Wow... that's a letdown. I used to enjoy reading his stuff when I was kid.
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Thomas" <parkreation@...> wrote:
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> Mark and Bill G.,
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> Dave Linstrum did place heavy restrictions on Science Olympiad and how many kids could come. He and I had a round and round on the issue. I wanted more kids to be able to go as we would also have many new adults there to see the event as well.
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> Dave Linstrum had a bi-polar attitude about SO kids coming to USIC when he was active. He just wanted just enough for his little magazine photo shoot but not too many as they would be "underfoot"-- I heard that directly from the MAN!
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> I am sure his sentiment has turned into a bad "urban legend" over the years. As far as I am concerned, USIC should roll out the red carpet to SO flyers and grow the whole event.
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> Tom Sanders
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> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Sandy Schaefer <SandySchaefer708@> wrote:
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> > What I remember was Tom Sanders said he was inviting two teams from each State. He posted a message also to that effect on S.O. coaches forum. The plan either didn't take hold or wasn't followed up on or both.
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> > Mark Schaefer
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> > To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> > From: wdgowen_at_
> > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:22:25 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Wright Stuff Invitational at the USIC
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> > No. I'm saying that I was told it was by invitation only and no one I knew was invited. One of the kids I mentored finished second at the nationals that year but wasn't invited. But it wasn't any specific kid that bothers me. It's the idea of a contest where you have to be invited to come. It's maybe comparable to World Championships where the teams would be selected according to who they knew.
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> > I was told directly by Dave Lindstrum that the invitational was to keep USIC from having a bunch of kids bothering the serious flyers - and he was one of the people who made the decision.
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: john_kagan
> > To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 9:01 PM
> > Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Wright Stuff Invitational at the USIC
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> > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Bill Gowen" <wdgowen@> wrote:
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> > > The term "invitational" makes my blood boil. This term normally means that only people who get "invited" can participate. The first time there was Wright Stuff at USIC it was run as an "invitational" and none of my kids were invited. The reason I was given for this is that the "invitiers" didn't want a crowd of kids running around disturbing the "serious" flyers.
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> > So wait, you're saying that you had some SO kids who wanted to fly, you asked if they could participate, and the person running USIC said no?
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Received on Sat May 01 2010 - 17:19:02 CEST