[NSRCA-discussion] F3A WC Trip

Fri Aug 30 09:47:51 AKDT 2013

I'd like to pile onto  the heaps of well deserved praise for the hard work and great results!! 

Ron Lockhart 

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From: "JayG" <jaysgerber at earthlink.net> 
To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> 
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 1:44:41 PM 
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] F3A WC Trip 

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 
> 
>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 
> 
> 
>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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