[NSRCA-discussion] OK it's time to stir things up. Where'sthebeef?

[Adrien L Terrenoire]

Kelly: 
We have all ben there, done that. For a small percentage, a 1 day contest
is a good idea. The real problem is weather. I hate to take the risk of
traveling x miles for a 1 day contest that mey be rained out. At least
with a 2 day you double the odds that you will get at least 1 day to fly.


The solution for you is to make it a family thing. Get a tent, pop up
camper, or hard top, whatever suites your budget, and take the family
with you. Mom can kabitz with the other moms and grandmoms. The kids can
run free, and will find others to run with, and when not flying, judging,
or calling, you can still spend some quality time with all family
members. We really do have a great time camping at most of the contest
sites.

Terry T.


On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:59:24 -0400 Kelly Regan <kelly.regan2 at verizon.net>
writes:
> Just an observation from some one that has not flown in a
> patter competition yet...
> 
> The idea of a 2 day contest is a big commitment for me.
> We have 3 children under 5 years old and my wife is a stay
> at home mom. The only break she gets is on the weekends
> when I am around to help.
> 
> I have a hard time asking her to watch the kids all weekend
> while I go fly and babysitters can be hit and miss.
> 
> A one day contest would be wonderful for someone in my
> situation, however I have no idea if this would work or draw
> more contestants?
> 
> 
> george w. kennie wrote:
> > <<<<Has anyone got any stats on the effectivity of the pattern 
> > primers? I know of some new guys who’ve come into it this 
> way.>>>>
> > Just by way of encouragement to those who may feel some degree of 
> 
> > frustration at their lack of results in trying to entice the local 
> 
> > genre to give pattern a try. In my local area, there are several 
> clubs 
> > that I hold memberships in and these people have watched me fly 
> > sequence upon sequence for about the last eight years.Some of 
> these 
> > individuals display some degree of interest/desire while others 
> view 
> > my efforts with outright disdain.
> > My feeling is that there is not a heck of a lot you can do on and 
> 
> > individual basis to induce someone to apply themselves to the 
> pursuit 
> > of our passion.There has to already be some competitive/challenge 
> 
> > aspect to their basic personality that makes them want to conquer 
> the 
> > unknown difficulty eating away at the root of their psyche and if 
> it 
> > just happens to be pattern that fires up their competitive drive 
> at 
> > that particular time we may have discovered a possible 
> conscription.
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