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<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>
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<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></BODY></HTML>