[NSRCA-discussion] Amnesty idea

[John Gayer]

Mike,
Thanks again for the loan of a very nice airplane for the Fat Lake 
Pattern Meet. Glad Russ was able to buy it, it will be a very good 
airplane for him.
The contest was very well run by Bob Wilson and John Hoelscher and other 
members of the Peoria R/C Modelers. I had a great time flying, meeting 
new folks and hanging out at the field in Russell Shavitz' new RV parked 
in the middle of all that corn.

As Scott McHarg has pointed out in this thread and we discussed during 
the contest, the rule change we proposed last year addressed the problem 
of being able to move down a class at the end of the year. Others have 
pointed out that there is a mechanism for doing this now. It involves 
petitioning the AMA for a change in class. There are two problems with 
this system. One is that there are some who quit rather than go through 
the process. Those flyers are lost to us for long periods of time and 
may never return. I know about that, I was one of them for a decade.
The second issue is that the AMA VPs seldom(ever?) reject these 
petitions. They do not know the flyer and his abilities, may(or may not) 
do a bit of research, and then approve the petition. If they are always 
approved, what is the function of this process? Why should we waste the 
time of the DVP? Leave it up to the competitor to recognize that a move 
back one class would be good for him. Peer pressure will take care of  
abusers - as it does now, not the AMA.
John
On 8/19/2013 12:16 PM, mike mueller wrote:
> 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
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