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<DIV><SPAN class=945492215-15042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Y'know
Bill ... I am actually comforted by that!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=945492215-15042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=945492215-15042004> <FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Dean P.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Bill Glaze
[mailto:billglaze@triad.rr.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 15, 2004 9:34
AM<BR><B>To:</B> discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: A possible answer
to lousy judging "Flash cards"<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Mike:<BR>I started flying
the precursor to pattern around 1955. We had entirely contestant
judging. (Although on a slightly different basis.)<BR>The biggest
competitor complaint? Guess What? The judging! And, I
remember being the CD at an AVERAGE sized contest. We had 154
competitors.<BR>BTW: The 2 biggest judging complaints were from competitors
having to judge, and the second was about the quality of judging by these
competitors.<BR>Sound familiar? As it has been said, the more things
change, the more they stay the same.<BR>Bill Glaze<BR><BR>mike mueller
wrote:<BR>
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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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