Re: More housekeeping, sorry...

From: Nick Aikman <nickaikman_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 10:42:44 -0000

Thanks Mark.

Nick.

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mark" <f1diddler@...>
wrote:
>
> Nick Aikman wrote,
>
> <<Dear Kurt, Bill and others.
>
> I understood that this forum had much tighter terms of reference
> than Don's list - that was the whole point of setting it up. I do
> not believe that the topic of hotel rooms/TV/cellphone numbers/time
> of arrival has anything to do with indoor duration flying.
>
> I'm sure you'll shoot me down for this - fire away!
>
> Nick Aikman.>>
>
>
> Gentlemen, (and lady)
> I sympathize with both sides. (Not that there exactly exist two
> *opposing* sides anyhow, but...)
>
> An integral part of serious indoor happens to be ROAD TRIP. This
is,
> for many of us, an exciting aspect of indoor flying--going to,
> getting to a contest far away. Personally, I felt the excitement
of
> the recent Kent travel chat, and wanted to just "let it slide."
> Perhaps others would feel the excitement, and decide to go to a
far
> away indoor contest for the first time. Besides, these are the
guys
> REALLY building and flying indoor, and IF everyone who wanted to
only
> talk and read about indoor were really DOING it, there wouldn't be
> too much friction at all, IMO.
>
> However, Nick from England reminds us that our indoorist members
> across the Atlantic Ocean (or wherever) wonder why they should
have
> to read about one member giving another member his cell phone
> number! Valid point.
>
> MY SOLUTION. Two weeks before a regional contest, and four weeks
> before a "big" contest, I will from now on automatically create a
> sidebar Yahoo discussion group dedicated to the logistics of THAT
> contest or event. I will ask the first three or four or five
signees
> to be co-moderators so that membership (for everyone else wanting
to
> jump over) should be almost instantaneous with one or two mouse
> clicks. In these sidebar groups, please feel free to yuck it up,
and
> you may not even have to check your pistols at the saloon door.
> Whaddya think?
> Mark F1diddler
>
> Kent results! Anyone who has them, please post. Or please give
> highlights from memory, anyone. Thanks.
>
Received on Sun Apr 23 2006 - 03:43:56 CEST