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The new Rule Book is here!  Woohoo!  After a long and arduous process, we (mainly main guy Dave Mitchell) have a final version of the new Rule Book ready for action.  Here is a brief and probably incomplete list of changes:

• OT Stick, Fuselage, and 2-Bit General Rules revised and simplified
• OT Stick, Fuselage, and 2-Bit cut-off date extended to Dec 31, 1950
• Simplified and Dime Scale Rules “simplified”
• Neo-Dimer plans must be published in PRINT (not online) for validation
• Clarified standard Phantom Flash minimum weight (5g without rubber)
• Get the Rule Book HERE

AN IMPORTANT PROVISIONAL RULE ADDED

• Remote DTs ARE permitted within the limits stated in the provisional rules
• Read these Provisional Rules HERE

Let’s all welcome our new friends in Switzerland, Squadron #44 – the Swiss Rubber Twisters!

Here is their web page:  https://www.gummimotor.ch/

Coming out of the FAC Board Meeting last night, the Board voted to increase subscription rates immediately.  Here is a high-level explanation of “why”:

1) rates have been the same for several years at $25/$35/$50

2) most memberships are being paid by PayPal – which takes a little over $1 out of the $25 in fees per payment

3) choosing to mail the newsletter at First Class rates instead of bulk rates

4) the newsletter is now costing just under $27 per person

Given that information, it is easy to see that we are losing almost $3 per subscriber and there are about 850 subscribers.  We cannot suffer such losses.

So, we have raised the rates by $10 per subscription to cover immediate and future costs for some time.

Note:  CinC Dave Mitchell may have an explanation forthcoming, but we were instructed to implement this immediately and we felt we needed to provide the membership with something of an explanation.  We are also looking at other potential cost-saving measures.  Please direct your comments or concerns to the FAC Board and/or CinC.

US:  $35 per year
Canada:  $45 per year
Overseas:  $60 per year

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

We have dates, so set your calendars!  The 2024 FAC Nats will be 17-20 JULY at the site in Geneseo, NY.

We don’t have a schedule yet, but we have dates!

(edit: corrected end date to the 20th)

See you there!

After a long and complicated summer, the Kanone and Sierra Hotel Lists have been updated!

Happy Halloween!

–george