ORIGINAL: mjfrederick
Oh, and I had time to go back and check your assertion that a "high percentage" voted yes, and if by "high percentage" you mean 51.4% of the survey respondents, then yes, that is a very convincing majority. Pretty sure that's a statistical dead heat considering the margin of error is probably +/- 8%.
Stats are so much fun.
OK, time for bed.
Mr. Matt, I am not understanding your logic. First, you speak of not looking at the results of everyone, that you should just look at the results of the membership of the NSRCA. You contradict yourself by this statement by saying 51.4% as this is the number for all that took the survey. If you were to simply do as you suggest in the first place, the percentage is actually 52.6%. I am of knowledge that the 1.2% increase is not significant in itself but you neglect to give the whole story regardless of the number you choose to use. The more important difference in the results is the percentage of individuals who voted against. In only the members of the NSRCA, that percentage is 43.2% and as a whole group, the number is only slightly higher at 44.9%. I think that you are not looking at the whole picture regardless of how you say the survey is flawed. You seem to use numbers that are to your convenience and do not state the entire truth.
As Ihave said before, I may be new to America but it is interesting how numbers that are used to fit the argument at hand but the entire picture is not drawn. I think it is also important to point out that the NSRCA cannot force individuals to take the survey, they can only offer this process in hopes that membership will take advantage of it. Those of you who are upset with the NSRCA should be upset with those that did not take this survey, not with the company that put it on. These are the results that they had to work with and if you look at the whole picture, it appears that they have acted in accordance with the results. Mr. Gary seems to understand how to make the world go around and have all the answers. Maybe he should be the president. It is so disrespectful, these actions of no tolerance. I think that this bickering is ridiculous and rather sad. Some wonder why the population of pattern has decreased. All I would do if Iwere new to the precision aerobatics and see all of this action and dissention and realize I would not want to be associated with all this. I was of the understanding this was for fun. Some would make it pure misery. Luckily, Ilove F3A and just will put in my two cents. To the new person:Not all have this attitude of dispair and misery and anger. Come out to the field and understand the grace and beauty of F3A and precision aerobatics.
Riley