[NSRCA-discussion] My Head is Spinning

[John Gayer]

The Contest board has already received a number of proposals to change 
the rules.

There are three that pertain to this discussion:

 1. Proposal to eliminate the advancement criteria and allow contestants
    to step backwards in class at the end of the year
 2. Elimination of the weight rule for Sportsman, Intermediate and Advanced
 3. Eliminate the box requirements for Sportsman

I suggest that if you have opinions on these proposals, that you find 
out who your representative is, and make your opinion known. It seems 
clear that there are some making an attempt being made to address some 
of the issues. Any AMA member can propose a rule change. If you feel 
strongly about any of the suggestions made in this thread, I suggest you 
propose a change that you feel would positively impact pattern.

Other ideas.

Something that has been done by the NSRCA is introduction of the Club 
Class. Personally I do not feel that it would be appropriate to add a 
class at pattern contests. However it would be a great vehicle for 
running a pattern seminar for your area. Come up with some drawing 
prizes, some pattern guys to help, someone to cook some hot dogs for 
lunch, someone(s) to run a seminar on "what is pattern" and finish up 
with a couple rounds of club class. Make it an annual event and make 
sure the word gets to all the clubs in your area.

Another thing that needs to be done is to have a real scoreboard. A 
large scoreboard. This is essential for any spectators most of which are 
RC flyers with no or little exposure to pattern. Without a way to tell 
what is going on and who is doing it, a spectator will watch two flights 
and leave very bored.

The scoreboard should have:

 1. Pilots Name
 2. Photo of pilot and Model
 3. Scores by round with both raw and normalized scores
 4. Current standing in class
 5. Handouts available for:
          * What is pattern including explanations of the classes
          * Ribbons and Aresti of the sequences being used and
            explanation of scoring, k-factors and normalization
          * How about pilot Bios?
 6. There needs to be someone designated to support the board if you
    have much traffic.

How about a Senior award like IMAC does at local contests? The NSRCA 
used to do this at the NATs but it seems to have faded away.

John



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