Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Friday, November 17, 2006 Norwegian Event AwardI think that having an award to recognize the year's top event is a good idea. I wrote about the idea under "Carrot or stick or something else?." John Fredrickson liked the idea and started a discussion on Attackpoint.As is common on Attackpoint, the discussion has wandered a bit. But, there are some interesting ideas throughout the thread. I haven't contributed to the discussion at Attackpoint. I might in the next few days. Norway has an award for the event of the year and I spent a few minutes today looking at some information about that award. If you can read Norwegian, take a look at the information on the event of the year award. Since many readers can't read Norwegian, let me give you a rough idea of the basics... A committee of three people considers nominations and uses a set of general criteria. The criteria are designed to recognize events that were successful at attracting new orienteers and appealing to the non-orienteering public. The criteria are: An invitation that generates curiosity/interest without too much "stammespraak" [I'm not sure what that last word means...a guess is "jargon"]. Clear and inviting signage (appropriate for non-orienters). The meet site set-up: finish chute; spectator control, decent "merking" [again a word I don't recognize]. Media coverage before and after the event. Innovative elements to the event (micro, chase start, etc). Helpful, friendly organizers. Good courses, designed to achieve the goals for the event. Increased participation compared to prior years. Announcer and good atmosphere. I think a few things about how the Norwegian's have set up this award are interesting: 1. The criteria are clearly designed to relate the award to a specific goal. 2. People nominate specific events for consideration. People who nominate an event need to send in the nomination with a short explanation. 3. The group that judges the nominees is small - just three people. Cool Basketball Page A couple of days ago I included a link to a cool baseball page, today I'll link to Kenpom.com's preview of the Big 12 Basketball Season (PDF file). posted by Michael | 8:22 PM 
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decent "merking" (skikkelig merking)
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I´m not Norwegian but I guess it means something like 'good use of streamers' (from the last control, to the start etc.) # posted by
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