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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Myself I think that just speaks
volumes about Marks character and why he is how good at what he does.
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 30, 2013 2:29
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<DIV><SPAN>I've known Mark for a long time - so I can say this... zip it
Atwood! There is no such thing as "simple coordination"... I know
how hard you've worked to make it all happen and everyone is very
appreciative. I would suggest that you've raised the bar for <EM>all
team managers for all events</EM>! Sure, lots of people were involved
- but without leadership, organization, and coordination those efforts
are not effective. No question the guys flew great - kudos to
them. Thankfully, we had leadership that facilitated the guys being able
to fly great in South Africa and provide them the experience of a
lifetime!</SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> "Atwood, Mark"
<atwoodm@paragon-inc.com><BR><B><SPAN
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<DIV class=y_msg_container><BR>Guys,<BR><BR>I do appreciate the kudos, and I'm
pleased that the trip went well, but seriously my role was simply a matter of
coordination. A LOT of people put in a LOT of work. And our pilots
did the same. Jason and Don in particular traveled event to event
selling shirts and their time to raise funds. Andrew assembled airplanes
for the raffle, also sold shirts, and Brett did what he could while going to
school full time. ALL of them worked hard practicing to achieve the
results we all wanted. Natural talent is one thing, watching these guys
pick on each other for the small details is another.<BR><BR>Marti Moleski
spent countless hours setting up our website and helping create the online
raffle store so as not to cross paypal's guidelines. John Gayer (NSRCA
Treasurer) created new accounts, set up online money transfers, made sure I
have working Team credit card in SA, etc. Derek Koopowitz was
instrumental in getting us our practice site and connecting me with people
overseas to help us. And Kevin Young, my "assistant" did a ton of leg
work on various things, as well as making all of the stick planes we sold and
schlepping products to and from events like Joe Nall and such.<BR><BR>It was
very much a large team effort. Again, I truly appreciate the thanks
you's, but please thank the entire "team", and for many of you that includes
you.<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<<A href="http://www.paragon-inc.com/"
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Aug 30, 2013, at 1:35 PM, Ronald Van Putte <<A
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wrote:<BR><BR>+1<BR><BR><BR>On Aug 30, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Michael S. Harrison
wrote:<BR><BR>Yes, Mark, Just a fabulous job.<BR><BR>-----Original
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On Behalf Of Del R<BR>Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 10:28 AM<BR>To: General
pattern discussion<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><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><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><BR>to make,
and without everyone that stepped up to help, I think we would
have<BR><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><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><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><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><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><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><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.
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