<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">This is exactly the conversation Bill Carder, Bob Walker and I were having just the other day. My guess is there is an available number of contest/participant events in the district and it’s only a question of how they are delivered. As an example if there are 100 contest/participant events available in the district they can be delivered in either 10 contests with 10 participants or 5 contests with 20 participants. In my opinion 20 participant contests are far more enjoyable than 10 participant contests and 5 contests is half the work of 10. So….. I’m in favor of Meri's one contest a month strategy (way to go Meri).<div>If it is our goal to use contests to find potential pattern flyers we could have 5 permanent contests and one “floater” that moves from club to club every year.</div><div><br></div><div>So, whose going to send the money for my 2 cents worth?</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br></div><div>Something I have thought about doing with the Boise contest is to find a place in eastern Idaho to hold it every other year. A contest further east would not have to give any consideration to the main D8 schedule because of sheer distance for most of our ranks. Montana and Wyoming are D8 too.</div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">All,<div><br></div><div>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!</div>
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<div>Well, this is my input as a "newbie". In a district this size I believe more contests are better. As I evaluated my involvement I looked at how many contests I could attend, distance was the bottom line. To make it worth the time and effort I felt 3-4.
With the number of contests, spread, and driving distance I can do this. It the number of contests are reduced, depending on where they are held I may not be able to attend as many. I know it is a HUGE burden on the small number or people who organize and
run these contests. Maybe the solution is not to reduce the number or contests, but to recruit and train more people to run them.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">I agree with the idea of six contests; but would like to add I think it is important we keep all our contests, they offer "pattern" exposure to a lot of clubs in the Northwest. My suggestion is to hold some of our current contests every other
year on a rotational basis. This way contests can easily added and subtracted from the mix.
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<div>Something I have thought about doing with the Boise contest is to find a place in eastern Idaho to hold it every other year. A contest further east would not have to give any consideration to the main D8 schedule because of sheer distance for most of our
ranks. Montana and Wyoming are D8 too.</div>
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<div>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!</div>
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Mike you and Karl bring up good points . I guess I feel some obligation to try to attend nearly all of them and 6 is pushing it for me., however an occasional trip to the fringes of our district sounds inviting provided there were more than the same had full of regulars.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Jim <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> NSRCA-dist8 [mailto:nsrca-dist8-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Karl Watts via NSRCA-dist8<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 23, 2014 6:48 AM<br><b>To:</b> astropuppy; AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY<br><b>Cc:</b> Rex Lesher; AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-dist8] 2015 contest schedule<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Well, this is my input as a "newbie". In a district this size I believe more contests are better. As I evaluated my involvement I looked at how many contests I could attend, distance was the bottom line. To make it worth the time and effort I felt 3-4. With the number of contests, spread, and driving distance I can do this. It the number of contests are reduced, depending on where they are held I may not be able to attend as many. I know it is a HUGE burden on the small number or people who organize and run these contests. Maybe the solution is not to reduce the number or contests, but to recruit and train more people to run them.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Karl<br><br>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>On Jul 23, 2014, at 7:10 AM, "astropuppy via NSRCA-dist8" <<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal">I agree with the idea of six contests; but would like to add I think it is important we keep all our contests, they offer "pattern" exposure to a lot of clubs in the Northwest. My suggestion is to hold some of our current contests every other year on a rotational basis. This way contests can easily added and subtracted from the mix. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Something I have thought about doing with the Boise contest is to find a place in eastern Idaho to hold it every other year. A contest further east would not have to give any consideration to the main D8 schedule because of sheer distance for most of our ranks. Montana and Wyoming are D8 too.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Gordon Anderson via NSRCA-dist8 <<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">All, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">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!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#888888"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#888888">--Gordon<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#888888"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#888888"> </span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-dist8 mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NSRCA-dist8@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist8" target="_blank">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist8</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-dist8 mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NSRCA-dist8@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist8">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist8</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-dist8 mailing list<br>NSRCA-dist8@lists.nsrca.org<br>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist8<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>