Landing Direction; Spins, and Snaps. . .

[Ron Van Putte]

No one should go out and look for opportunities to be a maverick.  
However, if you feel strongly about something, you have to act on what 
you believe is right, even in the face of majority opinion.  Some 
people think that's acting like a maverick.

After CDing many contests over 30+ years, I became frustrated over the 
inordinate amount of time spent on takeoff and landing.  So, when John 
Fuqua decided to make proposal for 0 or 10 on takeoff and landing, I 
saw the opportunity to either get in more flights or shorten contests 
and I agreed to sign his proposal.

John also submitted several proposals to "clean up" the rule book, so 
it shouldn't be surprising that most, if not all, of his proposals 
passed.  It was not because he is the chairman of the contest board.  
There's nothing against the rules for the board chairman to make 
proposals.  In fact, that's how many "housekeeping" rule changes are 
submitted.

Ron Van Putte

On Jun 14, 2005, at 12:46 AM, Keith Black wrote:

>> An NSRCA member does not give up the right to disagree with the 
>> majority.
>
> Ron, what about an officer that seeks an office and receives the 
> community's
> vote to represent them? Shouldn't this entrusted individual give up 
> their
> own personal interests when in direct conflict with the community that
> elected them?
>
> BTW, I'm not crazy about the fact that John Fuqua made the proposal 
> because
> I'm not sure a Chairman of the rules committee should be able to inject
> rules of his own personal preference. While I can see it makes sense 
> to some
> degree, my concern is this gives him too much power (I believe all of 
> his
> proposals passed). However, give this is the system we're stuck with 
> and
> assuming he operated within the rules I don't feel betrayed by his 
> actions
> because his position was not a representative of the NSRCA.  You were. 
> This
> is why some people are upset with you, they feel betrayed.
>
> Ron, I'm not trying to be a jerk here and definitely not trying to 
> pick a
> fight, after all, I really don't even know you. I believe you've done a
> great deal for the NSRCA and we owe you a great deal of gratitude for 
> your
> service.
>
> Respectfully,
> Keith Black
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 9:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Landing Direction; Spins, and Snaps. . .
>
>
>> My, my.  Some individuals are getting a bit testy on the subject of
>> individual rule change proposals.  I think there was a nerve touched.
>>
>> An NSRCA member does not give up the right to disagree with the
>> majority.  Too many wait to see how the majority feels about a subject
>> before doing what they think is the right thing to do.
>>
>> Ron Van Putte
>>
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