ORIGINAL: Ed Smith
Thats the fundamental difference between the AMA Nats and Canadian Nats.....the AMA Nats are ran by employees of the AMA so their trouble is reimbursed
Not totally correct. Most of the pre-event paper work is handled by the AMA office but the actual event is run by the Special Interest Group of the event or, in the case of Pylon Racing, one individual as the CD. Pylon Racing ran for the whole week. Apart from the AMA people moving some of the AMA equipment the race workers were all volunteers. They did recieve a small payment for their efforts. There were no AMA employees working the event.
As for the MAAC 2006 NATS maybe those that wish to comment should get some facts before the analysis starts. Another year of arguing and misinformation posted on this Forum will be more than I care to read.
Ed S
Yes the events are ran by the SIG's (as they are in Canada) but the overall prep and planning is done by AMA staff...which is not how it is done in Canada.
Not to mention doing it at the same site helps :-)