At 08:28 AM 8/7/98 -0500, Patton Dickson wrote:
>Hey guys,
>
>I have a question an wanted to get some untainted opinions on a situation
>causing another clubs concours canceled, plus try to help prevent this from
>happening in this community.
>
>I went to the Corvair Convention in St. Louis last week, and the day of the
>Concours was cancelled do to weather. The conditions were terrible: rain by
>the buckets and a lot of lightning. It was deemed unsafe for both
>competitors and judges. The site was a large parking lot with good ground
>(lots of water) and lots of metal (the cars) to sustain lots of strikes.
>
>Alternative sites were looked at, but either unavailable, or unaffordable
>with such short notice. And moving the date to later in the convention
>would interfere with their rally, econorun, or autocross. All of those
>events plus the concours are components of their big award that everyone
>considers the top honor for an owner to receive.
>
>This literally is tearing that club (CORSA) apart right now. I can
>understand how someone would invest tens of thousands of dollars preparing a
>car to become a 95+ car, only to have the one event a year that they have
>recognition / confirmation of their achievement canceled. Some particularly
>irate people want the club to reimburse their travel expense (no one expects
>that to happen though)
>
>How do we (being the Healey/MG owners) handle situations like this in our
>concours judges? Are there built in contingencies in the rules? Has a
>situation like this ever happened on our LBCs?
>
>Patton
>
Although it must have been a BIG disappointment to many that the weather
was so
uncooperative, that's life ! Sounds like there were attempts so save the
day at least.
I don't know what anyone could be mad about. (maybe I'm naive)
If you don't get to win a trophy at least you'll have stories of "The Great
Rain-Out of '98"
to talk about at next years event.(and plenty of time to wash and wax)
As for those who would demand tier travel expenses be reimbursed ....
These are the same ones who sue McDonalds because the top came off of their
coffee when THEY spilled it in their own lap.
I don't know the first thing about Field Meets or Club Policies but in a
situation like this
I'd say "better luck next year". ..... the end.
No offence intended, just my humble opinion,
Dave
'67 Midget
(Hoping for good weather in Portland OR. in Sept.)
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