<div>Tim,</div> <div> </div> <div>My personal opinion, FWIW, is that Masters should be easier than FAI, but not by much. Part of that is that Masters has only one schedule, where FAI has P and F schedules. </div> <div> </div> <div>If someone hangs around long enough in Masters to get bored, they can move up.</div> <div> </div> <div>Speaking of boredom, if that is a real concern, we could always implement unknown sequences at each contest. (grinning and ducking).</div> <div> </div> <div>I also like the idea of the graduated advancement between classes, ie: Basic = 50pts, intermediate = 100pts, advanced = 150pts, etc.</div> <div> </div> <div>Bob R.</div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>twtaylor <twtaylor@ftc-i.net></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)" name=Generator> <STYLE> <!-- /* Font
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