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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Regarding Peter, I have to chime in again as I was in a rather unique position to witness so much behind the scenes activity. Remarkably, as I traveled between any of the 3 flying sites taking pictures morning or afternoon it seemed like Peter “was always there” making sure all was going well…and except for the small glitch he mentions below it was. Some of my close friends had score sheets in their hand “almost” by the time they got their plane of the runway…..and he flew in the competition as well. What an amazing bundle of brilliant energy, NSRCA is lucky to have so much talent in its midst.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jay<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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"'> NSRCA-discussion [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Peter Vogel via NSRCA-discussion<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 31, 2017 1:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> General pattern discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> [NSRCA-discussion] Quick ping for interest...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hey folks! <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>1. Getting it to a contest<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>2. Setting it up (<1 hour)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>3. Making sure scoresheets don't blow away when they print<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>4. Tearing the system down (<30 minutes), possibly both days, depending on security at the site and expected overnight weather.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>But there were a lot of wives there! </b>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>So I'm considering making the following offer:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Districts, this would be, ideally, combined with perhaps a pattern clinic or judging seminar though that's not strictly necessary for the training...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Wives on the list, respond with +1 if you would be interested.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Husbands on the list, check with your wives/Girlfriends and respond with a +1 if they would be interested.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Peter+<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Director, Fixed Wing Flight Training<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Santa Clara County Model Aircraft Skypark<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Associate Vice President, Academy of Model Aeronautics District X<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Treasurer, National Society of Radio Control Aerobatics (NSRCA)<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><img width=200 height=154 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7163/6513778381_5569cc985d_m.jpg"><img width=200 height=136 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://googledrive.com/host/0B4LOPeyGAgOJUVJmU1dJMVl6WWc/AcademyModelAeronauticsLogo.png"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>