<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Some of us still Connor access the NSRCA site ( myself for one)unless it is <br>Fixed I will not be certified for FAI.. What is Ur plan for this issue..</div><div><br></div><div>Gary <br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jul 12, 2012, at 7:38 AM, "Michael S. Harrison" <<a href="mailto:drmikedds@sbcglobal.net">drmikedds@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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color:#1F497D">nice job by you and your team. thanks for all the hard work..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Archie
Stafford<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 12, 2012 7:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> General pattern discussion<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NSRCA-discussion] 2012 NATS Update<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>The 2012 NATS are quickly approaching and I wanted to send out a final
update. Derek Koopowitz has created a site that will be the center for
NATS updates. On this site you can get all of your information as well as
see the overview of what is going on. You will notice a few things that
are slightly different this year. We are going to try a few things and
see what happens.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>First, for anyone flying Masters, you will notice the flight orders are
different than the past. In previous years, the groupings were
established and you were stuck flying in front of, or behind the same guy all 6
rounds. This year, we have used the grouping as always, but since each
day is a new contest, we combined the two groups on a site that day. This
allows guys in their same group to call for each other, without having that
person be directly behind them. It also will allow people to follow and
be in front of different pilots each day. Your flight order inside your
group is essentially unchanged, but there will be someone from the other group
between pilots in a group for the most part, except when one group is smaller
than the other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Second, we are going to try something new for the judging of the
finals. This is not on that sheet, as we haven't created the finals
judges, but after talking with Earl Haury, our plan is to identify ideally 25+
judges for a pool. This will allow us to have judges for both Masters and
FAI, but never having a judge have to judge the same sequence twice. We
will use 5 Masters judges, 10 FAI judges, and 2 zero judges for the
unknowns. The plan would be that a judge would just 1 round of Masters
and 1 round of FAI, either an unknown or a known. Obviously, with only 25
judges and above parameters, a few judges would end up judging a round of
Masters, a round of known, and a round of unknown. This will keep people
from having to be on the Masters site more than 1 round, and also, help with
the problem in the past of guys judging rounds of Masters back to back. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Third, there will be no judges certifcation this year on site. With
the ability to do this online, it eliminates the need to have one on
site. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Next, you will notice that we are still short judges on Wednesday. If
you are willing to step up and judge a second time, please let me know so that
we can begin to fill in some of these holes. In previous years, we have had to
scramble on site to locate more judges, but we are hopeful that by putting this
information out early that a few people will volunteer to fill these slots
prior to being on site.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Also, please buy your banquet tickets EARLY. This year, it will be on
the AMA site at the McCullough room, which is located adjacent to the
museum. It is being catered by Johnny Corrino's and we will have a choice
of the different types of pasta as well as salad and a dessert. We will
have an open CASH bar on site as well. Banquet tickets will be only
$15.00. We will have an open CASH bar on site as well. At the
banquet this year, since it is on Wednesday, we will hand out Intermediate, and
Advanced awards in front of everyone. FAI, and Masters finalists, will be
announced, flight orders drawn, and the unknowns will be handed out to the FAI
pilots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Finally,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has helped put all this
together. I can not thank Scott Smith enough for the job he has done
developing a new scoring software which made this all possible. Not only
does it continuously keep score for Masters and FAI, even with the Matrix, but
it also is capable of creating flight orders, and the judging matrix.
This will be an incredibly valuable tool, even on a local level. Scott
did all of this purely as a volunteer and I have no idea how many hundreds of
hours of his own time he devoted to this. By using his software, as soon
as a round is complete, even if Masters and FAI, we can export the file as a
.pdf and Pete Cosky will then load it on to the NATS website on the NSRCA
page. Our goal is within 30 minutes to 1 hour of the conclusion of flying
that the scores will be posted on this site.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>OK, now for the disclaimer. This site is still technically not
finished. We could have pilots drop out and such, and may need to fill
holes. Please use this site as a reference only, and please verify once
you are on site that nothing for you has changed. Also, you will notice,
as this site is on a public page, that my cell phone and Pete's cell phone are
X'd out. On your pilot packages, our numbers will be printed, so anyone needing
to reach us once in Muncie will have that opportunity. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here is the link to the site. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Be safe on your travels, and we will see everyone next
weekend in Muncie.<o:p></o:p></p>
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