Nope, this wasn't a Boondoggle event. It was a mid-season Candlestick
event - I think it was round 5, 2000. If I remember correctly, it was a
long, 70-80+ second course. I think there were some problems during the
day, slow worker changeovers, some overlap issues (was there a crossover or
something that slowed the overlap? I forgot...), rookie event chairs, lots
of reruns, etc. All of which added up to a behind-schedule event...
Jim
At 04:02 PM 7/1/2003 -0700, Ms Katie Kelly wrote:
>I vaguely remember this event. It might have been a
>beta-test of the first Boondoggle by the Bay. I had
>nothing, absolutely nothing to do with anything like
>this.
>
>Three runs plus fun runs gives you more flexibility.
>You'd be surprised by the number of folks who don't
>want more runs than three. That gives more time to
>those who want more fun runs.
>
>This in my opinion is a great option, but there are
>many others. I just don't really care what they are. I
>like this one. :)
>
>-Katie
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>--- "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
>wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 10:30:58AM -0700, Chris
> > Warner wrote:
> > > I would pass on the fun runs if we could use the
> > extra sunlight to allow 4
> > > runs each.
> > >
> > > chris
> >
> > We could switch to 4 runs instead of fun runs only
> > if we could
> > *predictably and reliably* finish on time. Some
> > events have problems
> > that create big delays, and some don't. Fun runs
> > are an optional time
> > block that can be done if there is time, or not done
> > if there isn't
> > time. When you decide to give everyone more runs,
> > you have to commit to
> > that at the beginning of the day before you know the
> > turnout or what
> > delays you will have.
> >
> > I don't know if you were around for the event a
> > couple years ago where
> > we started out with 4 runs each, then got way behind
> > schedule. The
> > afternoon groups were cut to 3 runs each *and* had
> > to run and work in
> > the dark after standing around all day waiting for
> > the "morning"
> > groups to finish. I think the event ran until
> > around 8pm. Those
> > people were very, very, unhappy, and the event
> > chairs felt really bad
> > about it. That event was the trigger for switching
> > to 3 runs and
> > requiring SCCA membership to run.
> >
> > --
> >
> > john@idsfa.net
> > John Stimson
> > http://www.idsfa.net/~john/
> > HMC Physics '94
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