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color=#0000ff size=2>Well the BoD is on this list - most of us anyway - and we
have no say in how the F3A team is picked, or what the requirements are... these
would be AMA rules, and specifically the FAI team selection
commitee.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>mike
mueller<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 28, 2006 7:02 AM<BR><B>To:</B> NSRCA
Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] OK it's time to stir
things up. Where's thebeef?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV> Hey Bob is there a way to get this brought up to the Board of
Directors as a proposal? Mike<BR><BR><B><I>Bob Kane
<getterflash@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">AMEN
!!!! When I first competed 10 years ago it was a<BR>thrill to meet flyers like
Dave Von Linsowe, Geoff<BR>Combs, Dave Patrick, . . . some of the "big" names
in<BR>pattern at that time, competing at local contests. I<BR>agree this
presence is lacking at most local contests<BR>nowadays. I think participation
in a miminum number of<BR>local contests should be a requirement to qualify
for<BR>the team trials.<BR><BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>>
From: mike mueller <BR>> To: nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org <BR>>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:03 AM<BR>> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion]
OK it's time to stir<BR>> things up. Where's the beef?<BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> I have an observation that I've made that<BR>> disturbes me. I
don't think that we are getting<BR>> enough of the top notch or team worthy
flyers<BR>> participating on a local level. <BR>> I think that in the
future the team trials need<BR>> to be revamped so that a flyer wanting to
make the<BR>> team would be required to fly in at least 3 to 5<BR>>
local contests per year.<BR>> Here's why I think this is important. We need
the<BR>> top names in our sport to be part of the sport from<BR>> a
leadership standpoint. Imagine a QQ showing up to<BR>> fly against Andrew
at a local contest. It would be<BR>> much more exciting to watch and it
would therefore<BR>> promote more interest. If we continue on the path
we<BR>> are going interest in pattern will continue to<BR>>
slide.<BR>> In the 70's when the team selection was known as<BR>> the
Masters you had to fly your way into the contest<BR>> by accumulating
points on the local level. It was<BR>> exciting. Were totally missing the
boat with our<BR>> present system.<BR>> So here's the deal. Support the
real pattern<BR>> flyers who make the effort to support us and we
will<BR>> all be better off. Oh and for what it's worth I<BR>> think we
would be better off all around if we didn't<BR>> allow any stickers or
blatant advertising of any<BR>> products in our sport. Let's get back to
the flyers<BR>> who do it on there own without all the
sponsorships.<BR>> All this is just what I've seen in the last 6<BR>>
years of flying after a 15 year absence for the<BR>> hobby. TIA for letting
me vent and as my budddy<BR>> Bobby Satalino would say "Have a nice day"!
<BR>> Mike Mueller<BR>> <BR>>
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