<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Well, it looks like I'll have to limit my pit talk to beer guzzling. In all liklihood, this probably won't be mucn of an effect.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">--Lance</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">I have seen and heard pilots planting the "seeds of doubt" in the minds of pilots who would later judge their class. I once dealt with a top level pilot who was standing behind the judges and next to other pilot judges. He was giving loud detailed descriptions and remarks on whether a rival's plane was snapping or not. A day or two later I took the time and trouble to try and educate that pilot of the unsporting nature of this conduct. Result was long term animosity.</font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </font><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial">Pilot judging has problems. One problem is that you should not look at the scores of a class that you are judging. Yet if you go and look at your own scores it is almost impossible to not notice who is doing well in the other classes. This is another form of influencing that we cannot control. I just hope that education will prevail over legislation.</font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </font><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial">Eric.</font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </font><font size=2 face="Tahoma">-----Original Message-----</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> s.vannostrand@kodak.com [mailto:s.vannostrand@kodak.com]</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Tahoma"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 23, 2003 6:49 PM</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Tahoma"><b>To:</b> discussion@nsrca.org</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Tahoma"><b>Subject:</b> Re: Judging behaviour</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans">Maybe I'm naive or pollyanna optimistic, but I've never interpreted the critiquing of others "lobbying in the pits" and it doesn't hurt my experience. When in the judges chair, we are judges and we call it as we see it and are fair and consistent. When in the pits, we are not in the judge role. We are friends, supporters, builder, telling stories and planning the evening's beer guzzling activities. Talk in the pits is fun and unofficial.</font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans">--Lance</font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </font>