Practice event 1? when? Poll results.

[Reijo]

Conclusions at the bottom of the spreadsheet. Tues. May 22 or Sun. May 20 (but more expensive on Sunday) ... might have to charge more than $60 to just break even and no toilets for that price. Tues. May 22 $32.81/person to just break even ... 16 people.

Too late for tomorrow and maybe Wed....to get insurance.

Spreadsheet attached.

[Reijo]

Also note that Tuesday evening is about 1/2 the time compared to having an entire day.....and, hence, roughly 1/2 the cost makes sense.

Might be something to consider.

1/2 day or whole day?   

Both?   

[Reijo]

If you feel strongly either way, let me know right away!  The long weekend is this coming weekend and it is coming FAST!  Need to book the lot, toilets and insurance.....decision by Wednesday at the latest if we want to run Sunday!   

R

[JulieT]

Assuming I can get the new control arm in time, I am fine with either day, although Tuesday may be the safer option for me.

[John in Calgary]

I'm out - chain ring on my bike bit me (hard) last week in Moab and I'm laying low right until the doctor gives me the thumbs up for physical activity again.

John

[Elias]

I'm in for Tuesday

[Reijo]

The estimated cost for Sunday, May 20 is $75 each for the club to break even. That date has the most interest and is perhaps the best deal for the no. of runs you will get etc. About 27 people said they would make it and I suspect a few more will show.

I just realized I had not included the price of 2 toilets, handwash station in the earlier calculation/estimate.

So I am just trying to arrange lot rental and insurance.

[MurrayPeterson]

FYI -- if you want timing gear, Jo and I are out of town on the weekend, so someone will need to come pick it up (before Friday morning).

[Reijo]

FYI -- if you want timing gear, Jo and I are out of town on the weekend, so someone will need to come pick it up (before Friday morning).

Ah, I was about to call you ...

Reijo

[Reijo]

The first practice of the year this Sunday May 20.

Sign up here:

http://msreg.com/sascP1

Once I confirm the lot availability, I'll open it up ... called already but they were in a meeting.

[Reijo]

Lot is confirmed and registration is now open.

Have at 'er!

[Bitters]

Is this going to be like a normal race day (just not for points) or will it be separate course elements for practice?

[Reijo]

Is this going to be like a normal race day (just not for points) or will it be separate course elements for practice?

My thoughts are a sort of "standard" course so that it is repeatable between runs for setup purposes but also challenging and good for "Practice" ... e.g. expect a longish slalom (you can never practice slaloms enough!) and  an assortment of sweepers etc.  I was also thinking of perhaps experimenting with some different course elements.  Which means, expect to see multiple course layouts or even "tweaks" are not our of the question during the day (since no points and therefore no necessity to keep the course the same.

We'll have timing but someone has to pick up the timing equipment from Murray.  I was thinking of just letting the timing "run" and not recording times.  Therefore be prepared with stickies/paper and pen if you want to record your times.

Since there is no necessity to keep the course the same, we can "play" a bit until we get elements that we "like" ... so there is a bit of flexibility.

On the other hand it should not be a different course every run ... although I guess that could be very, very challenging ....   

[Reijo]

I was also thinking of perhaps 3 shifts ... minimal workers and then you get more seat time ... say 30 people.  10 people work, 20 people run with continuous change-overs at 20 or 30 min. intervals.  If a LOT of cones are down, we'll just shut down temporarily and "fix" them.

Workers would only be required on a slalom or other places where cones are likely to be hit.  A long slalom may need 2 people so running is minimized.

Changes to the course can be made during change-overs.

After the course design is done I'll figure out where we need workers and how many we'll need just by observation.  I suppose a spreadsheet with the positions can be done up quickly too so down-time is limited that way too ... so you know exactly where you need to go.

[Reijo]

And it goes without saying that for the course design I'll try a bit more than usual to try and make it a less cone carnage intense course.  In slaloms, of course, there will be cones hit due to the "nature of the beast".