Sign me up....I'll be the Pres.....now, just where did that intern get off to......;^)....Jack --- tony estep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was puzzled and amazed to find a wrinkled, > dirt-stained copy of a > smuggled document stuffed into my field box last > weekend. After further > inspection, I concluded that someone has slipped me > a leaked copy of > the long-rumored "Weenie Manifesto!" I cannot swear > to its > authenticity, but I believe this is the real thing. > With that > disclaimer, I am passing this historic document on > to the list for what > it's worth. > > The Weenie Manifesto > > We, the Weenies of Soaring, are sick at heart at the > disregard shown by > the soaring community for our legitimate concerns. > We have been > patient, and even now are reluctant to throw down > the Weenie Gauntlet, > but the critical situation now facing the soaring > hobby requires no > less of us. Therefore, at our most recent Weenie > Conclave we > unanimously adopted the WEENIE MANIFESTO. That > document is lengthy and > treats all our long-festering grievances in the > detail that each > deserves. Interested parties may obtain a full copy > from our website > (www.weeniesofsoaring.com). However, the Grand > Weenie has approved the > following excerpt, which summarizes a few of the > most important points. > > Article I. Weenie Economics > We, the Weenies of Soaring, cannot and will not > build planes for > ourselves; we want others to build planes for us. > However, we cannot > and will not pay to have this done. This applies > particularly to > hand-launch planes. We want to have competitive > machines without the > bother of building them or the expense of purchasing > them. We demand > that this onerous situation be put to right > immediately by dramatic > price reductions for all soaring gear, and > specifically the elimination > of labor cost in all prefab airplanes. > > Article II. Weenie Competition > We, the Weenies of Soaring, cannot put our planes > where we want them. > This requirement, which is absurd in itself, is > compounded when we are > supposed to put them in a certain place at a certain > time. Others who > can put their planes on a certain spot at a certain > time are > consistently claiming trophies for excellence in > flying, trophies that > rightfully belong to the Weenies of Soaring. We > therefore demand that > landing scores be eliminated. Moreover, all contests > should be > add-em-up, since anybody can have a bad round or > two, and the target > time should have a little leeway, say 10 seconds, > because unnecessary > precision serves no purpose either. These changes > should be adopted > immediately, in order to right long-standing wrongs > suffered by the > Weenies of Soaring. > > Article III. Weenie Achievement > We, the Weenies of Soaring, find nothing as > preposterous as the endless > list of tedious requirements for the various LSF > levels. Why are the > time requirements so long? Why not rethink the > distance tasks so they > can be accomplished without leaving the club field? > The contest > requirements are the most incomprehensible. A win is > a win, no matter > how many competitors were in the event or what their > ability. > Originally, we wished to demand that the LSF > overhaul their outmoded > and convoluted achievement program. However, we > despair of ever talking > sense to that stubborn organization. Therefore, we > have adopted our own > achievement program. > > We are proud to announce the Weenie Wings Soaring > Achievement Award, > which has not V but VI levels, thus immediately > establishing its > superiority over you-know-who. Every task is well > within the ability of > all Weenies of Soaring, and can be completed without > inconvenience or > discomfort, so we are certain that this award will > quickly gain wide > recognition and acceptance. For full details, see > our website, and > you'll soon be on your way to earning your own > Weenie Wings! > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free > email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane > News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests > to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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