jim
  Also what about points you get for beating a person who is not an NSRCA member, Should they be counted?
  Should all contest's weather in your district or not be used? 
  Some people fly in more out of district contest's than in district contest's simply because of geographic location, they may be a better flyer than their own district champ but because of their home location will never be district champion simply because of distance required to travel to contest's in their own district.
  In district 6 it is closer to the Nat's in Muncie than to many of our district event's from where I reside and that is 1100 miles.
  It really doesn't matter I know how good or bad I fly and in the end the only thing that matters is the sense of accomplishment that I get when I really fly well win or lose  
  Buddy  
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