[NSRCA-dist1] July 30-31 LVRCS Contest - Request for discussion and feedback

[JOE LACHOWSKI]

I spoke to Andy this evening. Andy is the CD period. Dale and Stan have 
no control over the contest. I told Andy that. I hope he can resolve it 
and still have the contest.
I told Andy, Dale and  Stan have no control over the contest. He is the 
contest director and dictates its control.

No one really flys Classic pattern in the northeast. I gave it up 
already. It is a futile waste of time. If those idiots want to fly 
classic pattern, they can get their own sanction and date to have it. 
You cannot change the contents of an existing sanctioned event once it 
is submitted and accepted.
Joe Lachowski

 
 
 
On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 01:17 PM, Dana Beaton via NSRCA-dist1 wrote:
 
 
Dear D1 friends & members, there have been two significant developments 
since Andy Sabol and I put the July 30-31 LVRCS AMA Pattern Contest on 
the calendar quite some months ago.  First, recall that our plan was to 
offer a full 2-day, 6-round, AMA/F3A contest across two flight lines to 
fill the void left by Pocono (without a classic option, as classic had 
not proved to be popular the last 2 years running we offered it 
alongside AMA pattern at the LV).

So what has changed, you ask, and why should you care?


1. With the addition of the West End Wings contest to the D1 schedule in 
June, we now have a new contest in NE PA where we used to have Pocono. 
 While nothing will replace the Pocono contest we greatly enjoyed 
throughout the many years it ran; geographically speaking and on the 
calendar, Anthony Romano has filled a hole.  Thank you Anthony and West 
End Wings!


2. Today, Andy has communicated to me that the LVRCS President, Dale 
Hart, has committed to having classic pattern at the July contest at the 
expense of the full, 6-round AMA F3A contest that Andy and I have been 
planning and promoting within D1; potentially reducing AMA F3A to 4 
rounds.  This intent appears to be a unilateral one coming from the 
LVRCS Officers, not Andy or myself. While not CD or co-CD with Andy 
(Dale Hart is), I am the guy who brought pattern contests back to the 
LVRCS a few years ago and it is YOU, all my D1 friends and fellow 
members who have made it possible to do so.  Thanks guys!  Alas I have 
no say in what Dale Hart and new LVRCS VP Stan Rauktis might do to the 
July pattern contest and this makes me quite sad.  What is more 
concerning is that the contest that Andy and I have been working towards 
for months is now is a moving target we have no control over.  Not good 
given that we are the guys who will do most of the work to run the 
contest!


It would greatly help us to have your feedback as contest goers to 
inform our next steps. Without getting into all the drama, there is now 
a lot of unwanted complexity that truly takes the fun out of doing all 
the work of running a contest.  Please help us by responding to some 
options.  Thanks in advance.


a) Was planning on entering the 2-day, 6-round, AMA F3A contest at the 
LV as described to date; please ask Dale Hart & Stan Rauktis to NOT 
change it.


b) The addition of West End Wings contest to the D1 calendar is enough 
AMA F3A pattern in NE PA, ok with me to cancel the July AMA F3A contest.


c) Could live with another 1-day, 4 round AMA F3A contest on Saturday, 
July 30th.  Would NOT care to continue on Sunday to fly Classic at the 
LV.


d) Could live with another 1-day, 4 round AMA F3A contest on Saturday, 
July 30th.  Would return to continue on Sunday to fly Classic at the LV.


e) Could live with another 1-day, 4 round AMA F3A contest on Saturday, 
July 30th.  Irrespective of a Classic offering or not, would NOT return 
on Sunday.


f)  Was NOT planning on attending the LVRCS AMA F3A contest, so do what 
you need to do without feeling bad about the impact on my pattern 
season.


The last thing I would want is that your pattern season is less fun 
because of what Andy and I decide to do next to cope with this mess. 
 Let us know!


Respectfully,
Dana Beaton
4449NSRC AMA
District II Contest Board Representative
 






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