I think maybe I could try to annouce once in awhile .. what do you think
Katie? or am I to obnoxious?
Larry
Focus #6
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Lahey <kml@patheticgeek.net>
To: Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto} <PETER.THANA@Roche.COM>
Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: 2000 Winter Slush Series-revised
> In message
<418F66121D9DD311A54B0000F8019788015CC358@rplmsem1.pal.roche.com>
> "Thana, Peter" writes:
> >The fact is though, that we didn't especially know what we were doing
going
> >in, but there just wasn't anyone else to help.
>
> It really is hard to learn everything. I thought I had it all figured
> out, right up until I tried to supervise the RV setup at Marina, after
> about four hours of sleep. "Oh, yeah, just plug in the displays any
> old way -- they're idiot proof." "Yeah, the timers are okay as long as
> they are blinking, don't worry about it." Ugh. Not quite.
>
> As an occasional event chair, I really wish that more experienced folks
> would step up to learn the trailer jobs. Many times I've had nobody
> signed up to work the trailer, and plenty of people with many years
> of experience ready to go out and shag cones. When I'd try to get
> volunteers[*] to step up, I often wound up with rookies like Peter
> (more like an old-timer at this point) who were just willing to help
> out any way they could. Good on them!
>
> The trailer isn't for everyone (I get flustered trying to do card
> sorting, and I make a truly lousy announcer), but if you've come
> out to a year's worth of autox, you really oughta step up and learn
> an extra job or two!
>
> Kevin
> kml@patheticgeek.net
>
> [*] Before I learned to just tell people they were gonna take a job,
> rather than waiting forever for someone to step forward. Take it
> from me, that's about the only way to do it.
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