[NSRCA-discussion] Apology

[Atwood, Mark]

I think it’s important that everyone sees this.  I will also post it on our team page.

I’m still working on getting a revised final ranking from the organizers.

-Mark


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From: Peter Uhlig <peteruhligf3a at aol.com<mailto:peteruhligf3a at aol.com>>
Date: August 20, 2019 at 6:19:03 PM EDT
To: jszczur2000 at gmail.com<mailto:jszczur2000 at gmail.com>, dszczur at verizon.net<mailto:dszczur at verizon.net>, "Skinner, Bob" <samaa-gm at mweb.co.za<mailto:samaa-gm at mweb.co.za>>

Subject: Apology


Formal apology to Mr Joseph Szczur

Dear Joseph Szczur,

On behalf of the FAI Jury, and the organizer of the 2019 F3A World Championship, I must profusely apologize for the mistake in the semi-final ranking list.

The score keeper and the Jury worked under trying conditions during the long days. All results were spot-checked on all the days by the Jury and the contest director as best we could, also making spot checks of the semi-final results, on Friday evening. We allowed at least an hour before proceeding with the team manager’s meeting. At this time we had no reason to suspect anything untoward in the results of the semi-finals, especially since all the calculations were performed electronically, and we applied some measure of trust in the system. The results were published according to the rules, and neither the contest management, nor the Jury received any enquiries.

At the beginning of the last final round (Unknown 2), the developer of the scoring software application, mentioned to the jury that there may be a possible problem with the semi-final results. By that time the developer was not quite sure about the extent of the problem, and if this potential error could have had an effect on the ranking. The jury unanimously decided not to stop the event, as long as the problem was not absolutely correctly identified and verified. At that point, time was of course very limited, and the priority of the organiser was to finish the event.

At the conclusion of the flights, and after verifying the results of the finals to be able to officially publish them, the jury and the developer took a closer look at the potential problem. By the time the problem was correctly and fully identified, the flight line was no longer in operation, there were no judges left on the field, and all the required infrastructure, wi-fi, electricity, etc had been dismantled.

I have known you for the last six years as a fair, keen, and great sportsman, and can fully understand your frustration, disappointment, and possible anger that this error had to occur to you. The scorekeeper, contest director, and jury members did not realise the extent of the error until much later. We did not spot the mistake during checking of the semi-final results.

This unfortunate turn of events has left you the victim in the process, and we can only apologise for this injustice, and we all hope that you will accept our sincere apology.

Sincerely
Peter Uhlig
FAI Jury President at 2019 FAI F3A World Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft


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