[NSRCA-dist8] Wenatchee

[J N Hiller]

I was also a little set back by the fee requirement rather than just
donating the remainder of the contest receipts, however the cost, even $35
is a small part of the total weekend expense of $300+ for lodging, beer,
meals, beer, gasoline and more beer. I suspect they have a blanket policy
regarding field use.
I have commitments the 2nd and 4th weekends in June so count me in for May
or the first weekend in June.
Yes the weather can be iffy early in the summer. We could get some good wind
practice maybe even rain or it could be sunny and calm, kind of like any
other contest. What Rex didn't mention is how convenient the location is in
east Wenatchee. Easy to get to, and lodging is also available in east
Wenatchee; for us folks that don't stay on site.
Jim

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Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 10:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-dist8] Soft Mount

Folks

I've been in contact with Jeff Bellinger, the president of the Wenatchee
club...
We can have a contest at their site anywhere from late May to early June.
June 13-14 is scheduled for Molalla.  That leaves Late May or the first
weekend in
June.
Ok, here's the lowdown on using their site.  Since this contest would not be
a Wenatchee
club activity, we would have to pay a rental fee for the use of their site.
The fee for two days
is $300.  That means we would have to get enough flyers to not only pay that
fee, but pay
for awards, scoring costs, etc....  Which brings the total to around $350.
As long as we have
enough entries, this wouldn't be a problem.  You do the math...  it would
take around $25 for entry
for 15 pilots to pay for the fee.  I'd hate to get into the situation that
we schedule a contest there
then only have 8 pilots show up.  I need a consensus of what all of you want
to do.  This is a very
nice flying site and Jeff tells me that he and a few of the club members
want to fly in this contest.
He plans on getting his CD license.  Then he could hold the contest at that
site and it would be a club
activity and the site use fee would be waved.  Jeff also indicated that the
club would like to keep holding
contests there for years to come.  This is somewhat like what has happened
at Redmond.  We held one
contest there and was immediately invited to continue with contests there.
This could be a good thing.
As you may or may not know, we have lost our normally first contest at
Sumner, Wa.  They have lost use
of that flying site.  This is a good opportunity to get another contest.
However, we need to support
this idea if it is to work.
The wenatchee site has RV sites available for $15/day, including water and
power.
Dry camping is available for $5/day
Send me your thoughts and we'll see what everyone wants to do...  Also, we
need to decide on
which weekend to hold the contest.

Thanks

Rex



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