Economics has a big part in the reduction in attendance. But why is it hitting us harder than other clubs? IMHO, other clubs cater to more serious autoxers where as SFR caters more to more casual (fo
Actually, having lived in another region (central florida) and run with several clubs here & there I think the SFR people are about as serious a group of autocrossers as I have ever seen. Certainly t
Navid wrote... IMHO, other clubs cater to more serious autoxers where as SFR caters more to more casual (for lack of a better term) autoxers. These are the people who will not travel more than 20 mil
Economics has a big part in the reduction in attendance. But why is it hitting us harder than other clubs? IMHO, other clubs cater to more serious autoxers where as SFR caters more to more casual (fo
In 2004, 39 of 354 people who entered AAS events ran 12 or more of the 16 for 11%. The percentage running at least 8 events was 20%. I think Navid is onto something, here. Call it "serious vs. casua
In 2004, 39 of 354 people who entered AAS events ran 12 or more of the 16 for 11%. The percentage running at least 8 events was 20%. Wow, I'm surprised. There must be a larger number of people runnin
AAS gets a lot of peole that only run 2-4 events, and some local people that hear about us somehow that run 5 or 6 events. It's just too far for the "casual"(for lack of a better term) autoxer to ma
Does anybody take this to mean that people are doing things wrong? I see it as a reality, but what it means, other than the raw statistics, I don't know. It could mean more seat time for those who do
I dug a little deeper in the data. SFR, Sacramento, and AAS have all had significant reductions in entries in classes requiring dedicated tires to be competitive. AAS and Sacramento have completely o
I dug a little deeper in the data. SFR, Sacramento, and AAS have all had significant reductions in entries in classes requiring dedicated tires to be competitive. AAS and Sacramento have completely o
If we are concerned about decreasing attendance, let's open up the guest program a bit. Requiring a membership and/or member sponsor is probably a good idea (and maybe required for our insurance?). B
It has not been established whether the drop in SFR attendance is even good or bad (or right or wrong as Katie put it.) Requiring membership is not necessary for insurance. Members are covered for $1
AS long as AAS does not lose $$ for the year, I am happy, and so are the people that come to our events to get more seat time, many people run twice per day and therefore get 20 laps per weekend. Whe
Message text written by Glenn Ellingson "But do we need to limit the number of guests at an event, or limit guests to one time before they must get a memberhsip? I know these limits make it much hard
Understood, but doesn't the sponsorship requirement address this? Maybe the rule could be: "Nonmembers may participate only when sponsored by an SCCA member. Each SCCA member may only sponsor 1 guest
The original post by Rich compared SFR's attendance to AAS and Sac chapter, not central Florida, marque clubs or NASA. I was replying to his message. Everything is relative. I still like "casual" be
We are not talking about NASA here. They haven't even run any autox events this year. The attendance is not the only think that is declining at SFR. How many 2005 National champions actually run SFR