[NSRCA-dist8] Contest poll

[Patrick Harris]

We will support you anyway we can.

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Karl Watts <karlwatt at sarmc.org> wrote:

>  What a great idea.  I can think of 5 or 6 guys for sure that would come.
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> *From:* astropuppy [mailto:astropuppy at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 16, 2014 11:00 AM
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> *To:* Karl Watts
> *Cc:* AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY; Patrick Harris
> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-dist8] Contest poll
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> Actually, it may be time to have a judging clinic in Boise and all take
> the online test together. There is nothing that says a none pattern person
> can't be a certified judge. I'm fairly certain we could talk a couple
> locals into judging. Especially if we entice them with free lunch. Linda
> Sterling never flew and she was a very good judge.
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> I can talk to Nathan about doing a video conference too. My home internet
> is more then capable of handling video conferencing.
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> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Karl Watts <karlwatt at sarmc.org> wrote:
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> Yes, I had some discussion with one of the guys about that this past
> weekend.  He said there is an online test.  I am willing, would rather go
> to a live course.
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> *From:* astropuppy [mailto:astropuppy at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 16, 2014 10:47 AM
> *To:* Karl Watts
> *Cc:* AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY; Patrick Harris
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> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-dist8] Contest poll
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> Thanks Karl... You can help us all by becoming a certified judge.
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> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Karl Watts <karlwatt at sarmc.org> wrote:
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> Mike, this is your invitation to call me for any help you need in
> organizing and running the contest.
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> *From:* NSRCA-dist8 [mailto:nsrca-dist8-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] *On
> Behalf Of *astropuppy via NSRCA-dist8
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 16, 2014 9:58 AM
> *To:* Patrick Harris; AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY
> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-dist8] Contest poll
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> I nominate Karl to CD the Boise contest next year; all in favor say "I".
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> All kidding aside, I would really like to have a contest date for next
> year. Our club requires a membership contest approval vote. We only have
> three more general meetings this year and I would like to get it approved
> before new club officers are elected for next year.
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> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Patrick Harris via NSRCA-dist8 <
> nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
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> All great input...keep it coming.
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> Karl...we have been discussing that very same issue about location of
> contestants and driving distance.
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> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 7:39 AM, Karl Watts <karlwatt at sarmc.org> wrote:
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> Here is another idea.  Map out where contestants from this past year
> live.  This will help looking for the "ideal" location for the District
> Contest and evaluating where to have contests next year.  Also do another
> poll on what is the average distance people have driven/contest this past
> year and what is the longest willing to drive.  I am willing to do one
> extra long (more than 6 hours) drive/season.
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> *From:* NSRCA-dist8 [mailto:nsrca-dist8-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Patrick Harris via NSRCA-dist8
> *Sent:* Monday, September 15, 2014 2:39 PM
> *To:* AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY
> *Subject:* [NSRCA-dist8] Contest poll
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> Guy's
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> This is very important. I talked to a few of you about this at Tri Cities.
> As always, Gordon stepped up to plate and put together a very user friendly
> poll to query the group to get an idea of the contest you plan to attend
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> As you are likely aware, the number of participants has dropped off
> significantly at several contest this year and needs to be addressed. My
> personal opinion is we just had too many contest this year and spread our
> small group thin. I have talked to several of you and I would like to cut
> the number of contest back to six or so for 2015. The other issue is trying
> to hold no more than one contest per month. This year, we have had several
> contest fall within two weeks, which puts a lot of strain of family life as
> well as the pocket book.
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> Please find the link to the poll on the D8 site or go here:
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> https://doodle.com/x9pa2iey57z5z4r8
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> Please select only the contest you plan to attend up to 6 events. If you
> would like to stay anonymous, just fill in a fictitious name when
> completing the poll.
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> As they say "if you don't vote, you have no right to complain".
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> Thank you in advance,
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> Pat
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