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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='margin-bottom:33.75pt'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ve only attended the NATS once because I have a work conference that normally overlaps with the NATS so I don’t have skin in the game but here are my thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Many who have been attending the NATS have been doing so consistently and reliably for years. It is one of their scheduled vacations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you move the NATS to different locations every other year you will lose many of those participants.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Also, Muncie is within a reasonable distance of the population center of the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Perhaps every five years or so, we could move it West, like Colorado, to help with the west coast who really do have a long drive.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>But moving it almost directly south makes no sense.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It just moves it further away from our population centers (e.g., NY, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Canada, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ron<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> NSRCA-discussion [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>tretas513--- via NSRCA-discussion<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 16, 2016 9:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> Matthew Finley via NSRCA-discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2017 Nats<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Why is that a mistake ? The whole world doesn't revolve around Muncie. All the discussions about getting more people in pattern but all I see in these discussions is nobody wants to make any changes !!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id=SignatureBox><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></div></div></div><div><div id=LGEmailHeader><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>------ Original message------<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Matthew Finley via NSRCA-discussion <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Date: </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sun, Oct 16, 2016 8:19 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>To: </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jeff;General pattern discussion;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cc: </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2017 Nats<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hopefully they realize that having it somewhere other than Muncie would be a mistake. Just my two cents. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="composer_signature"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Matthew E Finley<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Q.C.I Technical Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="tel:248-794-8487">248-794-8487</a> mobile <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-------- Original message --------<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From: Jeff via NSRCA-discussion <a href="m%20ailto:%3cnsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org"><nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org< a="">> </nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Date: 10/16/16 9:10 PM (GMT-05:00) <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>To: General pattern discussion <a href="mailto:%3cnsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org"><nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org< a="">> </nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2017 Nats <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>When is the Nets organizing meeting?<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jeff<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:jeff@hillanalysis.com">jeff@hillanalysis.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past. </span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Robertson Davie s, “A Voice from the Attic," 1960<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>On Oct 16, 2016, at 9:52 AM, Randy Forbus <<a href="mailto:rforbus@hotmail.com">rforbus@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I believe its still in the discussion stage at the moment<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><hr size=3 width=979 style='width:587.25pt' align=center></span></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>> on behalf of Jeff via NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Sunday, October 16, 2016 3:51 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>General pattern discussion<br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[NSRCA-discussion] 2017 Nats</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Any news yet on whether the AMA and NSRCA have agreed on a venue for the 2017 Precision Aerobatics Nationals? Last I heard NSRCA was going to talk to AMA about it after Mike Harrison made a compelling proposal that it be in Arkansas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Jeff<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:jeff@hillanalysis.com">jeff@hillanalysis.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. </span></i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Sir James Barrie <a href="tel:(1860-1937">(1860-1937</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 14284 (20161015) __________<br><br>The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.<br><br><a href="http://www.eset.com">http://www.eset.com</a><br><br><br>__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 14284 (20161015) __________<br><br>The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.<br><br><a href="http://www.eset.com">http://www.eset.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 14292 (20161017) __________<br><br>The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.<br><br><a href="http://www.eset.com">http://www.eset.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>