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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I&#8217;m curious, how did the plane weighing issue work out this year?&nbsp; I know Arch was ambitious in the amount of weighing he wanted to do.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>- Robert Beaubien<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>- D7 Webmaster<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>&quot;No trees were harmed in the sending of this message, however a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Derek Koopowitz<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 27, 2012 9:21 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'General pattern discussion'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Nationals - Arch Stafford - Kudos!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I echo what you said and I wasn&#8217;t even there!!&nbsp;&nbsp; I think we should triple Arch&#8217;s salary and have him come back and do it again next year!!&nbsp;&nbsp; Congratulations to all the participants at the Nats this year and to all the class winners &#8211; Brandon, Steven, Arch and Andrew.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>To all those volunteers that helped at the Nats as well &#8211; Tara, Scott, Pete, site directors and staff, and judges &#8211; thank you!!&nbsp; From my view, this had to be one of the most transparent events that I&#8217;ve seen in years (from an internet spectator&#8217;s point of view).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]">[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Atwood<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 27, 2012 8:59 AM<br><b>To:</b> General pattern discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> [NSRCA-discussion] Nationals - Arch Stafford - Kudos!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My son and I just returned from the Nats and had a fabulous experience. &nbsp; I could go on a long diatribe about all the details that Arch got right this year, but the bottom line is he delivered a great event and I think deserves a huge atta boy (since that's all we really have to offer) from everyone that participates in competitive precision aerobatics. &nbsp; &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Everything about this event we well planned, well thought out, and well executed. &nbsp; The information provided each pilot at the onset laid out where we needed to be and when, the scoring seemed virtually instant, results were posted both online and around the physical site VERY quickly and all in all it seemed to run without a hitch.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>And through out all of that, Arch managed to put up some stellar flying and won the ever elusive Masters National title. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Arch - Congrats on a well deserved victory, &nbsp;thanks for all the effort to provide us with a fun and controversy free competition, and a special thanks for making my son's first experience with a nationals a pleasant and rewarding one.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>And to Tara, who visibly worked tirelessly in the scoring trailer, and invisibly to assist and support Arch for this entire past year of preparation, an even bigger thank you since her efforts are solely to support us.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I know there were many people involved that need to be thanked and I'm hoping that Arch might chime in here and list them. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Great job to all who were involved. &nbsp;An excellent, excellent event!!!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-Mark<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Mark Atwood</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Paragon Consulting, Inc.</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>|</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;President</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>5885&nbsp;Landerbrook&nbsp;Drive Suite 130,&nbsp;Cleveland&nbsp;Ohio,&nbsp;44124</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Phone: 440.684.3101 x102&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>|</span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;Fax: 440.684.3102</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1351F3'><a href="mailto:mark.atwood@paragon-inc.com">mark.atwood@paragon-inc.com</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>|</span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1351F3'><a href="http://www.paragon-inc.com/">www.paragon-inc.com</a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>