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<DIV>Buddy, </DIV>
<DIV> "You called
me a trouble maker at the Nat's" - Did I do that??? Certainly not
meant in any nasty way, I assure you.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>I actually want people to stir things up. If you let a
pot of stew just sit there the bottom burns and the top never gets
cooked.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>I have held about every opinion expressed in this
thread. I have changed my mind many times as my education continued in the
judging arena. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>I have not typed a lot of responses because a
box-cutter and I had an exchange where the box cutter won ;-(</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>A few years ago we sent a bunch of heavyweight judges
to site-4. (Earl Haury is heavier than I am - and he's in Texas so he
can't visit me tonight either). Boy! did we upset some pilots with accurate
judging. Not sure they wanted us back. Same thing in FAI or
Masters.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>I used Earl's name because his raw scores and mine have
tracked pretty closely. I score a bit higher than him these days
because I am one CIAM memo ahead of him - just teasing Earl :-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>The Nats this year had the same standard of
pilot judges that it gets every year. All certified. As you said that needs some
improvement - I totally agree. Dave said that if he had 10 full time experienced
judges he could improve things a lot. All I have to do is find them... any
thoughts on that one. Would two really good judges be better than three not so
good and who decides who they are?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>I think that I can say that about half of the pilots
did two session or more, some even did three. All scores were included in all
classes in all AMA rounds. The AMA rules book is totally silent on scoring
standards. Anyone want to get into that one?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>We will be putting a whole bunch of info on eth scoring
system, the matrix, the finals calculations etc in the next
K-Factor. I figure that the more we publish the more we will get
understanding and increase the chances of coming up with a better mouse
trap.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>We also want to leave a bunch of better and more
accurate documentation for those who succeed us.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Regards,<BR><BR>Eric.</FONT></DIV>
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