[NSRCA-discussion] NATS Judging workload, on my soapbox

[Jon Lowe]

The subject of compensation came up both years when I was president, but was voted down by the board. My personal opinion was in favor of compensation, but many BoD members felt that judging was part of competing. Of course, our Nats attendance numbers were higher, so the problem was less evident. Bob's analysis is right on the mark given our current attendance. I think it is time to revisit that decision.

One thing that we need to look at is why our Nats attendance is dropping fairly rapidly. I think publishing Don Szczur's letter in the kfactor, and perhaps handing it out at local contests could help that. For various reasons I've had to miss the last 3 Nats, but Don's letter reminded me of what I've missed.

I hope Joe and the BoD take Bob up on his offer.

Jon

On Sunday, July 22, 2018 John Fuqua via NSRCA-discussion <johnfuqua at embarqmail.com; nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

In  the past when numbers were high you only had to work/judge one day.   But if you worked additional times you were paid.    I think it was $30 per additional work day.    Maybe we could consider something similar.

 

However we also had FAI pilots scheduled to judge on the 3rd prelim day who did not make the FAI semi finals and left.    In the past they would lose the highest round.   But if they did not make the semi finals there was no incentive to do their duty.    We need to work on that aspect.  Maybe a public shaming would work.

 

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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] NATS Judging workload, on my soapbox

 

 Bob

 Thanks for pointing this out.

 The judging issues surfaced and left a number of participants very unhappy. It's not the same old same old as the numbers have changed.

 If not addressed I feel it will contribute to and further the low attendances.

 Mike Mueller


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On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 7:06 PM, Bob Kane via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

First off, let me say thank you to Al Glenn and Peter Vogel for their heroic efforts at the 2018 NATS. Unless you wear the shirt you have no idea how tough the job is.

I heard more than once last week "I judged once, I should not have to judge".  Lets look at the numbers:

2018 NATS pilots (and potential judges):

FAI   32
Masters 23
Advanced 11
Intermediate 6

72 total pilots

Judging requirements

FAI Prelims

3 Judges, 2 lines, 2 sites = 12/day, 24 judges for 2 days. 

FAI Semis

5 Judges, 1 line, 2 sites = 10 judges

FAI Finals

24 judges

FAI, total of 58 judges needed

Masters Prelims

3 judges, 2 lines, 2 sites = 12/day, 36 for 3 days.

Masters Finals

5 judges, 3 lines      15

Masters, total of 51 judges neeed.

Intermediate 2 judges, 2 lines 3 days  12 judges
Advanced 2 judges, 2 lines 3 days  12 judges

133 Total judging assignments during the week.

Assuming you do not use Intermediate pilots as judges, simple math would show 133 assignments / 66 judges = 2.01 judging assignments/pilot.

However, number is reduced by the pilots actually flying in the Semi and Final rounds, so the number is more than 2.

People leave during he week, further reducing the pool.

I know people who judged 4+ times during the week. The only thing I can say is thank you for your service.

This should not be the NATS Event Director's problem.  It is ours to solve.  

I would be happy to volunteer on a committee commissioned by the NSRCA to look at this and come up with a plan for the 2019 NATS.

Off my soapbox.

Bob Kane getterflash at yahoo.com
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