What does a "sanctioned" contest gain anyway? How is insurance better
at a sanctioned contest is the participants are AMA members and the site
is an approved site. I'm just curious.
-Ben
Mark Williams wrote:
Chuck,
I, as president of our club this year, am in the process of proposing that
all participants in our club contests must have a current AMA membership.
The club voted on this when I was unable to attend our January meeting. If
you don't have an insurance card in Texas while driving a car you are
violating the law. My feeling is that we need to consider it the same for
flying a R/C airplane.
Additionally, I am very sensitive to your concerns. Our flying sites have
been certified with the AMA and we as such require AMA membership at any of
our club events. But, since one of our fields is open to the public we
cannot control access totally. Again, I am very emphatic that I will insist
that all of our CD's "lay eyes" on current AMA membership before the
participant is allowed to fly in a club contest.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mark Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] SLNT Contest Schedule
At 05:32 PM 2/7/2005, you wrote:
Hello Guys,
Due to unexpected circumstances our club, The Soaring League of North
Texas
has decided to drastically reduced the sanctioning of our events with the
AMA. We will however, continue to have our monthly contests as in years
past. Our club runs unlimited events from February though November. Hand
launch events are planned every month of the year, usually on the third
Sunday.
So, do not expect to see our events advertised in Model Aviation. It was
felt the only things gained by requesting a sanction was protection from
other sailplane events in the region, of which there are few, the afore
mentioned advertisement and the CD's compensation for running the event.
Below is a link that will take you to our web site and our unlimited
contest
schedule for the up coming year.
<snip>
I, for one, will never fly in an unsanctioned contest. I do not want to
be anywhere near a flyer without insurance and that's the only way I can
be sure that all fliers have insurance. Do you require an AMA license for
your unsanctioned contests.?
Chuck Anderson
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