Thanks, John, for clarifying this since several of us did not know.
"Invitational" for Science Olympiad at the USIC seemed to acquire an
unfortunate connotation several years ago. Now maybe we can do better
and create the impression and fact of an "open invitational".
Fred Rash
On 2/24/2011 11:47 PM, John Kagan wrote:
>
> "Invitational" has meaning to SO participants - it distinguishes our
> contest from official SO regional,state, and national events. It might
> not sound right to us, but it is familiar to them.
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>, Ken Achee <ken_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > 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_...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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 keep it from being elitist.
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > Carl Bakay
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPad
> > >
> > > On Feb 24, 2011, at 8:49 AM, Bill Carney <wcarneyjx_at_...> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > > *From:* Bill Gowen <wdgowen_at_...>
> > > *To:* <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>>
> > > Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > *Sent:* Thu, February 24, 2011 9:40:51 AM
> > > *Subject:* Re: [Indoor_Construction] Science Olympiad Discussion
> Groups
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Exactly what do you mean with the term "invitational"?
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > *From:* Bill Carney <wcarneyjx_at_...>
> > > *To:* <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>>
> > > Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > *Sent:* Thursday, February 24, 2011 9:17 AM
> > > *Subject:* [Indoor_Construction] Science Olympiad Discussion Groups
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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
> > >
> > > <http://scioly.org/phpBB3/index.php>http://scioly.org/phpBB3/index.php
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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