I love a good web / cyber system, and agree there may be merit in publishing task, weather, grid time info.
However I still think there is, more often than not, unplanned yet important information points raised in a physical briefing which wouldn't otherwise be brought to light. A comment can remind another of a quick point. Regards Colin Whisson B.Comm (Accounting) 0459 121 457 On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 4:11 PM +0800, "Peter Champness" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I compete at the very lowest level. But that is still a lot more that Mike Borgelt (these days). My 2cents worth is that there might be something to be learned at the daily briefing. A lot of pilots have already looked at the linked web sites but they still turn up. Another benefit is that everyone has been briefed (assuming they attend the daily briefing). Thirdly there is often operational information (duty runway, landing instructions, commercial traffic etc, which is delivered at the daily briefing) On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 4:08 PM, james dutschke <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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 < [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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]] On Behalf Of Mike Borgelt Sent: Saturday, 12 November 2016 10:19 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. < [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Waikerie  Anyone know what happened at Waikerie yesterday. Pretty bad TSs went through SA yesterday. 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