[NSRCA-discussion] 2017 NATS

[ronlock at comcast.net]

I also miss the all disciplines NATS - seeing the wide variety of aero-modeling events was great. 
I "think" I like the concept of moving the single purpose NATS - I support giving it a try. 
Ron Lockhart 

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From: "Dave Burton via NSRCA-discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> 
To: "Jeff and Claire" <jeffclaire at cableone.net>, "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> 
Sent: Friday, November 4, 2016 12:40:19 PM 
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2017 NATS 



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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