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[Bill Glaze]

Jeff:
In actuality, I was being a little tongue-in-cheek, but it seems to me 
that, if something like this excited enough interest, it just might be a 
kind of fun thing.  After all, we're all there because we like to 
compete; why not compete in judging?  I know how hard I work for my 
points; others work just as hard.  (Maybe harder<G>)  So, everyone I 
know takes their judging very seriously.  There may be some goofing off 
while flying, but very seldom (read: never) have I noticed a pattern 
judge being inattentive or uncaring as to a competitor flying in front 
of him.  FWIW
Bill Glaze

Jeff H. Snider wrote:

>Indeed having a ranking system opens up the possibility for someone
>to take pride in having a visible sign of their good judging skills.
>Someone saying to themselves "I'm going to move from a 2 to a 5 by
>the end of the season" seems like a good thing, since it means they
>will work hard at being a good judge, they will go to a lot of
>contests, and they will WANT to judge as many rounds as possible.
>
>A judging competition sounds good too.  Keeping it simple: a flight
>by the best pilot present, with everyone else judging him.  Imagine
>a flight with 25 judges scoring it.  After the flight the top judges
>can somehow together decide what the "right" scores were for each
>maneuver (we'd have to set a time limit on their haggling over
>downgrades), and the winner is the judge who scored the closest to
>"right" (by the least squares method -- I'll make a simple excel
>spreadsheet for you).  Maybe make the entry fee for the contest
>include an extra $2 that goes into a 50/50 with the winning judge
>getting the pot.  A great warmup for the judges and a great
>introduction to judging for new pilots.
>
> - Jeff Snider
> - jeff at snider.com
> - Northern VA, NSRCA D2
>
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>Bill Glaze writes:
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>>As I see it, we're opening up a whole new area for competition here.  If 
>>judges are ranked, and scored, according to their ability, then it 
>>follows that judges whould like to move up in ranking.  This would show 
>>their advancing capability.  We may be on to something here.  Perhaps a 
>>meet with trophies for the judges only?
>>Bill Glaze
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