Well said!
It's Erbs
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On Oct 19, 2010 2:39 PM, <Editorgary@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 10/19/10 6:19:50 AM, healeys-request@autox.team.net
> writes:
>
>
>> > I just returned form the Autumn Classic in Morgan Hill, CA, an all
>> British
>> > event. ( it rained constantly but we all had a good time. The ride home
>> was
>> > 5
>> > hours of heavy rain). We were informed this was to be the last one
after
>> 18
>> > years. The numbers of attendees was 25% from what was needed to break
>> even.
>>
> it may be worth noting that, like the erstwhile Palo Alto British Car
Show,
> the Autumn Classic was the work of one (count him, one) individual who did
> all the organization, planning, publicity, announcing, award-giving, and
> credit-taking. No slight on that -- all the rest of us benefited from it
for as
> long as that individual was willing to invest the time and effort for
> whatever return he personally got.
> HOWEVER, as someone once said, in triumph is sown the seeds of defeat.
When
> one person runs the show, no one else is prepared to step up to the mark,
> and there's no continuity. Furthermore, when that person has decided what
the
> CORRECT format is for that show, it never changes and eventually it does
> stagnate. My experience with both of the local shows is that the organizer
was
> never receptive to new ideas, and tended to push people away who wanted to
> make any changes.
> By contrast, continuing successes like Portland, Vancouver, and Maryland,
> have been run by rotating committees for many years, bringing fresh
> enthusiasm to the party each year, as well as new ideas that add something
innovative
> each year. That's the recipe that works.
> So, from among all the clubs that did participate in the Morgan Hill show,
> surely each club could delegate two people to a committee (the model that
> Portland uses) that could begin right now to lock in the venue -- it is a
nice
> show in a nice area, with nice driving roads nearby -- and make plans for
> something that preserves the good stuff and adds some new stuff.
> There's no reason the show needs to die just because the organizer has
> finally burned out and the show is starting to show signs of too many
years with
> the same format.
> Gary
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