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As I see it, we're opening up a whole new area for competition here.
If judges are ranked, and scored, according to their ability, then it
follows that judges whould like to move up in ranking. This would show
their advancing capability. We may be on to something here. Perhaps a
meet with trophies for the judges only?<br>
Bill Glaze<br>
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<div>Indeed it would!!! After the initial shock of the perfect score
wear off. Perfect score is ZERO of course.</div>
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<div>In a message dated 10/29/2004 2:48:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ehaury@houston.rr.com">ehaury@houston.rr.com</a> writes:</div>
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size="2">John covers most of the points. It's important to recognize
that the class <br>
that someone competes in only addresses his / her flying skills, not
judging <br>
skills. Our certification process is the basis for ensuring that
everyone <br>
has taken a look at the rules and been exposed to discussion of the
finer <br>
points. Judging skills may advance much more quickly than flying skills
if a <br>
little work is applied, so it's important for CD's to inquire as to
where <br>
individuals fit in and use them in their judging matrix accordingly.<br>
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A ranking system incorporated into out cert process would certainly be <br>
useful, however the methodology for arriving at a proper ranking is not
<br>
without difficulty. Maybe group (non competition) judging of several
flights <br>
during the certification event, with scores compared to the
"experienced" <br>
judges used for ranking (a real judging test)? Of course the logistics
of <br>
this, considering many cert programs are conducted during the offseason
when <br>
weather precludes much flying, are also difficult.<br>
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The best answer may be some sort of electronic flight scoring system
that <br>
handles geometry, box limits, centering, and distance, leaving only the
<br>
subjective smoothness / gracefulness to the judges. Just think - all of
the <br>
objective elements, that we're all sure that we do correctly, would be <br>
accurately scored every time! Dean - you should be able to handle the <br>
hardware, just make sure that it's simple to use, light, cheap, and <br>
accurate. Would this ever make a great practice tool!<br>
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Earl<br>
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