Contest Board Procedures

[Gene Maurice]

WOW!!! What a change. 

This really sounds like it could go a long way to cure some of the
deficiencies, real or imagined, in the system we have today. Great news! 

Ron, thanks for the update.

Gene Maurice
gene.maurice at comcast.net
Plano, TX
NSRCA 877
AMA 3408

-----Original Message-----
From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] On
Behalf Of Ron Van Putte
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 12:16 PM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: Fwd: Contest Board Procedures

John Fuqua, chairman of the R/C Aerobatics Contest Board, asked me to 
forward the following to the NSRCA Discussion List:

Begin forwarded message:

> Subject: Contest Board Procedures
>
> On 5-6 Feb AMA convened a meeting of the Contest Board chairmen at AMA 
> HQ to
> rewrite the Contest Board Procedures.  The revised procedures will 
> become
> effective after the Executive Council approves them, probably at the 
> April
> meeting.  I was presently surprised that moving back to a 2 year rules 
> cycle
> was on everyone's agenda.  So beginning with the next cycle we are 
> back to a
> 2 year cycle.  In another positive move, the Competition Regulations 
> (Rule
> Book) will be placed on the AMA website and it will be the OFFICIAL 
> copy.
> Printed copies will be available upon request but the official copy 
> will be
> the website version and any changes during the cycle will be 
> immediately
> posted to the website.  Another great improvement is that rules 
> proposals
> will be posted on the website as soon as they are accepted.  This will 
> be
> the ENTIRE proposal not a synopsis and everyone will have immediate 
> access.
> As a result proposals will no longer be published in Model Aviation.  
> We
> also addressed Board Member appointment and retention.  Realize that 
> Board
> Member appointment is strictly at the discretion of the District Vice
> President (DVP) per the AMA bylaws but the new procedures emphasize 
> that the
> DVP should consult with the Special Interest Group(s) before 
> appointing a
> new Board member.  We also included some criteria which could result in
> removal of a Board Member due to poor performance or lack of activity.
> Other changes were made relating mostly to administrative procedures 
> for the
> Board.  All in all, this new document is a great improvement over the 
> old
> one.
>
> John Fuqua
> RC Aerobatics Contest Board Chairman
>
>
>

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