In message <200009251616.JAA06184@harlie.idsfa.net>"John J. Stimson-III" writes
>Kevin Lahey writes:
>>In message <200009251458.HAA06019@harlie.idsfa.net>
>>"John J. Stimson-III" writes:
>>>PS - I thought that the per-event pre-registration was a good idea.
>
>>Me, too. What's your "paper" mail address, John? I figure it is only
>>gonna be about 5 - 10 hours of work, no problem, eh?
Thanks for making the clear distinction between private and public
e-mail, John. [In case I'm being too subtle here, I sent this to
John in private e-mail and I expected any further conversation to
continue there. It is pretty bad manners to post private e-mail to
a public forum.]
>Do you really think so? It only takes the registration table 3-4
>hours to get everyone registered on-site, and (I think) they have
>periods when they are waiting for people to arrive.
Yah, you're right, it'd probably be less. I was kind of presuming we'd
be transribing information from paper forms to the registration cards,
but we could probably get away with just paperclipping them together.
I still think it'd be a pain for somebody.
I also don't have a real yen to do preregistration, 'cause, even though
I get to alot of autoxes, I really enjoy the illusion of spontanaity.
I like the idea that if I felt sick, or merely grumpy, I could just
blow off the event. Of course, by signing up to help take care of
the rookie program, I've kind of ensured that I *need* to get to the
events, but that's another issue.
The real point I was trying to make, though, was that nothing is gonna
happen in this club unless somebody steps forward to make it happen.
When you pay your $25 to run, you're not paying a business, which
has a responsibility to give you your three runs, come hell or high
water. You're paying into the club kitty to help defray the cost
of the event, and you have a responsibility to help the club bring
off the event.
If you want it to happen, hop on it, John. As I further suggested
in that private e-mail:
It is up to people like you and me to get to the steering committee
to voice our opinions, and to step up to the plate to do the work
to make it possible...
Sorry to be so grumpy, but for every enthusiastic volunteer like
Rob Weinstock (who spent who knows how many hours making an antenna
for the low-power FM transmitter), there seem to be a dozen or so
folks who have great ideas, but won't step up to bring them to
fruition. And before anybody else says it, I'm sometimes in the
latter group.
End of rant,
Kevin
kml@patheticgeek.net
[BTW, sorry that you won't be able to compete immediately in our
events, John. As I wrote to you in private e-mail, I thought that was
unfortunate, but since I blew off the steering committee meeting
where that was decided, I figured I didn't have much to say about it.]
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