Charlie Davis writes...
>The system is very "human being intensive."
>That's the problem with the
>system. We've had events go long before, and
>later run groups have been cut
>to 2 runs, and/or run in darkness.
I think you'll also note that these were at events where the chair people
believed we could get away with four runs.
Round 13 had three more entrants than Round 14, yet we finished by five
o'clock and had time for fun runs. With no PA. And hardly any radios.
Katie K.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Smokerbros@aol.com [mailto:Smokerbros@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 12:30 PM
> To: ksoohoo@iresults.com; laddle@cwnet.com
> Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Attendance
>
>
> In a message dated 9/7/2000 9:19:15 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> ksoohoo@iresults.com writes:
>
> << 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.
> >>
>
> The system is very "human being intensive." That's the
> problem with the
> system. We've had events go long before, and later run
> groups have been cut
> to 2 runs, and/or run in darkness. We have had some very
> unhappy people, and
> IMHO, run in completely unsafe conditions. I don't want to
> see it happening
> again.
>
> We have also never had events during the shorter days of the
> year, with no PA
> system, at a site that doesn't let us start 'til 10:00 AM.
>
> We have a problem brewing. We need to proactively handle it
> instead of
> waiting until we're ass deep in alligators before deciding to
> drain the swamp.
>
> CHD
>
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