I love competition. However, unless you live near a big club, there's little
chance to find contests with 20 people +. The idea of developing skills and
enjoying the sport is the most important aspect in my opinion. If there's no
way to do the competition circuit unless you are very well off, it keeps a
lot of flyer's from doing any tasks. I believe it is important to "attend"
some contests for the experience and "comradery", but not have to "win" some
with 20+ people. Newbies are the most affected by the expense of going to
far away contests. Those that have the luxury of monthly contests and/or
can afford to attend contests are the ones who tend to support this aspect.
I signed up a number of LSF flyers (5 or 6 at least) and all but one got
stopped by the competition aspect (he moved away to a bigger city closer to
the competitions and is doing very well). This part was great in the early
days of larger clubs, but with the difficulty of even keeping a club going,
the "level" of competition required for LSF is more than daunting. It
pretty much eliminates the smaller clubs with only a few members. I think
having just an "attendance" requirement of 3 or 4 contests with 10 or more
over the course of the levels will provide the "experience" of contests
without limiting it to just the rich and "infamous". Another tough aspect
of LSF is the requirement to have LSF witnesses. It's basically impossible
in my neck of the woods at this time.
I don't see any problem with LSF changing with the times, if those that are
in the 121 are kept separate and recognized for their super achievement.
Having two types of goals you can select for LSF (TD no contests, 21 or
older AMA witnesses) and the existing one might open it up for a good many
flyers. I know it would help the many hundreds that signed up but stopped
because of contests. I doubt that it would be that difficult to have two
different sets of task sheets within the existing LSF. Jim Deck
If someone wants to set up another achievement program, I will gladly
participate and still work on my LSF V in the current format. I will also
volunteer to help Tom, Larry, Bill and Steve work out the details of an
additional set of goals based on the needs and resources of the smaller
clubs.
IMHO
TB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Eckel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Chip Willis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'James V. Bacus'"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'RCSE'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 9:45 AM
Subject: RE: [RCSE] LSF discussion
I would disagree. Jim may have not caught every post and didn't catch the
disclaimers. It wasn't the originators intent to bash LSF. And I didn't
see any bashing from the originator - perhaps a few of the other posts went
that way but generally it was a pretty even discussion.
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