[NSRCA-discussion] 2017 NATS

[Dave Burton]

The difference is that in the good old days the NATS was almost all modeling
disciplines and not just a Pattern Contest as it is today, even in Muncie.
The NATS has never had the same appeal to me since.

I'm not opposed to moving it around the country but IMO Pattern is in a
downhill slide and I don't really think moving it around the country will
change that. We no longer have the casual competitor as we did in the" good
old days" for a lot of reasons relating to cost, maneuver difficulty, and
unfortunately the image of elitism.

Dave Burton

 

From: NSRCA-discussion [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On
Behalf Of Jeff and Claire via NSRCA-discussion
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2016 10:52 AM
To: 'Joe Lachowski'; 'General pattern discussion'
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2017 NATS

 

Wow.   Wish I had a nickel for every time in the last 5 years I heard
someone say "Sure wish the Nats moved around the country like they did in
the good old days.  Remember the <insert one location or another location>
Nats and what a great time we had?"   Mike Harrison has gone out on a limb
to create a unique experience again for pattern flyers, the NSRCA and the
AMA support that (in fact the AMA hopes other SIG's follow suit) in hopes to
break up the "same old thing," make it more interesting and more accessible
to various cross-sections across the country.   I would not have guessed
there'd be a response like the one below. 

Jeff Worsham            

 

From: NSRCA-discussion [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On
Behalf Of Joe Lachowski via NSRCA-discussion
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2016 8:03 AM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2017 NATS

 

 

I am disappointed in the direction the NSRCA has been going the last 5
years. Instead of focusing on growing participation in pattern as their
primary goal it has done things like making sequences more and more
difficult and now having alternate venues for the NATS. So tell me how
having alternate venues for the NATS grows pattern? Answer is absolutely
nothing. It just wastes financial assets. This idea too, will die. Do you
honestly think others in the various regions of the country will put in the
effort on a regular basis to have a NATS in their region? 

 

I am done with the NSRCA. I've been a member since the late 80's. My
contribution to the event as a CD over 25 years and long time sequence
committee member has become a waste of my precious time.  My membership will
permanently lapse this time around. I can no longer support an organization
that is directionally lost. And you wonder why most of District 2 has left
the NSRCA?

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