Re: 2015 Nats - time to choose

From: William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 08:17:53 -0500

I also prefer Kibbie but I will go wherever it turns out to be.

My reservation about Colorado Springs is the prospect of a lot of models
scrubbing the ceiling at the same time. Mid-airs are not a huge problem in
a high site but having a lot of models competing for the top 12 inches of
air space sounds like a problem to me.

OTOH flying gliders at a Colorado Springs USIC is a very attractive idea!
On Dec 20, 2014 8:06 AM, "Nick Ray lasray_at_gmail.com [Indoor_Construction]" <
Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> I vote for Kibbie with a combined NATs and F1D team selection to increase
> participation. I like the idea of having the contest at Colorado Springs,
> but I think we need to support our only remaining open-access cat IV site.
>
> I don't say that lightly either, as I live almost as far away from the
> Kibbie Dome as one can, and still be in the lower 48.
>
> Nick
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> On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 11:16 PM, Don DeLoach ddeloach_at_comcast.net
> [Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> Respectfully, I think Kibbie would be a big mistake. Last year at Kibbie
>> there were 23 paid flyers. Twenty three. Indoor FFers must see the big
>> picture.
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>> DD
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>> On Dec 19, 2014, at 8:32 PM, john_kagan_at_hotmail.com
>> [Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> With the latest 2015 Nats site candidate fresh in our minds, it is about
>> time to make a choice.
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>> I see the following options:
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>> - Kibbe (safe, large – best if we could figure out how to get
>> more people to attend)
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>> - Rantoul (close-ish to Muncie - latest word is that we won’t
>> know until the end of January if the site will be available)
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>> - Colorado Springs (smallish - but great site, great location,
>> and lots of local support)
>>
>> - Buffalo ?
>>
>> - Any other last minute candidates? They would need to be
>> established sites with people available who are willing to help run the
>> event. We don’t really have time to spin a brand new site up from scratch
>> – although if there are any really good candidates, it wouldn’t hurt to
>> start the process for the future (e.g. Belton).
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>> What does everyone think?
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>> I don’t expect us to reach a consensus, but your thoughts and preferences
>> will help the Indoor Committee make a choice that we feel best represents
>> the community.
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Received on Sat Dec 20 2014 - 05:17:55 CET