Re: Re: 2015 Nats - time to choose

From: Don DeLoach <ddeloach_at_comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 17:43:01 -0700

Well stated Rob.


One more comment: a Nats in CSpgs will greatly increase our local club's negotiating leverage with the City for future contests. Rental for the PPCC used to be very reasonable; now it is more than $500 for a nine hour contest day.


Thanks for your consideration.


DD


> On Dec 20, 2014, at 5:14 PM, cgrain1_at_yahoo.com [Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I very much like Kibbe as its large and high performance and no worries about any heavy vs light and I would be happy to go there and support the site. Really though the last NATS there seemed like a ghost NATS with so few people in such a large space.
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> I have been flying the Colorado Springs Auditorium for the past 9 years I have never had a bad day there and we have never had a problem in 7 consecutive Pikes Peak Ceiling Climbs where scrubbing or collisions seemed to be an issue even with 20 people there.
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> Its small and some alterations for whats flying at one time would have to be more focused, as Nick noted sure you may scrub the ceiling but the fact is you can and not have to worry about a hang up, work that into your flying strategy.
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> We could pull the trigger on Colorado Springs next week if we wanted to and then everyone can plan. Another plus is even if we just had a few out of town folk come participation will surely go up instead of down the last few years.
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> Its small but we will all be using the same space, who says the NATS have to be in an epic building? At least this could be a stop gap so we get another year to figure out a better site.
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> Instead of thinking about whats wrong with a small site like this think about how you can adapt and win, if we choose it then just man up, set up for low ceiling and enjoy a fantastic city and climate for a week.
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Received on Sat Dec 20 2014 - 16:44:18 CET