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<P>Ron Lockhart<BR></P>
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<P><B>From: </B>"JayG" <jaysgerber@earthlink.net><BR><B>To: </B>"General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><BR><B>Sent: </B>Friday, August 30, 2013 1:44:41 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: [NSRCA-discussion] F3A WC Trip<BR><BR>Mark, to add some additional well deserved "kudos" thanks for making it possible for us to share the team and your fantastic journey from start to finish. What a finish it was to boot...bravo to you and the team for making us all proud. <BR>Jay<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>>From: Del R <drykert2@rochester.rr.com><BR>>Sent: Aug 30, 2013 11:28 AM<BR>>To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><BR>>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] F3A WC Trip<BR>><BR>>Thank you Mark for the posting and behind every good success is a TEAM <BR>>MANAGER who made sure the ship was on course and re-directing when and where <BR>>needed. Although I don't compete now It is nice to read about the <BR>>accomplishments. Kudos to you also Mark..<BR>><BR>>p.s. I will be glad to provide the ammo if the dirt bags are located that <BR>>stole Jason's items.<BR>><BR>><BR>>Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 11:15 AM<BR>>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] F3A WC Trip<BR>><BR>><BR>>Hey Everyone,<BR>><BR>>Now that I'm back home, semi-rested and back on Eastern Standard Time, I <BR>>wanted to take a moment and thank everyone for all the tremendous support we <BR>>received before, during and now after our trip to South Africa.<BR>><BR>>As you all have heard from me by now, it was a logistically challenging trip <BR>>to make, and without everyone that stepped up to help, I think we would have <BR>>really had a hard time. As it was, things went reasonably smoothly (there <BR>>were a few dicey moments with cancelled flights and such but all worked out) <BR>>and obviously we had a great result.<BR>><BR>>I would like to call out a few people that went above and beyond in their <BR>>efforts. First would be Linda Rice, our Travel agent, spouse of Jim Rice, <BR>>AMA VP, who made all of our travel arrangements and spent most of her sunday <BR>>(the day we were leaving) on the phone with Delta and South African <BR>>Airlines, rearranging cancelled flight plans, and helping Don & Joseph get <BR>>their equipment on board. For 9 months she worked with me to find our <BR>>lodging, arrange flights, arrange in country transportation, etc.<BR>><BR>>Next would be Lloyd Coleman, who was Linda's main resource, and eventually <BR>>worked directly with me, in making arrangements with the South Africans. <BR>>Lloyd spent many a LATE night on the phone with SA to make our final <BR>>arrangements. He did all the leg work to arrange for appropriate mini-vans <BR>>for us (that was a bigger hassle than you may imagine). He also put <BR>>together the one day Safari adventure that many of us stayed an extra day <BR>>for, which was an amazing experience.<BR>><BR>>Last would be Geoff Dale, a fellow modeler and South African native who was <BR>>our "host" club member at the practice site that we used. Geoff made <BR>>arrangements with his club to provide us exclusive use of their fabulous <BR>>flying field for the entire time we were their. He arranged for us to have <BR>>generators to use, shuttled me around town for hobby parts, lettering that <BR>>was needed, and other minor needs, and as well and throwing the team a big <BR>>"Braai" (cookout) for lunch at the field. Without his assistance and local <BR>>knowledge, I think we would have been in a world of hurt.<BR>><BR>>None of these things changes the way the Andrew, Jason, Brett and Joseph <BR>>flew…which was amazing. But it did provide them with a somewhat stress free <BR>>environment to practice and focus on the tasks at hand, rather than having <BR>>to worry about all the potential issues. Point being, we can credit a big <BR>>part of our success to the efforts of Linda, Lloyd and Geoff.<BR>><BR>>I've copied them on this email, because I feel they deserve a huge thank you <BR>>from everyone that was involved in this effort.<BR>><BR>>On a related note, I'd also like to again thank anyone and everyone that <BR>>contributed to the team financially, either directly donating, buying a <BR>>shirt or hat, raffle ticket, or whatever. I have not finished the final <BR>>financials yet (but I do plan to provide a fairly complete accounting), but <BR>>it would appear that we'll be in pretty good shape for covering all of the <BR>>major expenses. That also sends a huge message to the team about the <BR>>support that's behind them, and helps motivate everyone to do their very <BR>>best, not just for themselves, but for everyone that's backing them. <BR>>It's an ongoing effort, with Switzerland 2015 a mere 23 months away. But <BR>>for now we can enjoy success and say thank you to everyone that helped.<BR>><BR>>Time to learn P15!!!<BR>><BR>>-Mark<BR>><BR>><BR>>Mark Atwood<BR>>Paragon Consulting, Inc. | President<BR>>5885 Landerbrook Drive Suite 130, Cleveland Ohio, 44124<BR>>Direct: 440.229.2502 | Fax: 440.684.3102<BR>>www.paragon-inc.com<http://www.paragon-inc.com/><BR>><BR>><BR>>[cid:image001.png@01CE481F.E6A56C70]<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>><BR>><BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR>>> NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion <BR>><BR>>_______________________________________________<BR>>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR>>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</P></div></body></html>