Tony - You may be on to something here and it deserves discussion. At least using your approach I would have the opportunity to get there. I KNOW there is a lot more to this than meets the eye. <br><br>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This is an interesting discussion. I am currently the Chairman of the NATS review committee, as established by AMA President Dave Brown. We are currently reviewing all aspects of the NATS, as well as looking to what changes need to be made to ensure that the future of the NATS is preserved. Lots of ideas have been floated, and I'm sure changes will be made. While at the Ocala contest, I asked for input from any of the pilots there as to what they thought about the NATS. Didn't get the first bit of info from anyone… maybe just too busy to talk..
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The rules that govern what events are flown at the NATS are pretty much influenced by rules proposals and what the SIGS want done. The NSRCA pretty much runs the NATS. If the NSRCA wants to include Sportsman, they can probably do that. The idea about that class was that it is an entry level class, and many pilots would move up before getting to the end of the season. That is not usually the case in the rest of the classes.
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">How about the idea of making the NATS into an event you have to qualify for? Take figure skating for example. You can't just walk up to the US National Figure Skating Championships and plop down your skates and some money and compete…. You have to QUALIFY! That means you compete locally and regionally to get the points to qualify to compete in the Championships. It would sure make everyone that wanted to go to the NATS work a little harder to attend local and regional events, that's for sure! We could also do the contest is a shorter amount of time, because we would probably limit the contestants to around 15-20 per class.
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Now don't get all worried that this is gonna happen, it is just one way of looking at how a NATS MIGHT be run….
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This is a beef to be taken up with the AMA Contest Board and mostly with AMA Nats Management. Airing your laundry on this list does no good to anybody and appears to be aggravating you.
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For the record, AMA is not excluding YOU. You may fly as you wish but you would have to fly at a higher level. If you can't fly at the higher level, you may want to reconsider what you wish for. For that matter, there are no other qualifications I know of in any other event flown at the National Championship. You may pay your entry fee and enter any other event as well. Point is AMA is not excluding YOU, so don't take it personally.
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">THE National Championship has its set of rules that we all have to abide by. As the old saying goes, "You can please some people most of the time....." In this case, the Nats rules ".....please most people most of the time...."
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In a message dated 4/26/2007 6:37:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:shineyobject@gmail.com" target="_blank">
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Keith - I'm so chilled you'd think I was a watermelon on ice, but I hope my point is not lost amid my sarcasm. It simply isn't right to exclude equal paying, equal participating members from any activity sponsored by AMA.
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