<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="">Very thought provoking Steve. Thanks for putting all that together and sharing.<div class="">Jeff</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> <br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 14, 2020, at 6:28 PM, Stephen Franc via NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" class="">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">So I guess the same rationale applies to the Free Flight and Control line and RC Scale competitions which have been canceled? I certainly understand the concerns for the World Selection process... But it sort of raises the question of why have/support the NSRCA? If the leadership of our organization, after much discussion and consideration of current and projected limitations imposed upon us by the Coronavirus and mandated restrictions, came to the difficult decision of not participating in the NATS this year due to what hardships will be associated with attending (anticipated cost of putting on a poorly attended contest, lack of accommodations, lack of restaurants, anticipated judging difficulties and participation issues due to mandated social distancing, extremely late decision by the AMA to even host the outdoor NATS, etc.) and this decision is just ignored by the AMA.... Then it must be time to disband the NSRCA due to its lack of recognition as a special interest group. We've had districts leave the fold of the NSRCA in the past and they have survived... holding the same amount of contests, doing judging, giving out awards, etc. Add to that the fact that you don't even need to be a NSRCA member to participate in NATS (only AMA) then why are all these District VPs and elected officials of the NSRCA bothering to put in a lot of time and effort supporting the hobby of RC Precision Aerobatic flying. To put on the NATS it still takes a lot of volunteers for event CD, judges, score keeping, line bosses, etc. Is the AMA planning on providing personnel to do all these functions? Unfortunately not all districts have had adequate practice times for pilots to become proficient with the new sequences due to field closures, social districting, and localize executive orders by governors. So in reality what level of competition will even be present if the AMA decides to proceed with this event. The 2020 Pandemic NATS will need to have an asterix next to the Class winners to signify insignificant competition due to lack of participation. I believe everyone in the NSRCA has always promoted and supported the AMA. Now its time for the AMA to recognize the NSRCA and get behind the NSRCA recommendation.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Steve Franc</div><div class="">AMA 633375</div><div class="">NSRCA 4599 </div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 7:35 PM Atwood, Mark via NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" class="">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid">
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I hate to provide shallow hope, but I have it from the AMA that this is a bit of a mis-statement. The NSRCA has elected not to participate in running the
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<b class=""><i class="">AMA</i></b> Nationals. They are well aware of the effort involved to run one without the NSRCA, but as of now are seriously considering doing so. If Indiana will permit it, they would prefer not to cancel their event.
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<div class="">They (AMA) still plan to make a decision on June 10th. This clearly adds a strong data point in their considerations, but I strongly hesitate to say it’s cancelled. Moreover, if the AMA continues to go forward with the Nats in July, I would
strongly suspect that the FAI Team selection committee would push to utilize that event for the F3A team selection. </div>
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<div class="">On May 14, 2020, at 11:31 AM, Archie Stafford via NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" class="">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" dir="auto" class="">NOTICE: THE 2020 PRECISION AEROBATICS NATS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. From Archie Stafford : The board members and officers of NSRCA have unanimously voted to cancel the 2020 Precision Aerobatics
Nationals. This decision was made because of the uncertainty and risk of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as time and financial constraints brought on by the virus to competitors and support staff. We believe that this is both a logical and safe decision. </div>
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