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Jeff:<br>
In actuality, I was being a little tongue-in-cheek, but it seems to me
that, if something like this excited enough interest, it just might be
a kind of fun thing. After all, we're all there because we like to
compete; why not compete in judging? I know how hard I work for my
points; others work just as hard. (Maybe harder<G>) So,
everyone I know takes their judging very seriously. There may be some
goofing off while flying, but very seldom (read: never) have I noticed
a pattern judge being inattentive or uncaring as to a competitor flying
in front of him. FWIW<br>
Bill Glaze<br>
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Jeff H. Snider wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Indeed having a ranking system opens up the possibility for someone
to take pride in having a visible sign of their good judging skills.
Someone saying to themselves "I'm going to move from a 2 to a 5 by
the end of the season" seems like a good thing, since it means they
will work hard at being a good judge, they will go to a lot of
contests, and they will WANT to judge as many rounds as possible.
A judging competition sounds good too. Keeping it simple: a flight
by the best pilot present, with everyone else judging him. Imagine
a flight with 25 judges scoring it. After the flight the top judges
can somehow together decide what the "right" scores were for each
maneuver (we'd have to set a time limit on their haggling over
downgrades), and the winner is the judge who scored the closest to
"right" (by the least squares method -- I'll make a simple excel
spreadsheet for you). Maybe make the entry fee for the contest
include an extra $2 that goes into a 50/50 with the winning judge
getting the pot. A great warmup for the judges and a great
introduction to judging for new pilots.
- Jeff Snider
- <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jeff@snider.com">jeff@snider.com</a>
- Northern VA, NSRCA D2
Bill Glaze writes:
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<pre wrap="">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?
Bill Glaze
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