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<DIV>Tim<BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 10/7/10, Verne Koester <I><verne@twmi.rr.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<P class=yiv1689214876MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 16pt">I’m confident that the schedules created by the previous Sequence Committee has a lot to do with it. The trick now is to keep the class transitions and difficulty levels the same as they are now. The quickest way to lose a new Sportsman pilot is to make Intermediate too big of a jump in difficulty level.</SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=yiv1689214876MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Atwood, Mark<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 07, 2010 9:34 AM<BR><B>To:</B> General pattern discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Acceptable use policy for the list...</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=yiv1689214876MsoNormal>It'll be interesting to see what happens next. The survival of our newsletter is tied directly to the number of advertisers. If those who sell products related to our hobby don't think it is profitable to continue advertising in the K-Factor, our newsletter will founder. I'm sure the poor economy is part of the problem. As the owner of a small hobby shop, I can tell you that my sales this year will be about half of what they were 5-7 years ago.</DIV>
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<P class=yiv1689214876MsoNormal>It appears that the number of competitors is down in the southeast. I was stunned to see only 12 competitors at the O.J. Stillman contest in Jacksonville just over a week ago. That contest normally has numbers in the high 20s - low 30s. The Huntsville contest in September used to be a major contest, but there were so few contestants that we were either flying, calling or judging all the time. I know that numbers like that will cause clubs to think twice about hosting another contest. After a hiatus of almost ten years, my club, the Eglin Aero Modellers, is hosting a contest in just over a week. I hope the number of competitors is sufficiently high, because, if they are, I'm sure we will continue hosting the contest. If not, there won't be another contest.</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=yiv1689214876MsoNormal>On Oct 6, 2010, at 1:32 PM, Keith Hoard wrote:</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=yiv1689214876MsoNormal> I'm sure some see it as a small deal but if you are a competitor and attempting to abide by the rules you may have a completly different perspective. For that reason I think the rules in place are well thought out and I think Derek is correct in pointing it out. MIke<BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 10/6/10, Keith Hoard <I><<A href="http://us.mc623.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=khoard@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:khoard@gmail.com">khoard@gmail.com</A>></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=yiv1689214876MsoNormal><BR>From: Keith Hoard <<A href="http://us.mc623.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=khoard@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:khoard@gmail.com">khoard@gmail.com</A>><BR>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Acceptable use policy for the list...<BR>To: "General pattern discussion" <<A href="http://us.mc623.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A>><BR>Date: Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 12:49 PM</DIV>
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<P class=yiv1689214876MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Wednesday, October 06, 2010 9:51 AM</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=yiv1689214876yiv521967817msonormal>I’d just like to point out a reminder for everyone about the list’s acceptable use policy… please see:</DIV></DIV>
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