I wrote, revised, and finished my article on July 27, 2015, just before the annual Town Meeting that takes place every year at NARAM. Sometimes, ideas hit you at the most uncanny times. This was one of those times. Dad had recommended that I send my article to one of the guys in our club, Steve, to take a look at the article. I sent it to him about an hour before the meeting thinking that he wouldn't take a look at it until later that night at the earliest. By the time we walked down to the meeting room, he had not only read it, but he had really liked my ideas and had shared it with Rod and John (his teammates) as well!
The three of them arrived a couple minutes before the meeting started and stopped by quickly to tell me that they liked my ideas and looked forward to talking more bout them. I was shocked and thrilled! I had three people that genuinely liked my article, at the very least, I would have the article published in the club's newspaper. Maybe from there it could expand its audience?
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I tried to quiet my racing thoughts as the meeting started. The NAR president,Ted, started his presentation on how the NAR was doing and what areas of the hobby needed more attention. The further that he got into his presentation, the more excited I became. One of the issues that was continuously being stressed was "The B Division Problem". I kept leaning slightly forward to look around my mom to my dad to see if he was picking up on that too. He was. It took all of my self-control to restrain myself from jumping out of my seat in excitement. Ted was asking people to do what they could to help encourage B division contestants to stick with the hobby and offer any ideas they had to work toward a solution.
I had an idea.
The Flying I Beam Kids, Steve, Rod, and John, came up to us after the meeting. The five of us grouped together in a corner and began discussing my article. They agreed,
I had an idea, an idea that could work. It was time to take the next step, already. This idea was only a couple of hours old and it kept moving forward rather quickly. The question was no longer whether or not my article would leave my computer. Now the question was who should I go to next and how far would my idea make it?
Until next time, fly high, be safe, and have fun!
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