[NSRCA-discussion] District 4 Thank you...

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Thanks Mark we very much appreciate all you have done.
Don

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From: Jim Quinn via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
To: Atwood, Mark via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Mon, Sep 23, 2019 10:29 am
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] District 4 Thank you...

Well said!
On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 10:25 AM Atwood, Mark via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

I just returned from the District 4 championships in Muncie.   First off, if there is ANY consideration for having a September Nationals, let me just say that we've run the D4 Championship the 3rd week of Sept in Muncie for at least the past decade and possibly 2… and it’s always a fantastic contest.  Weather conditions in Indiana in early fall are excellent.
But I digress…     I’ve been Team Manager to the US Team for 8 years / 4 cycles.  And while I have gotten great support from all over the country, NO group, bar none, have come close to the level of physical, moral, emotional, and financial support for our efforts than the guys from D4.    Yes, they all have a complete wardrobe of Team Apparel from 2013 on.  They can also all fill their own dumpster with losing 50/50 raffle tickets.   Every transmitter case in the district sports Team USA Stickers (all of which they bought…).   They help me shuttle products to the nat.  Deliver prizes to winners in other parts of the country.  They pick up the mantel when I can’t make an event.    In short, they collectively bust their ass to help make my job, and the teams job, just a little bit easier.  
So Thank You to ALL the flyers and participants in District 4.  And those of you that are technically D5, or D1 that frequent our events… thanks to you too.  
And to Scott McNickle - A special thanks for the effort and attention you’ve paid as our District VP.  I know I’m not disparaging those that came before you by saying you’ve set a new bar for that position.  The effort is greatly appreciated by all of us.  And yeah, we say nice things about you when you’re not around :)
To Peter Vanheusden -  An equally special thanks, not only for generous support for the team, but for the selfless effort to makeEVERY contest schlepping 2 giant cases filled with all the equipment for our scoring system.  Showing up early to set up each day, leaving late after tearing it all down, fixing controllers, teaching new guys how to use it, on and on and on and on.   If you don’t think your effort makes all of us enjoy the contest more, well, we haven’t said thank you enough.
I’d like to think that some of these efforts by all have actually made us a tighter group.  And an expanding group.  A reason to belong, and a mutual support structure that makes friends…well, friends.   I miss these guys all winter and pine for our first outing in the spring.
I don’t know if there’s a “model” here to follow… But I challenge all the other districts to do it half as well.  
So Thanks D4 - See you in the Spring :)
Mark

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