Official IPMS/USA Survey: Gauging member interest in Gold/Silver/Bronze judging

[lgriffin]

For club members who are IPMS/USA members, the national organization is assessing membership interest in considering a Gold/Silver/Bronze judging system. There is no plan to change from the current First/Second/Third methodology, but the judging committee wants to know where the members' interest lie.

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An official survey of the membership to ascertain preference of GSB and 123 judging systems is now under way.  THIS IS AN OFFICIAL SURVEY TO SUPPLY CURRENT INFORMATION TO THE E-BOARD, NOT A PROPOSAL.  There is NO effort I am aware of to change the way IPMS/USA judges our contest.  The purpose of this e-mail is to inform the membership of the survey.  As part of the survey, we have provided basic, unbiased descriptions of both GSB and 123 systems that will be included in the April/May issue with the survey card to include non-computer folks. Full details of the survey can be found here: https://forum.ipmsusa3.org/topic/20686-official-ipmsusa-survey/

Voting will take place via a survey card in the April/May 2019 issue of "The Journal", at the nationals in Chattanooga this summer, and now on-line on the election ballot.  The survey will also be printed at the bottom of the model registration forms at the national contest to best insure the maximum participation of the membership.

The survey, questions, 1-2-3 and GSB descriptions, were composed by a group of volunteers with oversight from Ron Bell, the E-board, with participation from Mark Persichetti, Chief Judge for IPMS/USA and the NCC.
 
ON-LINE VOTING IS NOW ACTIVATED!  Members may vote for their choice on the survey when voting in the general election.  The instructions are here:  https://voting.ipmsusa3.org/content/activate-your-account.  The only way you can vote on the survey on-line is register to vote in the general election.

Rusty White
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