Dear All Concerned Parties,

My name is Dave Anderson from Albuquerque and I am deeply saddened at the thought of the Tucson Spring IMAC contest being cancelled. I am not privy to the reasons, but I understand there is possibly some kind of conflict that has arisen leading to the cancellation of the contest. I know the club portion of this is none of my business, but as an IMAC pilot who was looking forward to seeing his friends in Tucson in two weeks, I wish to offer a solution, even though I am not sure as to what the problem is. I’ll just throw this out there.

IF in fact this is, by chance, a CD centered issue, would there be any chance the contest could continue if you were to have a “fill-in” CD, from a neutral town, come in and run the show? I am of course volunteering. All we need to really have a minimal contest are: a field, a computer, score-sheets, and a couple willing volunteers. Forego all the prizes and the snack bar, etc… The pilots can step in to take up the slack by volunteering to judge/scribe when asked, and be ready to fly when it’s your turn. The club can get their share of the entry fees and IMAC will get their part, the pilots get to fly and we can all be happy…taking this next year to fix whatever went wrong.

I just think it’s a shame such a well-attended contest has to be scratched off many pilots list when all we REALLY need to have a minimal contest (no bells and whistles) are… a field, a computer, score-sheets, and a couple willing volunteers.

I hope nobody finds offense in this. I don’t know what the problem is/was and I’m not highlighting blame or anything. I’m just hoping this contest can be saved.

Please let me know if I can help.

Sincerely,

Dave Anderson