posted 08-29-2008 12:20 PM
There has been very little commentary on the recent conference. I expect everyone has been busy, like me, catching up on all the neglected things. APA was an adventure of all sorts. Three years in a row I've driven to APA, and three years in a row I've have vehicle trouble en route. Last year it was a simple air conditioning hose that succumbed to the Louisiana heat and humidity. The year before it was a rock that killed the AC condensor at high speed (the posted legal limit, of course) near the Great Barrier Reef in Utah, followed by an alternator problem. This year it was another alternator problem. People in Illinios were friendly enough, but the probability of finding an alternator, in po-dunk Illinios, for a 20 year old beemer, at 8:00 PM on a Sunday night, is near zero. AAA would tow me, but could not advise where to take the thing. So, I was forced to do the only thing any self-respecting American would do under the circumstances. I took the alternator apart and fixed it with a swiss-army knife, then finished the journey. Bill Gillespie, from Hawaii, later managed to find the necessary alternator brushes for a proper repair, but I haven't yet had the time to complete it.
APA was a lot of fun, but quite a busy time.
We had mildly vigorous and entertaining discussion about a the PCSOT standard draft, which was evidently not yet ready for prime-time.
Toward the end of the week, I got to spend some time with Nate Gordon, and we found a way to work out our difficulties.
Nate showed me some charts for which he had some concerns regarding how OSS-3 scored them. Troublesome tests are always great to hear about and learn from. If we are sufficiently interested, we can probably learn more from the troublesome cases than the easy ones. Anyway, had some interesting conversation, and spend about an hour chatting and looking at charts. Nate runs a nice tidy test, and his charts were a treat to look at. Personally, I found nate to be a big-hearted and well-mannered professional who was happy to share his concerns with me and provide me with more information which he felt I was lacking or needed. I truly enjoyed spending that time with him, and hope to have more interaction with him in the future. I recommend to everyone that scoring charts together is a great way to get to know another examiner and learn new things. The picture above was a joke, there are other pics with him in more sedate standing and hand-shaking pose, but they are not as entertaining.
More later.
Peace,
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posted 08-29-2008 12:20 PM
