[NSRCA-dist8] 2022 Schedule

Thu Feb 17 09:48:46 AKST 2022

Does the addition of the April contest before Richland impact when we would do the judge training?   

, 
Nathan

> On Feb 14, 2022, at 10:58 PM, John Bentley via NSRCA-dist8 <nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
> 
> The contest directors have finalized the District 8 2022 contest season. The
> Schedule follows:
> 
> April 23/24 Medford, Oregon D7/8 Shootout
> May 21/22 Tri Cities, Washington
> June 25/26 Boise ,Id
> July 23/24 Redmond, Oregon
> August 13/14 Becks field , Oregon
> September 3/4 Mollala, Oregon
> September 24/25 Redmond, Oregon D8 Championship contest
> 
> Contest Directors please get your sanctions into AMA
> 
> We will all need to have an FAA Number as well as a Trust(FAA) number for our
> contests this year.
> 
> https://www.faaregisterdrone.com
> https://trust.modelaircraft.org/ 
> 
> I will be at every contest Hope to see you all.
> John
> 
> 
> 
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Sun, 13 Feb 2022 08:59:59 PM MST
> From: stnagler--- via NSRCA-dist8 <nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org>
> To: Bill Carder <billcarder65 at gmail.com>,  "AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY"
> <nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org>
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-dist8] 2022 Schedule
> 
> John,
> 
>    Thanks for getting the schedule started... excited to get back in the
> air with everyone... when will it be solidified so we can start booking
> arrangements?
> 
> Regards
> Scott
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 7:48 AM Bill Carder via NSRCA-dist8 <
>> nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>> 
>> The Sept. dates would work will for at least a couple of us that travel
>> home south at that time.
>> 
>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 7:59 PM Bob Crump via NSRCA-dist8 <
>> nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks Sean, I guess I have a new name “big Bob”. Sounds like my
> rapper
>>> name.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Feb 7, 2022, at 6:15 PM, Art Kelly via NSRCA-dist8 <
>>> nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> For what it’s worth, the Medford contest has a lot of history. Big Bob
>>> pointed out that WAY back it had a nice following. That was before I
>>> arrived in the Rogue Valley. The July date may have been on the calendar
>>> then. Also, as we were trying to get pattern reignited here we worked with
>>> different dates the first few years. It began to grow and the district
>>> pilots agreed that it could become the district championship AND a
> shootout
>>> with D-7. Of course nothing remains static.
>>> 
>>> Art
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 5:44 PM Sean Mersh via NSRCA-dist8 <
>>> nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Bob,
>>>> as far as I know, July 9/10 was never the traditional date (maybe it was
>>>>> 6 years ago, before I got to Medford?).
>>>> And yes, the probability of rain is higher in April versus July, but
>>>> July has other issues: heat and smoke from fires 😐. There are no easy
>>>> solutions; each one has advantages and disadvantages...
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Sean
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from Outlook <http://aka.ms/weboutlook>
>>>> 
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> *From:* Bob Crump <bob.crump at yahoo.com>
>>>> *Sent:* Friday, February 4, 2022 6:59 PM
>>>> *To:* Sean Mersh <mershs at hotmail.com>; AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY <
>>>> nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org>
>>>> *Cc:* John Bentley <j.bentley at usa.net>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-dist8] 2022 Schedule
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Sean, I have two  questions and a comment. Wasn’t July 9,10 the
>>>> traditional date? And isn’t the probability of rain much higher in
> April
>>>> versus July.
>>>> My info indicates around a 30 percent chance of rain in April versus
>>>> about a 3 percent chance in July.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks, Bob
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>> On Feb 4, 2022, at 3:43 PM, Sean Mersh via NSRCA-dist8 <
>>>> nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hi John,
>>>> thanks for distributing the proposed schedule; it has been eagerly
>>>> anticipated throughout D-8. However, I must report to you that our club
>>>> members were surprised to discover that the Medford pattern contest was
>>>> moved from 23/24 April to 9/10 July. As you may remember, I sent you a
> link
>>>> to the Rogue Eagles event calendar on 16 December, indicating that we do
>>>> not have a lot of open dates for a pattern contest.
>>>> I realize that you are concerned about weather issues here in April, but
>>>> 9/10 July will not work for us. Our club has about 130 members who enjoy
> a
>>>> wide variety of activities during the summer months, and we have two
> events
>>>> (a pylon race and a rocket launch) scheduled that weekend. Additionally,
> D7
>>>> has a contest scheduled at OCMA (Steve Hannah) on the same weekend and
>>>> published their calendar in December, so our contest could not be a D7/D8
>>>> shootout.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Sean
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from Outlook <http://aka.ms/weboutlook>
>>>> 
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> *From:* NSRCA-dist8 <nsrca-dist8-bounces at lists.nsrca.org> on behalf of
>>>> John Bentley via NSRCA-dist8 <nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org>
>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 1, 2022 8:27 PM
>>>> *To:* nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org <nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org>
>>>> *Subject:* [NSRCA-dist8] 2022 Schedule
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all, after talking to the Cd's here is a tentative contest schedule
>>>> for
>>>> the
>>>> year 2022. This schedule took into account the weather conditions for
>>>> each
>>>> contest venue. Last year we had weather issues at some contests and this
>>>> schedule will hopefully rectify those issues. We will also have the D8
>>>> championship at a central location in Redmond as they have lifted the
>>>> 400 ft
>>>> requirement.
>>>> 
>>>> The opening contest will be at the Tri Cities, WA location. Bill Bowen
>>>> has
>>>> agreed
>>>> to host the judging seminar at his contest. I will run the seminar which
>>>> will
>>>> start at 8am on
>>>> Saturday and finish at noon. The seminar will include active panel
>>>> judging of
>>>> each and every class. Up to 6 judges will judge each demo flight and an
>>>> active
>>>> discussion will occur after the flight. We did this at the Boise contest
>>>> last
>>>> year and it was very successful as a learning tool. We will need at
>>>> least one
>>>> pilot from each class to fly their pattern and be judged. The main
>>>> contest
>>>> will start at 1pm after lunch and fly 2 rounds on Saturday and 4 rounds
>>>> on
>>>> Sunday.
>>>> Please visit the NSRCA site and review the judging criteria and
>>>> re-certify as
>>>> a judge.
>>>> 
>>>> Schedule:
>>>> 
>>>> May 21/22 Tri Cities, Washington
>>>> June 25/26 Boise ,Id
>>>> July 9/10 Medford, Oregon D7/8 Shootout
>>>> July 23/24 Redmond, Oregon
>>>> August 13/14 Becks field , Oregon
>>>> September 3/4 Mollala, Oregon
>>>> September 24/25 Redmond, Oregon D8 Championship contest
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks to all
>>>> John
>>>> 
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