hey, I see a business opportunity here, an underground market for
wooden nickels. I will be selling wooden nickels on eBay for the
lazy guys who don't want to work!
jmb
At 6:48 PM -0500 11/4/02, Mark Chiles wrote:
>Hey,
>
>Have you ever been to a "Test & Tune" practice event where the line to run
>the course was long and the event was constantly being halted until there
>were some volunteers willing to work course and pickup pylons. And the one
>or two people that did volunteer to work the course, didn't always get the
>pylons set up correctly before you made your run, so misplaced pylons on
>your
>run taught you nothing. And when you did volunteer to work course, you got
>stuck with it for over an hour and you watched the same car go by your work
>station 40+ times only later to see the same guy leave the site and never
>work course. Is that what's got you down, Bunky...
>
>Well, Dave Hutter and the folks at Gulf Coast Autocrossers (GCAC), the same
>group that has hosted Pro Solos and National Tours in Ft Myers Florida, have
>come up with an ingenious method that eliminates most of the worker issues
>and gives everyone an equal shot at the course. It is a varation on the
>"If You Wanna Play, You Gotta Work" theme.
>
>It worked so well this past weekend, that it even impressed this cynical
>autocross veteran. That is why I am sharing it here. Other clubs might
>want to consider incorporating the GCAC "Wooden Nickel" method into their
>"Test & Tune" programs.
>
>At registration for the "Test and Tune" practice event, you pay your entry
>fee and get three (3) "Wooden Nickels" in return. These "Wooden Nickels"
>are the size of a poker chip or casino chip. GCAC had special real wood
>"Wooden Nickels" made that were printed with their logo. However, a club on
>a budget, could use old poker chips or casino chips marked/stamped with
>unique markings to prevent counterfitting.
>
>Go ahead and get in line to run the practice course and give the Starter a
>"Wooden Nickel" as you stage for each run. After three runs, you are out of
>"Wooden Nickels". Now what???? Well, you go check in with the Worker
>Chief and work the course for 10-15 minutes. After you complete your work
>assignment, you will be given three (3) more "Wooden Nickels" for your
>trouble. Use up those "Wooden Nickels" running the practice course again?
>Check in to work course again for 10-15 minutes and get three (3) more
>"Wooden Nickels". Repeat, ad naseum.
>
>This was the first time I have ever been to a "Test & Tune" practice event
>where there was a "Waiting List" to work course. And with 8 to 12 people
>working a 30 second practice course, you seldom had to worry that when you
>did make your practice run, that the pylons wouldn't be correctly placed in
>their boxes. Additionally, the line to run the course was shorten
>signifcantly
>during most of day because at any one time it appeared like only about half
>the
>entrants had any "Wooden Nickels" to run with.
>
>"Wooden Nickels" fast became the "crack" of autocrossers. You gotta have
>'em and you are willing to work any course position to get more of 'em.
>And everyone smoozed the "Worker Chief and Keeper of the Wooden Nickels",
>because you wanted to make sure that you got what you needed for your next
>"Fix".
>
>So, if your club has had worker issues at "Test & Tune" practice events,
>consider accepting "Wooden Nickels".
>
>Mark
/// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try
/// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo
/// Partial archives at http://www.team.net/archive
|