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08-06-2013, 10:49 AM
This should not be a discussion for the forum? Why not? My two cents:
PROS- Great venue, nice new, smooth parking lot with plenty of room.
For a first time event it successfully raised a decent amount of money for it's target charity.
BIG course. Best one I've seen outside of Hershey, tight gates and all. The combination of big sweepers, tight box turns and both wide and narrow gates made for a challenging event.
Lots of newbies & cheerful volunteers.
Terrific weather. Obviously we can't expect it every year, but this was a perfect day.
The regular Riesentoters who made it discussed running the event instead of driving. I think that would be an excellent move. If we have time to organize and prepare for hosting rather than prepping our cars and worrying about being in the right place in line we can be much more effective and make the event run smoothly.
CONS- Truly embarrassing conduct by the scoring and timing people. I know I won't make any friends saying this, but the level and volume of swearing and shouting at what was supposed to be a family friendly event was not acceptable. I don't know how things are handled at DE events, but I have never seen anything like that at any other AX.
Tying in with the first con, inadequate and untested (in actual field) timing equipment. I am 100% in favor of bringing in the SCCA to handle the timing and scoring. Doing so will probably increase the number of drivers as well, since the event will get more attention with their members. As the person who donated all the trophies and class leader glasses I was very disappointed with the decision to simply dump scoring. My entire donation was invalidated with one sweep.
Not enough radios & signal flags. This could be a dangerous problem. Every work station should have it's own radio, and a single coordinator should be responsible for receiving and confirming reports. This would also serve to reduce the shouting from the control tent.
All in all it was a decent first attempt, but a few problems are going to have to be addressed (in an open suggestion forum, not a closed-door session - we all know how well that went over with PnP). Kudos to Brian, for bringing it all together.
PROS- Great venue, nice new, smooth parking lot with plenty of room.
For a first time event it successfully raised a decent amount of money for it's target charity.
BIG course. Best one I've seen outside of Hershey, tight gates and all. The combination of big sweepers, tight box turns and both wide and narrow gates made for a challenging event.
Lots of newbies & cheerful volunteers.
Terrific weather. Obviously we can't expect it every year, but this was a perfect day.
The regular Riesentoters who made it discussed running the event instead of driving. I think that would be an excellent move. If we have time to organize and prepare for hosting rather than prepping our cars and worrying about being in the right place in line we can be much more effective and make the event run smoothly.
CONS- Truly embarrassing conduct by the scoring and timing people. I know I won't make any friends saying this, but the level and volume of swearing and shouting at what was supposed to be a family friendly event was not acceptable. I don't know how things are handled at DE events, but I have never seen anything like that at any other AX.
Tying in with the first con, inadequate and untested (in actual field) timing equipment. I am 100% in favor of bringing in the SCCA to handle the timing and scoring. Doing so will probably increase the number of drivers as well, since the event will get more attention with their members. As the person who donated all the trophies and class leader glasses I was very disappointed with the decision to simply dump scoring. My entire donation was invalidated with one sweep.
Not enough radios & signal flags. This could be a dangerous problem. Every work station should have it's own radio, and a single coordinator should be responsible for receiving and confirming reports. This would also serve to reduce the shouting from the control tent.
All in all it was a decent first attempt, but a few problems are going to have to be addressed (in an open suggestion forum, not a closed-door session - we all know how well that went over with PnP). Kudos to Brian, for bringing it all together.
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