<VV> [fastvair] Some facts.

[Dave Keillor]

"Top 25" is a people's choice format with the top 25 vote getters receiving
a "Top 25" award.  Voters are asked to vote for something like 5 cars.   It
doesn't eliminate the popularity contest aspect, but it does help average
things out a bit.

Dave Keillor

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:33 AM, corvairduval at cox.net <corvairduval at cox.net
> wrote:

> What's a "Top 25" format?
>
> I agree our people's choice in the Vair Fair is always a popularity
> contest. Two cars somewhat equal in "quality", the one from the club with
> the most attendees will win. It took me a while to beat Smitty!
>
> Frank DuVal
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Dave Keillor dkeillor at tconcepts.com
> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:56:09 -0500
> To: fastvair at yahoogroups.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> [fastvair] Some facts.
>
>
> Brian,
>
> I have found this tempest-in-a-teapot interesting and amusing.  As a trophy
> event, the car display is fundamentally flawed.  By using a "peoples
> choice" selection process, it contains a fairly high degree of "popularity
> contest".  While I have no objection to the idea of a peoples choice car
> display, I don't think it deserves any fancy-dancy trophies.  The awards
> that were given seem to me to be quite appropriate for the type of event it
> was.
>
> I do prefer a "Top 25" format better because it tends to level out some of
> the popularity contest noise, but whatever the convention organizers choose
> to do with the event is fine with me.
>
> Dave Keillor
>
>
>