Mike, Due to the importance of the safety aspect of a daily briefing at a comp I think it may be unwise to go fully electronic for the daily brief. There is a certain amount of presence and weighting that can only be achieved via face to face contact. Not that Im regular a comp pilot but I don't think id like to see the morning brief go entirely. Perhaps components like the weather could be slimmer with readily available tools, like Matthew Scutters amazing weather forecasting program,(https://skysight.io/). WPP's winning videos on Facebook are way too entertaining to miss anyways.
My 0.5c - with a shameless plug included for free. James. On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Mike Borgelt < [email protected]> wrote: > Matt, > > My sister teaches online courses in English as Second Language. Maybe you > should take one? > > Seriously, the morning briefing disrupts the preparation of the glider for > the day and turns what is usually a long day into a longer one. > The organisers must prepare the material anyway which largely, as far as > weather is concerned, is simply a bunch of links to various websites. > A simple summary of why the particular task has been set and the actual > task description plus any safety considerations/social notices can be > simply put on a website and the time this will happen be notified. An email > list could even be created so people are notified (or a text message sent). > This then serves the double purpose of notifying the contestants and > anyone else interested and saves everyone's time. All forms of aviation > including gliding are now heavily internet based so I'm not sure what he > physical presence of everyone in one place every day (probably still want > an initial brief on the practice day), before flying, achieves. > Social activities can still be around the bar after flying, including > awards for daily wins. > > Mike > > > > At 01:17 PM 11/12/2016, you wrote: > > Mike, > > nice of you to volunteer to handle publishing tasks and info for the comp. > > > Or you could look here - https://www.livetrack24.com/events/waik2016 > > No idea if they are actually flying though. > > > On 12 Nov 2016, at 12:32 , Mike Borgelt < [email protected]> > wrote: > > Dunno, but maybe they ought to give up on physically getting together for > briefing and simply post the required information on a webpage. That way > everyone can know what is happening. > > Mike > > At 11:00 AM 11/12/2016, you wrote: > > what are they doing TODAY?? > > ron > > On 12 November 2016 at 11:57, Mike Borgelt < mborgelt@borgeltinstruments. > com> wrote: Anthony, > The storms weren't just through Adelaide. Quite extensive areas through > the Riverland. > Mike > At 10:17 AM 11/12/2016, you wrote: > > As far as I know gliders were derigged and in trailers or hangars. The > storm came from the NW and continued to the SE, so Waikerie did not see the > same storm as Adelaide.  I was at Elizabeth and we only had relatively > small hail except at the end of the storm where I heard a couple of big > hail stones shattering on the roof. Enough for me to put some neoprene > sheet over the car in the hope that it would soften the impacts.  Justine > was at home and collected a sample of the hailstones that hit Adelaide – > much larger. See attached.  Anthony  From: Aus-soaring [ > mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Mike Borgelt Sent: > Saturday, 12 November 2016 10:19 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to > Soaring in Australia. < [email protected]> Subject: Re: > [Aus-soaring] Waikerie  > Anyone know what happened at Waikerie yesterday. Pretty bad TSs went > through SA yesterday. > Mike > > > > > Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of quality soaring > instrumentation since 1978 www.borgeltinstruments.com tel: <%C3%82>  > 07 4635 5784    overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 mob: 042835 5784    >             : int+61-42835 5784 P O Box 4607, Toowoomba > East, QLD 4350, Australia > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] http://lists.base64.com.au/ > listinfo/aus-soaring > > Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of quality soaring > instrumentation since 1978 www.borgeltinstruments.com tel: <%C3%82>  > 07 4635 5784     overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 mob: 042835 5784   >              : int+61-42835 5784 P O Box 4607, Toowoomba > East, QLD 4350, Australia > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] http://lists.base64.com.au/ > listinfo/aus-soaring > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > *Borgelt Instruments* - > *design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 * > www.borgeltinstruments.com > tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 > mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 > P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > *Borgelt Instruments* - > *design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 * > www.borgeltinstruments.com > tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 > mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 > P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > >
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