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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I’m in favor of it being a guideline, but I don’t think that verbiage
belongs in the rule book. That’s best left for the NSRCA web site or some
other medium to describe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>As for moving down, that’s sort of the whole point. To allow
people to choose where they want to fly, up or down the classes as their time,
skill, etc allows. By nature you have to be competitive to enjoy this facet
of the hobby. If you find yourself in a situation where you are no longer
competitive, (again, lack of time, money, skill, etc) then most will simply get
frustrated and quit. I’d much prefer to see someone take a step backward, and
continue to have a rewarding experience, than to lose them from the sport.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ron
Hansen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'General pattern discussion'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] WRAP UP - Advancement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>I’m in favor of making advancement a guideline. Perhaps we need to
cover advancement as part of good sportsmanship and maybe include the ability
for the district to vote on whether someone is abusing the absence of a
mandatory advancement rule. For example, leave it to the discretion of the
District VP or a majority vote of the district members. If the district
decides someone needs to move up the competitor would have the option to stay
where he or she is and not qualify for prizes and district points or move up at
the end of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>What about the ability to move down? For example, someone tries
Masters for one or two contests and then decides they are still not ready and
wants to move back down. Do the current rules properly address this?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Ron<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b>From:</b> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>ronlock@comcast.net<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 11, 2009 8:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> General pattern discussion<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] WRAP UP - Advancement</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Years ago when the Sportsman sequence was rather short, some CD's
were doing the sequence twice. A rule was written to codify the
practice, and provide suggested procedures on exit/entry between the sequences,
and handle scoring of one take off & landing, but two sequences. It's
still in the book, para 14.8. Given current length of
Sportsman sequence, it's rarely used.<br>
<br>
Ron Lockhart<br>
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----- Original Message -----<br>
From: "Bill's Email" <wemodels@cox.net><br>
To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br>
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 7:37:29 PM (GMT-0500) Auto-Detected<br>
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] WRAP UP - Advancement<br>
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<a href="mailto:Snaproll4@aol.com" target="_blank">Snaproll4@aol.com</a> wrote:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>CD's used to have the ability to have Sportsman fly twice which
isn't in the rule book. They now can have an Expert class which isn't in
the rule book. Can CD's suspend the advancement rule? Just thinking
out loud.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Steve <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Interesting question. The AMA gives CDs broad powers to waive
rules as they see fit, but those usually pertain to the safe operation of a
contest. The caveat is that the CD must publish any variations within 30 days
of the event and it is best to list them in the sanction application. Changes
can be made on the spot due to weather, etc., but it would be hard to see how
advancement fits into that. So I suspect taht it would be difficult for a CD to
do waht you suggest. What a CD could do I suppose is to allow a certain
individual to fly a lower class, but again, that might be a stretch.<br>
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