[NSRCA-discussion] Rules proposal 11-6 question

[Pete Cosky]

I have to agree with John. I can only speak for myself but my planes has to fit within the rules whether they are going to be measured and weighed or not, just like I moved from Sportsman to intermediate before I pointed out. In this particular case the competition is internal but still if it were external the end result would be the same...the rules would be followed and once being in the top 3 was common advancement would happen.

The flip side of the coin is, as Marty indicated, building a database of contest results is being worked on so if the advancement rules are kept they could be enforced.

Pete Cosky
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Pavlick <jpavlick at idseng.com>
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 9:50 PM
To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Rules proposal 11-6 question

Right. That's why I don't really see a reason to make major changes. No one 
is going to send you home from a local contest if your plane is 2 oz. 
overweight but I'll bet that most guys won't even bring a "heavy" plane to a 
contest if they're serious about competing.

By the same token, I think most guys move up before they poiint out. I've 
never seen anyone sandbag just to take home awards. The very nature of what 
Pattern is all about prevents you from doing that. So that's why I said not 
to worry so much. In all honesty, if we completely abolished the advancement 
rules, I don't think it would make much difference.

John Pavlick
http://www.idseng.com

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From: "Atwood, Mark" <atwoodm at paragon-inc.com>
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Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Rules proposal 11-6 question


> The reality is that these rules, while not enforced, are almost always 
> followed. That's the nature of the person that competes. Follow the rules.
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> That's why the current advancement rule is a problem. Honest people follow 
> it, anyone that would abuse NOT having a rule would do so today anyway. So 
> we only see the negative side, and receive virtually no benefit.
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