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Who's gonna post 'em?

I nominate Tamara McConnell to do it...any seconds?
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I do not know how to make those nifty columns. It would be an unholy mess. Somebody else please do this.
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What about Don or Bill??
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Here's the top ten, if this is what you are looking for...

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National Score sheet 2012 by brick911
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Okay, I nominate Bob.
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Here are results broken down into individual categories:

Total entries:
1. Hubbs, Brian 2066
2. Ferguson, Bob 1534
3. Nazdrowicz, Nate 1394
4. Holt, Owen 1090
5. Hinds, Brian 982
6. Dery, Samuel 917
7. Heckard, David 898
8. Jones, Benjamin 825
9. Loucks, Kyle 792
10. Maughn, James 647

Total counties:
1. Hubbs, Brian 117
2. Harrison, Chris 58
3. Loucks, Kyle 57
4. (Tie) Erickson, Lawrence and McConnell, Tamara 51
5. Hinds, Brian 48
6. Ferguson, Bob 47
7. (Tie) Staedtler, Stephen and McConnell, Raymond 40
8. Williams, Chris 37
9. Nazdrowicz, Nate 36
10. Smith, Christopher 35

Total species:
1. McConnell, Tamara 113
2. Hubbs, Brian 102
3. McConnell, Raymond 99
4. Loucks, Kyle 94
5. Hinds, Brian 93
6. Jones, Benjamin 78
7. Nazdrowicz, Nate 77
8. Ferguson, Bob 75
9. (Tie) Dery, Samuel and Harrison, Chris and Rittmeyer, Eric and Williams, Chris 72
10. Kirby, Michael 70

County records:
1. McConnell, Tamara 182
2. (Tie) Hubbs, Brian and Harrison, Chris 172
3. Loucks, Kyle 133
4. Heckard, David 127
5. Nazdrowicz, Nate 124
6. Kirby, Michael 107
7. Williams, Chris 93
8. Staedtler, Steven 73
9. Dery, Samuel 71
10. Ahumada Carrillo, Ivan 70

New counties:
This one is a whole lot of typing, due to lots of folks tied. Will get to this one as soon as I can. If anybody gets tired of waiting on me, feel free to go ahead and compile/post it.
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Looks like you're doing a great job...but you only need to list the top 5 in each category...and I'll tell you in advance that I won the new counties category...LOL
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Should we should add DOR's to the annual scorecard, to encourage more DOR entries?

What does everyone think?

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PS Shouldn't there be a total Points category?
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Fundad wrote:Should we should add DOR's to the annual scorecard, to encourage more DOR entries?

What does everyone think?

Fundad

Great idea Brian. I'm all for including DOR's.
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I don't even know what the rules are for this. I thought it was just based off of total entries, so I threw up the top ten real quick. In my chapter, we have a bit more complicated of a system where certain things are worth certain points.
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brick911 wrote:I don't even know what the rules are for this. I thought it was just based off of total entries, so I threw up the top ten real quick. In my chapter, we have a bit more complicated of a system where certain things are worth certain points.

Each category is worth 1 point, you add them up for total score.

Bobs top score does not match Tamaras top score. I guess you each are using a different scorecard.
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If someone wants to tell me where the actual rules are, I can work something up.

...Tamara used an "observed" scorecard, I think. I used an actual entered in 2012 scorecard that counts historic and current. I'm assuming mine was the correct one, if someone can confirm.
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Actually both are correct.. But usually we use the observed scorecard.

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Oh, well the observed card, I could add 50 today from December and it would change. I didn't think we were doing that. Am I wrong?
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We usually run the scorecard until the end of January so people have time to add all of their previous years records.
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Oh, then ignore my list. :lol: In the NE, it is cut off at the end of the year. I couldn't remember how it was done nationally.
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No there used to be a historical scorecard results too.. :thumb: It's ok to have both results. :thumb:

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Tamara seems to have stopped tallying...but I see she got her 2 win categories up there... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Oh, where is Jonathan when you need him...off in some foreign country... :roll:
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Hubbs,
If anybody gets tired of waiting on me, feel free to go ahead and compile/post it.
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County records:
1. McConnell, Tamara 182

Way to Go Tamara, and Mr. Hubbs eat your heart out.. :lol:

182 is a huge number..


We have some new comers to the top ten in entries too.

Owen Holt with 1,090 Records
Samuel Dery with 917 Records
David Heckard with 898 Records
Benjamin Jones with 825 Records
James Maugh with 647 Records

Nice Work.. :thumb:



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I only chide Tamara a little because I enjoy her competition. She and her husband are on fire for the database, but I have to keep up the competition for the fun of it... :lol: 8-) and because of my numbers, I don't feel right about posting the totals... :roll:
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I like to tease you too Senior Hubbs, after all thats all we have left as you win most categories.. :D :lol:

Don't get all butt hurt.. jk LMAO..
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Hubbs, I call BS on this:
and because of my numbers, I don't feel right about posting the totals...
Like all of a sudden you have become a modest, humble individual who is loathe to toot his own horn? Puh-leeze.
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Tamara D. McConnell wrote:Hubbs, I call BS on this:
and because of my numbers, I don't feel right about posting the totals...
Like all of a sudden you have become a modest, humble individual who is loathe to toot his own horn? Puh-leeze.
:beer:
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I've always been a modest, humble person...I have no idea what you're talking about... :o

The contests really don't motivate me...there's really no competition out there...I just enter data to make the rest of you feel bad. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hell, I didn't even try last year...I was on break...how does that make you all feel...over 2,000 records without even trying... 8-)

Want to see me try? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Looks like Tamara took a break too, she had over 300 county records in 2011 and over 1,300 entries. I guess we both needed a rest...
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Tamara modestly split her records with her husband.
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Shhhh (I knew that Kyle, I was just keeping the banter going...). :beer:
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Bottom line is, I'm not tallying and posting the rest of the scores. I didn't want to do it in the first place, and I make it a general policy to not do anything I don't want to do when I'm not at work. I don't know how to do it efficiently, so it becomes this laborious hand-writing and retyping task. Someone with superior computer knowledge could certainly do it more quickly/efficiently.
I spent last week scoring several hundred tests. I'm not scoring/tallying another cotton-picking thing. Not trying to be ugly or obstinate, but that's just the way it is. I am plumb tallied out. I don't care if the scores get posted or not.
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OK...oh well...anyway, I just added another 36 historical records from old videos... :lol: :beer: and deleted 2 duplicate records I found on my google earth map...I hate when that happens...NOW, it's movie time...gig gig giggity gig!
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Bob

How did you do that? I want to do one for Arizona.

Dave
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Woohoo. Top ~12 for total counties. :) Does someone have a link to these data so we can sort/filter by the various categories?

Thanks,
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Biker Dave wrote:Bob

How did you do that? I want to do one for Arizona.

Dave
I just made my own score sheets in microsoft publisher last year for all our NE contests. Do you have publisher?
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Did it.... Hubbs helped me out.
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Tamara D. McConnell wrote:Here it is, Chris:
http://www.naherp.com/reports/quarterly.php?year=2012

Thanks.
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