[NSRCA-discussion] Changing Sequences...

[Derek Koopowitz]

Richard,

I agree wholeheartedly with your step one - the sequences should be removed
from the rulebook in order for us to modify them regularly and to modify
rules associated with the sequences quickly without having to wait until the
next rules cycle/emergency proposal.  Our core set of rules will remain in
the rule book - lines, loops, rolls, etc.

Step two is much more difficult to achieve.  As anyone on the sequence
committee will tell you (past and present), creating sequences is a
painstakingly hard process especially if one wants to get it right.  We do
have some failry srtict guidelines/procedures layed out for each class which
does make it somewhat easier to build a sequence... however, getting all the
sequences built together takes a lot of trial and error.  My feeling is that
we leave the sequence building with the experts and they can create/build a
sequence that is best for us.  Having said that I would expect that the
sequence committee would rely on input so that they can get a sense for what
works and what doesn't work.

Thanks for your comments.

-Derek

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Richard Lewis <humptybump at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

>  While we are hashing out rule changes.....
>
> Me and a flying buddy (who shall remain nameless to protect the innocent)
> have hashed out what we believe is a viable framework for changing sequences
> yearly by the NSRCA....
>
> Step one is to remove the sequences from the rulebook.  Without this,
> nothing else matters.
>
> Step 2, give each NSRCA District rotating responsibility for generating
> sequences each year.  The VP will manage the process, explicity or by
> delegation.  The method for generanting them is up to the VP.  They can do
> it themselves, by committee, or by rolling dice.  Sequences are due January
> 1 of the year they will be flown.  In september before the year the
> sequences are due, the VP submits them to the NSRCA executive council.  The
> NSRCA executive council can reject them and require they be revised with a
> required 2/3 majority vote.  If accepted be the council, they become the
> official sequences for the following season.  If new sequences are not
> presented by a district, then the prior years sequences are retained and the
> offending district has to wait another 8 years to have another opportunity.
>
> There are 8 districts (9 if canada is included).  That would mean that a VP
> would have years of advanced notice of the impending deadline and have
> plenty of opportunity to process new sequences to be ready for their
> turn.  A natural sense of self preservation and
> responsibility, will automatically guide the sequences to criteria that meet
> the needs of the VP's district constituents and national constituants in all
> aspects such as difficulty, length, progression, etc...whether the yearly
> changes are radical departures, or subtle develpoments, the interest level
> within a given district preceding their "turn" and the will be healthy for
> the sport and should really keep inteterest up.
>
> ....:)
> Richard , D6
>
>
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