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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I (and others I think) got pretty bored with
practicing the same old stuff. While I took a break I developed enough minor
health problems to keep me side lined indefinitely. Others found other things to
do. D2 attendance is now below critical mass. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If the choice is to hurry to Masters or quit
playing then I suppose I need to just do the best I can with Masters and let it
go at that!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It really doesn't matter, the rules are made by
individuals who have the political clout not the governing committees. Whoever
controls the agenda has veto power and anonymity. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>John Ferrell W8CCW<BR>"Life is easier if you learn to
plow <BR> around the stumps"<BR><A
href="http://DixieNC.US">http://DixieNC.US</A><BR></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=atwoodm@paragon-inc.com href="mailto:atwoodm@paragon-inc.com">Mark
Atwood</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:45
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Proposed
Masters Sequence for 2009/2010</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Hear hear.<BR><BR>I’m not generally a proponent of
changing the lower classes all the time (the intent is that they not be
destination classes...I also know the reality of that so please, no hate mail)
But I’m a HUGE HUGE HUGE fan of being ABLE to change them every year...i.e.
Removing the patterns from the AMA rulebook and allowing the Sig to post the
schedules that will be in effect in a given year.<BR><BR>I think you’ll find
ALL of the contest board members would vote “Yea” for that if they ever got
the chance to...<BR><BR>The advantages are so many I can’t even begin to list
them.<BR><BR>-M<BR><BR><BR>On 7/26/07 8:37 AM, "John Ferrell"
<johnferrell@earthlink.net> wrote:<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT face=Arial>Are you certain
that you really can change the schedule without waiting out the rules
cycle?<BR></FONT><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR></FONT><FONT
face=Arial>The lower classes had to endure 6 years of the same schedule
because the Contest Board refused to act on anything other than emergency
proposals in the interim. Many of the Advanced flyers elected just to stand
down. <BR></FONT><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR></FONT><FONT
face=Arial>You have just pointed to advantage the IMAC discipline has over
Pattern with AMA...<BR></FONT><FONT
face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial>I hope you can
pull it off because the existing conditions are detrimental to the
game.<BR></FONT><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR>John Ferrell
W8CCW<BR>"Life is easier if you learn to plow
<BR> around the stumps"<BR><A
href="http://DixieNC.US">http://DixieNC.US</A><BR></FONT></SPAN>
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<BR> <BR><B>From:</B> Derek Koopowitz <A
href="mailto:derekkoopowitz@gmail.com"><mailto:derekkoopowitz@gmail.com></A>
<BR> <BR><B>To:</B> 'NSRCA Mailing List' <A
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org"><mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org></A>
<BR> <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 25, 2007 11:26
PM<BR> <BR><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion] Proposed
Masters Sequence for
2009/2010<BR> <BR><BR> <BR><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial>Over the
past couple of months we (the NSRCA board) have received a number of
comments about the Masters sequence that was selected in 2005.
We heard that the sequence had too many snaps, turnaround
maneuvers did not allow positioning of the plane (in or out) after
the 5th maneuver, and that the difficulty level from Advanced to
Masters was further increased. There was also an error in the
schedule in that one would come out of the Double Immelman (#10)
inverted and head into the Humpty Bump (pull-push-pull) and head
into the ground based on the description. The Masters schedule
was published in the July 2005 issue of the K-Factor (Option A on
page 25) - in </FONT><FONT
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