[NSRCA-dist8] Judging Seminar

Sat Apr 30 16:58:20 AKDT 2011

Jim,

Good points! Sorry for the delay, business travel to DC this week and next week I am in Key West.
You can see all the rule proposals for 2011 here:
http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/ruleproposals/rcaerobatics.aspx
And you can see the results of the vote here:
http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/ruleproposals.aspx

I will try and summarize this data in a document.

I did ask about the 2009 test and key that are posted regarding there use at 2011 seminars, I expect this is what is being used but I will advise as soon as I learn.
I have asked a number of other pilots if they will attend and we will determination on the event based on attendance.

--Gordon

On Apr 27, 2011, at 8:49 AM, J N Hiller wrote:

> Hi Gordon.
> I'm not getting any flying weather to speak of this spring and have decided not to go to the scale contest in Snohomish that weekend.
> As much as I detest the drive to Portland I'd probably attend the judging seminar.
> Before replying I checked the NSRCA judging section and the new power point documents aren’t available yet and it the test / answer sheets appear to be the old ones. The AMA rules are there but It appears they no longer marks paragraphs that have been changed making it more difficult to casually scan the document when refreshing ones memory.
> As I remember there were some cleanup changes and of course the ever present snap roll clarification. Most notable was radius judging where the first R in a maneuver having multiple R elements doesn't set the judging criteria. As I understand it, each R is to be judged as they deviate from the previous, each and every time.
> Anyway what ever works for you guys is OK for me.
> Jim
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nsrca-dist8-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-dist8-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Gordon Anderson
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 7:46 PM
> To: AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-dist8] Judging Seminar
>  
> All,
>  
> Thanks for the input. I know this is not an ideal time and its stuck between two contest weekends and that does make it hard to attend. At this point I am trying to gain input from you all as to who would attend to see if its worth holding the session. Gary is willing and has worked with Ray to secure a location (thanks guys!) so we can pull this off but it does not sound like those of you who have responded would attend, let me know if I am wrong. I will reach out to some of the other pilots via email and see if we can get enough attendance to justify the effort.
>  
> The option that Mike discussed below does make sense. The material you need to study is on the NSRCA web site and if people did the prep work we could have an open discussion at the Boise contest. The thing I like about the sessions is the open discussions and group interaction, this is missing in the online model. I am not sure how big a block of time we could get on Saturday night or where to hold the discussion? any ideas?
>  
> Lets hear your thoughts on this idea...
>  
> --Gordon
>  
> On Apr 26, 2011, at 9:46 AM, astropuppy wrote:
> 
> 
> "Mr. Everything Riggs" my wife use to say that about me! But that’s a another story.
>  
> Travelling for a non-contest event really stinks no matter how you do it. With that said, my suggestion would be for all us new people to study and be ready to take the test in Boise. Then we could ask current judges questions and be ready to at least judge sportsman.
>  
> If the weather is nice the Saturday of the Boise contest, I fully expect to have upwards of 10 entries in Sportsman. If nobody from outside the club enters, I will just have club members judge, but I really don't want to screw up somebody who has traveled to our contest. I also expect as the rounds progress sportsman participation will drop off. Again, if its only club members I'll let them decide when to call it a contest. Last August we flew three rounds and called it a day. Another idea is to run two classes of sportsman, fun seekers and points seekers. Using real judges for the points seekers and club member judges for the fun seekers.  FYI Tim: If the weather doesn't improve for practicing I'm going to be flying Sportsman.
>  
> Seriously how many hours do Judging Seminars take? Having never been to one I'd like to know.
>  
>  
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Tim <tstebbins at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > One other suggestion maybe to have a judges training session Friday and Saturday evenings in Boise.   Three of us that will be new judges this year will be at that meet (myself, Scott, and Mr. Everything Riggs).
> >
> > On Apr 26, 2011, at 2:02 AM, J N Hiller wrote:
> >
> > Three weekends in a row kind of sucks.
> >  
> > Jim
> >  
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nsrca-dist8-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-dist8-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Gordon Anderson
> > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 7:46 PM
> > To: AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY
> > Subject: [NSRCA-dist8] Judging Seminar
> >  
> > All,
> >  
> > Please let me know what you think about holding Judging Seminar May the 21st. Gary McClellan contacted me and he is willing to teach the class and he has worked with Ray Gauthier to gain access to a room at Pioneer Pacific College  in Wilsonville Oregon. 
> > This year we have new AMA sequences and this will be a good opportunity to review all the changes. Please let me know if would be willing to attend before we finalize the details.
> >  
> > Thanks!
> >  
> > --Gordon
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