Landing Direction

[Ron Van Putte]

On Jun 11, 2005, at 8:20 PM, Lamar Blair wrote:

> You did not answer the question you only made a reply to one 
> sentence are not going to wait on input from the rest of the AMA 
> membership that is not on this list?

"The question"?  What was the question?  If it was whether I was going 
to wait until every AMA member had a chance to provide input, the 
answer is No.  Every AMA member has the right to submit rule change 
proposals.  Every AMA member has the right to submit a cross proposal 
to a rule change proposal.  Do I need to conduct a survey to find out 
what percentage of responders agrees with a draft proposal?  No.  A 
proposal goes to the Contest Board and is evaluated on its merits.  If 
the Contest Board agrees that a proposal is valid, they pass it; it 
not, it fails.

Ron Van Putte

>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Ron Van Putte
>> To: discussion at nsrca.org
>> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 2:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: Landing Direction
>>
>> It may not be an emergency at many sites, but those who attended the 
>> Knoxville contest will probably agree that it is.
>>
>> Ron Van Putte
>>
>> On Jun 11, 2005, at 4:47 PM, Lamar Blair wrote:
>>
>>> Ron, and All
>>>  
>>> This is a really good question. In fact it has been added to the 
>>> rules survey to find out what pattern flyers think about the idea. 
>>>  
>>> The new survey will be going out to at least 1000 plus people, both 
>>>  NSRCA and Non-NSRCA members.
>>>  
>>> This is not an emergency that needs fixing in a hurry.
>>>  
>>> I hope that you will hold off on your proposal until we get an 
>>> answer back from everyone. I also hope that you will have Don Ramsey 
>>> and some others look over the wording of your proposal so that we do 
>>> not run into the problems that we are having with the 2005-7 
>>> Take-offs and Landing language.
>>>  
>>> BTW - I support the change, but we must be careful of the 
>>> wording and not have to turn around and submit another proposal to 
>>> fix one that is submitted without some NSRCA process and attention.
>>>  
>>> Lamar Blair
>>> NSRCA President
>>> 256-353-8154
>>> l.blair at worldnet.att.net 
>>>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Ron Van Putte
>>>> To: discussion at nsrca.org
>>>> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 8:08 AM
>>>> Subject: Landing Direction
>>>>
>>>> Based on the positive response on the proposed change to landing 
>>>> direction, I sent my draft landing direction rule change proposal 
>>>> to John Fuqua, the Contest Board chairman, and he replied:
>>>>
>>>> "How about this.  Suggest you put this as para 6.7 which is the 
>>>> 'Safety Requirements" section. 
>>>>
>>>> "Normally landing would be as per paragraph 14.1 regarding 
>>>> Direction of Flight.  However, when a wind shift results in a 
>>>> downwind landing that creates a hazard to people or the aircraft, 
>>>> subject to the approval of the judges, the landing direction may be 
>>>> reversed.
>>>>
>>>> (or maybe)
>>>>
>>>> "Normally landing would be as per paragraph 14.1 regarding 
>>>> Direction of Flight.  However, subject to the approval of the 
>>>> judges, the landing direction may be reversed when a wind 
>>>> shift results in a downwind landing that creates a hazard to people 
>>>> or the aircraft."
>>>>
>>>> I prefer the second one and will make an Emergency Proposal as soon 
>>>> as I can put it together.
>>>>
>>>> Ron Van Putte
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