If it was me, I'd quit calling it the SO Invitational and start calling it
the USIC SO Open. But what do I know?
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Carl Bakay <carl.bakay_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Last year Tom Sanders put out the word with an announcement on the SO
> website, and this was the extent of the invitational. We went out of our way
> to keek it from being elitist.
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> I think the turnout of young people like Kang, Elizabeth He, and Katie
> Bosman was great. I was not privy to positive or negative feedback.
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> Carl Bakay
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Feb 24, 2011, at 8:49 AM, Bill Carney <wcarneyjx_at_bellsouth.net> wrote:
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> Bill,
> I was thinking this would be conducted the same way that the Wright
> Stuff events were done using the word the same way it was used then. I've
> been trying to find out just who did the "inviting" and how it was
> published. I kind of thought the same folks who invited Wright Stuff
> participants would follow suit with Helicopter but I wasn't involved heavily
> in the Wright Stuff events, in fact this will be my first USIC in several
> years. So basically I'm just trying to get discussions rolling on the topic
> and hopefully more knowledgeable people will chime in. Looks like it's
> working.
>
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> *From:* Bill Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
> *To:* <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
> Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Thu, February 24, 2011 9:40:51 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Indoor_Construction] Science Olympiad Discussion Groups
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> Exactly what do you mean with the term "invitational"?
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> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Bill Carney <wcarneyjx_at_bellsouth.net>
> *To:* <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
> Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 24, 2011 9:17 AM
> *Subject:* [Indoor_Construction] Science Olympiad Discussion Groups
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> Hey Gang,
> Below is a link to the Science Olympiad Student Center Forum. This is a
> good place to follow what's happening in Science Olympiad and to help with
> with questions kids and coaches are asking especially with the Helicopter
> Event. I will organizing the Science Olympiad Helicopter invitational at
> USIC this year and could use all the help I can get in promoting discussions
> on the topic and besides that the kids could really use the help of
> experienced modelers with their designs and flight problems.
>
> Bill Carney
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> <http://scioly.org/phpBB3/index.php>http://scioly.org/phpBB3/index.php
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Received on Thu Feb 24 2011 - 18:36:13 CET