... OUCH!!! I have been biting my tongue on this subject too long. At every NARAM there are at least a dozen good R&D reports presented to the judges and the...
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PatB
appraisalser...
Aug 16, 2012 9:54 pm
Well, for what it’s worth, NAR’s most recent IRS Form 990 (2010) shows $236,514 of cash, savings, and investments on hand. The vast majority of that is...
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George Gassaway
gcgassaway
Aug 16, 2012 10:30 pm
... <<<< A bit of history. I the early 2000's, the NAR spent $10,000 for a professional to redo the website. The result was a site that looked different but...
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vincent_jeff
Aug 16, 2012 11:47 pm
George, both venues (web-sites and the official magazine) serve different purposes and different audiences. (Chuck Weiss often makes this point for ASTRE's...
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PatB
appraisalser...
Aug 16, 2012 11:55 pm
It’s unfortunate that they didn’t get what they paid for. It would be interesting to see how that came about. There should have been some sort of...
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vincent_jeff
Aug 16, 2012 11:56 pm
Bob, Larry Rice supposedly had coverage of the MMRR regional declined a few years ago. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contestRoc/message/29605 -- Jeff...
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John Buckley
johnjbuckley...
Aug 17, 2012 1:12 am
I have simply taken GG's Rotaroc design and scaled it to 24 mm. Use 1/8 " balsa. Never had a shred and I have built 3 or 4. Never tried an E-motor though. ...
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tedcochran55409
Aug 17, 2012 1:22 am
... That benchmark might be good for some charities, but the BoT feels we need a bit more. If we had to liquidate, depending on what month, we'd owe something...
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David W. Schultz
schultdw
Aug 17, 2012 1:53 am
... Fabulous idea. How many issues do you think my two 1st place reports would fill? http://home.earthlink.net/~david.schultz/rnd/2002/KalmanApogee.pdf ...
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David Erbas-White
derbas7
Aug 17, 2012 2:25 am
On 8/16/2012 6:53 PM, David W. Schultz wrote: I love your reports. How would they fit in SR? By doing a summary/abstract, leading the user to have 'just...
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chadly52
Aug 17, 2012 2:48 am
... Not as many as Lila's 100+ page report. :) chad...
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PatB
appraisalser...
Aug 17, 2012 2:57 am
Thank you for your response- I really appreciate it. Everyone has a different opinion on these sorts of things, but I just think the reserves are way too high....
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George Gassaway
gcgassaway
Aug 17, 2012 3:02 am
... <<<<< Jeff, you make a great point. People have to be made aware f this stuff to being with, and for most of them that first awareness would be thru the...
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PatB
appraisalser...
Aug 17, 2012 3:36 am
“I can't imagine NARTS is selling thousands of bucks of contest oriented material. So why not let that become free in order to serve the NAR contest...
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Wolf
astronwolf
Aug 17, 2012 4:11 am
... Aside from hitting a technical brick wall, I think it was more like my vision of building and expanding an archive of useful comproc stuff sort of hit a...
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Jonathan Rains
j_rains
Aug 17, 2012 4:19 am
Totally agree that the $10K was money not well spent. I've never liked the design and as everyone knows, finding stuff is next to impossible. Of course it is...
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Bob Kaplow
bobkaplow
Aug 17, 2012 11:40 am
... Hard to believe, but I miss Tavares. He did a really good job on the web site, and you're right that it hasn't been the same since he left....
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kevinj73us
Aug 17, 2012 1:51 pm
The AMA example was brought up. They have an electronic online archive of back issues that is in the members area of their website. Want to check out an old...
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rdwoebke
Aug 17, 2012 2:03 pm
... I know you all read Bill Simmon's article I posted earlier this week. If you didn't go read it. Next, I highly suggest reading the contest report of the...
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rdwoebke
Aug 17, 2012 5:22 pm
... I feel like I already live there. http://pinterest.com/s8e/pepper/ Ryan...
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kevinj73us
Aug 17, 2012 6:29 pm
... September 77 maybe? I didn't see anything in October or November about F3B....
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azsvs
Aug 17, 2012 6:35 pm
... Did they even have an F3B class then? I think Ryan is "Rick-roolling" us without the Astley. TDWillard...
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rdwoebke
Aug 17, 2012 6:56 pm
... Or September. For some reason I thought it was October. I know it was in the fall of '77. ... 1977 was the first world champs for F3B. Since you guys...
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John Buckley
johnjbuckley...
Aug 17, 2012 7:01 pm
That's the ticket. Rocket Groupies! ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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chadly52
Aug 17, 2012 7:30 pm
I think around here we call it being 'Fitch-rolled'. :)...
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azsvs
Aug 17, 2012 8:47 pm
... July '77 has event coverage. December '77 has Skip Miller's article on going from never having flown to World Champ in 2 years. TDWillard...
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rdwoebke
Aug 17, 2012 8:51 pm
... The December '77 one is the one you want to read. And as a heads up, it is generally good common courtesy to preface a spoiler alert with [SPOILER ALERT]....
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azsvs
Aug 17, 2012 9:15 pm
... [SPOILER ALERT] Sorry ev'body. I thought Ryan's big secret was the way the three top qualifiers (and first alternate) all pulled together and became the...
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tedcochran55409
Aug 18, 2012 2:41 am
... Oh, we're not planning on it! It's just a benchmark for reserves in organizations with ongoing operations. Funding based on two months reserves is a cash...
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appraisalservices2000
appraisalser...
Aug 18, 2012 7:34 pm
Retention of members is always a big concern. It less expensive to retain existing members than it is to recruit new ones. That's why I'm thinking that by...
