Nats Judging Rebate-keep their best SCORE!

[MargueriteVG at aol.com]

Nats a year  away but I would put this into Next  years notes right now!! On 
the web site if need be. Consequences  for not keeping the commitment to your 
fellow pilots and NSRCA  sponsor group. Frequencys should be  posted early and 
Pilots should keep there commitment to judge. This is what makes the Nats 
work.
I agree with all of your statements.  Ron makes a good point also yes we 
should reward the judge who is filling in for the no show on the judges line. The 
Nats reviews are all outstanding but we do need to look into this problem.A 
lot of work went into a great Nats. To bad a few pilots did not show respect for 
the simple rules posted early.
Marguerite



In a message dated 7/27/2005 10:49:25 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
gfowler at raytheon.com writes:

Ron 

Money does not matter, scores do. In the past, was it not work or lose your 
best round? THAT keeps people on their toes. 

I also heard that  some people coming to FAI and Masters did not submit TWO 
frequencies, creating matrix hassles. Same here- assign the matrix to make 
sense and if the person does not have his alternate frequency as was requested on 
the NATS entry form then he simply does not fly that round. The CD needs 
relief, and the contestants need the MOST fair matrix that can be had. 

No one, after getting ready for the NATS for months, and spending all the 
money it takes to get to Muncie and stay there 5 days can claim either a time 
constraint or money constraints for getting a second frequency. No excuse what so 
ever-according to Gray. 

Does anyone in Master's or FAI who did not bring a second frequency care to 
post why they chose not to, creating these matrix hassles? 



Gray Fowler
Principal Chemical Engineer
Composites Engineering 


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Last week at the Nats, I had a talk with Nats event director, Dave 
Guerin about judging no-shows.  On the very first morning, Dave had at 
least three no-shows (F3A pilots who were supposed to judge the Master 
class).  You can imagine the frustration of trying to reschedule pilots 
to cover for them, not to mention the delay in getting the events 
started.  This was not an isolated case.  It happened over and over 
during the week.  Some just forgot when they were supposed to judge.  
There were even some who were scheduled to judge on the third day, who 
decided to leave after two days and didn't tell anyone.

We discussed having a "$50 judging rebate".  It would work like this:  
In addition to the normal entry fees, $50 would be collected.  If a 
pilot showed up to perform his scheduled judging session, he'd get a 
$50 rebate.  If a pilot didn't show up to perform his scheduled judging 
session, the replacement judge would get the $50.  BTW, the normal 
stipend for pilots who perform extra judging sessions is $30.  
Comments?

Ron Van Putte

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