Promotion not rules

[Anthony Romano]

Please feel free to speak up more often. Especially, if you are going to 
give more intelligent commentary. Can't wait untill spring when we will 
start talking about flying and stop complaining the sky is falling.
How many different ways can we tell others about the best kept secret in RC 
that doesn't require a rule change? Spent all weekend myself at the WRAM 
show and talked to a lot of people about just learning to fly better and 
having fun. At least one did wind up at the NSRCA booth to join.

Anthony

>From: "Robert Mairs" <robertm at sssnet.com>
>Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>Subject: Re: Making Pattern Harder - was Pattern Box Rules (discussion)
>Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:19:31 -0500
>
>I've been monitoring the list for a couple years now, haven't said a whole 
>lot, but a common theme I seem to see a lot, is talking about the past.  If 
>you want pattern to grow, there's only one way your gonna do it and that's 
>to start promoting it.  You don't see anything about it anywhere.  Hardly 
>any plane reviews in major magazines, no ads in magazines, about the only 
>thing going is an occasional column in ama.  If your not specifically 
>looking for it, pattern is pretty much invisible in my opinion.  A banner 
>ad on rcu, rcgroups drawing people to the website could be a possibility.  
>If you don't start attempting to draw in new people, diminished size is 
>inevitable.  Just look at the turnover in your local clubs.  Sequences, wt 
>limits, turnaround, box sizes, etc, etc, isn't gonna get pattern anywhere.
>
>Make it easy for somebody new, expand the beginners section on the website. 
>Guys are building lower priced arfs, have them write up some reviews, show 
>them they don't have to have a $3500 2m, custom painted, tricked out bird. 
>Update and expand district sites makeing it easy to find a contest to come 
>out to and watch with directions, starting times, saying visitors welcome. 
>The only thing I think will turn around pattern is promotion outside of its 
>primary membership, which doesn't really seem to take place.
>rm
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