i am sorry Steve, but despite the fact that you say you agree with me, you don't.

I don't understand why, with all of the important issues we have, you insist on monkeying with the HC systems. The formulas used by PN are standard mathematical norming equations that must work across all makes of boats.

Let me repeat! NAMSA should be HANDS-OFF the HC systems.



Who said we were making stew?

Who wants stew?

Stew is what you get when no one is willing to make a decision.



If something has worked in the past, we should use it.



NAMSA CAN'T be that different. We are the same people, on the same boats, going to the same races. We are just trying to improve what we have been doing.



I will not be a party to any private conspiracy to control NAMSA. I expect every discussion to be held in public, so that there won't be any surprises like the infamous "Hobie-centric memo".



As I suggested, Rick has started several different threads so that we may discuss the different portions of NAMSA and arrive at decisions.

If you have specific proposals about specific issues, then make them in an appropriate thread.

If you have a new issue which you wish to propose, then start a thread.

Get specific IE: committees? task forces? etc.



All NAMSA issues should be openly discussed, first individually till a consensus is reached, then as a whole to be sure they work together. None of this "throw it on the wall and see what sticks" garbage. The time for broad statements and "hand-waving" is over.

You want "Professional"? I have helped write contract documents six inches thick and that is how we do it.