[NSRCA-dist8] Contest poll

[Patrick Harris]

That's an "I" from me as well.

Mike,

That's why we are being proactive now so we can get the CD's dates very
soon. I am not going to let this drag on.

Pat


On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 8:58 AM, astropuppy <astropuppy at gmail.com> wrote:

> I nominate Karl to CD the Boise contest next year; all in favor say "I".
>
> All kidding aside, I would really like to have a contest date for next
> year. Our club requires a membership contest approval vote. We only have
> three more general meetings this year and I would like to get it approved
> before new club officers are elected for next year.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Patrick Harris via NSRCA-dist8 <
> nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>
>> All great input...keep it coming.
>>
>> Karl...we have been discussing that very same issue about location of
>> contestants and driving distance.
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 7:39 AM, Karl Watts <karlwatt at sarmc.org> wrote:
>>
>>>  Here is another idea.  Map out where contestants from this past year
>>> live.  This will help looking for the "ideal" location for the District
>>> Contest and evaluating where to have contests next year.  Also do another
>>> poll on what is the average distance people have driven/contest this past
>>> year and what is the longest willing to drive.  I am willing to do one
>>> extra long (more than 6 hours) drive/season.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* NSRCA-dist8 [mailto:nsrca-dist8-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] *On
>>> Behalf Of *Patrick Harris via NSRCA-dist8
>>> *Sent:* Monday, September 15, 2014 2:39 PM
>>> *To:* AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY
>>> *Subject:* [NSRCA-dist8] Contest poll
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Guy's
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This is very important. I talked to a few of you about this at Tri
>>> Cities. As always, Gordon stepped up to plate and put together a very user
>>> friendly poll to query the group to get an idea of the contest you plan to
>>> attend next year.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As you are likely aware, the number of participants has dropped off
>>> significantly at several contest this year and needs to be addressed. My
>>> personal opinion is we just had too many contest this year and spread our
>>> small group thin. I have talked to several of you and I would like to cut
>>> the number of contest back to six or so for 2015. The other issue is trying
>>> to hold no more than one contest per month. This year, we have had several
>>> contest fall within two weeks, which puts a lot of strain of family life as
>>> well as the pocket book.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please find the link to the poll on the D8 site or go here:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> https://doodle.com/x9pa2iey57z5z4r8
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please select only the contest you plan to attend up to 6 events. If you
>>> would like to stay anonymous, just fill in a fictitious name when
>>> completing the poll.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As they say "if you don't vote, you have no right to complain".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Pat
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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