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Thread: Rcpt: Re: Choosing Team Members
Message: Rcpt: Re: Choosing Team Members
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From: "Alt, Ed" <alte at dialogic.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 06:04:57 UTC
The following message has been read.
January 8, 1997
Patty,
You wrote that the problem is "not winning". Please
allow me to offer another perspective. My involvement
with the U.S. team over the past 5 years has been limited
to financial support. From my point of view I am not
contributing so that the U.S. team will win. I am contributing
so that the team can have the opportunity to represent the
aerobatic pilots of this country. If they win, that's fine. If
they don't win that's also fine as long as they participate
in a manner consistent with the highest standards of
sportsmanship. Quite frankly, when I visited the 1994 WAC
in Debrecen, Hungary I came away somewhat disappointed
with the sportsmanship (or lack of) exhibited by the U.S.
team. I was not able to attend the 1996 WAC in Oklahoma
but I have heard that there were still problems in this
regard.
I know how hard you and the other team members have
worked in order to win, but I think it's important for you to
know that I (and other contributors that I have talked to) are
not disappointed with the results. You were up against the
best pilots in the world and turned in a very creditable
performance. I, for one, would like to thank the U.S. team
for what they accomplished.
Sheldon Apsell
Pitts N11AN
Newton, MA