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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I find the lack of confidence in the Judging
Certification Program to be an insult to those who put forth so much effort into
it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are still a lot of Masters/FAI pilots who
choose to not waste their time knowing the AMA rule book. And there are many
pilots who are new to the Pattern Discipline that have read and continue to read
the Rule book like the Bible!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The class one flies is not a good indicator of
their judging qualities.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Ferrell W8CCW<BR>"Life is
easier if you learn to plow <BR> around the
stumps"<BR><A href="http://DixieNC.US">http://DixieNC.US</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=vanputte@cox.net href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net">Ron Van Putte</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA Mailing List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 13, 2007 7:44
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Nats
registration</DIV>
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<DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>It is true that SOME Intermediate
pilots are qualified to judge Advanced and are used if they are. The
event director's job is to discover who is qualified. That's why we pay
him the big $. <VBG>
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<DIV>Ron Van Putte</DIV>
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<DIV>On Jun 13, 2007, at 5:51 PM, Derek Koopowitz wrote:</DIV><BR
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Provided that the Intermediate pilots aren't
qualified to judge Advanced, right? And since there are 20
Intermediate pilots they can help out with judging Advanced as well - since
everyone has to be certified.<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 6/13/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Ron Van
Putte</B> <<A href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net">vanputte@cox.net</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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<DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">As a former Nats event director, I must
point out that the Master class pilots are used to judge the Advanced AND
F3A pilots, thus the problem with the number of Master class pilots.
If you use three judges on both Advanced lines, that's six judges each
session. Then, if there are four F3A lines, that's another twelve
judges. So, the first two sessions of Advanced and F3A requires 36
Master class judges. Oh oh! we run out of Master class judges
on the third day if we only have 40 Master class pilots and nobody
volunteers to judge extra sessions. That's why Dave Guerin's hair is
turning gray/falling out.
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<DIV>Ron Van Putte</DIV>
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<DIV>On Jun 13, 2007, at 5:26 PM, Derek Koopowitz wrote:</DIV><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<DIV>And for one year there will actually be enough judges to judge
Masters - we've always struggled with not having enough F3A pilots to
fill the Masters judging pool.</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 6/13/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Jim
Woodward</B> <<A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:Jim.Woodward@armorholdings.com"
target=_blank>Jim.Woodward@armorholdings.com </A>> wrote:</SPAN>
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<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Wow –
Awesome! The Masters pilots will get a taste of judging a highly
attended FAI class! </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Wingdings
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">J</SPAN></FONT><FONT
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<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jim
W.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
<A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org"
target=_blank>nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</A> [mailto:<A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org"
target=_blank>nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org </A>] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Derek
Koopowitz<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B>
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:41 PM<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> NSRCA Mailing List; <A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:dist7@nsrca.org"
target=_blank>dist7@nsrca.org</A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [NSRCA-discussion] Nats
registration </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">It looks like we have 115 total registered
pilots for the Nats this year (from the AMA
website)...</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT><BR> </DIV></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Intermediate - 20</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Advanced - 16</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Masters - 40</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">FAI - 39</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Those are excellent #'s and I'm hoping that
there will still be some late entries that will raise those numbers
even more.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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