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<DIV>Mark, Is it 20 years ago already? That's when I started pushing
for unhindered movement between classes. As I came up through the classes
I saw many people drop out because they were "sick of finishing last". Of
course, if they moved back and consistently finished #1-#3, they would
be shamed. Every year that proposal would set people's hair on
fire. Why have rules that discourage participation? On another
matter, Turnaround was the death of the casual competitor. It takes a lot of
practice to learn to keep a whole sequence in the box. I think
that Intermediate should have some breaks in the sequence.</DIV>
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<DIV>Steve Miller</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>