Mayor Dave Badeaux awarded the honor based on a successful virtual 2021 ice fishing tournament. 4:00 am, Feb. 18, 2021 ×
After a successful virtual ice fishing tournament at the end of January, the Brainerd Jaycees captured the city’s award of Community Members of the Month.
Normally awarded to a single resident, Brainerd Mayor Dave Badeaux said at the city council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 16, this was a special scenario in which to celebrate a group of volunteers and individuals.
“We are celebrating the Brainerd Jaycees for their execution of the ice fishing contest,” he said.
This year’s Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza, normally occurring on Gull Lake’s Hole-in-the-Day Bay, went virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 4,600 anglers took part this year, virtually submitting 10,500 photos of 4,198 fish caught all over Minnesota.
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“The first 30 minutes of the tournament was where it was slow. The technology was running slow, the app servers for the app were running slow, but we tried to communicate that all fish that were taken, photos were received on a consistent schedule, even if it didn t get uploaded until later in the day.”
“Then after that first bit, it ran pretty well,” Johnson added. “We were really, really happy with how the FishDonkey app worked. They were a good partner. We re really thankful they were able to tweak it to fit our style of a contest.”
One concern going into the 31st iteration of the Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza was cheating or tomfoolery, as the organizers describe it and how organizers could ensure the results were legitimate during a virtual event when judges couldn’t view the fish in person for themselves.
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“The first 30 minutes of the tournament was where it was slow. The technology was running slow, the app servers for the app were running slow, but we tried to communicate that all fish that were taken, photos were received on a consistent schedule, even if it didn t get uploaded until later in the day.”
“Then after that first bit, it ran pretty well,” Johnson added. “We were really, really happy with how the FishDonkey app worked. They were a good partner. We re really thankful they were able to tweak it to fit our style of a contest.”
One concern going into the 31st iteration of the Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza was cheating or tomfoolery, as the organizers describe it and how organizers could ensure the results were legitimate during a virtual event when judges couldn’t view the fish in person for themselves.
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“The first 30 minutes of the tournament was where it was slow. The technology was running slow, the app servers for the app were running slow, but we tried to communicate that all fish that were taken, photos were received on a consistent schedule, even if it didn t get uploaded until later in the day.”
“Then after that first bit, it ran pretty well,” Johnson added. “We were really, really happy with how the FishDonkey app worked. They were a good partner. We re really thankful they were able to tweak it to fit our style of a contest.”
One concern going into the 31st iteration of the Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza was cheating or tomfoolery, as the organizers describe it and how organizers could ensure the results were legitimate during a virtual event when judges couldn’t view the fish in person for themselves.
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