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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Jon, as someone who judged masters at every contest this year, the
status quo is not workable. We have estimated that if none of the current
masters guys don’t change to FAI, there could be as many as 15+ pilots.
That is an awful lot of chair time for the advanced and FAI guys to judge. Plus,
trying to balance the lines when more than half the contestants are in one
class will be impossible. Can’t fly on one line if you have to judge the
entire round on another. Since I don’t fly FAI, I don’t have an
opinion on which change you suggest is best, but let’s try to choose something
to get folks to move to FAI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Another possible suggestion, if the FAI guys don’t want a
change, would be to split Masters into 2 separate classes. In essence, gold
and silver masters classes. These 2 classes could judge each other.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Just my $.02,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Dale<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><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"'> Jon Carter
[mailto:joncarter60@comcast.net] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 02, 2012 1:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> CA, AZ, HI, NV,UT<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Adrian Wong; Bill Sneed; Bill Wallace; Dale Olstinske; Derek
Koopowitz; Dick Belden; Don Atwood; Frank Capone; Frohreich, Greg; Jarvis
Johnson; Jerry Budd; Jim Oddino; krishlan fitzsimmons; kysung@comcast.net; Luke
Peng; Lynn Burks; LuvtheRocs@aol.com; rob@koolsoft.com; Robert Gillespie; Ron
Davies; completemarine02@sprintpcs.com; steve hannah; Terry Walker; Tom Messer;
'Jon Carter'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> To all D7 pattern pilots <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Happy
New Year to all!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Here
is an e-mail I have been working on for the last month. I am finally sending it
out to start the discussion process. If there are pilots who I have missed,
please feel free to forward this e-mail to them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FAI
and Masters in District 7: Issues and Opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
want to start some discussion among FAI pilots, Masters pilots and CDs about
the FAI and Masters class in District 7. Please keep in mind that this
discussion needs to focus on our experience here in District 7. This is a
revision to a section of my K-Factor article that will appear in January. Given
publication deadlines, I did not have the opportunity to get very much feedback
before I had to submit the article! I have since received some feedback which I
have added and this e-mail is my attempt to get more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In
2010 I heard from some of our local FAI pilots that they would like to fly the
finals or “F” sequence at local meets. They felt that getting the
opportunity to fly judged “F” sequences at our local contests would
help them improve their flying and enable them to be more competitive at the
Nats. I also heard that “FAI has two sequences so we really should fly
them both in order to “really” fly FAI” I polled and spoke to
most of the FAI pilots in our district and came up with a proposal. In 2010 we
flew two rounds of judged “F” at local contests but if a pilot did
not want to fly “F” he could fly “P” for those two
rounds with no penalty. (We worked out a K-factor modification in an attempt to
score “P” and “F” together) In 2011 we went one
step further and had everyone fly two rounds of “F” at local
contests. If a pilot did not want to fly “F” he took a zero for
those two rounds. I definitely heard some feedback about that! I think the
attendance numbers speak for themselves. In 2009 (“P” only) we had
the highest number of pilots fly FAI since I have been the district
scorekeeper. At some local contests we had more FAI pilots than Masters. This
number dropped in 2010 (“P” and “F” sort of
“fudged” together) and it fell even further in 2011
(“P” & “F”). Concurrently, we have a LOT of Masters
pilots! This creates real problems for the CDs in balancing the lines, and for
the judges, usually FAI and Advanced pilots, who spend way too much time in the
chair. I have heard from many pilots this year that they do not have the time
or the inclination to fly the “F” sequence but they really enjoy
the extra challenge of the “P” sequence. This leads me to a
discussion of some proposed solution for 2012. Please keep in mind that we are
just discussing proposals at this point. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Option
1<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Don’t
do anything. We continue to fly FAI with 4 rounds of P and two rounds of F. At
local contests last year we flew this way and simply counted the best 4 rounds.
That way you do not have to “keep” an F score. At the district
championships you must keep an F score. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Advantages<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Keeps
things the same as last year, we continue to fly the “full” FAI
pattern.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gives
our local pilots who want to fly at the Nats a chance to fly judged
“F” patterns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Disadvantages<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Many
pilots don’t seem to want to fly F and so they stay in Masters creating a
“bulge” that makes the CDs and the contestant judges lives more
difficult.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We
seem to be having a declining # of pilots in FAI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Option
2<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Go
back to the way we did it in 2010 and let some people fly P and some fly F and
do some sort of score “fudge”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Advantages<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kind
of a middle ground solution. Might get some pilots to leave Masters and try
FAI. <u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Disadvantages<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
don’t really care for “fudge’ing” scoring. It just
doesn’t seem right in a competitive sport.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Option
3<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Split
FAI into two “divisions” let’s call them “Gold”
and “Silver” these two divisions are competed for and scored
separately. Here’s a simple description.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FAI
“Gold”<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This
class will fly 4 rounds of the “P” sequence and two rounds of the
“F” sequence at each local contest. Their final contest score will
consist of their best 3 out of 4 “P” rounds and their best 1 out of
2 “F” rounds. This will also be the format used for FAI “Gold”
at the district championship contest. If there is enough interest we could even
fly an unknown round at the season championships.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FAI
“Silver”<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This
class will fly 6 rounds of the “P” sequence at each local contest.
Their final contest score will consist of their best 4 out of 6 “P”
rounds. This will also be the format used for FAI “Silver” at the
district championship contest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A
pilot may enter either class at any contest. You cannot fly in both at one
contest though! You can change back and forth as many as you want to during the
pattern year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Advantages:<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Possibly
increase the pilots flying FAI and reduce the pilots in Masters. This will
greatly simplify line balancing and judging assignments. Gold pilots are
perfect judges for Silver and vice a versa. Masters pilots can judge Gold,
Silver or Advanced. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Reduce
the length of time spent in the judging chair. Judging 10 Masters pilots is not
an easy task and requires you to be in the judging chair for almost an hour and
a half. Not very fun at a local contest!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Make
the CDs job of finding and assigning judges much easier.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Might
improve competition within FAI (Gold and Silver) and Masters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Disadvantages:<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
CD needs to provide one more set of trophies. Extra cost is “bad”!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Depending
on who shows up the CD might have extra trophies that he will have to
“eat”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Further
splits a small pool of competitors. How many pilots will fly
“Gold”, maybe not enough to have a fun competition?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
think the trophy problem can be worked around. By the time we get to be a
Masters or an FAI pilot do we really need to get a trophy at a local contest? I
know I don’t! A simple group photo or a medal or a simple metal plaque
that lists the event and the class would be fine. At my contests this year I intend
to simplify the Masters and FAI trophies regardless of what we do with FAI. In
regards to the other issues I don’t know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please
bear in mind that I am looking for ideas and proposals. If you are a Masters or
FAI pilot and you don’t think that anything is “broke” just
let me know! If most Masters and FAI pilots think it ain’t broke then we
won’t “fix it”!!! (Option 1) Or if you don’t like any
of my proposals but have another thought in mind just let me know. So to you
FAI and Masters pilots and Cds out there, think about it and please let me hear
from you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jon
Carter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NSRCA
D7 VP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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