Re: SHOW Show Schedules
- Subject: Re: SHOW Show Schedules
- From: M* L*
- Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 12:34:48 -0500
From: Mike Lowe <mlowe@worldiris.com>
Walter Moores asks...
> Future Automation:
>
> The CD rom format for the Checklists seems to be in the works.
>
> What about the Judges' Ballot? When will the ballot be tallied by a
>scanner?
>
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS 7/8
Remember always, when you talk automation to the AIS Board, SOME of the
eyes there glaze over and you have totally lost those members. We are
speaking of a process akin to dragging a camel through the eye of a needle.
But, take heart, at the Fall 98 meeting I proposed that we move from
manually tabulated ballots to using a #2 pencil (just kidding, modern OCR
reads everything from the traditional #2's to blood from the students
fingertips!) and doing the AIS Ballot via a scanner and spreadsheet
tabulation. The discussion was lengthy and many objections were raised and
discussed.
The upshot: we are, at the least, (2nd time I have brought the subject up
-- this time some progress was made!) thinking about it and have requested
that a Board member who works in this area come to the Board in Spring 99
with costs, expected error rates, machine rejection percentages, etc., etc.
I must move somewhat circumspectly, lest the technophobes band together and
punt me! 8-;
Cheers,
Mike, mlowe@worldiris.com -- http://www.worldiris.com
South Central Virginia, USA; USDA Zone 7A
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