[NSRCA-discussion] Was Mini Brio, Now Pattern Longitevity

Sun Feb 26 14:29:11 AKST 2006

Eric:
By all means be advised that I am in no way criticizing what you did; it was 
yeoman work, and I, for one, have no idea how you covered all the bases you 
did for us.  Additionally, I will never be able to thank you enough for all 
your help when I was trying to get broken in on running the flight line on 
Monday.  You did all the judging required of you, as well as at least half 
of my work on the Masters' "B" line.  Talk about getting thrown in a briar 
patch.......... but that's enough of THAT story!<G>
What I had hoped to see was more coverage for the masses in Model Aviation. 
While the internal coverage at the Muncie site was great, with the "day's 
dispatches" and all the work/expense that was entailed, Model Aviation, 
being our "at large" publication preaches to the masses: just the folks we 
want to "shotgun" to keep our sport in the forefront.  Will we get a lot of 
converts through MA?  Probably not, but at least they would be more aware 
that our little corner of modeling exists.  I still believe that the best 
bet is "hands on" as advocated and practiced by Georgie Kenney and Carl 
Zavalney, to name a couple that come instantly to mind.  And, I feel that 
the best is probably yet to come, with the interesting technical advances 
showing up.
BTW: I still have all the "daily dispatches" from the NATS.  Still 
interesting reading.
My major thrust here is the same as voiced by all the rest of us, including 
the song you've been singing for years:  Grow Pattern!

Bill Glaze
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grow Pattern" <pattern4u at comcast.net>
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Was Mini Brio, Now Pattern Longitevity

> Bill,
>         The AMA  policy  was to run coverage of the 2005 Nationals, (for
> all Nat's events)  as an on-line service to its members.
>
> http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/natsnews05/pdfs/0718.pdf
>
> http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/natsnews05/pdfs/0719.pdf
>
> http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/natsnews05/pdfs/0720.pdf
>
> http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/natsnews05/pdfs/0721.pdf
>
> http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/natsnews05/pdfs/0722.pdf
>
> I know that this was not my best work, I even got copied on a love note
> calling it "Henderson's scribbling",  but with judging three times in four
> days, the NSRCA board meeting, the pilot's meeting, running the banquet,
> writing a report each morning and night in AMA HQ, taking and down-loading
> photos from the three sites, organizing the RSVP scribes, and general 
> event
> coordinator duties, Oh! and of course, trying to actually fly the six 
> rounds
> that I paid for, I was a bit stretched.
>
> For our NSRCA coverage we divided the work. In the K-Factor Bryan Kennedy
> covered 402 and 403, and yours truly covered 404 and 406. Also I put  the
> pilots equipment spreadsheet in the K-factor Nat's issue instead of the
> magazine.
>
> To get some pattern Nat's exposure for us a, I also used up a column to 
> get
> in some World Championships news and Nat's news and photos. This way  at
> least some competition coverage crept into the AMA publication.
>
> I guess none of the above was good enough nor covered all of the classes
> well enough.
>
> I've learned my lesson. In 2006. forgive me if  I only do my 1/2 day in 
> the
> chair and cover the Nat's for the on-line AMA service.
>
> That 's all folks!
>
> Eric.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Glaze" <billglaze at triad.rr.com>
> To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 2:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Was Mini Brio, Now Pattern Longitevity
>
>
>> And, speaking of publicity, as Mike has, did anybody else notice the
>> tremendous lack of pattern material in Model Aviation's Nats' coverage?
>> Or,
>> did I miss something?  I saw Mike Ramsay around the pattern sites for the
>> entire time, with camera, but there was nearly a complete lack of ink. 
>> Or
>> again: could I have missed something?  I sure hope so.
>> Bill Glaze
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Mike Hester" <kerlock at comcast.net>
>> To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 2:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Was Mini Brio, Now Pattern Longitevity
>>
>>
>>> Well, good points. A question: Can it hurt?
>>>
>>> No.
>>>
>>> Is it really any skin off anybody's nose but my own?
>>>
>>> Nope. I'd hope there would be a few more out there generous enough to
>>> follow
>>> suite, especially if it has any effect.
>>>
>>> So, I say give them something to shoot for. This is a little more than a
>>> partially built wood kit. (BTW where in the world did you even find a
>>> wood
>>> kit that was designed this century???) Just curious about that one.
>>>
>>> Exposure IS the key. That's why in order for this to work, the word has
>>> to
>>> be spread. I'm not even hoping for another 20 sportsman entries. but a
>>> handful is fine with me, if they attend more than one contest and get 
>>> the
>>> blood flowing.
>>>
>>> It starts in Ocala, 3 weeks from now. There are PLENTY of contests this
>>> year
>>> in D3. And plenty of time to get the word out. So far, I've gotten a lot
>>> of
>>> response, so it's workingat least in that regard. Whether that 
>>> translates
>>> into people at contests, who knows. Worth a try though whether it works
>>> or
>>> not.
>>>
>>> One last note about the Nats: I don't know if you've noticed, but the
>>> intermediate and advanced lines get all but ignored in the coverage. I
>>> think
>>> that sucks. I know most people are interested in the very top guys, but
>>> what
>>> about those others that put in the time, practice and money? They get
>>> somewhat mentioned, and then all but forgotten in the long run. I don't
>>> believe we as a group spend nearly the amount of attention on the up and
>>> coming pilots, unless they're a kid burning up the ranks. That's just 
>>> the
>>> blunt truth of it. Make of it what you will.
>>>
>>> Not pointing fingers, not trying to be overly critical or
>>> confrontational,
>>> but I'm just calling out some of the more obvious things as I've seen
>>> them
>>> on the way up.  if it helps, great.
>>>
>>> -Mike
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Jerry Budd" <jerry at buddengineering.com>
>>> To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 1:42 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Was Mini Brio, Now Pattern Longitevity
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Just a comment (and I'm NOT trying to be critical), but is the
>>>> Intermediate pilot who is already interested enough to be going to
>>>> the Nats the market you are trying to encourage to try pattern?
>>>>
>>>> [Re-read the above carefully and I think you'll see my point]
>>>>
>>>> IMHO, this is a National problem that has to be solved at the local
>>>> level.  Mike's generous offer of a BM is more along the lines of what
>>>> needs to be done.
>>>>
>>>> At a local contest a while back we gave away a partially pre-built
>>>> (wood) pattern kit (door prize style) to one of the Sportsman pilots,
>>>> in the hope that it'd encourage entry level participation.  It didn't.
>>>>
>>>> My experience suggests that this is an exposure problem.  Those who
>>>> are exposed to pattern and who are interested in it try it.  Those
>>>> who aren't, aren't - due to either a lack of exposure, or a lack of
>>>> interest.  We can solve the first problem, we shouldn't waste time on
>>>> the second.
>>>>
>>>> Thx, Jerry
>>>>
>>>
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