[NSRCA-dist8] Cross Road

[Bob Crump]

Hi Art, thanks for your efforts to get things back to normal. I’m not comfortable committing at this point to travel and staying in a motel. I’m in the age group that is most susceptible and I have the underlying health conditions that make me very concerned. 
All that said, I’m just going to wait till next year. I’ll keep flying and practicing but going to Medford or Redmond is off the table.
Thanks, Bob Crump

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 8, 2020, at 10:05 AM, Igor Yegorov via NSRCA-dist8 <nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Art,
> 
> Please count me in for the 3 contest and 1 fun fly.
> 
> As for suggestions, we may try to beg Peter Vogel
> to develop iPhone-based judge application.
> 
> An old iPhone w/o active SIM card can be sourced chipper than a game controller we use now.
> 
> An old iPhone on a WiFi will not die from overheat like game controller does.
> 
> Like every gadget, a game controller must be retired after between 3 and 7 years of use.
> How old our controllers are?
> 
> An iPhone app can be installed on a personal iPhone of judge so that sharing and sanitizing is not required.
> 
> Peter is an established iPhone app developer:
> https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rccaller/id817287888
> 
> One more thing:
> 
> While we keep current controllers for judges,
> we may recommend personal/disposable 
> earpieces for those controllers, just like
> airlines do nowadays- no sharing for earpieces.
> 
> Igor
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>>> On May 8, 2020, at 9:44 AM, Art Kelly via NSRCA-dist8 <nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>>> 
>> 
>> Fellow D-8  pilots,
>> 
>> We are arriving at a cross road in this year's contest schedule. Last night I hosted a Zoom meeting with the 2020 CD’s. We reviewed where we stand and what options remain for the rest of the year. Before proceeding with any given direction we felt it essential to get input from all pilots for a collective sense of preferred direction.
>> 
>> Our situation is this:
>> Three contests have been cancelled: Richland, Beck’s Field and Molalla. 
>> Three contests remain scheduled: Redmond, Richland and Meford.
>> A one day “judged fun-fly” has been proposed for Saturday, July 18. You may fly the sequence you prefer and more attention will be given to critiquing each of our flights. This would be a “brown bag” event. No food will be provided.
>> 
>> (Note: many clubs around the country and in D-8 are beginning to open their fields and many clubs are encountering new restrictions. Uncertainty hovers across the NSRCA and other Sigs.)
>> 
>> With these facts in mind we need your help in determining the numbers we can expect in any of these events. If you will participate bear in mind that we will encourage all pilots to bring sterilizing wipes and nitrile gloves. We will need to clean the scoring controllers after each hand off.
>> 
>> Please respond to me with your plans by next Friday, 15 May. You are welcome to include any questions that you may have. I’ll compile the information and will reconvene the CD’s. We’ll communicate the results of that meeting as soon as possible.
>> 
>> This is a tough time for our communities and for each of us. We are a valued group of friends and I know that each of us wishes the others continued safety and good health.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> 
>> Art
>> 
>> -- 
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