Training Day before SSA Convention

Hi,

The SSA has asked me to organize "Soaring Products Training" the day before
the start of the SSA Convention in Texas. Last year it was called the
"Software Academy" and was a great success. WinPilot, SeeYou, StrePla and
Glide Navigator II held training sessions on their products. More than 200
people attended some of the sessions (I don't have exact numbers).

This year we have from 8 AM to 8 PM for training classes on Wednesday,
February 1st. I think it makes sense to open it up to training on more than
software. Below is my first shot at a list of possible training sessions.
I think sessions need to be 1 hour (50 minutes + transition) to be useful
for training purposes. Please post suggestions for products or software
packages to add to the list and we can do an informal vote to see which ones
will get the limited number of time slots. We have 12 time slots. The
training sessions will be free of charge.

Key things to consider when suggesting new items for the list or voting for
classed you would attend.
- The product must be widely used in the USA
- The product must lend itself to training (no need to train on a Winter or
Sage Vario)
- There is not enough time to include every product and vendor

Potential Training Sessions (quick first effort off the top of my head)
- Borgelt B400 and B500 - by Paul Remde and/or???
- Cambridge 302, 302A and 303 - by Paul Remde, and/or ????
- flyWithCE Navigator - by ????
- Glide Navigator II - by Paul Remde & Chip Garner
- ILEC SN-10 - David Nadler?
- LX Navigation Colibri - Ed Hollestelle and Paul Remde and/or ????
- LX Navigation LX7007 Pro IGC - Ed Hollestelle and Paul Remde and/or ????
- SeeYou & SeeYou Mobile - Roy McMaster and Team SeeYou
- StrePla & pocket*StrePla - Team StrePla?
- Soaring Pilot - Mark Hawkins
- WinPilot - Richard Pfiffner and Jerry Plaszowiecki?

Obviously it wouldn't be fair for me to do training on all the products so
I'm open to suggestions for who is best qualified to do the training. I'm
glad to do as many as people want me to do. I'm very capable of doing
training on most of them but probably not the best option for WinPilot,
Soaring Pilot, and flyWithCE Navigator.

Time slots will be determined by a pulling names out of a hat.

I look forward to your feedback. If you want to vote, just put an X to the
left of the product in the list.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde

Hi,

I forgot to give credit where much credit is due. Last year Sue McMaster
organized the "Soaring Software Academy" and did a fantastic job.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde

"Paul Remde" wrote in message
news:baacf.525002$x96.50933@attbi_s72...
Hi,

The SSA has asked me to organize "Soaring Products Training" the day
before the start of the SSA Convention in Texas. Last year it was called
the "Software Academy" and was a great success. WinPilot, SeeYou, StrePla
and Glide Navigator II held training sessions on their products. More
than 200 people attended some of the sessions (I don't have exact
numbers).

This year we have from 8 AM to 8 PM for training classes on Wednesday,
February 1st. I think it makes sense to open it up to training on more
than software. Below is my first shot at a list of possible training
sessions. I think sessions need to be 1 hour (50 minutes + transition) to
be useful for training purposes. Please post suggestions for products or
software packages to add to the list and we can do an informal vote to see
which ones will get the limited number of time slots. We have 12 time
slots. The training sessions will be free of charge.

Key things to consider when suggesting new items for the list or voting
for classed you would attend.
- The product must be widely used in the USA
- The product must lend itself to training (no need to train on a Winter
or Sage Vario)
- There is not enough time to include every product and vendor

Potential Training Sessions (quick first effort off the top of my head)
- Borgelt B400 and B500 - by Paul Remde and/or???
- Cambridge 302, 302A and 303 - by Paul Remde, and/or ????
- flyWithCE Navigator - by ????
- Glide Navigator II - by Paul Remde & Chip Garner
- ILEC SN-10 - David Nadler?
- LX Navigation Colibri - Ed Hollestelle and Paul Remde and/or ????
- LX Navigation LX7007 Pro IGC - Ed Hollestelle and Paul Remde and/or ????
- SeeYou & SeeYou Mobile - Roy McMaster and Team SeeYou
- StrePla & pocket*StrePla - Team StrePla?
- Soaring Pilot - Mark Hawkins
- WinPilot - Richard Pfiffner and Jerry Plaszowiecki?

Obviously it wouldn't be fair for me to do training on all the products so
I'm open to suggestions for who is best qualified to do the training. I'm
glad to do as many as people want me to do. I'm very capable of doing
training on most of them but probably not the best option for WinPilot,
Soaring Pilot, and flyWithCE Navigator.

Time slots will be determined by a pulling names out of a hat.

I look forward to your feedback. If you want to vote, just put an X to
the left of the product in the list.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde

Hi,

I received several good suggestions for other "Soaring Tools Training"
topics via e-mail. They are included below. Please let me know if you have
any other suggestions for products that would benefit from training. Please
also let me know if you would be interested in doing training on any of
these products. Feel free to vote for presentations that you would attend
by placing an "X" to the left of the topic.

Potential Training Sessions (quick first effort off the top of my head)
- Borgelt B400 and B500 - by Paul Remde and/or???
- Cambridge 302, 302A and 303 - by Paul Remde, and/or ????
- flyWithCE Navigator - by ????
- Garrecht Volkslogger - by ????
- Glide Navigator II - by Paul Remde & Chip Garner
- ILEC SN-10 - David Nadler?
- LX Navigation Colibri - Ed Hollestelle and Paul Remde and/or ????
- LX Navigation LX7007 Pro IGC - Ed Hollestelle and Paul Remde and/or ????
- SeeYou & SeeYou Mobile - Roy McMaster and Team SeeYou
- StrePla & pocket*StrePla - Team StrePla?
- Soaring Pilot - Mark Hawkins
- Weather Resources - Dr. Jack on Blipmaps? or Dale Kramer on BMapper? or
????
- WinPilot - Richard Pfiffner and Jerry Plaszowiecki?

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde

"Paul Remde" wrote in message
news:baacf.525002$x96.50933@attbi_s72...
Hi,

The SSA has asked me to organize "Soaring Products Training" the day
before the start of the SSA Convention in Texas. Last year it was called
the "Software Academy" and was a great success. WinPilot, SeeYou, StrePla
and Glide Navigator II held training sessions on their products. More
than 200 people attended some of the sessions (I don't have exact
numbers).

This year we have from 8 AM to 8 PM for training classes on Wednesday,
February 1st. I think it makes sense to open it up to training on more
than software. Below is my first shot at a list of possible training
sessions. I think sessions need to be 1 hour (50 minutes + transition) to
be useful for training purposes. Please post suggestions for products or
software packages to add to the list and we can do an informal vote to see
which ones will get the limited number of time slots. We have 12 time
slots. The training sessions will be free of charge.

Key things to consider when suggesting new items for the list or voting
for classed you would attend.
- The product must be widely used in the USA
- The product must lend itself to training (no need to train on a Winter
or Sage Vario)
- There is not enough time to include every product and vendor

Potential Training Sessions (quick first effort off the top of my head)
- Borgelt B400 and B500 - by Paul Remde and/or???
- Cambridge 302, 302A and 303 - by Paul Remde, and/or ????
- flyWithCE Navigator - by ????
- Glide Navigator II - by Paul Remde & Chip Garner
- ILEC SN-10 - David Nadler?
- LX Navigation Colibri - Ed Hollestelle and Paul Remde and/or ????
- LX Navigation LX7007 Pro IGC - Ed Hollestelle and Paul Remde and/or ????
- SeeYou & SeeYou Mobile - Roy McMaster and Team SeeYou
- StrePla & pocket*StrePla - Team StrePla?
- Soaring Pilot - Mark Hawkins
- WinPilot - Richard Pfiffner and Jerry Plaszowiecki?

Obviously it wouldn't be fair for me to do training on all the products so
I'm open to suggestions for who is best qualified to do the training. I'm
glad to do as many as people want me to do. I'm very capable of doing
training on most of them but probably not the best option for WinPilot,
Soaring Pilot, and flyWithCE Navigator.

Time slots will be determined by a pulling names out of a hat.

I look forward to your feedback. If you want to vote, just put an X to
the left of the product in the list.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde

I'd also suggest you add GPS_LOG winCE to the list. I'm pretty darn
impressed with it.

Bill Daniels

"Paul Remde" wrote in message
news:j%mcf.525832$x96.487063@attbi_s72...
Hi,

I received several good suggestions for other "Soaring Tools Training"
topics via e-mail. They are included below. Please let me know if you
have
any other suggestions for products that would benefit from training.
Please
also let me know if you would be interested in doing training on any of
these products. Feel free to vote for presentations that you would attend
by placing an "X" to the left of the topic.

Potential Training Sessions (quick first effort off the top of my head)
- Borgelt B400 and B500 - by Paul Remde and/or???
- Cambridge 302, 302A and 303 - by Paul Remde, and/or ????
- flyWithCE Navigator - by ????
- Garrecht Volkslogger - by ????
- Glide Navigator II - by Paul Remde & Chip Garner
- ILEC SN-10 - David Nadler?
- LX Navigation Colibri - Ed Hollestelle and Paul Remde and/or ????
- LX Navigation LX7007 Pro IGC - Ed Hollestelle and Paul Remde and/or
????
- SeeYou & SeeYou Mobile - Roy McMaster and Team SeeYou
- StrePla & pocket*StrePla - Team StrePla?
- Soaring Pilot - Mark Hawkins
- Weather Resources - Dr. Jack on Blipmaps? or Dale Kramer on BMapper? or
????
- WinPilot - Richard Pfiffner and Jerry Plaszowiecki?

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde

"Paul Remde" wrote in message
news:baacf.525002$x96.50933@attbi_s72...
Hi,

The SSA has asked me to organize "Soaring Products Training" the day
before the start of the SSA Convention in Texas. Last year it was
called
the "Software Academy" and was a great success. WinPilot, SeeYou,
StrePla
and Glide Navigator II held training sessions on their products. More
than 200 people attended some of the sessions (I don't have exact
numbers).

This year we have from 8 AM to 8 PM for training classes on Wednesday,
February 1st. I think it makes sense to open it up to training on more
than software. Below is my first shot at a list of possible training
sessions. I think sessions need to be 1 hour (50 minutes + transition)
to
be useful for training purposes. Please post suggestions for products
or
software packages to add to the list and we can do an informal vote to
see
which ones will get the limited number of time slots. We have 12 time
slots. The training sessions will be free of charge.

Key things to consider when suggesting new items for the list or voting
for classed you would attend.
- The product must be widely used in the USA
- The product must lend itself to training (no need to train on a Winter
or Sage Vario)
- There is not enough time to include every product and vendor

Potential Training Sessions (quick first effort off the top of my head)
- Borgelt B400 and B500 - by Paul Remde and/or???
- Cambridge 302, 302A and 303 - by Paul Remde, and/or ????
- flyWithCE Navigator - by ????
- Glide Navigator II - by Paul Remde & Chip Garner
- ILEC SN-10 - David Nadler?
- LX Navigation Colibri - Ed Hollestelle and Paul Remde and/or ????
- LX Navigation LX7007 Pro IGC - Ed Hollestelle and Paul Remde and/or
????
- SeeYou & SeeYou Mobile - Roy McMaster and Team SeeYou
- StrePla & pocket*StrePla - Team StrePla?
- Soaring Pilot - Mark Hawkins
- WinPilot - Richard Pfiffner and Jerry Plaszowiecki?

Obviously it wouldn't be fair for me to do training on all the products
so
I'm open to suggestions for who is best qualified to do the training.
I'm
glad to do as many as people want me to do. I'm very capable of doing
training on most of them but probably not the best option for WinPilot,
Soaring Pilot, and flyWithCE Navigator.

Time slots will be determined by a pulling names out of a hat.

I look forward to your feedback. If you want to vote, just put an X to
the left of the product in the list.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde

Paul,
I agree! I find it hard to believe anyone would have taken your
posting as being anything but an even-handed attempt to A) do what you
were asked and B) try to organize what last year was supposedly one of
the most appreciated parts of the convention. You don't have any
direct interest in SoarPilot, financial or otherwise. Still you went
out of your way to include it both last year and this. I, for one at
least, do appreciate what you tried to do. I'll make sure the SSA
knows that as well. I'm sorry others did not. Very sad actually.

-Mark

Paul Remde wrote:

[....]

I posted the information on this newsgroup hoping that others would
provide constructive feedback and give suggestions on who should do
the training for each product. I mentioned below that I'm willing to
do training for as many of them as necessary, but that others should
probably be selected for most of the products. I tried my best to make
these things clear.

The bad news is that my good intensions were taken in the wrong way by many
people.

It seemed clear to me, but then no good deed goes unpunished where there
are a few bucks involved. I appreciate what you tried to do.


Jack

Jack wrote:
Paul Remde wrote:

[....]

I posted the information on this newsgroup hoping that others would

provide constructive feedback and give suggestions on who should do

the training for each product. I mentioned below that I'm willing to

do training for as many of them as necessary, but that others should
probably be selected for most of the products. I tried my best to make

these things clear.

The bad news is that my good intensions were taken in the wrong way by
many people.


It seemed clear to me, snip. I appreciate what you tried to do.


Jack

Writing as one who uses a handheld and borrows his wife's Malletec for
vario audio, "What Jack said."

Regards,
Bob Whelan