But here it is in a nutshell:

Think EBAY on a Whiteboard.

The silent auction differs from a raffle in that you arent going to end up with something you didnt bid for. You are not going to pay 100$ in raffle tickets just to end up with a hat, some shoelaces, and coffee mug.

Our sponsors have provided some INCREDIBLE GEAR for the Silent Auction this year.

Just in Soaring USA has committed to 2 DLGS!
A SPIN DLG http://www.soaringusa.com/products/p…ategory_id=294

A SOLO DLG

TPG will set a price floor or reserve, and open up bidding for a period in time, during the contest. We will not be making any auction announcements while pilots are flying.

The product will get exclusive announcement from the contest director and help our sponsors get some value in explaining their awesomeness to you- the pilots. We will have a large white dry erase board. Pilots will write their name and bid publically on the product. We will set a minimum bid of about 50% of retail value. It its a 20$ servo, the reserve will be about 10$. We will close the bidding at an announced cut off time. Pilots entering a higher bid will simply erase the previous name, enter theirs, and increase the bid. No, you cannot bid in half cent increments, or bid your children, only the relative strength of the US dollar will be accepted here. The last bid at the close gets the product. All closes will take place between rounds. We will feature this throughout the contest. We think this will be a lot of fun for the pilots who are not flying during their heats and be an exciting way to get product into the hands of people who actually want it. All winning bids will be handed their product at the pizza party saturday nite at round table. The larger items will be auctioned during the down time at lunch so to enable anyone to bid. It will probably get a little silly, but we think its novel, and fun. Please bring your checkbook, or cash, or new IPAD so you can paypal TPG Directly.

I will be publishing a list of auction items as they come in. I can tell you we have no fewer than 4 complete DLG kits this year.

Thank you again to our Sponsors!

Airtronics
Hitec
Soaring USA
Soaring Circuits
Discount Hobby Warehous
AMPED Composites
JR/Horizon Hobby