European Champs, Alcochete, Portugal 2004 ** Klipped **

[Bill Glaze]

The whole thing begs the question:  How and by whom are judges supposed 
to be selected?  Was the procedure followed?  If so, end of subject.  If 
the procedure wasn't  followed, why wasn't it?  I don't think the 
question is unreasonable.  Bill Glaze

seefo at san.rr.com wrote:

>Having read a bunch of this thread for awhile now.. I guess I have a 
>couple comments (everyone else does.. why not me?)
>
>The fact that John, Ron, and Tony have submitted proposals that go against 
>the NSRCA feedback should not be automatically labelled as wrong. Just 
>because the masses want something doesn't always mean it is correct and 
>should happen. This seems to discard the LONG time involvement of these 
>people and their wealth of experience in the subject matter. 
>
>The comments about Bob Noll representing the USA as the F3A judge in 2005 
>puzzles me as well. Are you upset that some process isn't being followed 
>or upset that Bob is going to be a judge? Is he a competent judge? Will he 
>represent the USA well in this capacity? If yes, then it seems to me he 
>shouldn't be the target of this (which is the impression I got). 
>
>Lastly.. how does this judge rating system work? Just because someone 
>gives a score that's pretty close to the average doesn't make him/her 
>right. I've been accused more than once of being wrong for giving a zero 
>when in fact the other judges just missed an error or misapplied the 
>downgrades. Giving a score that varies from other judges isn't always the 
>wrong decision.
>
>Just speaking out loud here I guess.. 
>
>-Doug Cronkhite
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