<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>At the Peoria contest this weekend we had the pleasure of having John Gayer from New Mexico attend and fly with us.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span> We got into a discussion about ideas to grow the sport.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span> One I brought up and it's nothing new is a one time only Amnesty period.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span> It would allow any flier who has
been a consistent low placer in their class the ability to drop down at the end of a season.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span> It seems clear to me that this really needs to happen and the residual benefit from such a program could very well help to get some guys back into the sport.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span> What would it take to get such a program instituted? </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" class="yui_3_7_2_38_1376935530388_162"><span> What are the barriers that would stop this from being put into the
rules?</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" class="yui_3_7_2_38_1376935530388_162"><span> Is there a potential downside to this that would make it worse than what we have now?</span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>Mike Mueller</div><div> Customer Services </div><div><br></div><div>F3aunlimited</div></div></body></html>