[NSRCA-discussion] Pattern Event Exposure to the Little People

[Peter Vogel]

I'm more than happy to write a tool to pump events into Facebook -- is
there a way for me to get a structured list of events out of the NSRCA
event list?

Peter+


On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Scott McHarg <scmcharg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Excellent Jim!  Glad I could help.  We will definitely be working to make
> the process as streamlined as possible.
>
> Regards,
> Scott
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> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 2:34 PM, J N Hiller <jnhiller at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>  Sounds great Scott if you can get it to auto-load without manual entry
>> or edit. You know why!****
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>> Events could also be posted in Model Aviation. Most aren’t, including our
>> local club events. We can't expect folks to show up if we keep it a secret.
>> I check MA every month to see what may be of interest around the NW. Those
>> not aware of special interest information sources may actually stumble onto
>> something of interest in MA without having some degree of prior knowledge.
>> ****
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>> Oh by the way Scott, thanks for the computer help you have been putting
>> in the K-Factor and the cpuid down load. I don't know much about these
>> computers, I'm just a point and click guy. Your detailer information and
>> instructions walked me through the evaluation and identification process
>> quite well. I ordered another 2g of ram last week. For $14 I'll give it a
>> try.****
>>
>> Jim****
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> *From:* nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:
>> nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]*On Behalf Of *Scott McHarg
>> *Sent:* Friday, March 01, 2013 10:58 AM
>> *To:* General pattern discussion
>> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Pattern Event Exposure to the Little
>> People
>>
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>> Peter,****
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>>     I, for one, agree with you.  I believe the SAME information ought to
>> be posted in as many different places as it can be.  What we don't want to
>> happen is for folks to have to run to 13 places to find the information
>> they are looking for.  Through this most recent By-Laws change, we have
>> afforded ourselves a little more room with respect to electronic
>> distribution and officially makes our website a place where we can provide
>> updates.  I love us having a presence on Facebook.  I think that we have
>> done quite well and have over 215 followers from all over the world with
>> that number increasing almost daily.  We are working on a completely new
>> website and should have that up and running in only a short amount of time.
>>  We will, however, make it right before we present it.  With the new
>> website comes many changes in the layout, presentation and ease of use
>> including a calendar and event system that should take care of our needs.
>>  We are bringing everything in-house so that we don't have to rely on third
>> party vendors.  The problem with having an event section on Facebook is
>> that many (especially Keith) do not "habla Facebook".  This gets back to
>> having one source of all the information.  There is nothing wrong, however,
>> with repeating on Facebook what will be on the website.  I will work very
>> hard to make sure this is done once we get our new site up and running.**
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>> Regards,****
>>
>> Scott****
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>> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Peter Vogel <vogel.peter at gmail.com>
>> wrote:****
>>
>> Yeah, yeah.  But if you want the "little people" (someone elses phrase,
>> not mine) to know about our events, that's the place to publish the info!
>>  NSRCA has a presence on FB, it should be easy for the contest schedule to
>> go in as events in Facebook.  ****
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>> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 9:47 AM, J N Hiller <jnhiller at earthlink.net>
>> wrote:****
>>
>> Face what.
>> ****
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>>  ****
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> *From:* nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:
>> nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]*On Behalf Of *Peter Vogel
>> *Sent:* Friday, March 01, 2013 9:29 AM
>> *To:* General pattern discussion****
>>
>> *Cc:* General pattern discussion
>> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Pattern Event Exposure to the Little
>> People****
>>
>>  ****
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>> It would be much better to publish the events as events in Facebook.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone5****
>>
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>> On Mar 1, 2013, at 9:15 AM, "J N Hiller" <jnhiller at earthlink.net> wrote:*
>> ***
>>
>> When I first saw this on the NSRCA sight I opened an account to test the
>> security.****
>>
>> I'm nobody, not a club officer or associated with local or district event
>> scheduling, but was allowed to enter an event.****
>>
>> At the time no authentication was required, seams anyone could enter
>> anything anywhere anytime, legitimate or not and yes they are still asking
>> me to enter events as well. ****
>>
>> Jim****
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> *From:* nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [
>> mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org<nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org>
>> ]*On Behalf Of *Jon Lowe
>> *Sent:* Friday, March 01, 2013 8:38 AM
>> *To:* nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Pattern Event Exposure to the Little
>> People****
>>
>> We were tied in with them for over a year on the NSRCA website, and just
>> left because we got so many complaints from people trying to enter data,
>> data entered was lost, etc.  Requested fixes to the program went
>> unresolved, and it seemed as though we were beta testers for their
>> software.  But now that we've left, they are begging us to come back, and
>> claim to have fixed a lot of problems, but too little too late.****
>>
>>  ****
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>>  We have just rolled out new software on the NSRCA website, and the DVP's
>> should have district contest data entered soon.****
>>
>> Jon****
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Keith Hoard <klhoard at hotmail.com>
>> To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>> Sent: Fri, Mar 1, 2013 10:10 am
>> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Pattern Event Exposure to the Little People**
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>> I don't’ know if the NSRCA leadership has looked at this, but if we
>> standardized the  listing of all the pattern events nationally, then we
>> would have much greater exposure to the sport flyers.  The website even has
>> a smartphone app that leads them right to your field.****
>>
>> http://www.rcflightdeck.com/events.cfm****
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>> I just registered my first event this morning so I haven’t had time to
>> play with all of the features, but it appears you could do your entire
>> contest pre-registration and fee collection online and print it out the
>> afternoon before your event.  It also keeps your information stored for
>> next year’s event.****
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