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FYI, please see email below I sent to John on 16 January, giving alternative dates:</div>
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<b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Thursday, December 16, 2021 5:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span> </span>John Bentley <j.bentley@usa.net><br>
<b>Cc:</b><span> </span>Arthur F. Kelly <afkelly25@gmail.com>; Scott Hudson <sthudson@budget.net>; Bruce Tharpe <bruce@btemodels.com>; Rob Merriman <merrimans@charter.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span> </span>Re: Fw: Latest D7 contest schedule</font>
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<div style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt">Hi John,</div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt">looking at our club's 2022 schedule, the only dates for a pattern contest (besides April 23/24 with bad historic weather data) I can find would be 17/18 or 24/25 September with July and August traditionally being too hot
and smoky from fires.</div>
<div style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt">Again, feel free to look at our club's schedule </div>
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<div style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt">with its many events already in place.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 7, 2022 5:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sean Mersh <mershs@hotmail.com>; AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY <nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org><br>
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<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">Sean,
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<div class="">Why don’t you propose some dates instead of just rejecting all the suggestions, seems like to would make the process a lot smoother.</div>
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<div class="">On Feb 7, 2022, at 5:44 PM, Sean Mersh via NSRCA-dist8 <<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org" class="">nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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Hi Bob,</div>
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as far as I know, July 9/10 was never the traditional date (maybe it was > 6 years ago, before I got to Medford?).</div>
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And yes, the probability of rain is higher in April versus July, but July has other issues: heat and smoke from fires <span id="x_😐" class="">😐</span>. There are no easy solutions; each one has advantages and disadvantages...</div>
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<b class="">Sent:</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, February 4, 2022 6:59 PM<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" class="">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.
<div class=""> My info indicates around a 30 percent chance of rain in April versus about a 3 percent chance in July. </div>
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<div class="" style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">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.</div>
<div class="" style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">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.</div>
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Hi all, after talking to the Cd's here is a tentative contest schedule for<br class="">
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year 2022. This schedule took into account the weather conditions for each<br class="">
contest venue. Last year we had weather issues at some contests and this<br class="">
schedule will hopefully rectify those issues. We will also have the D8<br class="">
championship at a central location in Redmond as they have lifted the 400 ft<br class="">
requirement.<br class="">
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The opening contest will be at the Tri Cities, WA location. Bill Bowen has<br class="">
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to host the judging seminar at his contest. I will run the seminar which will<br class="">
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Saturday and finish at noon. The seminar will include active panel judging of<br class="">
each and every class. Up to 6 judges will judge each demo flight and an<br class="">
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discussion will occur after the flight. We did this at the Boise contest last<br class="">
year and it was very successful as a learning tool. We will need at least one<br class="">
pilot from each class to fly their pattern and be judged. The main contest<br class="">
will start at 1pm after lunch and fly 2 rounds on Saturday and 4 rounds on<br class="">
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Please visit the NSRCA site and review the judging criteria and re-certify as<br class="">
a judge.<br class="">
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May 21/22 Tri Cities, Washington<br class="">
June 25/26 Boise ,Id<br class="">
July 9/10 Medford, Oregon D7/8 Shootout<br class="">
July 23/24 Redmond, Oregon<br class="">
August 13/14 Becks field , Oregon<br class="">
September 3/4 Mollala, Oregon<br class="">
September 24/25 Redmond, Oregon D8 Championship contest<br class="">
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Thanks to all<br class="">
John<br class="">
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