The 2009 competition season is just about over with only 5 contests left to close the year on a high note. Two in the USA, two in Australia and one in Israel. I can honestly say, this has been the hardest working year for the IMAC Sequence Committee since its inception. There has definitely been an increase in the workload to meet the demand for Unknowns for contests both here in the US and overseas.

Here is a breakdown of the Unknown requests and how they were handled for 2009. Please bear in mind that within these figures, there are several contests using the same Unknowns on the same weekend.

(a) IMAC Unknown Requests processed in 2009: 164 (National & International)

(b) Total Unknowns distributed to CD’s in 2009 : 656 (including two, three & four sets – NATS/Regional's etc.)

(c) Various countries requesting Unknowns: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Great Britain, Israel, Jamaica, New Zealand, Norway, USA.

I’m not sure if we realize exactly how much work is being put into arriving at a finished Unknown sequence for the IMAC contests. I have also seen several writings in the various forums (Flying Giants etc.) regarding the expansion of contests to a three day event. This will put extra stress on an already fragile system of volunteers and maybe it is NOW time for the consideration of a charge (meaning $$) for the usage of Unknowns. I am passing this information to you all and the BOD, so that due consideration can be focused on it. It is a VERY “tippy toed” situation we have arrived at.

July 15^th, began the toil of the 2010 Known proposal for each class. As outlined in my previous report, the committee was split into two sub-committees. One set worked on Sportsman & Intermediate while the second set worked on Advanced and Unlimited. Basic was done by all. Afterwards, we all joined back as a whole & did final testing & suggestions prior to them being sent up to the BOD for scrutiny & approval. I would like to THANK Tom Wheeler for taking charge of the proceedings for the 2010 Knowns. As you can all see…next year’s Knowns will help tremendously in keeping pilots within a smaller footprint than we have ever had in the past. My sincere gratitude goes out to the entire committee for the work that they have all put forth into getting these Knowns completed in a time-frame which allows our Northern members to be able to fly prior to Winter setting in.

Since adding both Ted Barrette from Canada & Curtis Cozier from Georgia as new members on the ISC earlier on this year, we have had one training session utilizing the IMAC’s GoTo Meeting. There are plans underway to hold another training with emphasis geared towards the artistic presentation of the sequences on paper. After that, we will plan another training slanted toward the proper method of double checking sequences prior to them being set for dispatch by our librarians.

With this in mind, we are about to embark on a project of “Looking for a few GOOD men/women”. Let me preface this by saying (as I told Curtis & Ted)….”It is NO EASY” task!!! This is volunteerism at its highest form”.

Now….here are the requirements.

• Good understanding of how Aresti is read.
  
• TIME Available to work with fellow committee members.
  
• Prior knowledge of sequence construction.
  
• Working knowledge of the Aresti software.
  
• TIME available to work with fellow committee members.
  
• PATIENCE to put up with a Jamaican Chairman!

Any IMAC member who can meet the above & can volunteer, please let me know if you are interested by contacting me at secretary@mini-iac.com

Well…the end of the year is around the corner and I am SURE that all of the IMAC Sequence Committee have earned a well deserved rest for Christmas. THANK YOU all for working so diligently for the IMAC organization and members. It is greatly appreciated. This won’t last for too long as by the time we blink….it will be that time again to start writing sequences. Wishing all of our members a very Merry Christmas and all the very best for 2010 when it rolls around.

See you all on the line!!!

IMAC Sequence Committee