That's a pretty obnoxious answer (and you wonder why nobody is backing you, when you repeatedly suggest that our activity is not "appealing")
You say that Indoor FF, and the events it is comprised of, need to *change* to gain appeal.
I believe, emphatically, that Indoor FF is already cool as h*ll. Gaining participants is a matter of publicizing the awesomeness of Indoor, not throwing away what is great about it. There are people who would love Indoor as much as we do if the only knew about it.
You also seem to feel that it would be acceptable to sell the soul of Indoor FF and change it into a mass market product, a la the Red Bull paper airplane contest. Which is odd coming from someone who's main passion is Outdoor FF, which, while larger than Indoor, is still pretty miniscule.
There are plenty of esoteric activities with passionate participants. This is one of them. And that's part of what's cool about it. I think it would have very *little* appeal if it wasn't as challenging and beautiful.
So, if you think there are tons of people waiting to fly if only there were another beginner event, have at it. It would be great to have USIC subsidized by a thousand children throwing paper airplanes. Just don't ruin something we already have in the process (a bird in the hand, and all that).
I'm going to continue my small efforts to spread the word and do what I can to get new people involved in Indoor as we know and love it.
And I'm also going to keep issuing a smackdown when, in the supposed interest of Indoor, you bash something intrinsically Indoor.
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Don DeLoach" <ddeloach@...> wrote:
>
> Since when did Indoor need to become more appealing?
>
> Since the entry numbers at USIC and other indoor meets throughout the USA
> has been declining-for about 20 years now, steadily. The indoor contests
> that left are now normally subsidized by outdoor FF clubs and their
> relatively fat treasuries. How many indoor-only (or primarily indoor) FF
> clubs are there in the USA? How long would USIC survive without NFFS (mostly
> outdoor flyers) stepping in with AMA? How much money has USIC lost for AMA
> and NFFS in recent years due to declining numbers?
>
> I love indoor FF and want to see it thrive. But it seems like there is a lot
> of foolish pride standing in the way of bringing indoor into the 21st
> century.
>
> --Don D.
>
> (speaking for myself only, not as Digest editor)
>
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