<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi John,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The submittal to the Contest Board will include for each proposal a recommendation, indicating either support or non-support, and the logic behind the recommendation.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Re: the committee not generating any of its own proposals isn't due to any new NSRCA Policy, rather it’s reflective of the time critically of the task at hand and my not wanting to place any additional work demands on the committee beyond that necessary to complete the immediate task.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My opinion, but not necessarily the opinion of the NSRCA Officers (I haven’t spoken with any of them about this), is that if a NSRCA member (or AMA member) feels strongly about an idea for a rule proposal - then they should consider submitting it themselves. There’s no need for a committee to get involved in writing the proposal. The NSRCA Rules proposal Committee should 1) remain focused on reviewing and commenting on proposals submitted by individuals and 2) act as a sounding board for individuals wanting NSRCA endorsement of their proposal to the AMA Contest Board. Individuals on the NSRCA Rules Proposal Committee can submit their own proposals (like anyone else), but it's up to the individual, not the committee to create the proposal.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There may be a time in the future where there’s several similar proposals submitted to solve a common problem, where none quite hit the mark, but combining selected elements of the several may make sense. If that happens I think we can put together a “consolidation” approach to resolving those situations but there’s no need (or time) to do that now. I’m not a big believer in solving problems that don’t exist, yet keeping an eye open to the possibility.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thx, Jerry</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 23, 2017, at 9:28 PM, John Gayer <<a href="mailto:jgghome@comcast.net" class="">jgghome@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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Jerry,<br class="">
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Congratulations on your new task. <br class="">
A couple of questions regarding your committee.<br class="">
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Will the letter to the contest board indicate NSRCA support or
non-support of each submitted proposal in addition to comments and
suggestions?<br class="">
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Does the fact that the committee is not generating any of its own
proposals indicate a new policy of the NSRCA or is it simply that it
is very late in the cycle to get started?<br class="">
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Thanks<br class="">
John<br class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/23/2017 9:14 PM, Jerry Budd via
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<div class="">I was recently appointed Chairman of the NSRCA Rules
Proposal Committee and tasked with creating an ad-hoc committee
to review and comment on the proposals that have been formally
submitted to the AMA RC Aerobatics Contest Board. John Fuqua
and Robert Green have generously agreed to join me on the NSRCA
Rules Proposal Committee. Their email addresses are listed
below.</div>
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<div class=""><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:johnfuqua@embarqmail.com" class="">johnfuqua@embarqmail.com</a></div>
<div class=""><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:rgreen24@hotmail.com" class="">rgreen24@hotmail.com</a></div>
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<div class="">There are currently 7 proposals under review; they
can be found at: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/ruleproposals/rcaero.aspx" class="">http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/ruleproposals/rcaero.aspx</a>.</div>
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<div class="">There is a March 15th submittal deadline for new
proposals to AMA so there isn’t sufficient time to conduct a
NSRCA member survey and analyze the data. There is time for
interested members to read the proposals and share their
thoughts with the Committee members directly via email, or
indirectly on this discussion list. Either way I would request
that you provide your comments soon as the Committee will need a
few days to summarize its thoughts before submitting them to the
AMA RC Aerobatics Contest Board.</div>
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<div class="">One point that I want to emphasize is that the NSRCA
Rules Proposal Committee is <u class="">not</u> tasked with
taking suggestions for rules proposals from the general NSRCA
Membership and creating new proposals for submittal to AMA based
on that input. The Committee's tasking is to:</div>
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<li class="">Review proposals that have been submitted to
AMA.</li>
<li class="">Receive input from the general NSRCA membership
on the submitted proposals.</li>
<li class="">Provide comment/suggestions to the RC
Aerobatics Contest Board as the official voice of NSRCA.</li>
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<div class="">If you are interested in submitting a proposal to
AMA, instructions may be found here: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/ruleproposals.aspx#2018-2019" class="">http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/ruleproposals.aspx#2018-2019</a>.
However, I would recommend that you consider contacting your
District’s representative on the AMA RC Aerobatics Contest Board
in advance of submitting the proposal so you can benefit from
their thoughts and perspective. I would also politely request
that you send me a copy of your proposal so the NSRCA Rules
Proposal Committee can study it and be able to provide the
Contest Board with timely input on the proposal. As I mentioned
earlier, AMA’s deadline for new proposal submittals is March
15th, so please don’t delay!</div>
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<div class="">Of course, everyone who is an AMA member has the
option to send their inputs directly to the RC Aerobatics
Contest Board. If you are interested in doing so, here is the
contact info for the AMA RC Aerobatics Contest Board <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/cbmembers.aspx" class="">http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/cbmembers.aspx</a>.</div>
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<div class="">Thx, Jerry</div>
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