[NSRCA-discussion] Quick ping for interest...

[Peter Vogel]

Hey folks!

After running the NATS scoring solo this past week, I think we have the
basic ongoing use of the system at a contest pretty clean, the minor issues
we had were due to some of the special conditions of the NATS (8 rounds of
Masters, divided A/B flight groups and resulting inconsistencies between
prelims and finals flight groups causing import errors, that sort of thing)
and one weird windows user profile glitch that deleted master scoring from
a laptop and took about 45 minutes to resolve one morning.  Running the
system comes down to this:
1.  Getting it to a contest
2.  Setting it up (<1 hour)
3.  Making sure scoresheets don't blow away when they print
4.  Tearing the system down (<30 minutes), possibly both days, depending on
security at the site and expected overnight weather.

But I don't really want to run another NATS solo!  ~4 hours sleep per night
is something I could do easily when I was 20, but not so easy now!  I
realize the pilots here all want to focus on their NATS experience and the
flying...

*But there were a lot of wives there!  *And many seem to be involved with
the scoring at your local contests on a regular basis (thanks again to Tim
Pritchett's wife and Anne <last name forgotten in my fatigue) who helped
with score entry due to the aforementioned windows glitch.

So I'm considering making the following offer:

For any district that has a system (or chooses to buy one), I'll come out
to the city of your choice for a few days to treat any wives/GFs/etc. who
are willing to commit to helping out with scoring in your district and/or
the NATS next year to a spa day (massage and mani-pedi at a recommended spa
in the area) and a 1/2-1 day of training on the setup and use of the
scoring system.

Districts, this would be, ideally, combined with perhaps a pattern clinic
or judging seminar though that's not strictly necessary for the training...

Wives on the list, respond with +1 if you would be interested.

Husbands on the list, check with your wives/Girlfriends and respond with a
+1 if they would be interested.

Thanks!
Peter+

-- 
Director, Fixed Wing Flight Training
Santa Clara County Model Aircraft Skypark
Associate Vice President, Academy of Model Aeronautics District X
Treasurer, National Society of Radio Control Aerobatics (NSRCA)
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