<div>Thanks for this Lance!! It's good that you aren't just letting it slide by because people didn't opt to voice opinion when it matters.. I think the membership should take things seriously when this stuff comes up.. This is ours (membership) for the taking.. We can make it into the type of organization that we neeed it to be.. It just takes everyone's help from time to time.. And the nsrca can't do it without help IMO.. Same goes with the Kfactor.. We can make it into a great magazine.. It just takes everyones help, by writing articles, sending pics and so forth.. Rules won't get made to peoples satisfaction without our help.</div> <div> </div> <div>Chris<BR><BR><B><I>Lance Van Nostrand <patterndude@tx.rr.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just wanted to let
everyone know where we currently are in the rules cycle. The vote last fall that was much discussed on this list was to determine which of the new proposals would be approved to go forward in the process. March 1 was the deadline for cross proposals. These were modifications or updates to the original proposals that are used to revise the wording of the original proposals before we make the final vote. It appears that no cross proposals were received (still need confirmation on this). This means the proposals, as published on the AMA site, now will be voted on "as is" for a yes/no vote.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nothing wrong with this, but it surprises me. Some of the proposals were not too popular in my area, but I voted for all of them anyway so that none were tossed out before people had the opportunity to make them better. So the debate over them now will be
very similar to before because the proposals are identical. Now, however, the CB members must vote whether the proposals should become rules, instead of whether we should continue revising them. The stakes are higher. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is my plea that you all make some effort to debate them. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>--Lance</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=johnfuqua@embarqmail.com href="mailto:johnfuqua@embarqmail.com">John Fuqua</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=patterndude@tx.rr.com href="mailto:patterndude@tx.rr.com">'Lance Van Nostrand'</A> ; <A title=clakin@hughes.net href="mailto:clakin@hughes.net">'Chris Lakin (District VI)'</A> ; <A title=derekkoopowitz@gmail.com
href="mailto:derekkoopowitz@gmail.com">'Derek Koopowitz (District X)'</A> ; <A title=raystowing@eschelon.com href="mailto:raystowing@eschelon.com">'Gary McCellan (District XI)'</A> ; <A title=dunnaway@hbcomm.net href="mailto:dunnaway@hbcomm.net">'Joe Dunnaway (District IX)'</A> ; <A title=atwoodm@paragon-inc.com href="mailto:atwoodm@paragon-inc.com">'Mark Atwood (District III)'</A> ; <A title=ronlock@comcast.net href="mailto:ronlock@comcast.net">'Ron Lockhart (District II)'</A> ; <A title=js.smith@verizon.net href="mailto:js.smith@verizon.net">'Scott Smith (District I)'</A> ; <A title=tom_babs@bellsouth.net href="mailto:tom_babs@bellsouth.net">'Tom Miller (District IV)'</A> ; <A title=Verne@twmi.rr.com href="mailto:Verne@twmi.rr.com">'Verne Koester (District VII)'</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=lisaj@modelaircraft.org href="mailto:lisaj@modelaircraft.org">lisaj@modelaircraft.org</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:45 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> RE: Cross proposals received?</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=287384410-12032008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I have not seen any. Lisa can confirm.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Lance Van Nostrand [mailto:patterndude@tx.rr.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:24 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Chris Lakin (District VI); Derek Koopowitz (District X); Gary McCellan (District XI); Joe Dunnaway (District IX); Mark Atwood (District III); Ron Lockhart (District II); Scott Smith (District I); Tom Miller (District IV); Verne Koester (District VII); John Fuqua<BR><B>Subject:</B> Cross proposals received?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think March 1 is the deadline and they need to be published by March 15. Did we receive any?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>--Lance</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR><DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#0000bf size=3>Chris </FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV><p> 
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