<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I will attach copy of LSF newsletter received today from Wally (by golly) Adasczik, President. Some of you may find the 2018 Soaring NATS schedule of interest. The NATS will be streamed live this year, and the link is included too. Also note expansion of the soaring NATS to 10 days for 2019!!!!! I hope this means two days of ALES and two days of F5J. What could be better?<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Carl</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Walter Adasczik <<a href="mailto:lsf_president@silentflight.org" class="">lsf_president@silentflight.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">June 2018 Newsletter</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">June 9, 2018 at 3:45:02 AM MDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Carl Thuesen <<a href="mailto:cthuesen@icloud.com" class="">cthuesen@icloud.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">League of Silent Flight <<a href="mailto:mailer@silentflight.org" class="">mailer@silentflight.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; width: 646px;" class=""><div class="info" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://silentflight.org/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&mailid=78&key=620V0FE4&subid=2172-860677cb5e08390e5587fa59bfd98eca&tmpl=component&acm=2172_78" style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); text-decoration: none; font-style: italic; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span class="acymailing_online" style="color: rgb(163, 163, 163); text-decoration: none; font-size: 11px;">This email contains graphics, so if you don't see them,view it in your browser</span></a></div><table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" bgcolor="#ebebeb" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify; margin: auto; background-color: rgb(235, 235, 235); border: 1px solid rgb(231, 231, 231);" class=""><tbody class=""><tr style="line-height: 0px;" class=""><td height="38px" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0px;" class=""> </td></tr><tr class=""><td width="600" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;" class=""><table border="0" width="520" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: auto;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr style="height: 1632px;" class=""><td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); padding: 20px; width: 500px; margin: 15px auto; text-align: left; height: 1632px;" class=""><p style="text-align: center;" class=""><img src="http://silentflight.org/images/lsf_logo.gif" width="200" height="80" border="0" class=""></p><p class="">LSF Members,<br class=""><br class="">The first six months on the job have been interesting to say the least. On behalf of the Board of Directors the following news is presented.<br class=""><br class="">International News (OCONUS):</p><ul class=""><li class="">John Quigley and Simon Morris on board with LSF Australia. The LSF BOD met their requests and I am pleased to say that all the upgrades proffered have been accepted and entered into the LSF database<br class=""><br class=""></li><li class="">David Griffin has taken over the helm as country coordinator for New Zealand<br class=""><br class=""></li><li class="">Friedrich Koch from Austria is on board!</li></ul><p class=""><br class="">Stateside News (CONUS):</p><ul class=""><li class="">Election Status per the bylaws (tad bit late on this, sorry. Votes received in parentheses after name)<br class=""><ul class=""><li class="">Walter Adasczik (PRES)– Elected Unopposed</li><li class="">Jim McCarthy (TREAS)– Elected Unopposed</li><li class="">Peter Goldsmith (VP) (47) vs Tom Broeski (34)</li><li class="">Skye Malcolm (58) vs John Marien (SEC) (23). Skye won but elected to hand reins to John Marien due to personal commitments<br class=""><br class=""></li></ul></li><li class="">LSF Common Database<br class="">We had three or four databases going on between Excel spreadsheets and the LSF Access database. These have all been merged, PITA, into a common database maintained on the LSF website. Hats off to David Beach for his effort there<br class=""><br class=""></li><li class="">Silent Wings: None<br class=""><br class=""></li><li class="">NATS Registrations: Coming from the AMA now. Processing has been fairly quick. If you submitted an upgrade last year and you never heard back from the LSF please reach out to the LSF Secretary - John Marien (<a href="mailto:john@ne-aero.com" style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); text-decoration: none; font-style: italic; cursor: pointer;" class="">john@ne-aero.com</a>).<br class=""><br class=""></li><li class="">2018 NATS:<br class="">The schedule is below. Registrations are slightly over what we had at this same time last year. Please make every effort to attend.<br class=""><br class=""></li><li class="">I have been trading email with Yolanda Jones and have stated we will have “12” days of soaring in 2019. Ten on site and two off site for XC. Unless I hear something differently when the schedule gets hammered out at the annual meeting the LSF will plan for 10 days on-site.<br class=""><br class=""></li><li class="">Twitch feed. Livestreaming comes to the NATS. For those of you that are tech savvy, or not, you can launch TWITCH either on a PC [<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/directory]%20or%20via%20IOS%20[download%20TWITCH%20app" style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); text-decoration: none; font-style: italic; cursor: pointer;" class="">https://www.twitch.tv/directory] or via IOS [download TWITCH app</a>] , enter “lsf_nats” in the search box at the top, and watch XC and the NATS via livestream. The Annual meeting will be live streamed and I will take questions or comments via the chat function within. Round and daily scores will be streamed continuously also. We will also post the round scores to the Groups as time permits.</li></ul><p class=""><br class="">NATS DATES:</p><ul class=""><li class="">7/19 - 7/20 F3H (XC) OFFSITE at Monroe Central High School, Parker City, IN<br class="">The Big Nutz championship begins!<br class=""><br class=""></li><li class="">7/21 ALES -- Site 5<br class="">5PM NATS BANQUET sponsored by LSF. BYOB. [Salad, Roast Beef, Green Beans, Mashed Pots & Gravy, Dessert]<br class="">After hours fun --TALES Contest by Jack Iafret --- Rules:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://silentflight.org/index.php?subid=2172&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=37&mailid=78" style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); text-decoration: none; font-style: italic; cursor: pointer;" class="">http://gdshs.org/tales-event-rules.htm<br class=""><br class=""></a></li><li class="">7/22 F5J -- Site 5<br class=""><br class=""></li><li class="">7/21 - 7/22 F3K -- Site 4<br class=""><br class=""></li><li class="">7/23 NOS/RES/2M -- Site 5<br class="">After hours fun --RETRO Contest by John Marien. RETRO Rules - 2018<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.silentflight.org/index.ph...tro-rules-2018?acm=2172_78" style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); text-decoration: none; font-style: italic; cursor: pointer;" class="">http://www.silentflight.org/index.ph...tro-rules-2018</a><br class=""><br class=""></li><li class="">7/24 NOS/RES/2M -- Site 5<br class="">After hours fun --Aerotow. Pizza/Subs/Calzones and BYOB night...<br class=""><br class=""></li><li class="">7/25 Unlimited -- Site 5<br class="">BBQ Sponsored By The LSF<br class="">LSF Annual Meeting<ul class=""><li class="">Le Grey Award Presentation</li><li class="">Financial Report</li><li class="">Secretary’s Report</li><li class="">Presidents Report</li><li class="">October LSF Postal Contest</li><li class="">2019 NATS Schedule</li><li class="">Team Selects for 2020 – F3J, F3RES and F5RES</li><li class="">Trade Show Representation (Toledo, AMA Expo East/West)</li><li class="">Open Discussions By The Membership<br class=""><br class=""></li></ul></li><li class="">7/26 Unlimited -- Site 5<br class="">After hours fun --Whippit Night<br class="">Move/Setup for F3RES at Site 4<br class=""><br class=""></li><li class="">7/27 - 7/28 F3RES -- Site 4<br class="">Awards<br class=""><br class=""></li><li class="">7/27 - 7/28 F3J -- Site 5</li></ul><p class=""><br class="">Regards,<br class="">Wally Adasczik<br class="">LSF President</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="line-height: 0px;" class=""><td height="40px" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0px;" class=""><img width="600" height="40" src="http://silentflight.org/media/com_acymailing/templates/newsletter-4/bottom.png" alt=" - - - " border="0" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="info" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Not interested any more?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a target="_blank" href="http://silentflight.org/index.php?subid=2172&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=user&task=out&mailid=78&key=860677cb5e08390e5587fa59bfd98eca" style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); text-decoration: none; font-style: italic; cursor: pointer;" class=""><span class="acymailing_unsub">Unsubscribe</span></a></div></div><img class="spict" alt="" src="http://silentflight.org/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=statistics&mailid=78&subid=2172" border="0" height="1" width="50" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""></span></div></div><br class=""></div></body></html>