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EXHIBIT A RULES CHANGE PROPOSAL FORM

PROPOSAL NO. CLA 11-37 RECEIVED DATE 3/9/10 (To be inserted by Headquarters) (To be inserted by Headquarters)

REVISE DATE VERSION NUMBER (To be inserted by Headquarters) (To be inserted by Headquarters) RULES CHANGE PROPOSAL FORM Send to AMA Headquarters via e-mail at [email protected]. A copy will be forwarded to the appropriate Contest Board Chairman. The current issue of Competition Regulations must be used.

USE BLACK INK PROPOSAL TYPE (Check One): x Basic  Cross Indicate Original Proposal Number  Urgent/Safety/Emergency  Interpretation

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Brief summary of the proposed change:

Explicitly permit “warm-up” maneuvers

Exact wording proposed for the rule book: (List paragraph numbers where applicable. Example: Change “quote present rule book wording” to “exact wording required.”

Current Rule Book Wording:

from 11. Execution of Maneuvers...... When performed after the completion of the Four Leaf Clover maneuver but before the start of the Landing maneuver, other maneuvering shall be permitted. All such maneuver shall not be officially observed nor scored by the judges.

Proposed Rule Book Wording

from 11. Execution of Maneuvers...... When performed after the completion of the Four Leaf Clover maneuver but before the start of the Landing maneuver, other maneuvering shall be permitted. All such maneuvers shall not be officially observed nor scored by the judges. After takeoff and level flight, and prior to the flight becoming official on turning inverted in the reverse wingover, “warm-up maneuvers” are permitted

Logic behind proposed change, including alleged shortcomings of the present rules: (State intent for future reference.) The proposal returns the explicit reference to “warm-up” maneuvers. This was deleted previously for reasons unknown but it is still the general belief that they are permitted even with the new FAI-inspired pattern rules (and the proposed return of pattern points). This makes it explicit that warm-up maneuver are permitted.

New event test data/information (new events only): (Please provide what testing of this new event has taken place to include number of participants and number of contests.)

N/A

Effect, if any, on current AMA records:

None______

Note: The Contest Board chairman may, in coordination with the submitter of the proposal, at any time prior to submitting a proposal to the Board for Final vote, edit proposal wording to increase clarity and to avoid ambiguity, provided the proposal intent is not changed.

1. Proposer____Brett Buck______AMA Number 97012______

Street Address 972 Henderson Ave #4 City____Sunnyvale______State____CA______Zip__94086______

Day Telephone (_408____)_____246-8173______Evening Telephone (_____)______same______

Date of Signature______2/28/10______