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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Consider having 2 levels of Masters and they can
judge each other. Creates tremendous flexibility not only in contest
management but also in class structuring. For example the bottom 5 of the
top level move down to the lower level and the top 5 of the lower level move
up. Call it level 1 and level 2 or category1 and 2 or
whatever.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=cweimer@tconl.com href="mailto:cweimer@tconl.com">Claude Weimer</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 27, 2007 5:34
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion] Food for
thought</DIV>
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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 <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 the
available people to judge.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<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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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<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>
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