Sequence Changes ** del klipped for reposting **

[Del Rykert]

I concur with both of your assessments. The causal fliers do get demoralized 
and attend fewer contest because they aren't prepared. The train in the past 
has often been driven by the top dogs satisfying the palates of the verbose 
which is often those that become tired and bored of practicing the same 
maneuvers hundreds of times. Did that choice also help drive some members 
away? I'm not sure. I know myself I stopped attending unless my equipment 
and I have removed the cobwebs before traveling the distances to a contest. 
Our membership is 50% of what it once was. A small fact that is often 
overlooked is that was before international members belonged or were 
recruited also. Thus more erosion of members than the pure date of numbers 
shows.

                             del
               NSRCA - 473
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Verne Koester" <verne at twmi.rr.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: Sequence Changes


> Dean,
> You old timer, you. That's not the way to do it anymore. Keep changing it 
> so the guy that needs a few years to master new skills doesn't have a 
> prayer. And don't forget the snaps. We need lots of snaps!
>
> Verne
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dean Pappas" <d.pappas at kodeos.com>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 4:27 PM
> Subject: RE: Sequence Changes
>
>
> Hello Michael,
> I am pleased to see a newbie come up with this insightful observation.
> While it is not terribly popular, I share your point of view, and I've 
> been at
> this for a large enough portion of my 47 years that I could be described 
> as jaded.
>
> There are pilots who end up in a de-facto destination class because that's
> what their resources (time, money, etc.)  dictate.
> We should be mindful of that, and I would hope that a small amount of 
> change would
> be acceptable to those pilots. As it turns out, a small amount of change,
> every 4 or 6 years, in these classes, is probably right to keep the 
> progression
> leading to the new endpoint. As FAI and Masters evolve, the other classes 
> will change,
> but a whole lot less dramatically. If the Sportsman/was Novice/was 
> Pre-Novice class schedule
> is carefully written, then it should almost never change. Here we are 
> teaching basic skills.
> There have, necessarily, been a few large changes in this entry class: 
> first, it changed to a turnaround style,
> and then it shed the "3-of-something" type maneuvers, as we no longer 
> judge the big guys
> on their ability to overlay identical loops and such. It's a shame, 'cause 
> those are wonderful
> basic skills.
>
> Your observation about how small a part of the population (aeromodelling 
> or otherwise)
> that we could possibly recruit is also rather sage. The best we can hope 
> to do is to be the
> helpful, friendly guy who is there, when a flyer with the inclination gets 
> bored with just
> 

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