[NSRCA-dist7] Contest conflicts

[krishlan fitzsimmons]

I hope you don't Derek. 

I really enjoy your contest (as do many others) and after reading what was posted I wouldn't want to go to Arvin now anyway.. I'll help you cd if needed! I'm actually a little suprised by the response I got. There are no so cal contests in most of June, all of July, August and September.. IMO something in that time frame is a little better for a new southern contest.. But then again, who am I? lol...
 
Chris 







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From: Derek Koopowitz <derekkoopowitz at comcast.net>
To: "CA, AZ, HI, NV, UT" <nsrca-dist7 at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Wed, February 24, 2010 9:38:13 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-dist7] Contest conflicts


The “lecture” I gave Tony was to be more flexible with his date as it is a new contest and shouldn’t conflict with traditional dates.   The BARCS contest has always been held the last week of April  but for the past several years we’ve had weather issues on that weekend and for the 1st time last year we moved the date to the 1st weekend in May.  Guess what?  We got rained out again – so we decided to keep it at the 1st weekend in May going forward since we felt our odds would be better.  Since it didn’t interfere or conflict with any traditional contests in previous years we thought we’d be ok.  Our board is limited to the dates we can use and moving it to the following weekend won’t work (Mother’s Day).  I’m not going back either since that conflicts with other activities.
 
The only other option I have is to cancel the contest – which I what I’m leaning toward anyway.  I’m tired of this bickering back and forth about who said what, etc.
 
From:nsrca-dist7-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-dist7-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Anthony Frackowiak
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 4:06 AM
To: CA, AZ, HI, NV, UT
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-dist7] Contest conflicts
 
Kris,
 
When Leon and I set the date for the Arvin contest we looked at the last several years of the contest schedule. The BARCS meet has changed their dates several times over the last few years, so they do not have a "traditional" date. Most years the BARCS meet has been held on the last weekend in April. Last year the BARCS meet was scheduled for the first weekend in May, but they had bad weather and moved it to August, which as far as I know, everyone liked it then. If we move the Arvin meet one weekend back or one weekend up, we bump against the Riverside meet or the Hemet meet, something I did not want to do. So we really could not have it on a different weekend in May. There were really no open weekends in April. So when do you think we should have scheduled the Arvin meet? I can tell you this, if the BARCS meet was scheduled the same weekend as either Riverside or Hemet, it would have little to no impact, especially the same weekend as Hemet. No one
 going to Hemet would be also going to BARCS. Or if the BARCS meet could be moved to May 8, 9, it would work out a lot better.
 
I tried to work with Derek on this but basically got a lecture and no compromise. I'm sorry it is a conflict, as I do know many from the "north" who would like to go to Arvin. It's a great place to fly!
 
Tony
 
 
On Feb 24, 2010, at 12:01 AM, krishlan fitzsimmons wrote:


Just looking over contests for the year and wondering why Arvin is being held the same weekend as Richmond. Richmond is held around that time every year depending on weather if I remember correctly.. I hate to miss Arvin because of this situation. I really like flying there. Bummer to have the lower turnout at Arvin because of this because I'm sure many from the north would travel there..
 
Are these dates correct?
 
Thanks!
 
Chris
 
 
 

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