<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv2527572475"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5681"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5680" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5679"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5745">Chris, the answer to your question is that nobody gives dist7 points. The pilot earns them at a contest & the dist7 points are based on that, so no club or org. gives them out. </span></div> <div class="yiv2527572475qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5682"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div><div class=".yiv2527572475yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5879"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5878" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5877" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv2527572475yqt1411373816" id="yiv2527572475yqt04191"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5975" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5976" face="Arial" size="2"> On Monday, May 2, 2016 10:21 PM, Chris Fitzsimmons via NSRCA-dist7 <nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org> wrote:<br clear="none"></font></div>  <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="yiv2527572475y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5876"><div id="yiv2527572475"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5875"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5959" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5958">Did I miss Tonys answer? He said he answered it.. Where did I miss the yes or no here? Tony is clearly the leading voice of BMF who clearly hands out NSCRA disctrict points and I reckon, the NSRCA should be done away with according the BMF as they are in charge of district 7 points.. <br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>Chris<br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2527572475gmail_extra" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5874"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv2527572475yqt9654664958" id="yiv2527572475yqt78766"><div class="yiv2527572475gmail_quote" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5873">On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 10:17 PM, Chris Fitzsimmons <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kfactoreditor@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kfactoreditor@gmail.com">kfactoreditor@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv2527572475gmail_quote" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5872" 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;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5871" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5870">Are you a politician? You are not familiar but yet it may be that? Stop trying to spread your thought with non fact... Stick to what you know for fact.. <br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>I still have no answer about where the NSRCA points come from<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2527572475gmail_extra" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5883"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5882"><div class="yiv2527572475h5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5881"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv2527572475gmail_quote" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5880">On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 10:10 PM, Frackowiak Tony via NSRCA-dist7 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv2527572475gmail_quote" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5886" 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;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5885">Well said Steve! <div><br clear="none"></div><div>I would like to make this point, and maybe those members of the BOD in the NSRCA can correct me if I am wrong.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5884"><br clear="none"></div><div>The NSRCA is the Special Interest Group for the R/C Aerobatics Event and has been assigned as the SIG for Indoor Aerobatics. I am not completely familiar with the requirements for becoming a SIG within the AMA. But I'll bet part of it is to abide by and enforce the AMA Competition Regulations. It might be that the AMA would look dimly at the NSRCA punishing a club by trying to invalidate their contest even though that club is running their events totally within the AMA Competition Regulations.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5887">Something to think about.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Tony Frackowiak</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5892"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5891"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5890"><br clear="none"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5889"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5888">On May 2, 2016, at 6:10 PM, Steven Lampert via NSRCA-dist7 wrote:</div><br clear="none"><blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5896" type="cite"><span style="text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; border-collapse: separate;"></span><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5895" lang="EN-US"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5894"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5893" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">My problem with John’s position is that if a club, in accordance with its bylaws, acts to expel or ban an individual, then the NRCA’s decision to invalidate the points from an event hosted by that club effectively penalizes the club for taking action against such an individual.  The club is thus left with the unpalatable options of either tolerating the presence of this individual, or having their contest effectively marginalized and transformed into a glorified fun fly.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I really don’t question the authority of the NSRCA to exclude such a club from hosting an event that is conducted under the auspices of the NSRCA.  However , within the context of a club sponsored event, I think the NSRCA may be exceeding the legitimate bounds of its authority by effectively punishing a club in this manner.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">What I can’t seem to determine is what is the legitimate scope and source of the NSRCA’s authority in this regard…<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 84, 106); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 84, 106); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span> </span>NSRCA-dist7 [mailto:<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist7-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>]<span> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span> </span></b>Peter Vogel via NSRCA-dist7<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Monday, May 02, 2016 2:11 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b><span> </span>Chris Fitzsimmons; CA, AZ, HI, NV, UT<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b><span> </span>Re: [NSRCA-dist7] Championship Points and Methods<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5898"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5897" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">+1.  Well said Chris!<u></u><u></u></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5909"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5908"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Chris Fitzsimmons via NSRCA-dist7 <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5907"><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">No one is really missing out on any points or contest. Let's not forget the BMF contest was not even a contest till like a week ago. The guys up north are actually the main people missing out on a contest. Hence why the Fresno came in to replace it. And then BMF.. Great to have two step up. <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The issue is the club isn't in charge of district points, they are (as Robert has pointed out) in charge of their affairs. And that's correct.. To me and most others it seems, NSRCA points are not BMFs affair. That belongs to the NSRCA.  The NSRCA is an organization right? If we don't pay them we can't get district points right? Where is that confusing anyone? <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I fully understand BMF and their decision. I could care less who they ban... It's about district points and why it is or isn't fair.  It's not rocket science and perhaps you should put the shoe on the other foot also. I tried it on.. I returned it to the rightful owner after thinking about it carefully from the other side. <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">(Drops microphone) I'm out<span> </span><span>✌</span>️<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Just kidding. Lighten up ffs.. This is a hobby... <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Chris<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">  <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone<u></u><u></u></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5906"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5905"><div><div class="yiv2527572475MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><br clear="none">On May 2, 2016, at 9:46 AM, Frackowiak Tony via NSRCA-dist7 <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></div></div><blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5904" style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5903"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">So, with the retaining of the requirement for 4 contests for the Champs, and the elimination of points from the upcoming BMF contest, which was just to try to help out after your contest was cancelled, plus no points for all BMF contests in the future, it will now be even harder for people of more limited means to compete for the District Champs. How does that make it a "level playing field" for them?<u></u><u></u></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I guess it's no problem when you have the means to go to all the events you want, along with the Nats each year. Not only financially but when you can always travel in a group sharing the load. Not often the case when you're just getting in to pattern. I'm also lucky to have good friends that help me attend contests. Otherwise I could only go to contests that I run or I can return home easily to stay the night. <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">And people wonder why the entrant counts at our contests continue to dwindle. Or why there are 19 Masters in a 35 entrant contest.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Still waiting for my return call, Jon.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Tony<u></u><u></u></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5902"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">  <u></u><u></u></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5901"><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">On May 2, 2016, at 8:24 AM, joncarter60 via NSRCA-dist7 wrote:<u></u><u></u></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><u></u><u></u></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5900"><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I also am in agreement with Dale's points. It is simply about having a "level playing field" for the district championship.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Jon Carter<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-size: 10pt;">Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 6 edge, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone<u></u><u></u></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">-------- Original message --------<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">From: Budd Engineering via NSRCA-dist7 <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Date: 5/2/2016 8:15 AM (GMT-08:00)<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">To: Olstinske Dale <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:sanjosedale@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:sanjosedale@gmail.com">sanjosedale@gmail.com</a>>, "CA, AZ, HI, NV, UT" <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Subject: Re: [NSRCA-dist7] Championship Points and Methods<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5899" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">+1<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> On May 2, 2016, at 7:54 AM, Olstinske Dale via NSRCA-dist7 <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">><span> </span><br clear="none">> I love the BMF contests, one of the highlights of the year. I would always attend in any event, but I support John’s decision about district championship points. I really doubt the attendance would be hurt in anyway, just my opinion.<br clear="none">><span> </span><br clear="none">> Dale<br clear="none">><span> </span><br clear="none">><span> </span><br clear="none">><span> </span><br clear="none">><span> </span><br clear="none">>> On May 1, 2016, at 4:20 PM, John Bentley via NSRCA-dist7 <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> This is NOT an attack on the Bear Mountain Club/Tony/Leon, (read my original<br clear="none">>> post)  It is a statement of policy, in that  every  and ALL members of the<br clear="none">>> NSRCA and AMA should be able to compete in the district championships.  Did<br clear="none">>> anyone actually read my proposal???? . There should for pilots with the<br clear="none">>> exception of legal actions due to NSRCA or AMA never be an exclusion to this<span> </span><br clear="none">>> policy.<br clear="none">>> I have never said that anyone could not have a contest, however for that<br clear="none">>> contest to be valid there can be no exclusions of pilots that are in good<br clear="none">>> standing with AMA and NSRCA  There will be NO more personal attacks  nor more<br clear="none">>> personal vendettas.  This is only about out district policy and nothing else.<br clear="none">>> John Bentley<span> </span><br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> 30 Apr 2016 04:58:39 PM MST<br clear="none">>> From: John Bentley via NSRCA-dist7 <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br clear="none">>> To: <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br clear="none">>> Subject: [NSRCA-dist7] Championship Points and Methods<br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> All NSRCA D7 Members. It has come to my attention that members in good<br clear="none">>> standing with AMA and NSRCA are unable to fly at a contest site. Because of<br clear="none">>> this, from this point  no district championship points will be assigned at<br clear="none">>> any<br clear="none">>> contest that excludes a member that is in good standing with AMA and NSRCA.<br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> Now on the discussion about the Championship. The overall consensus is that<br clear="none">>> there should be a single Championship and that Championship should move to<br clear="none">>> different sites within D7. In all fairness  since 4 contests have been flown<br clear="none">>> there will be no change in how points are determined for the 2016 contest<br clear="none">>> season.<br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> I have heard lots of talk on how the points are awarded . Here is my thought<br clear="none">>> in how the contest(S) could be more competitive:<br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> 1. Use 3 contests for qualification. Each pilot will be awarded 33 points for<br clear="none">>> attendance plus 1 point for each person they beat in the contest.<br clear="none">>> One contest can be used from out of district however that contest can not<br clear="none">>> have<br clear="none">>> any points given that is larger than the largest D7 contest attended.As an<br clear="none">>> example if a pilot attended the NATS and beat 30 people but their largest<br clear="none">>> class in D7 was 18 they could only be awarded 18 points extra not 30.<span> </span><br clear="none">>> 2. The championship Contest will  count as 100 points plus 1 point for each<br clear="none">>> person beat.<br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> 3.The method for the calculation will be announced no later than Jan 1 2017<br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> John<br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">>> NSRCA-dist7 mailing list<br clear="none">>><span> </span><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a><br clear="none">>><span> </span><a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5910" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist7</a><br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">>> NSRCA-dist7 mailing list<br clear="none">>><span> </span><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a><br clear="none">>><span> </span><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist7</a><br clear="none">><span> </span><br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> NSRCA-dist7 mailing list<br clear="none">><span> </span><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a><br clear="none">><span> </span><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist7</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">NSRCA-dist7 mailing list<br clear="none"><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a><br clear="none"><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist7</a><u></u><u></u></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">NSRCA-dist7 mailing list<br clear="none"><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a><br clear="none"><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist7</a><u></u><u></u></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5913" style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5912"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462318025476_5911" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">NSRCA-dist7 mailing list<br clear="none"><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a><br clear="none"><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist7</a><u></u><u></u></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div class="yiv2527572475MsoNormal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</div></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv2527572475yqt9654664958" id="yiv2527572475yqt43788">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">NSRCA-dist7 mailing list<br clear="none"><a href="mailto:NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a><br clear="none"><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist7</a><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div>  </div> </div>  </div><div class=".yiv2527572475yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div class="yiv2527572475yqt1411373816" id="yiv2527572475yqt04191"><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> On Monday, May 2, 2016 10:21 PM, Chris Fitzsimmons via NSRCA-dist7 <nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org> wrote:<br clear="none"></font></div>  <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="yiv2527572475y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2527572475"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Did I miss Tonys answer? He said he answered it.. Where did I miss the yes or no here? Tony is clearly the leading voice of BMF who clearly hands out NSCRA disctrict points and I reckon, the NSRCA should be done away with according the BMF as they are in charge of district 7 points.. <br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>Chris<br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2527572475gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv2527572475yqt9654664958" id="yiv2527572475yqt78766"><div class="yiv2527572475gmail_quote">On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 10:17 PM, Chris Fitzsimmons <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kfactoreditor@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kfactoreditor@gmail.com">kfactoreditor@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv2527572475gmail_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;"><div dir="ltr"><div>Are you a politician? You are not familiar but yet it may be that? Stop trying to spread your thought with non fact... Stick to what you know for fact.. <br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>I still have no answer about where the NSRCA points come from<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2527572475gmail_extra"><div><div class="yiv2527572475h5"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv2527572475gmail_quote">On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 10:10 PM, Frackowiak Tony via NSRCA-dist7 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv2527572475gmail_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;"><div>Well said Steve! <div><br clear="none"></div><div>I would like to make this point, and maybe those members of the BOD in the NSRCA can correct me if I am wrong.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>The NSRCA is the Special Interest Group for the R/C Aerobatics Event and has been assigned as the SIG for Indoor Aerobatics. I am not completely familiar with the requirements for becoming a SIG within the AMA. But I'll bet part of it is to abide by and enforce the AMA Competition Regulations. It might be that the AMA would look dimly at the NSRCA punishing a club by trying to invalidate their contest even though that club is running their events totally within the AMA Competition Regulations.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Something to think about.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Tony Frackowiak</div><div><div><div><br clear="none"><div><div>On May 2, 2016, at 6:10 PM, Steven Lampert via NSRCA-dist7 wrote:</div><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite"><span style="text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; border-collapse: separate;"></span><div lang="EN-US"><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">My problem with John’s position is that if a club, in accordance with its bylaws, acts to expel or ban an individual, then the NRCA’s decision to invalidate the points from an event hosted by that club effectively penalizes the club for taking action against such an individual.  The club is thus left with the unpalatable options of either tolerating the presence of this individual, or having their contest effectively marginalized and transformed into a glorified fun fly.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I really don’t question the authority of the NSRCA to exclude such a club from hosting an event that is conducted under the auspices of the NSRCA.  However , within the context of a club sponsored event, I think the NSRCA may be exceeding the legitimate bounds of its authority by effectively punishing a club in this manner.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">What I can’t seem to determine is what is the legitimate scope and source of the NSRCA’s authority in this regard…<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 84, 106); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 84, 106); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span> </span>NSRCA-dist7 [mailto:<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist7-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>]<span> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span> </span></b>Peter Vogel via NSRCA-dist7<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Monday, May 02, 2016 2:11 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b><span> </span>Chris Fitzsimmons; CA, AZ, HI, NV, UT<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b><span> </span>Re: [NSRCA-dist7] Championship Points and Methods<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">+1.  Well said Chris!<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Chris Fitzsimmons via NSRCA-dist7 <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">No one is really missing out on any points or contest. Let's not forget the BMF contest was not even a contest till like a week ago. The guys up north are actually the main people missing out on a contest. Hence why the Fresno came in to replace it. And then BMF.. Great to have two step up. <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The issue is the club isn't in charge of district points, they are (as Robert has pointed out) in charge of their affairs. And that's correct.. To me and most others it seems, NSRCA points are not BMFs affair. That belongs to the NSRCA.  The NSRCA is an organization right? If we don't pay them we can't get district points right? Where is that confusing anyone? <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I fully understand BMF and their decision. I could care less who they ban... It's about district points and why it is or isn't fair.  It's not rocket science and perhaps you should put the shoe on the other foot also. I tried it on.. I returned it to the rightful owner after thinking about it carefully from the other side. <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">(Drops microphone) I'm out<span> </span><span>✌</span>️<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Just kidding. Lighten up ffs.. This is a hobby... <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Chris<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">  <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div><div><div class="yiv2527572475MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><br clear="none">On May 2, 2016, at 9:46 AM, Frackowiak Tony via NSRCA-dist7 <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></div></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">So, with the retaining of the requirement for 4 contests for the Champs, and the elimination of points from the upcoming BMF contest, which was just to try to help out after your contest was cancelled, plus no points for all BMF contests in the future, it will now be even harder for people of more limited means to compete for the District Champs. How does that make it a "level playing field" for them?<u></u><u></u></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I guess it's no problem when you have the means to go to all the events you want, along with the Nats each year. Not only financially but when you can always travel in a group sharing the load. Not often the case when you're just getting in to pattern. I'm also lucky to have good friends that help me attend contests. Otherwise I could only go to contests that I run or I can return home easily to stay the night. <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">And people wonder why the entrant counts at our contests continue to dwindle. Or why there are 19 Masters in a 35 entrant contest.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Still waiting for my return call, Jon.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Tony<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">  <u></u><u></u></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">On May 2, 2016, at 8:24 AM, joncarter60 via NSRCA-dist7 wrote:<u></u><u></u></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><u></u><u></u></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I also am in agreement with Dale's points. It is simply about having a "level playing field" for the district championship.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Jon Carter<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-size: 10pt;">Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 6 edge, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone<u></u><u></u></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">-------- Original message --------<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">From: Budd Engineering via NSRCA-dist7 <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Date: 5/2/2016 8:15 AM (GMT-08:00)<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">To: Olstinske Dale <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:sanjosedale@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:sanjosedale@gmail.com">sanjosedale@gmail.com</a>>, "CA, AZ, HI, NV, UT" <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Subject: Re: [NSRCA-dist7] Championship Points and Methods<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">+1<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> On May 2, 2016, at 7:54 AM, Olstinske Dale via NSRCA-dist7 <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">><span> </span><br clear="none">> I love the BMF contests, one of the highlights of the year. I would always attend in any event, but I support John’s decision about district championship points. I really doubt the attendance would be hurt in anyway, just my opinion.<br clear="none">><span> </span><br clear="none">> Dale<br clear="none">><span> </span><br clear="none">><span> </span><br clear="none">><span> </span><br clear="none">><span> </span><br clear="none">>> On May 1, 2016, at 4:20 PM, John Bentley via NSRCA-dist7 <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> This is NOT an attack on the Bear Mountain Club/Tony/Leon, (read my original<br clear="none">>> post)  It is a statement of policy, in that  every  and ALL members of the<br clear="none">>> NSRCA and AMA should be able to compete in the district championships.  Did<br clear="none">>> anyone actually read my proposal???? . There should for pilots with the<br clear="none">>> exception of legal actions due to NSRCA or AMA never be an exclusion to this<span> </span><br clear="none">>> policy.<br clear="none">>> I have never said that anyone could not have a contest, however for that<br clear="none">>> contest to be valid there can be no exclusions of pilots that are in good<br clear="none">>> standing with AMA and NSRCA  There will be NO more personal attacks  nor more<br clear="none">>> personal vendettas.  This is only about out district policy and nothing else.<br clear="none">>> John Bentley<span> </span><br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> 30 Apr 2016 04:58:39 PM MST<br clear="none">>> From: John Bentley via NSRCA-dist7 <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br clear="none">>> To: <<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br clear="none">>> Subject: [NSRCA-dist7] Championship Points and Methods<br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> All NSRCA D7 Members. It has come to my attention that members in good<br clear="none">>> standing with AMA and NSRCA are unable to fly at a contest site. Because of<br clear="none">>> this, from this point  no district championship points will be assigned at<br clear="none">>> any<br clear="none">>> contest that excludes a member that is in good standing with AMA and NSRCA.<br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> Now on the discussion about the Championship. The overall consensus is that<br clear="none">>> there should be a single Championship and that Championship should move to<br clear="none">>> different sites within D7. In all fairness  since 4 contests have been flown<br clear="none">>> there will be no change in how points are determined for the 2016 contest<br clear="none">>> season.<br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> I have heard lots of talk on how the points are awarded . Here is my thought<br clear="none">>> in how the contest(S) could be more competitive:<br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> 1. Use 3 contests for qualification. Each pilot will be awarded 33 points for<br clear="none">>> attendance plus 1 point for each person they beat in the contest.<br clear="none">>> One contest can be used from out of district however that contest can not<br clear="none">>> have<br clear="none">>> any points given that is larger than the largest D7 contest attended.As an<br clear="none">>> example if a pilot attended the NATS and beat 30 people but their largest<br clear="none">>> class in D7 was 18 they could only be awarded 18 points extra not 30.<span> </span><br clear="none">>> 2. The championship Contest will  count as 100 points plus 1 point for each<br clear="none">>> person beat.<br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> 3.The method for the calculation will be announced no later than Jan 1 2017<br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> John<br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">>> NSRCA-dist7 mailing list<br clear="none">>><span> </span><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a><br clear="none">>><span> </span><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist7</a><br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>><span> </span><br clear="none">>> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">>> NSRCA-dist7 mailing list<br clear="none">>><span> </span><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a><br clear="none">>><span> </span><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/li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