To Matt's 2nd & 3rd points above, if an NSRCA committee were to form to put a resource together for local clubs to use for these training day events, I would volunteer to work on that.  One of the clubs I belong to has a few former pattern competitors and one of those just came into office; if there were a ready to implement paper/pdf "how to" resource for the day, it would be something that I could bring to him for that club's consideration as an AMA sanctioned event.  Need not be an NSRCA event, but this is one of  two SIGs with the know-how in many respects (IMAC already has their Basic sequence upon which to build Basic-only days/contests to bring in newcomers).  FWIW, I have suggested something like this to my club before, but without something tangible in-hand for consideration, the idea was difficult to advance due to the work required to organize. What is needed, IMO, is something that any AMA CD can run with to implement with local volunteers. Of course, then an experienced Pattern pilot or two can be invited, but the event itself remains a local activity. So count me in if there is something we can do from the NSRCA vantage point, I will put my time towards that. Any volunteers LOL? Cheers!