[NSRCA-discussion] NATS 2012

[Archie Stafford]

 Hello everyone. I trust that everyone is anxiously awaiting a shiny
new pattern plane or gizmo arriving at Christmas this year. I realize
we are a ways away from the NATS 2012, but its never too early to
start communicating. The official entry forms are now online at the
following link.
http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/nats/entryforms.aspx [1] Entry
forms will still be mailed to those who attended last year, but for
anyone wishing to get a jump on things and get registered now you can
download the entry form and send them in. I plan to start putting out
monthly status updates after the first of the year so that everyone
knows where things stand. I have a great group of people who have
volunteered to help and everything is coming together very nicely. 
 A few things worth mentionings are that the banquet will be held the
night before the finals this year. It will be held on site at the
banquet area at the museum and will be catered. Final catering details
have not been finalized yet. At this banquet, the Masters and FAI
finalists will be announced and flight orders drawn. This is possible
this year due to the rule change that there will no longer be an
unknowns meeting per the new FAI rules. The unknowns will be created
by the Event Director and handed out to the finalists at the banquet.
This will also allow the Intermediate and Advanced winners to be
announced in front of the entire group. 
 Another item to be aware of is that EVERY airplane will be weighed
this year. We are still finalizing plans on the most efficient way to
do this, but be aware that every airplane will be weighed this year
and it will be after a flight. Ideally they will be weighed after
every flight, but at least once a day is my goal. We learned a lot
from how it was done at the worlds last year and this should not be
difficult to do as we have intermediate pilots who no longer work
transmitter impound that we can use as well as some other people
involved. As I said, the plans are not finalized, but we are working
very hard on them and after the first of the year I will let everyone
know what we have come up with as a final plan. My goal is to stay in
contact with everyone so that no one can say they didn't know. 
 One other important piece of information are the cut off deadlines.
They will be strictly enforced. They have been moved slightly closer
to the actual start of the NATS, but no entries after the final
deadline will be accepted. No exceptions. One change though is that up
until the final cut off we will be able to issue refunds. We will not
be able to issue the refund from the AMA part of the entry fee, but
the NSRCA part of the fee will be refunded. 
 Looking forward to seeing everyone in Muncie in July. 
 Please limit discussions to useful information regarding this
thread. Also, if you have a complaint on how things have been done, I
am more than open to listen, but please have ideas on how to correct
these issues. 
 Archie Stafford 
 2012 Pattern NATS ED 
 

Links:
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[1] http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/nats/entryforms.aspx
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