[NSRCA-dist8] 2015 contest schedule

[Patrick Harris]

Art,

Good idea on the District Championship contest....let's make it my home
field. [?] All and all, that's not a bad idea. if you to take into account
the geographical location of D8 pilots, I think we would see a location
like Redmond is about as centrally located as you can get with a great
field. So maybe we need to adjust our thinking as to when and where the
last contest of the year is held to improve attendance.

Pat



On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Arthur F. Kelly via NSRCA-dist8 <
nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

> Gordon,
>
> Thanks for raising an important topic. I agree that the current format of
> contests is too tight (every two weeks +/-). I have no idea of the
> "perfect" number. This year we had 10 scheduled, so perhaps 7 or 8? And
> they need to be strategically positioned, on the calendar and
> geographically.
>
> It's important to consider this question over a period of several years.
> How will it impact participation? In D-8 we always need to recruit new
> pilots. (Same in all Districts.)  How far is a pilot willing to drive for
> h/h first contest? I'm assuming that the D-8 clubs that currently produce
> the highest number of pattern pilots are tapped out for many more new
> pattern pilots. And, by extension, I'm assuming that the greatest potential
> for new pilots is from clubs/areas that don't currently have many. So,
> strategically positioned contests can do a lot to help recruiting.
>
> For all of us there is a "too far to drive" point. For some it's 50 miles,
> for some it's 400. (For you, Meri and Rex it's somewhere west of the
> Mississippi, for which we are all grateful.) Early on in my fragmented
> pattern career I had the impression that the District Contest was the go to
> contest, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Under the by-laws it must
> always be the last contest of the season and it has always been (in my
> memory) somewhere at the geographic corners of the district. Seems to me
> that the District Contest should be as centrally located in the district as
> possible. That way it would fit within the the "not too far to drive"
> parameters of most D-8 members.  Maybe if D-8 were broken into a few
> regions we could have 2 "accessible" contests in each region and those who
> do well would have added incentive to get to a centrally located District
> Contest? It would be imperative that CD's of regional contests learn the
> scoring system and matrix process and it's likely tha
>  t these contests would be Sportsman, Intermediate and Advanced?
>
> I may be off base, but my two cents worth.
>
> Art
>
> On Jul 22, 2014, at 8:03 PM, Gordon Anderson via NSRCA-dist8 wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > I would like to make a proposal for the 2015 contest season. This is
> nothing official its just food for thought as we progress through the 2014
> season. I think we have too many contests, the summer is full with events
> every two weeks. This is a small district and I think we would be better
> served with fewer contests. My wife Meri had a great suggestion that I
> think we should consider, lets have one contest per month starting in May
> and ending in October. This would be 6 contests with several weeks between
> each contest. This can only happen if all the CDs work together and we
> develop the 2015 plan soon. So lets start discussing the 2015 schedule!
> >
> > --Gordon
> >
> >
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