[NSRCA-discussion] Re: redistricting

[Keith Black]

Ron, the problem with that approach is if you have someone that lives close
to a district border and the bordering district happens to have a weaker
class than the person's primary district. I've seen the stronger district go
back and forth between D6 and our neighbor D3 (prior to Louisiana joining
D6).  There have been times that it's much easier to rack up points in
Intermediate or Advanced in our neighbor D3, and other times it's easier in
D6.

I think it would be a shame if the best pilot of a particular district lost
their district championship because someone on the border of their district
earned a lot of points in a weaker district.

I feel NATS is the place to compare yourself to everyone in the country and
District contests are where the district champ should be chosen from.

Keith

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Re: redistricting


>
> On Jan 4, 2006, at 12:27 PM, George Kennie wrote:
>
> > It could be inferred that the District Champion aludes to a "person"
> > of exceptional championship calibre who resides within the District
> > confines irrespective of the location of competitive endeavor.To
> > achieve the title requires participation in competitive enterprize
> > that validates the award. Where the effort takes place should not be
> > in the equation to be truly justified.You are "Champion" by virtue
> > of your demonstrated skill level irrespective of where that
> > demonstration took place, not because it occurred on "Joe's
> > Ballfield".
> > We already allow one out of District event which at least partly
> > negates the "local geography" issue.
> > The improvement sought here is to make it easier for people in large
> > geographical Districts to "District Hop" to contests that are closer
> > to their place of residence than contests that would require them to
> > travel in excess of 12 hours to stay within District limits. That's
> > known as a hardship guys!
>
> George is on to something here.  The question is:  Who is our District
> Champion?  There are possible two answers.  The first reflects which
> member of the district scores the most points in contests held within
> the district.  The second reflects which member of the district scores
> the most points in contests, no matter where they are held.  I believe
> the second answer is the proper one.  The individual who gets the most
> points, no matter the location, demonstrates his superiority over the
> competition.  That's my definition of a champion.
>
> I must admit that my district's point totals do not allow
> out-of-district contests to be included in the total.  It used to be
> that one out-of-district contest's results were allowed to be included.
>   Just when it changed, I don't remember, but I wish it could be changed
> to allow points earned in any contest, no matter the district.
>
> Ron Van Putte
>
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