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color:windowtext'> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>John Gayer<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, August 27, 2007
10:17 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> NSRCA Mailing List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion]
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>This sounds good to me as a compromise. From what I've
seen, we are currently having difficulty getting enough competitiors for the
classes we have now without adding another class.<br>
John<br>
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<a href="mailto:vicenterc@comcast.net">vicenterc@comcast.net</a> wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Suggestion: Why we don't call Expert = F3A and
fly the P schedule only in local contests? The only change we will need
to make is that Expert = F3A becomes the last AMA class.
In other worlds, Master should not be the terminal AMA
class. Adding another class will add cost to the contest and
probably will be longer to run. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Vicente "Vince" Bortone<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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From: "Claude Weimer" <a href="mailto:cweimer@tconl.com"><cweimer@tconl.com></a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I have been thinking, it might be time to bring back
the Expert class. The reason I say this is because the Masters class is
becoming rather large and is going to grow in the coming years. The problems I
see are the difficulty judging at local contests. At the <st1:City u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">St Louis</st1:place></st1:City></st1:place></st1:City>
contest it took an hour and a half to judge Masters. Because Masters is
the largest class compared the Advanced and Intermediate and only three FAI, it
can be difficult to organize Judges for Masters. I’m not singling
out the <st1:City u2:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">St Louis</st1:City></st1:City>
contest, the <st1:City u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Omaha</st1:place></st1:City></st1:place></st1:City> contest was the
same as most contests I have been to. If Masters was split in two classes
it would inc! rease t he available people to judge.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Masters could be a little easier and Expert could be
harder. Expert could even be the last FAI P schedule. The reason
some don’t wish to move to FAI is the time to learn two schedules.
It looks like the Masters class is going to get larger and I think it
would be good to break it split it up.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>"Claude Weimer" <a
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