[NSRCA-discussion] Please make sure your NSRCA profile e-mail address is up to date!

[John Gayer]

According to the AMA, the NSRCA is only responsible to its membership 
when it comes to implementing new sequences.

15. Sequences
The Radio Control Aerobatics sequences will be developed periodically by 
the National Society of Radio Control Aerobatics (NSRCA) Sequence 
Committee which is appointed by the NSRCA Board of Directors. The NSRCA 
Board of Directors will supervise the sequence development and will 
submit the proposed sequences to the membership for approval before they 
approve all sequences for use in RCA competition.

Although there is no requirement to do so, I believe the survey includes 
all those signed up on the site not just the membership. That list of 
site registrants, which includes former members of the NSRCA and those 
just interested in pattern but have never been an NSRCA member, should 
comprise the bulk of those interested in pattern in the USA.

The sequences we fly next year will be enthusiastically greeted by some, 
flown by most and rejected by a few regardless of the sequences finally 
selected. I wish I could have had more input in the selection choice but 
will be flying both the 2018-19 Masters and P19 next year regardless.

A suggestion to the board. Form a committee to review and update the 
charter and guide over the next year. Reestablish the criteria for 
difficulty, propose a new Kfactor standard, place limits on new maneuver 
types and determine how to regularize the relationship between AMA 
classes and FAI classes, including the judging criteriaand Kfactors.

A final note. You may not agree with the board or individual members or 
committee members but you should always realize that they are doing 
their best and that the pay is lousy. If you have strongly held opinions 
about the future of pattern, maybe it is time you ran for a board 
position. If you've already been there and strongly disagree with where 
the board is going now, maybe it's time to run again.

John
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