We have one month to figure out how we are going to
manage the slush series. We have five months to figure
out how we are going to manage the regular season
next year. I suggest we separate the issues and focus
on the more immediate one whiles reserving the right
(as we always do) to do things entirely differently
next year.
Let's ask for registrar volunteers for slush only without
obligating them to doing it for all of next year.
We sold 100 memberships in four events. Assuming the
31 drivers out of 37 members ratio holds, that's 20 new
drivers per event.
Allowing a member to bring a non-member friend to
drive would make a joke (lie) of our member only policy.
We voted for members only. Let's stick to it or repeal
it entirely.
I agree with Charlie that not offering rookie classes
will have little affect on slush attendance. It doesn't
mean that all the rookies should run out and buy R
tires, either. Think ease of learning on streets. Think
street tire class. Think rain. Then decide.
I suggest the following as an interim solution. Let's
figure out how many drivers we can handle at GGF.
Let's drop the rookie classes and recalculate the
run groups to slightly more heavily load the
morning groups. Let's close registration as usual,
and determine whether we can handle any additional
new members at that event, let's sign them up
and evenly distribute them throughout the afternoon
run groups.
Dealing with rookies all at once will greatly reduce
the effort required to accommodate them while making
it much easier to get them whatever assistance they
want/need. It sounds like we need to change the
website in any case. When I asked last Sunday if any
rookies were asking for help, the answer was "yes,
many", but noone could tell me who they were. That's
become the norm lately. At earlier events where we
had sign up sheets we had rookies with multiple offers
from instructors.
We might also want to start thinking about no "WRG"
in addition to only three runs and no fun runs unless
time allows.
Rich Urschel
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