<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I hope this is not another example of the AMA's reduced emphasis on competition.<div><br></div><div>Ron </div><div><br><div><div>On Mar 12, 2013, at 5:53 PM, Derek Koopowitz wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">That is true, Bill. I was sent a letter by the AMA stating that travel expenses would not be paid for and that I could attend if I paid for myself or the NSRCA paid for me to attend.<div><br></div><div>I can only believe that this will only further isolate us (F3A) from the rest of the world. Yes, I'm still the rep to CIAM but face-to-face meetings accomplish so much more than through email. I had built up a great relationship with the movers/shakers in F3A and now I feel that it will be in jeopardy.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Bill's Email <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:silentav8r@cox.net" target="_blank">silentav8r@cox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Thought you folks might be interested what is going on in the soaring side of the FAI world. A proposal to condense several events, soaring being one of them, has been submitted. The soaring community in the US is taking notice that AMA is not funding the individual area reps to go to the meeting, so the soaring folks have decided to try to fund it themselves. Here's the thread:<br>
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<a href="http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=24403409&postcount=1" target="_blank">http://www.rcgroups.com/<u></u>forums/showpost.php?p=<u></u>24403409&postcount=1</a><br>
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This is the document that has gotten them to do this:<br>
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<a href="http://lomcovak.cz/wp_eng/f3b/2013/03/f3b-world-championship-in-future-canceled/" target="_blank">http://lomcovak.cz/wp_eng/f3b/<u></u>2013/03/f3b-world-<u></u>championship-in-future-<u></u>canceled/</a><br>
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F3A is mentioned, but only in that it should remain as is. F3M is talked about as a target for elimination. Again, this is a proposal submitted for consideration.<br>
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Thought you might find it interesting. I recall reading that our US F3A CIAM rep was also told by AMA that they would not fund his travel.<br>
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Bill in OC<br>
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