[NSRCA-discussion] Amnesty idea

[Ryan Smith]

I think a corollary of the proposed advancement rules would somewhat allow
this, however I'm not sure that I agree with it. Under what grounds would
you make the argument that you're "not ready for that class"? Because you
don't go out and win? At that point it becomes more of a trophy hunt rather
than a legitimate outlet for advancing one's skills. You may be perfectly
capable of flying in a given class, but if you get pissed off that the top
five in the class at the contest you chose to fly are Nats finalists and
move down because the field is too hard, then you are defeating the purpose.
Flying well and winning are two (maybe not quite mutually) exclusive things.
You can fly Masters well, but if Frack decides to fly Masters one weekend,
and the 2013 D7 Nats Masters group decides to fly at that same contest, you
are going to have your work cut out for you. You could fly your butt off and
fly well, but your chances of winning or even placing in the top three are
going to be difficult at best.

 





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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Peter Vogel
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 1:39 PM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Amnesty idea

 

What I'd really like to see is a way to "try out" a higher class without
being locked into it from then on -- something that lets you see if you are
ready to take the step or not in the brutal spotlight of the judges :-)

 

Peter+

 

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Scott McHarg <scmcharg at gmail.com> wrote:

We also hope to try again to address this in the upcoming Rules Proposals to
make it much easier for the competitor.

 

Scott

 

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Jon Lowe <jonlowe at aol.com> wrote:

Mike, 

The rules already allow someone to move down.  All they do is send an email
to their AMA District Contest Board member, who, if they concur, forwards it
to the AMA DVP for final approval.  Can be done at anytime.  We've had a
couple of people in our district do it without an issue.  Procedure is
outlined in 8.1.2 of the Radio Control Aerobatics rules.

Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: mike mueller <mups1953 at yahoo.com>
To: nsrca-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Mon, Aug 19, 2013 1:16 pm
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Amnesty idea

At the Peoria contest this weekend we had the pleasure of having John Gayer
from New Mexico attend and fly with us.

 We got into a discussion about ideas to grow the sport.

 One I brought up and it's nothing new is a one time only Amnesty period.

 It would allow any flier who has been a consistent low placer in their
class the ability to drop down at the end of a season.

 It seems clear to me that this really needs to happen and the residual
benefit from such a program could very well help to get some guys back into
the sport.

 What would it take to get such a program instituted? 

 What are the barriers that would stop this from being put into the rules?

 Is there a potential downside to this that would make it worse than what we
have now?

 

Mike Mueller

Customer Services 

 

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