US Hawks Hang Gliding Association

Hello Potential Board Members and Potential US Hawks Voters!!

This is our first test vote to see how voting works. THIS IS ONLY A TEST.

I've been working on a program to generate hang glider images for our training manual and I've got a lot of samples laying around. So I thought they might make a good first test of our voting system. Here's how is works ...

Take a look at these 7 pictures labelled A-G (small versions here, and larger versions shown separately below):



Then list them in the order that you like them in a post. So if I liked C best, I would put C first, and if I liked E least, I would put E last. It's as simple as that. Here's how I might rank them:

    C B D F A G E

When I'm done, I will "wrap" all of my choices inside the "vote" tag so it looks like this in the editing window:

      [vote] C B D F A G E [/vote]  

You can do this by typing it in by hand if you're a forum pro, or you can use the "vote" button. To use the "vote" button, just select all of your choices (your actual vote) and click the "vote" button on the editing page. That will put the [vote] and [/vote] tags around your particular vote. After you submit your post (your vote) it will look like this in the actual forum pages:

      C B D F A G E  

As you can see, the "vote" tag adds its own colors and sizing to make the votes stand out. That's pretty much all there is to it. You want to be sure you leave a space between your choices, and if you have a few that you like the same, just put an equals sign between them. So if I liked C and B about the same, and if I liked A and G about the same, then my vote might be:

      C=B D F A=G E  

You can also add regular comments inside your voting post (but not between the "vote" tags!!) to explain your vote if you like. I'll cast a vote below as a typical example.

Here are the larger versions of those same 7 choices (A-G) if you want to get a closer look before voting:

Here's my vote:

  C=B D F A=G E  

I liked C because it's a nice picture of a kingposted glider ... like my Falcon. But I also liked the different colors in B. That's why I put them equal for my first choice.

I've never flown a hang glider on floats, but I used to fly seaplanes, so that's why I picked D next.

I thought the two blue gliders looked good, so I picked them next.

I set A equal to G just because I wanted to show people how the equal sign worked again.

I put E last because I didn't think a submerged glider sent a very good message.   

So how would you rank them?          (remember, this is only a test)

  A=C D B G F E  

So if all votes were in would C win?
And would D be in second place?
And if C and D turned out to be copy-rite infringement what would be next?

You sure catch on FAST Bill!!!

Nicely done!!    

Oops! I edited while you were clapping.
This also is a test since I noticed my time stamp was and hour off so I selected DSCST to see if that would correct the time stamp.
This too is only a test.
EDIT: Yes! That worked now my time stamp is correct even though I'm in Mountain Time.
EDIT #2 I had to pick CST to make my MST be right for Daylight Savings time.

billcummings wrote:So if all votes were in would C win?

According to the voting system that I'm proposing, the answer is yes.

billcummings wrote:And would D be in second place?

That's a trickier question, and it's a good topic of discussion. I'd have to say I'm not sure at this time.

billcummings wrote:And if C and D turned out to be copy-rite infringement what would be next?

That's why I plan to use all of our own images for the training manual.     

billcummings wrote:Oops! I edited while you were clapping.
This also is a test since I noticed my time stamp was and hour off so I selected DSCST to see if that would correct the time stamp.
This too is only a test.
EDIT: Yes! That worked now my time stamp is correct even though I'm in Mountain Time.
EDIT #2 I had to pick CST to make my MST be right for Daylight Savings time.

Jeepers!!! Is it after 1am in California already????      Where does the time go?

And what are you doing up so late in New Mexico ?????

bobk quote=
"That's why I plan to use all of our own images for the training manual."
Yes but what I was getting at what would have been the third place vote?
(I may have to go back to bed shortly.)
Too much Dr. Pepper woke me up.

billcummings wrote:(I may have to go back to bed shortly.)

Go back to bed now. Your questions are too hard for me at 1:20 in the morning.     

While you were posting I was editing this time travel is getting