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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Eric,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I doubt that it's in the AMA rules. It's just the way it's
always been done. Otherwise, there's no need to bother using 5 judges. I
think it's probably in the FAI rules somewhere, but I suspect that's for World
Championships which wouldn't apply here. However, we've always used 5 for them
as well and dropped the high and low, and again, if we don't, why bother using 5
judges. You can use 2 or 3 or 5 or 7 and one cheater (or bad judge if you
choose) can tip the scales in any direction they choose, whether to make sure
someone wins or someone loses.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>My purpose in pointing this out is to prevent it from
happening in the future. I think it would be a huge mistake to do anything that
changes the posted results from this Nats. The outcry could only damage our
credibility and attendance at future Nats would suffer. There'd be sour grapes
from those who got moved down as well as from those who moved up.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>On the other hand, there was a lot of buzzing going on
amongst the Masters competitors all through the Nats about the scores one
particular pilot was getting. I wasn't made aware of it until Tuesday and then I
started paying attention as well. Most thought the guy wasn't flying well enough
to make the Finals but everyone knew he would with the scores he was getting.
Most figured the system (dropping the hi/low) would finally do him in during the
Finals and he'd probably finish last in that group. You know the rest and his
caller's scores put him very near the top since they weren't
dropped.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I think I speak for everyone when I say we only want a
fair shake and the closest we can get to that is the traditional method of
dropping the hi and low with 5 judges. Take that away, and I don't see much
sense in going through all the time and expense it takes to be competitive in
that arena. Having said all that, I still emphasize what a mistake it would be
to change the posted results from this year. We just need to make sure it
doesn't happen again.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>vk</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pattern4u@comcast.net href="mailto:pattern4u@comcast.net">Grow
Pattern</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 29, 2005 7:02 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Scoring formula</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Verne,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2> I
could write the following and say it as an answer to almost everything I had
to get working this year. "Nothing is written down", [It will not be like that
next year believe me!]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It may be somewhere, but I find myself
asking for help to find it..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In this case the "it" is, where can I
find the rules on five panel judging or larger panels for<STRONG>
AMA</STRONG> contests? Dave G. is looking for the <STRONG>FAI</STRONG>
rules.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you know "where" for either please point me.
Spent a fruitless day chasing this ghost.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My plan BTW, is to re-crunch the numbers with
high and low scores dropped per maneuver because that is what was done last
year. May have to update Gene's program as well.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>Eric.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>