[NSRCA-discussion] Going forward.

[Grow Pattern]

Please understand that I wrote about what had happened to me for a reason greater than personal vindication. There is a fundamental problem with sponsorship, contestant judging, and the management/development of judges.



(I can't address the information given to the Don Lowe Masters or the attempt to remove me from Model Aviation reporting unless I do something and subpoena the records of the NSRCA board, their e-mail their appointee's mail. To go "legal" on the NSRCA would just be ugly, damaging to all and exhaust what little NSRCA money there is in the bank. That is not my agenda).

 

I can address how I was processed by the NSRCA as regards allegations of biased judging. I can't do much about what happened to me, but I can do something about the next guy. So can you. (After all, it could be you.)

 

First of all, the NSRCA needs to amend its charter to state that it is a ruling body on judging resources. Then update the bylaws to cover the related process. There is an NSRCA bylaw on how to do this and it involves all of you, the NSRCA membership, voting on a proposed change.

 

Secondly, the AMA has a pretty good disciplinary process that the NSRCA could incorporate to deal with judging infractions. It tells the accused what they have been charged with and allows the accused to present their case. There is even an appeal process if the member does not agree with the decision or the punishment.

 

We all deserve a fair trial and the right to face our accuser(s) or the accusation(s).

 

With the bylaws as they are, I consider the NSRCA board to have acted illegally and to not have given me a chance to challenge their evidence BEFORE they met and passed their sentence. 

 

Most importantly, the NSRCA needs to revamp its judging training. They now need to add performance evaluation to allow us to know how well we are performing as a judge. Maybe we need to be rated as to what we can judge. e.g. which class we can cover etc. We should be tested before--not just accused after!

 

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By NSRCA board voting, I will be eligible to judge pattern in 2009. 

 

Please consider this for a moment.

 

I am sitting in the judge's chair and I see a zero spin entry, no stall etc. I think for a moment as the rest of the spin is being executed. Hmmm?

 

-What if the other judges all saw that as a valid spin entry? 

-What should I do? If I am out of the norm, I will be in trouble again, 

-They will be watching. 

-It would take only one pilot to complain and I would be toast..

-A small trickle of sweat runs down my back. 

-The clock is ticking.

-Oh no! My confidence as a judge is shot. 

-I freeze.

-I chicken out and give a 6.

 

Well, I need not worry because they will never pick me to judge again. But they will pick YOU!

 

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My thanks for the off-list encouragement. I will keep your identity confidential. I understand that you cannot post on the discussion-list. I know that it is intimidating when this could affect your results down the line. It is supposed to be a discussion-list about everything that affects pattern. That is, unless your president tell you to not do so!

 

I really thank the two NSRCA board members who had the courage to let me know that the NSRCA board was trying to have me removed from writing the column and that they are currently planning to take me off the list. 

 

I am sorry I blitzed the discussion-list with long notes but, you guys know me--I write and this is what happens when I do J

 

Got to get back to the real world again.

 

Good luck everybody and best regards,

 

Eric--Exiting the box!

 

 

 
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