I look at it (as a beginner) in this way: There is no way I can compete in F1D against Brett or John, at least at this time.
But I can compete against my personal best. And it is an awesome feeling when I break it.
The author is correct though - You need to bring people in, you need to get them hooked. You need people to become mentors to the beginners.
And you need to sell the competitions as time to learn and fly with the best.
All of which implies a robust local club - which in many cases does not exist.
Is there anyone on the list who is a marketing professional? How best would we market ourselves to build up a club that may not exist?
Regards.
Mike Kirda
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, joshuawfinn@... wrote:
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> I just posted this on FFML, but thought it relevant here, too, given some recent discussions. Please just read it with an open mind. No, it's not about indoor freeflight, but the issue is the same one we have here.
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> http://www.apogeerockets.com/education/downloads/Newsletter61.pdf
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> -Joshua Finn
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Received on Wed Sep 19 2012 - 09:46:55 CEST