I'm with Pam; WHY????? The wonderful thing about the OLC is that it brings most of us together - this is why we find it so interesting?
I'm not saying that the guys and gals developing the new site do not have some innovative ideas - I hope they do but by diluting the numbers participating erodes what we love about the OLC - is that what we really want - I doubt it. Can we see some collaboration? SDF -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pam Kurstjens Sent: Friday, 13 July 2012 3:55 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Alternative to the OLC Why would we need an alternative? I think there is great strength and interest having worldwide flights in one place. If you would like to see an alternative system, check out the BGA Ladder in the UK: http://www.bgaladder.co.uk and click on 'daily scores' for example. Yesterday, 39 flights in the UK were posted to this site, and only 5 of those were posted to OLC. People are regularly doing 750's and the rare 1000, which are incredible flights given the size of the island, the airspace, and the weather, yet we see few flights on the OLC so gliding in the UK goes largely unnoticed by the worldwide gliding community. Pam -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter F Bradshaw Sent: Monday, 2 July 2012 9:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Aus-soaring] Alternative to the OLC Hi; There is an alternative to the OLC at: http://skylines.xcsoar.org/ IGC files may be uploaded and scored here. In addition it is planned to implement a realtime tracking feature in conjunction with XCSoar (v6.4). Cheers -- Peter F Bradshaw: http://www.exadios.com (public keys avaliable there). Personal site: http://personal.exadios.com "I love truth, and the way the government still uses it occasionally to keep us guessing." - Sam Kekovich. _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
