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Lance:<br>
Are you calling the upperclassmen dense?<G> Bill Glaze<br>
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Lance Van Nostrand wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">This was the best suggestion the
last time we had a big judging discussion. I think I like this idea.
No doubt that it would make spectating more enjoyable. I couldn't
imagine watching the Olympic gymnasts or divers and not seeing the
judge scores until the round was over. That's a channel changer. </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> However, it seems like it could be
difficult to find the right card and hold it up in time, especially in
the dense upper classes.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">--Lance</font></div>
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Wednesday, April 14, 2004 9:47 PM</div>
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A possible answer to lousy judging "Flash cards"</div>
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<div>I propose that flash cards be brought back to judging. It
would allow judges to be critiqued by their peers. The way it works is
the judge has numbered flash cards on his lap. The scribe sits behind
the judge and records the data. Nothing new here but if a guy is
scoring vanilla it will be detected. If a guy is giving good scores
to bad snaps it would give others the ability to straighten him out.
Flash cards worked in the old days and they are sorely needed now. If
you like the idea and your a CD it's as easy to try as doing it. To the
best of my knowledge there aren't any rules to stop you. Flash cards
made speculating more fun and was educational. </div>
<div> Has anyone done this in recent times? </div>
<div> I'm searching for an answer here. Do you have a better
solution because if your leaving it up to the good faith of others then
you have what we have now? Human nature always reverts back to the
same bad habits no matter how much you beat things into others. In the
end it's a system that fails not humans.Edward Deming stated that 85%
of all failures are due to systems problems and the remaining 15% are
human. I believe he was correct. Our system is flawed and it's keeping
the sport back. </div>
<div> I stated before that I don't like contestant judging. On
average the decline of pattern that started in the mid 80's parallels
the advent of this procedure. I realize that it's too hard to fix it
now but something has to change.It's pretty easy to experiment with
flash cards. I know from personal experience that it works and I can't
see why we got away from it.</div>
<div> It's good to debate, Thanks, Mike Mueller</div>
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