Club Class Nationals live on Facebook

On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 11:53:55 AM UTC-6, Tom Kelley #711 wrote:
On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 11:08:55 AM UTC-6, John Cochrane wrote:
Lots of nice pictures and rah rah short comments on the Facebook page. They are nice. They don't take the place of a few John Good style paragraphs about what happened that day, covering weather, task, and a few stories from top and bottom. And "my story of the nationals" which is what volunteer Facebook posts provide is quite different than an organizer, CD, or ssa reporter's story of the contest.

As you say, there is lots that could be done with modern social media. But nothing that is being done with any medium.

This is an SSA sanctioned nationals, at the home of the SSA, with SSA staff on site. The SSA RC and website volunteers developed a nice reporting medium on the SSA website. The SSA rules say

13.1 Daily Reporting
13.1.1 The CD and the Scorer shall ensure that contest scores are reported at least daily to the SSA website. When possible, preliminary scores should be posted by 20:00, and updated as changes are made and when scores become Official.
13.1.2 A brief narrative describing each contest day is recommended for inclusion with submitted scores..

Let us at least use what we have.

John Cochrane BB

Some of this maybe my fault as I was asked to "help" report. The scorer is QT and he is doing remote scoring. The CD is new and it is a hard job for even a seasoned CD when mother nature is being difficult. After my land out on the first day of the regional I had to leave. I didn't withdraw until several days later.
I do agree posting a report on the SSA website is good, but it can be difficult when a contest has so few volunteer's. No one want's to do it, that is a fact!
My question is why those of you who want more reporting, do more reporting when your at a contest of your choosing? Lead by example. To all the entrant's and crew's, FB is available, personal blogs(YO is one) along with twitter and RAS too.
When I see the "views" on You Tube video's along with my blog "hits", my number's really don't match what is being claimed by some. Hmmmm....?
Today's "live" broadcast from the club class showed 174 views after it was over. The internet does allow a few "contest junkies" to allow their minds to think our sport is huge. Now really.....I mean...seriously...not even a 12 step program can help with that! Hell, "The Helium" doesn't even have a video for this!

USA Uvalde 18 Meter National's is the largest 18 Meter National in the history of contest soaring. Sean, John get you act together now and along with YO, myself and all the other's let's get this job done! Sean, email all the entrant's and demand they carry the IGC droid tracker. I mean $10 bucks and a $15 back up battery pack is all that's needed. John, you have written many articles, so reporting is no problem with you and along with Sean can make some great video's.
I am sure YO and myself will continue to blog. So let's lead by example and do this!
Great idea guys, Thank's big time!

Best. Tom #711.

At noon, today on Face Book, 212 views on the live today broadcast on the Club Class National's pilot's 10 am meeting. It's a public post and FB has 2 billion members.....hmmmmmm?

Best. Tom #711.