SSA Web Page - Contests

At least it shows that they are listening!

While we are on the subject, did anyone notice how quick the results
from the European Championships were being posted? It was almost in
real time.. as soon as a new trace was brought in, the results were
updated and a .zip file of all the traces were available at the end of
each day.
Is this a function of using SeeYou to score the contests or is it just
that those Baltic Nations know how to use the Internet?
Couldn't this be done at the U.S contests or is this wishful thinking?

Bob (armchair contest pilot)



Ray Lovinggood wrote in message ...
SSA has now put access to contests out for everyone
to access!!!

With the initial roll out of the new web page, only
SSA members could access the contest area. But, they've
updated their web and everyone, member or not, can
read accounts about contests

Yea SSA!!

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

The World Class and Standards scores were posted each evening of the contest
day. I think posting the traces is a personal thing not a contest organizer
thing; some people don't want their trace made public, why I don't know, but
that is what I have heard.
Fred

While we are on the subject, did anyone notice how quick the results
from the European Championships were being posted? It was almost in
real time.. as soon as a new trace was brought in, the results were
updated and a .zip file of all the traces were available at the end of
each day.
Is this a function of using SeeYou to score the contests or is it just
that those Baltic Nations know how to use the Internet?
Couldn't this be done at the U.S contests or is this wishful thinking?

Is this a function of using SeeYou to score the contests or is it just

that those Baltic Nations know how to use the Internet?

Couldn't this be done at the U.S contests or is this wishful thinking?

Winscore, the program used to score most US contests has the ability to
quickly and easily export a .zip file containing all the flight logs for the
day. This .zip file has the logs in .igc format and also contains an .xml
file with all the task and contest information. Contestants who don't want
their log included in this export can easily be excluded.

The main issue with US contests is infrastructure. Many contests are held at
remote airports which have only a single phone line. This same phone line is
often in use as the retrieve line as well. It is not feasible to
continuously upload logs on a dialup connection.

The second issue the lack of a sense of urgency to report the contest news.
The time and effort to email a preliminary scoresheet is minimal, yet often
days go by without any news from a site. Even no contest/rain days should be
reported, but often are not.

Maybe when each contest has its own webserver in the scoring office with
personnel who are trained and motivated, such things might be possible, in
the meantime, I think it is wishful thinking.

Guy Byars

Guy Byars wrote:


Maybe when each contest has its own webserver in the scoring office with
personnel who are trained and motivated, such things might be possible, in
the meantime, I think it is wishful thinking.

Speaking as a club pilot who has tried to get our club site updated for
a year (the records and award winners from 2003 have not been added), I
have to agree. Well-meaning people doing good things for the club don't
always get around to doing everything that should be done.


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Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly

Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

"Guy Byars" wrote in message .. .

Maybe when each contest has its own webserver in the scoring office with
personnel who are trained and motivated, such things might be possible, in
the meantime, I think it is wishful thinking.

Guy Byars


Something like this perhaps?.....

http://www.glider.com/2004nats/default.htm

Maybe Bill could be invited to all the contests as he provides such
excellent coverage :)

Bob

The SSA supposedly has nothing to do with posting of the scores. The scores
are posted by the folks at the contest site direct to the web.

"Bob" wrote in message
m...
"Guy Byars" wrote in message
.. .

Maybe when each contest has its own webserver in the scoring office with
personnel who are trained and motivated, such things might be possible,
in
the meantime, I think it is wishful thinking.

Guy Byars


Something like this perhaps?.....

http://www.glider.com/2004nats/default.htm

Maybe Bill could be invited to all the contests as he provides such
excellent coverage :)

Bob

This is incorrect. Scorers posting the scores directly to the website (as I
did at Hobbs) are the exception and not the approved procedure. I quote
from Dennis Wright:
[snip]
Scorer is instructed to send the daily scores to .
person, by name, takes them off and using a password that
gets her administrator access to the web site, posts the scores. No e-mail
to scores to the web site. person received no
scores
this past weekend from the scorer in Uvalde. We would allow the
scorer to post their own scores directly to the web site if it were
not for the fact that we put our entire web site at risk each time we
allow an outsider administrator access to the site
[snip]
And NO,
I will not give scorers access to our web site. I now know a little
something about scorers and I can't trust them to send a simple
e-mail...I'm dang sure not gonna give them unfettered access to our
web site!


"Thomas Knauff" wrote in message
hlink.net...

The SSA supposedly has nothing to do with posting of the scores. The
scores
are posted by the folks at the contest site direct to the web.

"Bob" wrote in message
m...
"Guy Byars" wrote in message
.. .

Maybe when each contest has its own webserver in the scoring office
with
personnel who are trained and motivated, such things might be possible,
in
the meantime, I think it is wishful thinking.

Guy Byars


Something like this perhaps?.....

http://www.glider.com/2004nats/default.htm

Maybe Bill could be invited to all the contests as he provides such
excellent coverage :)

Bob

(Bob) wrote in message om...


Something like this perhaps?.....

http://www.glider.com/2004nats/default.htm

Maybe Bill could be invited to all the contests as he provides such
excellent coverage :)

Bob


Something like that is good. In fact the SSA contest results site
returns something very similar, but more up to date for 18m Day 5. (As
of 12:26pm MST 8/17/04)

Andy

(Bob) wrote in message om...


Something like this perhaps?.....

http://www.glider.com/2004nats/default.htm


Something like that is good. In fact the SSA contest results site
returns something very similar, but more up to date for 18m Day 5. (As
of 12:26pm MST 8/17/04)

Andy