[NSRCA-discussion] F3A WC Trip

[JayG]

Mark, to add some additional well deserved "kudos" thanks for making it possible for us to share the team and your fantastic journey from start to finish.  What a finish it was to boot...bravo to you and the team for making us all proud. 
Jay

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>From: Del R <drykert2 at rochester.rr.com>
>Sent: Aug 30, 2013 11:28 AM
>To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] F3A WC Trip
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>Thank you Mark for the posting and behind every good success is a TEAM 
>MANAGER who made sure the ship was on course and re-directing when and where 
>needed. Although I don't compete now It is nice to read about the 
>accomplishments. Kudos to you also Mark..
>
>p.s. I will be glad to provide the ammo if the dirt bags are located that 
>stole Jason's items.
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>Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 11:15 AM
>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] F3A WC Trip
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>Hey Everyone,
>
>Now that I'm back home, semi-rested and back on Eastern Standard Time, I 
>wanted to take a moment and thank everyone for all the tremendous support we 
>received before, during and now after our trip to South Africa.
>
>As you all have heard from me by now, it was a logistically challenging trip 
>to make, and without everyone that stepped up to help, I think we would have 
>really had a hard time.  As it was, things went reasonably smoothly (there 
>were a few dicey moments with cancelled flights and such but all worked out) 
>and obviously we had a great result.
>
>I would like to call out a few people that went above and beyond in their 
>efforts.  First would be Linda Rice, our Travel agent, spouse of Jim Rice, 
>AMA VP, who made all of our travel arrangements and spent most of her sunday 
>(the day we were leaving) on the phone with Delta and South African 
>Airlines, rearranging cancelled flight plans, and helping Don & Joseph get 
>their equipment on board.   For 9 months she worked with me to find our 
>lodging, arrange flights, arrange in country transportation, etc.
>
>Next would be Lloyd Coleman, who was Linda's main resource, and eventually 
>worked directly with me, in making arrangements with the South Africans. 
>Lloyd spent many a LATE night on the phone with SA to make our final 
>arrangements.  He did all the leg work to arrange for appropriate mini-vans 
>for us (that was a bigger hassle than you may imagine).   He also put 
>together the one day Safari adventure that many of us stayed an extra day 
>for, which was an amazing experience.
>
>Last would be Geoff Dale, a fellow modeler and South African native who was 
>our "host" club member at the practice site that we used.  Geoff made 
>arrangements with his club to provide us exclusive use of their fabulous 
>flying field for the entire time we were their.  He arranged for us to have 
>generators to use, shuttled me around town for hobby parts, lettering that 
>was needed, and other minor needs, and as well and throwing the team a big 
>"Braai" (cookout) for lunch at the field.   Without his assistance and local 
>knowledge, I think we would have been in a world of hurt.
>
>None of these things changes the way the Andrew, Jason, Brett and Joseph 
>flew…which was amazing.  But it did provide them with a somewhat stress free 
>environment to practice and focus on the tasks at hand, rather than having 
>to worry about all the potential issues.    Point being, we can credit a big 
>part of our success to the efforts of Linda, Lloyd and Geoff.
>
>I've copied them on this email, because I feel they deserve a huge thank you 
>from everyone that was involved in this effort.
>
>On a related note, I'd also like to again thank anyone and everyone that 
>contributed to the team financially, either directly donating, buying a 
>shirt or hat, raffle ticket, or whatever.  I have not finished the final 
>financials yet (but I do plan to provide a fairly complete accounting), but 
>it would appear that we'll be in pretty good shape for covering all of the 
>major expenses.   That also sends a huge message to the team about the 
>support that's behind them, and helps motivate everyone to do their very 
>best, not just for themselves, but for everyone that's backing them. 
>It's an ongoing effort, with Switzerland 2015 a mere 23 months away.  But 
>for now we can enjoy success and say thank you to everyone that helped.
>
>Time to learn P15!!!
>
>-Mark
>
>
>Mark Atwood
>Paragon Consulting, Inc.  |  President
>5885 Landerbrook Drive Suite 130, Cleveland Ohio, 44124
>Direct: 440.229.2502 |  Fax: 440.684.3102
>www.paragon-inc.com<http://www.paragon-inc.com/>
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