hi mary - what a wonderful idea. exactly the same one that came up in the
beginning of the year with all of the same wonderful suggestions. that is
when sfr decided to cut to only three runs. so, following suit i bet they
now cut to two runs to accomodate the entries...
sorry so bitter - this talk only happens when ONE event goes long. all
season the events have been running great with the same number of entries.
registration has NEVER been a problem - well, at least when i'm running it
there are no problems. the system is fine - it's the people that need work.
needless to say - i sure hope someone out there will take your suggestions
to heart and realize the simple solution to the problem. thank you for
posting!!!!
:)k
ex-reg guru that nobody seems to miss
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Mary Flinn
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 8:11 PM
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Fw: Attendance
>
>
> I haven't run a bay area event for years, but here's my 2 cents.
> Pre-registration is a tremendous amount of extra work. Who
> is going to
> handle it? If the only purpose is to put a limit on the
> number of entries,
> pre-registration is not necessary to do that. It seems
> logical that the
> only solution, especially during the winter when days are so
> much shorter,
> is to limit the number of entries. I don't think having
> registration close
> earlier will help. That just forces the afternoon people to
> show up earlier
> and makes it a longer day for them. Since, I believe, you
> have eight run
> groups (4 in the morning and 4 in the afternoon), you could
> simply set a
> limit for morning and for afternoon. First, establish a
> number that you can
> reasonably handle in one day, let's say 150. This would mean
> that 75 people
> could run in the morning and 75 people in the afternoon. In
> order to keep
> registration from being a nightmare, simply establish a new
> rule (possibly
> just for the slush series). Registration for the four
> morning run groups
> closes when first run group is scheduled to start (they
> should be there by
> then anyway if they want to walk the course). Registration for the
> afternoon run groups opens for a specifically designated
> time...maybe from
> 11 am until noon (don't you close registration at noon? If
> your afternoon
> groups don't start until one, you could have registration
> open from 12 to 1
> or maybe 11:30 to 1). In the morning, you pull out 75
> registration cards
> and when they're gone, the morning group is closed. Same
> thing for the
> afternoon groups. Yes, this means of course, that there will
> be a BIG line
> of people waiting when registration opens. However, if you
> have one person
> doing nothing but selling the cards, the line would move
> quickly enough.
> Someone else can help with waivers, worker sign up sheets,
> classing/numbers
> questions, etc. How would you make sure afternoon people
> didn't sign up in
> the morning? Personally, I would think that the honor system would be
> sufficient. However, it would be easy enough to write "am"
> or "pm" on the
> registration card. Or if you really wanted to get fancy,
> print them in two
> colors...a different color in the morning than in the afternoon.
>
> Does this solve the problem of someone driving a long way and
> not getting to
> run? No. There is simply no way to prevent that if you get
> more people
> than you can handle. It will be the people who show up well after
> registration open that don't get to run, though. And it ensures
> (hopefully!) that the afternoon groups don't run into the
> dark. If the
> rules are posted in advance (web page, fliers, NA Pylon,
> etc), then everyone
> has the same chance of being able to run. It has the added
> advantage of
> shortening registration hours, although it seems like you
> would want someone
> there anyway to answer questions. A drawback, of course,
> would be if your
> morning and afternoon groups are not balanced.
>
> Well, it's just an idea. I just recently joined your little
> group and am on
> the digest so I'll go back to that now and stay out of the
> rest of your
> discussion!
>
> Mary Flinn
> Sacramento
> BS, 1994 Miata R
>
>
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