<VV> CORSA 2012: More report
Michael Kovacs
kovacsmj at sbcglobal.net
Wed Jul 27 12:58:51 EDT 2011
Fact! I was there. It was my car they had to actually look at to see if the
tabulation was correct. If a computer program could do it in 1984. I would
assume a better one exists in 2012.
..................."An aside: The tallying process in 1984 was so painless that
we
second-guessed ourselves. It was too easy. Something must be wrong.
So during the banquet but before the awards we pulled all the sheets for
the best-of-show winner and re-tabulated that car, entirely by hand. It
matched the computerized tally perfectly."................
MIKE KOVACS
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From: Vairtec Corporation <vairtec at comcast.net>
To: conv-2012 at corvair.org
Sent: Wed, July 27, 2011 10:40:10 AM
Subject: Re: CORSA 2012: More report
On 7/27/2011 9:07 AM, Ken Schifftner wrote:
> Harry, I'm told, has set up a scoring computer that is almost real-time. A
>"runner" will bring the composite score sheets to the tabulator so the scoring
>is done as the Concours proceeds rather than later. The forms will be initialled
>and the judge(s) will be right there so if a question occurs it can be resolved
>quickly.
Oh -- in other words, just like we did it at the 1984 convention, where
the concours was held on Saturday and the tallying was completed in
plenty of time for the banquet.
We had three computers set up, each pre-loaded with templates of the all
the judging sheets that were programmed to "know" the correct range of
values that could be entered in any block. Our data-entry people were
not "Corvair people" and had no idea what all these numbers signified,
they didn't need to, they only needed to enter the data from the paper
sheets accurately.
With runners bringing the sheets to the tallying room as soon as each
sheet was completed, the scoring of the concours was finished less than
5 minutes after the last sheet arrived, and several HOURS before the
banquet.
5 minutes in 1984 vs 9 hours in 2010. It's time to go back to the future.
Now, admittedly, the scoring criteria today is far more complex. Where
in 1984 each unit sheet had X number of entries, today the sheets have X
times 3. Where in 1984 there was one sheet per judging unit, today
there are different sheets for each distinct body style as well as for
each judging unit. So it will be a more complicated process, and there
will be reasons to look for ways to streamline it. But, I am convinced,
it both CAN be done and MUST be done.
It doesn't take countless hours to tally the scores at Pebble Beach and
it shouldn't at Sturbridge, either.
An aside: The tallying process in 1984 was so painless that we
second-guessed ourselves. It was too easy. Something must be wrong.
So during the banquet but before the awards we pulled all the sheets for
the best-of-show winner and re-tabulated that car, entirely by hand. It
matched the computerized tally perfectly.
Keep an eye on the tallying process in Denver, Ken, and let us know what
good ideas we can use and what pitfalls we should avoid.
--Bob Marlow, 1984 Concours co-chair
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