European Champs, judging controversary ** Klipped **

[Bill Glaze]

Del: I doubt that you were folowing California politics years ago, but 
the then-representative John Tunney was running for re-election. 
He stated, re: a particular piece of legislation:  "The communications 
to my office are running about 10 to one in favor of this bill, but I'm 
going to oppose it anyhow, because I know  better than the voters."  
Exact quote.
Fortunately, he was defeated.

Bill Glaze

Del Rykert wrote:

>Maybe it was purely coincidental but I found it relevant that the whole
>judging evaluation tool came to fruition after the Bob Noll controversy
>started.
>    I have no issue with having a fair system in place to evaluate and give
>credit to the best performing judges. The major flaw in the current system
>is the assumption that the majority of judges are scoring accurately but it
>has been repeatedly proven that a score of zero is appropriate and other
>judges miss that fact at this system rewards the judges who give the score
>most comparable to the other judges. Not the one who scored a zero.
>    I also take issue with the ARROGANT attitude some officers exhibit in
>their passion for the sport. When it is contrary to the memberships wishes
>and what the survey indicates if they are proposing something contrary then
>publish it in the K-Factor and stand up for your passions like a man
>believing and arguing your position. Don't use sneaky back door politics to
>get a pet peeve through. They are many guilty in that fiasco.
>    And some wonder why members develop apathy toward rule making and the
>politics side of the sport. All of this including this message drive that
>issue.
>    When I have written in the past to have controversial issues published
>was told it didn't fit with the intent or the editorial style. All well and
>good and thankfully we at least have this forum to help show all sides. Not
>just the officers grind.
>
>                         del
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
>To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 9:15 AM
>Subject: Re: European Champs, Alcochete, Portugal 2004 ** Klipped **
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>>On Sep 7, 2004, at 4:24 AM, Del Rykert wrote:
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>>>Well for one who created the grading system to evaluate judges.?  Does
>>>that
>>>influence or factor into this bunch of crap.
>>>      
>>>
>>It is true that I was on the committee to assemble a judge ranking
>>system.  It should not be surprising that the other members of the
>>committee are also ardent supporters of fair and proper judging of R/C
>>aerobatics.  You'd hope to have individuals on a committee who were
>>passionate about the subject of the committee.
>>
>>The ranking of particular individuals by the ranking system was not a
>>factor in the makeup of the system.  However, it should also not be
>>surprising that, due to their passion about the subject, the other
>>members of the committee were ranked high by the system.   After
>>inclusion of judging data from the 2004 Nats, Don Ramsey is ranked #1
>>and Matt Kebabjian is ranked #2.  BTW, I am #8, behind Eric Henderson
>>and ahead of Mike Dunphy.  Don Ramsey will be reporting on the current
>>judge rankings in the next issue of the K-Factor.
>>
>>It is not my intent to conduct a "running gun battle" on this subject.
>>I just want to do everything I can to ensure that people who do their
>>best to judge fairly and accurately are rewarded with proper
>>recognition of their ranking and and the top-ranked judges have the
>>opportunity to participate in future F3A World Championships.
>>
>>Ron Van Putte
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