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</head><body><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">+ a whole bunch!! Someone from the USA management should not just suggest that, but argue very strongly for it.</p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">whose software was it? The FAIs? I was a software developer at several points in my career, and one just does not run an event or demo or anything with a package that has not been <strong>thoroughly verified and tested</strong>. In my opinion, time crunch is not an excise, it is a demonstration of faulty planning.</p><div class="io-ox-signature"><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;" class="default-style"><span class="signature-truncate"><span class="signature-truncate"><span class="signature-truncate"><span class="signature-truncate"><span class="signature-truncate"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'; font-size: 12px;"> <strong><em>Phil Spelt, AMA 1294, Scientific Leader Member<br>SPA L-18, Board Member, NSRCA 2032, KCRC Emeritus<br>Knoxville, TN 37931 (865) 604-0541c</em></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div><blockquote type="cite">On August 20, 2019 at 8:29 PM Matthew Finley via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org> wrote: <br> <br><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Yes ! An automatic invite I think is the least they could do for their mistake...... <br> <br></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Get <a href="https://aka.ms/ghei36">Outlook for Android</a></div><br></div><hr style="display: inline-block; width: 98%;"><div id="ox-7dc9b66c7b-divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong>From:</strong> NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org> on behalf of Monte Richard via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br> <strong>Sent:</strong> Tuesday, August 20, 2019 8:21:50 PM<br> <strong>To:</strong> Atwood, Mark <atwoodm@paragon-inc.com>; General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br> <strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Apology</span><div> </div></div><div>That really sucks. They should at least give him an invitation to compete in 2021 whether he makes the team or not. <div><br></div><div><br><div id="ox-7dc9b66c7b-AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br> On Aug 20, 2019, at 7:12 PM, Atwood, Mark via NSRCA-discussion < <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote: <br> <br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr">Yes, I apologize if that was not clear. The incorrect normalization put him in 11th and Brett and 12th, where they should have finished 10th and 11th respectively.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Koji Suzuki would have moved to 12th</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br> On Aug 20, 2019, at 7:38 PM, Stuart Chale < <a href="mailto:schale1@outlook.com">schale1@outlook.com</a>> wrote: <br> <br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="background-color: #ffff00; width: 100%; border-left-style: solid; border-color: #000000; border-width: 5pt; padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">CAUTION:</span> Message originated from outside of Paragon. Use caution regarding any links, attachments, credential and financial requests.</div><br><div>I guess that means he should have been in the finals? <br> <br><div id="ox-7dc9b66c7b-AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br> On Aug 20, 2019, at 7:26 PM, Atwood, Mark via NSRCA-discussion < <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote: <br> <br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr">I think it’s important that everyone sees this. I will also post it on our team page. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I’m still working on getting a revised final ranking from the organizers. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">-Mark <br> <br> <br> Begin forwarded message: <br> <br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><strong>From:</strong> Peter Uhlig < <a href="mailto:peteruhligf3a@aol.com">peteruhligf3a@aol.com</a>> <br> <strong>Date:</strong> August 20, 2019 at 6:19:03 PM EDT <br> <strong>To:</strong> <a href="mailto:jszczur2000@gmail.com">jszczur2000@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:dszczur@verizon.net"> dszczur@verizon.net</a>, "Skinner, Bob" < <a href="mailto:samaa-gm@mweb.co.za">samaa-gm@mweb.co.za</a>> <br> <br> <strong>Subject:</strong> <strong>Apology</strong> <br> <br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><p> <br></p><p><strong><em><u><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Calibri; color: #1f497d;">Formal apology to Mr Joseph Szczur</span></u></em></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: #3333ff;">Dear Joseph Szczur,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: #3333ff;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: #3333ff;">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.</span></p><p class="ox-7dc9b66c7b-listparagraph" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: #3333ff;">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. </span></p><p class="ox-7dc9b66c7b-listparagraph" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: #3333ff;">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. <br> <br> 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.</span></p><p class="ox-7dc9b66c7b-listparagraph" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: #3333ff;">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.<br> <br> Sincerely<br> Peter Uhlig<br> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: #3333ff;">FAI Jury President at 2019 FAI F3A World Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft</span></p><p class="ox-7dc9b66c7b-MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ox-7dc9b66c7b-MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br> NSRCA-discussion mailing list <br> <a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a> <br> <a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br> NSRCA-discussion mailing list <br> <a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a> <br> <a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a></div></blockquote></div><br> (c) 2019 Compass Engineering & Consultants, LLC. 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