Re: The demise of Indoor FF

From: John Kagan <john_kagan_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:48:28 -0000

Hi Rick,

Exactly, it's on us to boost participation. It would be silly for anyone to suggest that we can just "sit back".

And exactly, DeLoach is a rare kind of person. There aren't many people who have the kind of energy required to rally a critical-mass of participation. The likes of the late Doc Hacker in Cleveland, late Doc Martin in Miami, John Koptonak in CT, Andrew Tagliafico in ID.

Which is why it's a little dangerous to have him criticizing a new event like 1/2A and suggesting that Indoor lacks appeal. It's troublesome when someone of his influence perceives Indoor as a bunch of old farts flying events that only a few people have the talent to build, and thus needs to be "changed". That certainly isn't what I see.

New ideas are important. But we should also keep our "bird in the hand". For example, a great way to see if eliminating BOM will boost participation is to create a new event that doesn't have the BOM rule. Process of natural selection. Good if wins, fine if it doesn't.

There *is* a way for us to have our cake and eat it too (or, as someone I know says: "have our cake and ice cream, too).
Received on Mon Oct 11 2010 - 11:05:27 CEST