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I like both ideas!... The iScore would be really cool!<BR>
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Rex<BR> <BR>> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:08:20 -0700<BR>> From: GAA@owt.com<BR>> To: nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org<BR>> Subject: [NSRCA-dist8] Contest Scoring Ideas<BR>> <BR>> All,<BR>> <BR>> OK, its pretty quite on this list and I have a couple of ideas about <BR>> running the 2009 contest scoring that I would like to discuss. The deal <BR>> is we mostly do not use scribes due to lack of people etc. This means a <BR>> lot of judges look away from the plane to write the scores on the score <BR>> sheet. The preferred method that some, but not all, judges use is to <BR>> write the scores on a piece of scratch paper and then at the end of the <BR>> flight they transcribe the data to the score sheet. The negative part of <BR>> this process is the delay during transcription and the paper you waste <BR>> in the process. There is always a chance of error during this <BR>> transcription because the judge is always in a hurry. The nice thing is <BR>> your eyes never leave the plane and you miss nothing.<BR>> <BR>> So to make this work a little better how about we just get ride of the <BR>> score sheets all together. We can cut 8 1/2" by 11" plain blank paper <BR>> into three 11" long strips and the judge just puts the scores on the <BR>> strip of paper along with the pilots name and the judges name or number. <BR>> The score keeper can just enter the numbers into the scoring program and <BR>> staple the strip of paper to the score sheet that is printed out after <BR>> the scores are entered. This would remove the requirement to print score <BR>> sheets and make the process run a little faster. The only thing the <BR>> judge would need to do is count up his scores at the end of a flight to <BR>> make sure he has the right number of scores, this would serve as a quick <BR>> cross check. This process would completely remove the need to look down <BR>> because there is nothing but a blank strip of paper to look at. Some <BR>> judges like to see the list of maneuvers that are to be flown before the <BR>> flight so we could deal with this by just posting an enlarged call card <BR>> just behind the pilots that the judges can see, this would allow them to <BR>> review the list between flights.<BR>> <BR>> Please share your thoughts on this idea...<BR>> <BR>> Also, I think it would be real cool to develop an iPhone scoring <BR>> application, lets call it iScore. We could run the entire contest from a <BR>> couple of iPhones and upload all the results to a web site and make it <BR>> all publicly available. This would enable anyone to log on and see the <BR>> status at any time, we could make a paperless process except for the <BR>> strips of paper the judges write the raw scores on....<BR>> <BR>> --Gordon<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> NSRCA-dist8 mailing list<BR>> NSRCA-dist8@lists.nsrca.org<BR>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-dist8<BR></body>
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