[NSRCA-discussion] District 3 Advancement and points...

[Lamar Blair]

Jason,

That's the way it's always been with Masters and FAI I always ask the pilot which class they want their points kept in. If someone is concerned about someone winning Masters and FAI then the statement that Jason wrote could be added to what we have now.

The 2008 points procedure is outlined below.

  1.. Points towards the district championship can only be earned by attending District 3 contests.  
  2.. First place will receive 5 points, second place 4 points, third place 3 points, fourth place 2 points, fifth place one point. 
  3.. One point is earned for each pilot beaten whether the contestant places first, second or next to last. 
  4.. Only five contests count toward the District Championship. If a pilot competes in seven contests in the district then the points from the best five counts toward the total points. Note: the District Championship Contest is counted as one of the five scores. 
  5.. Pilots in contention for the District Championship do not have to compete at the District Championship meet to be declared District Champion. 
  6.. The District Championship meet will be worth 1 1/2 times the points.
7.       A pilot accumulates points during the year for the class in which they fly. If they decide to move up in class, they will keep their points in the lower class, and begin accumulating points in the higher class until the end of the year. Once you move up in class, you cannot move back down (per AMA). Masters and FAI pilots must choose either class to accumulate points, but cannot choose both. A pilot, therefore, may only be eligible for one district championship.

8.       You must be a member of NSRCA to accumulate points toward the District Championship. For new members, contests you attend before you join will not count.

Lamar Blair



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: JShulman 
  To: NSRCA Mailing List 
  Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 5:27 PM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] District 3 Advancement and points...


  What about...

  RULE CHANGE...
  A pilot accumulates points during the year for the class in which they fly. If they decide to move up in class, they will keep their points in the lower class, and begin accumulating points in the higher class until the end of the year. Once you move up in class, you cannot move back down (per AMA). Masters and FAI pilots must choose either class to accumulate points, but cannot choose both. A pilot, therefore, may only be eligible for one district championship.

  I agree that if someone has the talent to win 2 classes, so be it. But, I don't think you will see many do it to win 2 classes. I just never thought that if a pilot wants to move up for more of a challenge that he should forfeit his points that he's worked hard to earn earlier in the year. I like that Masters/FAI must choose a class to get points in at the beginning of the year. If a Masters pilot wants to dabble in FAI, he can do so without worrying that he will lose his Masters points. If an FAI pilot wants to take a break from FAI, he'll have to decide at the beginning of the year which class to compete in for a District Championship.
  Regards,
  Jason
  www.jasonshulman.com
  www.shulmanaviation.com
  www.composite-arf.com 

    -----Original Message-----
    From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of schroetere
    Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 7:09 AM
    To: NSRCA District III; NSRCA Pattern List
    Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] District 3 Advancement and points...
    Importance: High


    Hey Guys,

    I would like some input from D3 pilots about advancement and district championship points. In the past, our district has not allowed pilots to move up mid-season and still keep their points from the previous class. To my knowledge, this has not been a written rule, but has just been the way we have done it. I remember this coming up at least twice in the past ten years or so.

    Anyway, personally, this has not been a rule that I necessarily agreed with. Since this doesn't seem to hapen often, I haven't thought about it while I have been DVP. Recently, this issue has come up again. So, I have spoken with the AVP's and next years DVP, and we have come up with the following possible rule change. Please feel free to comment either on or off the list, but please let me know how you feel.

    RULE CHANGE...
    A pilot accumulates points during the year for the class in which they fly. If they decide to move up in class, they will keep their points in the lower class, but will not begin accumulating points in the higher class until after the district championship. Once you move up in class, you cannot move back down. Masters and FAI pilots must choose either class to accumulate points, but cannot choose both. A pilot, therefore, may only be eligible for one district championship.

    Thanks,
    Emory Schroeter
    rcaerobat at bellsouth.net
    770-467-0221


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