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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think the system is sufficient as it is with the
exception of forced advancement from Sportsman the season after winning above a
few people. There should be points associated with that class as well, but much
less than the other classes. I'd say 50 points should be sufficient for
Sportsman. Sorry, don't have any way to write that on a PDF file.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matt</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=patterndude@tx.rr.com href="mailto:patterndude@tx.rr.com">Lance Van
Nostrand</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA Mailing List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 14, 2007 11:59
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion] Advancement:
let's wrap it up</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.modelaircraft.org/PDF-files/333.pdf">http://www.modelaircraft.org/PDF-files/333.pdf</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here's the rules proposal form. If we can
get one or three people to fill it in and post it for review here maybe this
discussion will result in something.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here's a summary of what I think I've read
(beware of severe summarizing):</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Advancement rules based on hard numbers (like 100
points) are wrong because some people go to more contests or some districts
have more pilots. A system based on percentages would be better.
We've heard a comparison to a national average (need an implementable
procedure to accurately compute this), force up of the district champs, and
accumulating the raw scores for the year into averages that can be
compared.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We've also heard of simply tracking and
publishing points and letting heckling take care of the rest (really need a 3
or 4 year window on this to allow one to level off before masters).
Note: this was the way it was 4 years ago, but that was before every district
could post points on their website. It didn't work then.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Several recommendations to increase the points
above 100, but this is really just an adjustment for the size of the district
so if this can be modified into a way to calculate an advancement number by
district, maybe it could work.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>--Lance</FONT></DIV>
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