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09-03-2009, 05:38 AM
If I might respectfully weigh in with an opinion and a few suggestions:
Speaking only for myself, of course, I would be willing to pay significantly more for RTR DE than the current fees. In brief, I think I'm getting a bargain in virtually all respects, especially the general quality of instruction (definitely including CI, etc. classroom sessions). And given the full cost of attending (i.e., with hotel, gas, etc.), a fee increase, provided it's not too dramatic (whatever that means), just wouldn't make that much of a difference to me. (I fully understand that price sensitivity may vary greatly from person to person.)
But it might make an overall difference to the program, if I'm hearing correctly that one of the challenges is attracting enough instructors (and reducing the instructor-student ratio), and more revenues from other sources (e.g., student fees) might permit instructors to be subsidized and attract more to events.
In a similar vein, my guess is that in the past when garage bays have been sold for the MAW event a few thousand dollars has been raised. I definitely agree that instructors and a few other key players ought to be given free garage space (when available; obvoiusly, nothing along those lines at Summit). But are there normally two instructors assigned to each garage bay -- or only one, so that they can officially be doubled up and the extra space auctioned off? And even if it's already two to a bay, aren't there often unassigned bays that are informally taken on a "first come, first served" basis -- but instead could be sold and earn more revenue? My point is that perhaps revenues from garage space rentals might help provide subsidies for instructors.
Just some thoughts. I have benefited greatly from the DE program (at least that's my opinion), and would hate to see it become weaker in the future.
Larry
Speaking only for myself, of course, I would be willing to pay significantly more for RTR DE than the current fees. In brief, I think I'm getting a bargain in virtually all respects, especially the general quality of instruction (definitely including CI, etc. classroom sessions). And given the full cost of attending (i.e., with hotel, gas, etc.), a fee increase, provided it's not too dramatic (whatever that means), just wouldn't make that much of a difference to me. (I fully understand that price sensitivity may vary greatly from person to person.)
But it might make an overall difference to the program, if I'm hearing correctly that one of the challenges is attracting enough instructors (and reducing the instructor-student ratio), and more revenues from other sources (e.g., student fees) might permit instructors to be subsidized and attract more to events.
In a similar vein, my guess is that in the past when garage bays have been sold for the MAW event a few thousand dollars has been raised. I definitely agree that instructors and a few other key players ought to be given free garage space (when available; obvoiusly, nothing along those lines at Summit). But are there normally two instructors assigned to each garage bay -- or only one, so that they can officially be doubled up and the extra space auctioned off? And even if it's already two to a bay, aren't there often unassigned bays that are informally taken on a "first come, first served" basis -- but instead could be sold and earn more revenue? My point is that perhaps revenues from garage space rentals might help provide subsidies for instructors.
Just some thoughts. I have benefited greatly from the DE program (at least that's my opinion), and would hate to see it become weaker in the future.
Larry
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