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Mike:<br>
The only reason you can't afford it is that you have joined the e-crowd
and now have to spend all of your money buying electrons instead of
glow fuel.... :)<br>
<br>
Chris<br>
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mike mueller wrote:
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type="cite"> Thanks Claude. I just reread what I wrote this morning
when I had the mood and after further review I still feel the same way.
I hope everyone gets that the sticker ban thing wasn't something that I
thought as realistic. It's just that I hate the way that sponsorships
have invaded our sport and polluted our best. That's a personal opinion
that I will stick with that I know isn't going to change. Oh yeah
only stickers from Non Profits and charities would be allowed in my
world. Thanks everyone for allowing me to express myself. Mike Mueller
flying pattern and only pattern since 1964 and still in love with the
sport even though I can't afford it.<br>
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<b><i>Claude Weimer <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:cweimer@tconl.com"><cweimer@tconl.com></a></i></b> wrote:
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Mike, I
think that is an excellent idea. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>] <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>mike mueller<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday,
September 28, 2006 8:04 AM<br>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
[NSRCA-discussion] OK it's time to stir things up. Where's the beef?</span></font><o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> I have an observation that I've made that
disturbes me. I don't think that we are getting enough of the top notch
or team worthy flyers participating on a local level. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> I think that in the future the team trials
need to be revamped so that a flyer wanting to make the team would be
required to fly in at least 3 to 5 local contests per year.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> Here's why I think this is important. We
need the top names in our sport to be part of the sport from a
leadership standpoint. Imagine a QQ showing up to fly against Andrew at
a local contest. It would be much more exciting to watch and it would
therefore promote more interest. If we continue on the path we are
going interest in pattern will continue to slide.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> In the 70's when the team selection was
known as the Masters you had to fly your way into the contest by
accumulating points on the local level. It was exciting. Were totally
missing the boat with our present system.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> So here's the deal. Support the real pattern
flyers who make the effort to support us and we will all be better off.
Oh and for what it's worth I think we would be better off all around if
we didn't allow any stickers or blatant advertising of any products in
our sport. Let's get back to the flyers who do it on there own without
all the sponsorships.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> All this is just what I've seen in the last
6 years of flying after a 15 year absence for the hobby. TIA for
letting me vent and as my budddy Bobby Satalino would say "Have a nice
day"! Mike Mueller<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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