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Mike,<br>
Thanks again for the loan of a very nice airplane for the Fat Lake
Pattern Meet. Glad Russ was able to buy it, it will be a very good
airplane for him. <br>
The contest was very well run by Bob Wilson and John Hoelscher and
other members of the Peoria R/C Modelers. I had a great time flying,
meeting new folks and hanging out at the field in Russell Shavitz'
new RV parked in the middle of all that corn.<br>
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As Scott McHarg has pointed out in this thread and we discussed
during the contest, the rule change we proposed last year addressed
the problem of being able to move down a class at the end of the
year. Others have pointed out that there is a mechanism for doing
this now. It involves petitioning the AMA for a change in class.
There are two problems with this system. One is that there are some
who quit rather than go through the process. Those flyers are lost
to us for long periods of time and may never return. I know about
that, I was one of them for a decade.<br>
The second issue is that the AMA VPs seldom(ever?) reject these
petitions. They do not know the flyer and his abilities, may(or may
not) do a bit of research, and then approve the petition. If they
are always approved, what is the function of this process? Why
should we waste the time of the DVP? Leave it up to the competitor
to recognize that a move back one class would be good for him. Peer
pressure will take care of abusers - as it does now, not the AMA.<br>
John<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/19/2013 12:16 PM, mike mueller
wrote:<br>
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<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>
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'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color:
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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>
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'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>
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<div>Mike Mueller</div>
<div> Customer Services </div>
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<div>F3aunlimited</div>
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