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<DIV>Claude,</DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Vicente "Vince" Bortone</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "Claude Weimer" <cweimer@tconl.com> <BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">St Louis</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 w:st="on">St Louis</st1:City> contest, the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Omaha</st1:place></st1:City> contest was the same as most contests I have been to. If Masters was split in two classes it would increase t
he available people to judge.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Claude Weimer<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>