<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Some may remember that, several years ago, I proposed that NSRCA be allowed to take the maneuver schedules out of the rule book and change them when we wanted to, just like IMAC can. The proposal was shot down by the AMA Executive Council. It was never accepted to be voted on by the contest board. I never got a satisfactory response on why they took that action. I have my suspicions that IMAC pulled a fast one on AMA in getting their ability to change schedules when they wanted and didn't want NSRCA to have the same privilege. It would be interesting to see if the EC has changed its mind.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Ron Van Putte</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jul 26, 2007, at 7:45 AM, Mark Atwood wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px">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" <<A href="mailto:johnferrell@earthlink.net">johnferrell@earthlink.net</A>> wrote:<BR> <BR> </SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px"><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><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px"><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <BR> ----- Original Message ----- <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 face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion<BR> </FONT></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px"><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR> <HR align="CENTER" size="3" width="95%"></FONT></SPAN><FONT size="2"><FONT face="Monaco, Courier New"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0px">_______________________________________________<BR> NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR> <A href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A><BR> <A href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</A><BR> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size="2"><FONT face="Monaco, Courier New"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0px"><BR> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">NSRCA-discussion mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>