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There comes a time when playing the game takes more time, money and
patience than an individual cares to spend. <br>
When it is no longer fun, our attention drifts off to other
activities. Many tire of honing the same maneuvers hours and days on
end when they would like to try something different. For some it is
one expensive crash too many. Then there is the quibbling over nits
in the rules all the time. As children and grandchildren grow up one
realizes that there are things more important than playing the
game. <br>
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The weight limits are for serious competitors, not for the casual
flyer. If you have enough contestants to meet the needs of the
game, don't worry about it, follow FAI. If you need a higher level
of contestant participation, it will be necessary to market the game
as though it were a product. The last year that I hosted Pattern
Contests it was obvious that I would be better off not buying
trophies for the class. I don't know what the situation is now but
it had come to Masters and every one else in my district. Then
Masters decided they did not want to be judged by anyone below their
class. <br>
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I discovered that busting balloons with a Kaos was just as much fun
and I could build them faster than I crashed them. I could have fun
without ignoring the rest of the world for a lot less money. I had
time to fiddle with foamys, attend Soccer Games and go to church
with the family on Sunday mornings. <br>
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The decision was made a long while back that the goal for NSRCA was
to support International Competition in the US.<br>
If that is still the goal, just take their rules and go with them.
If there is a change in goals get someone savvy in Marketing and
design the program from where you are to where you want to be and
how and when you plan to get there. I think it was Einstein that
said "A fool with a plan will beat a genius without a plan".<br>
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As Buddy, Bob Richards and others have pointed out, the organization
is in a loop that appears to me to resemble a downward spiral.<br>
The weight issue is not a problem, it is a symptom!<br>
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On 3/13/2012 10:10 AM, Anthony Romano wrote:
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So if FAI drives pattern, why do we want to change the weight
rule in the US?<br>
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Anthony<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
John Ferrell W8CCW
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894)
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