PROPWASH
October 2016
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Race Sanctions
I will admit that race sanction procedures have not turned out as perfect as I wanted
but we are working on it and we will get there.
Here is the procedure in the perfect world. The Contest Director applies for a race
sanction and properly pays for it. An e-mail is then sent to the District Director and the
NAMBA office. If the race sanction is applied for but not paid for, no one knows the
better. When the sanction is paid for and the District Director receives his e-mail to
okay the sanction, after he does so, the NAMBA office then receives that okay and the
race sanction is posted on the NAMBA web site.
If you know that you will eventually sanction an event, the earlier in the year you
do so, the better. It’s all about exposure. If one person sees your sanction on the
NAMBA web site and comes to your event, that sanction can possibly more than pay
for itself. District 19 is a testimonial to that fact. They were contacted by telephone in
February about a race in April. Next thing you know, the local Boy Scout Troop was
there for a full day of Saturday racing.
Later in the year, the same thing happened with 21 Cub Scouts who all secured SEI
insurance so we supplied the boats and the hosting club supplied the trophies. They
were kids but they had parents who were excited to see their kids faces. And they also
had something to share when they went to school on Monday morning.
Club Registrations
Club registrations are pretty straight forward. Whoever paid for the club registration
in 2016 will see it appear in their Membership Portal for payment in 2017. You can log
in to your profile and click on Manage My Clubs. Your will be able to see your club
and whether it is active (paid for) or not active. You can also view the names of the
officers of that club. If any changes need to be made, feel free to contact the NAMBA
office to make the changes.
As mentioned earlier, if you have a question or a concern, call the NAMBA office
at (760) 522-9138.
The 2016 NAMBA Nationals in Wichita, Kansas
Many thanks to District 17 Director Wes Jordan and the Wichita Radio Control
Model Boat Club for hosting the event. They say a picture is worth a thousand words.
So how about some pictures.
There is no paper form available to fill
out. No District Director or Contest
Director to hand money to. It has to be
applied for online.
I can be reached by
telephone for processing or the
individual must be able to use a cell
phone or tablet to apply and process.
Races have deadlines giving Contest
Directors plenty of time to verify
insurance. The boater knew to have a
boat and a radio and money to pay for
his race fees so he knew that he needed
insurance in advance.
If you have a scenario where you feel
that an SEI can not be processed, feel
free to call me at (760) 522-9138.
Site Insurance
As we all know, our individual
membership insurance is only in effect
when we run on ponds or sites with site
insurance. Only a registered club with
five or more members can apply for site
insurance and then that site insurance is
good for any club and/or NAMBA
member for sanctioned and
unsanctioned events and test and tune
play days. It is in effect from January 2
of a given year through January 1 of the
following year.
The individuals representing clubs
for 2016 will not have to reapply and fill
out the information for site insurance for
2017. That information is already in our
database. When you renew your 2017
NAMBA membership all you will have
to do is renew the site insurance. Just
keep in mind, that you will have to
renew the club registration at the same
time or notify the member who
processed club registration in 2016.
When in doubt, call tech support (the
NAMBA office) and I will walk you
through it. That would be much easier
than filling out the form, paying for the
site insurance, and then discovering that
someone had already taken care of it.
The best insurance would be to view the
site insured ponds list on the NAMBA
web site. Locate the Resources tab and
download Insured Sites. That list is
updated every day that a site insurance
is processed.
