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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle15><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks
Scott. I needed this.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle15><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jim Hiller<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Scott McHarg<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, November 30, 2012
7:05 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> General pattern discussion<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [NSRCA-discussion]
Official nominations for NSRCA President</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Here are the
two nominees for the office of President of the NSRCA. The two candidates
have been asked to provide a resume to the Nominating Committee. I have
been asked to put their resumes out to the list.</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><u><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Jon Carter:</span></font></u></b><font color=black><span
style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>My name is
Jonathan Carter and I am running for the office of the NSRCA President. My
history in pattern actually stretches back to the early 1970’s as a “wannabe”
kid reading every magazine that I could get my hands on about anything pattern
related. After life took a hand (school, job, wife …) I was finally able to
start actually flying and competing in pattern in 1997. I have been running
pattern contests in NSRCA District 7 for 10 years and I have been the Chairman
of the NSRCA Judging Committee for the last 4. It has also been my privilege to
serve as the NSRCA District 7 vice-president for the last 3 years. I have
attended the Nats 5 times as a competitor and once as both a worker bee
(Scorekeeper) and competitor. As such I have some insight into the NSRCA’s
relationship with the AMA and I believe I have an understanding of needed
improvements. I have also served the NSRCA on multiple committees including the
committee that has examined the potential future of the K-Factor and I believe
that we have much work to do in that area. My goals as president would be to
continue to promote pattern nationally, improve our relationship with the AMA
(we are after all the AMA recognized SIG for pattern!), continue our work on
judge training, improve the K- Factor and continue our work on sequence
development. Another very important factor is to ensure that the NSRCA is
managed as “transparently” as possible. There are several other areas where I
have ideas for improvement but I don’t want to write a book here! </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thank you for
your consideration. </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Jonathan
Carter</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:
windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> NSRCA
2354 </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:
windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>NSRCA
District 7 VP </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;
mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>AMA 56620</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><br
clear=all style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><u><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Jon Lowe:</span></font></u></b><font color=black><span style='color:black;
mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>AMA: 7668,
AMA Leader Member and Contest Director, District 5 Member of the Rocket City
Radio Controllers (RCRC) Huntsville, AL NSRCA: 3612, District 3 </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]></span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> Background</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>:</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> Modeling:
Flying with my father since around age 7, including freeflight,
controlline, and radio control. In RC I've flown everything from single
channel with escapements, galloping ghost, reeds, and the early days of
proportional. Flew pattern in the late 60's, one of the two Phoenix 5
prototypes being my last plane, before college, women and cars took over.
Got back into RC about 2002, and flew SPA pattern for a couple of years,
with an occasional foray into AMA pattern, and went AMA exclusively in the late
2004-2005 timeframe. I have worked my way from Sportsman to Masters since
then. Became an AMA Admin Leader Member about 2010, and received my
Contest Director certification about the same time. Was CD of two
contests in 2012, one AMA, and the other a Ballistic Pattern Association event,
and co-CD'd several past contests. Past Vice President of RCRC.</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>
Professional: BS in Aerospace Engineering, University of Cincinnati,
1973. Co-oped at Wright-Patterson AFB during college, and worked there
after graduation. Worked on the B-1A and B-1B bomber programs, B-52 mods,
Air Launched Cruise Missile, Ground Launched Cruise Missile, Short Range Attack
Missile II programs. Went to work for the Army, still at Wright Patterson
AFB from 1988 until mid 1994,working on the then- classified Tri-Service
Standoff Attack Missile program. Moved to Madison, AL in 1994, and worked
at Redstone Arsenal on the TOW and Javelin Missile programs as the Deputy
Project Manager, and then as Project Manager responsible for over a $4 billion
budget and 200 people until retirement in 2008. Those two missile systems
were directly responsible for saving hundreds of soldier lives in Afghanistan
and Iraq.</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:
windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> Platform:
I have been increasingly concerned about the direction and lack of
transparency on the part of the NSRCA board, particularly on rules proposals,
the attempted bylaw changes by the board without a member vote, and finally the
attempted vote for officers this year that did not follow the existing bylaws.
While I understand the need for NSRCA to change with the times, we need
to do it by the book, and ensure we don't disenfranchise members in the
process. I realize that the K-Factor is the most widely read publication
of the NSRCA, and important information and proposed changes or major NSRCA
activities need to be discussed there, if no place else. We currently
have a scattered web presence on the NSRCA website, the NSRCA mailing list and
Facebook, which leads to confusion on the part of members. Important
information needs to be gathered in one place, but also made available to
members without web access. As long as we do not require web access to be a
member, we must allow for participation by all members.</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]></span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> We need
to be pro-active with AMA and particularly the AMA Competition board, to ensure
the continued success of pattern, and to make sure that any NSRCA sanction
rules proposals are well thought out, and hopefully will be accepted AMA
wide,and not just by NSRCA board members. Proposed bylaw changes need to
be published well in advance with complete text versions of both the original
and the proposed change, along with rationale for the change.</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> I
would work with the NSRCA board to establish, publish, and follow a bi-annual
calendar of deadlines, rules processes, election processes, etc to ensure that
we are on track and can act in a timely manner. The calendar would be
reviewed at every board meeting to ensure things are being done on schedule.</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> We
need to make sure interested modelers understand how flying pattern sequences,
even just for practice, can improve their flying, and by making sure they
understand that competing does not have to cost an arm and a leg. We need
to continue to encourage production of entry level airplanes such as the
Vanquish and Osiris, and point out to potential competitors those low cost ways
of entering pattern. We need to work with the pattern column author in
Model Aviation and provide articles geared to the new flyer on how to get into
pattern. We also need to solicit more how-to articles for the K-Factor
which seems to be turning into contest reporting, mainly of interest to the
individual districts, and not to members at large.</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> I
would make an effort to get the AMA sequence changes and the FAI changes on the
same schedule to simplify the judging certification process and record keeping.
This should be fairly easy to accomplish by delaying our sequence changes
by one year, or having a one year sequence. NSRCA is in control of the
AMA sequence cycle, so we should take advantage of it. </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> We
need to make sure the AMA Executive Council understands the importance of
competition both at the national and world levels. While recent EC member
changes have somewhat improved the situation, many EC members don't understand
or care about competition, and there have been rumblings about deemphasizing
competition, and even pulling out of FAI due to the cost. I would make it
a priority to discuss the situation with the EC members, emphasize our concern,
and provide alternatives where possible.</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> In
summary, I will work hard to ensure NSRCA represents all members, that it
operates in accordance with our bylaws, and to advance the sport within AMA.</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>-- <br>
</span></font><b><font size=4 color="#3333ff" face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#3333FF;font-weight:
bold'>Scott A. McHarg</span></font></b><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><br>
Sr. Systems Engineer - Infrastructure</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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