Fwd: European Champs, Alcochete, Portugal 2004

Mon Sep 6 15:13:41 AKDT 2004

Joe:
I would like to raise the idea that things like this, perhaps, are just 
what the membership needs to know is going on.  I hope that informing us 
is the idea here; I hope that there are no private axes to grind; if so, 
they will quickly out.  If there is somebody else running for office, I 
feel that it is possible that information like this will make people 
aware of just why they should vote a certain way.  I hope.  An informed 
electorate............well, you get the idea.
Bill Glaze

Joe Lachowski wrote:

> Ron could you please leave be already. This is not the place to air 
> this stuff.  This is something the NSRCA executive needs to handle 
> between it and the AMA.  Hope you're not voting for the incumbent in 
> the coming AMA election. <g>.
>
> Vote Dave Mathewson for Pesident.
>
>
>> From: Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net>
>> Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>> To: discussion at nsrca.org
>> Subject: Fwd: European Champs,  Alcochete, Portugal  2004
>> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 09:58:41 -0500
>>
>> All - Another e-mail I got  from Bengt-Eric Soderstrom follows.  I 
>> find it interesting that Bob Skinner (from South Africa, who is the 
>> chairman of the international committee for F3A world championships) 
>> said that Bob Noll would be the next U.S. world championships judge, 
>> when it is up to a country to submit a list of potential judge 
>> candidates and the responsibility of the host country's  organizing 
>> committee to select from the list.
>>
>> Ron Van Putte
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: Bengt-Erik Soderstrom <bes at wll.swipnet.se>
>>> Date: September 6, 2004 9:30:04 AM CDT
>>> To: Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net>
>>> Subject: Re: Fwd: European Champs,  Alcochete, Portugal  2004
>>>
>>> Hi again Ron,
>>>
>>> Again about Bob Noll:
>>>
>>> The information I wrote (below) I got from Bob Skinner now, two 
>>> weeks ago,  in Portugal.. He said that Bob Noll would be the next 
>>> U.S judge, and found it good that he was - on his own initiative - 
>>> training himself in Poland.. He also had some comments about U.S 
>>> judges being appointed for a two-year period, which means that U.S.A 
>>> will on each World Champs have a rookie judge, and it would be 
>>> better if they could at least be listed and available for 2  WCs.
>>> But of course, AMA is the U.S body to make the official judges list 
>>> for the U.S.A.
>>>
>>> I also hope our paths will cross again, why don't you come to France 
>>> next year?
>>> Would be nice ...
>>>
>>>
>>> All the best
>>>
>>> Bengt-Erik
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ron Van Putte wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Bengt-Eric - Nice to hear from you.  Thanks for the report on the 
>>>> European Champs.  I forwarded it to our R/C aerobatics discussion 
>>>> list to let them know about the European Champs and what you said 
>>>> about Bob Noll.  When you read the way I prefaced your e-mail, you 
>>>> will understand.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck.  I hope our paths cross in the future.
>>>>
>>>> Ron Van Putte
>>>>
>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>>> From: Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net>
>>>>> Date: September 5, 2004 3:20:36 PM CDT
>>>>> To: discussion at nsrca.org
>>>>> Subject: Fwd: European Champs,  Alcochete, Portugal  2004
>>>>> Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>>>>>
>>>>> All - I just got the forwarded e-mail from Bengt-Erik Soderstrom, 
>>>>> who is a Swedish F3A judge.  I met him at the 1995 F3A World 
>>>>> Championships in Kasaoka, Japan.  We hung out together throughout 
>>>>> the event.  We renewed our acquaintance at the 1999 F3A World 
>>>>> Championships in Pensacola, FL.  In fact, his return flight was 
>>>>> out of New Orleans, so I took him over there a day early and we 
>>>>> spent the afternoon/evening at the French Quarter.
>>>>>
>>>>> You will note that he refers to Bob Noll as THE U.S. judge for the 
>>>>> next F3A World Championships.  This despite the fact that the list 
>>>>> of the top five U.S. judges is just now being sent to the 2005 F3A 
>>>>> World Championships organizing committee and Bob Noll is the 
>>>>> fourth-ranked judge.
>>>>>
>>>>> This all started when Bob announced to me at the 2003 F3A Team 
>>>>> Selection Finals that he was to be the U.S. judge in 2005.  He 
>>>>> paid his own way to Poland and announced there that he was to be 
>>>>> the U.S. judge in 2005.  He managed to get into all the judging 
>>>>> functions and did practice judging with the actual judges.   This 
>>>>> is a very curious situation.  How Noll can be so sure that he will 
>>>>> be the 2005 U.S. judge is beyond me, unless he has a high-level 
>>>>> AMA official as a sponsor (read Dave Brown).
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's Bengt-Eric's e-mail:
>>>>>
>>>>> Ron Van Putte
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: Bengt-Erik Soderstrom <bes at wll.swipnet.se>
>>>>>> Date: September 5, 2004 1:50:59 PM CDT
>>>>>> To: vanputte at cox.net
>>>>>> Subject: European Champs,  Alcochete, Portugal  2004
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi there Ron, long time, no see...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think it would be interesting for you to get a small report 
>>>>>> from the 2004 EU Champs in F3A, just recently held, all seen 
>>>>>> through a judge's eye
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Winner this time was Roland Matt  - Wolfgangs son
>>>>>> 2nd was Christophe Paysant-Le Roux
>>>>>> 3rd was Wolfgang Matt
>>>>>> It was during the whole competition very close between Roland and 
>>>>>> Christophe. It was a tie in the finals, so then the semi finals 
>>>>>> results needed to be used.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Matts were flying their latest: the Lazulite and this time 
>>>>>> the electric version.  Weight of their models were 4950 grams 
>>>>>> incl battery.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It looks like that this event was really the breakthrough for the 
>>>>>> electric power-plants. Many pilots in spite of the very high 
>>>>>> pricetag flew electric models.
>>>>>> (Electric engine incl regulating electronics, gearbox etc.: About 
>>>>>> 1.000 US$, Battery pack about 800 $.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I heard that in the next year's World Champs, to be held in 
>>>>>> St-Yan in France.  Bob Noll has been chosen as the U.S judge. I 
>>>>>> met him in Poland last year, he is a good guy and he is very 
>>>>>> welcome into the club.  St-Yan is a small town not easily found 
>>>>>> on the maps, but it is situated about half way between Paris and 
>>>>>> Lyon, right in the center of the best wine districts in France.
>>>>>> If you happen to met him, please give him my regards.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Word goes around that the 2007 World champs will go to Canada, we 
>>>>>> will see.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I hope everything is well with you, Ron. I wish you and your wife 
>>>>>> all the best.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bengt-Erik Soderstrom
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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