[NSRCA-discussion] Anthony Manifesto/pattern participation

[George Kennie]

Hmmmm, almost sounds to me like we need a co-presidency shared by Gayer and
Miller.

What smart dudes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lots of guys w/ worthy ideas !

On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Snaproll4--- via NSRCA-discussion <
nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

> I do not want to be NSRCA president, but If I were NSRCA King, this is
> what I would do:
>
>   1.  Eliminate ALL mandatory advancement rules.  In fact, as King, I
> would ban all conversation about advancement.  I've been saying this for 20
> years, but every time this gets voted on, the proposal gets soundly
> defeated.  Can't we all name a pilot who moved up to Masters and then
> dropped out?  We should never have rules that discourage participation.
> This includes the rule about trying higher classes and not being able to
> move back down.
>
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> 2.  Sportsman and Intermediate should be non-turnaround. Turnaround was
> the death of the casual competitor. No 2 meter planes will be allowed in
> Sportsman.  You're not going to get a club flyer to compete when there are
> 4 Allures and a Proteus in his class.  This is not supposed to be a money
> competition.
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> 3. Advanced should be 50% turn-around and somewhat less difficult than it
> is today.  The emphasis here should be on the slightly more committed pilot
> and NOT as a building block for Masters.  This should become the new
> destination class.
>
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> 4.  Masters should fly all rounds of FAI P, but not compete directly
> against FAI pilots.  I can put up a respectable P, but I don't want to fly
> against Team members. (besides, who would judge?)  The sequence would still
> change every 2 years. Think of the advantages in judging as FAI pilots and
> Masters usually judge each other.  This would eliminate the need for
> development of a new Masters schedule and let the sequence committee
> concentrate on the other 3 classes.
>
> 5.  It would be nice if we could make Sportsman two 1 day contests,
> consisting of 4 rounds each day.  Perhaps they could fly two rounds
> within each flight.  Yes, that would mean 3 more awards, but you can't
> expect Sportsman pilots to spend the time and money to go to 2 day
> contests.  This way, a pilot could do family stuff on Saturday and compete
> on Sunday.
>
> Steve Miller, NSRCA #673
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