> I guess I'd have to suggest that the Boondoggle NOT be the beta test
boondoggle is a special event, what with a giant number of people and early
dark. mostly you need someone with real guts to run the event. lots of
practice screaming "start a car" helps too.
> were/are/will be in deep doodoo at 8:55, because our first run group
> workers are STILL standing in the registration line
you need to pull the 1st group people to the front of the line. i think i
run in the morning for boondoggle and can help herd.
-james
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelly, Katie <kkelly@spss.com>
To: Pat Kelly <lollipop487@home.com>; craig boyle <craig_autox@yahoo.com>;
<toy4speed@aol.com>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:18 PM
Subject: RE: Informal Poll on "sort of" pre-reg. for autox !
> I so far really like Don's ideas, particularly about the pre-assigned
> work assignments. Question: how would you prevent two people from
> signing up for the same thing? Would event chairs have to deal with TWO
> lists? I like the database idea, BUT now that means someone at
> registration is going to have to do all this data entry. WHO wants to do
> that? Repeatedly? At all the events? It seems like a lot more work for a
> system that, although as outdated as the abicus, really, truly works.
>
> I want to make it clear: I LIKE the pre-reg idea, and of course, I was
> typing the above, some other ideas occurred to me, but I am not a
> programmer, I don't know how to make them happen. I want this to work.
> I'm just weighing all this stuff out loud, and you poor people are being
> dragged along my thinking process. I'm sorry.
>
> Anyway, despite our antiquated methods, I still maintain that SFR events
> (along with AAS, NASA, and other old-fashioned clubs) are hands down 100
> times more efficient than BMWCCA events, unless something has
> drastically changed.
>
> I have been to a BMWCCA event. I don't want to get into all the details,
> but it just seemed like a lot of work for ONE person to make our lives
> slightly, but not much more, convenient. Think about this, Don. This one
> person, I believe, had stayed up until three a.m. (okay, really, really
> late) handling all the data. And not only that, they didn't start the
> event until around noon because of course issues, and shoot, by that
> time, they could have registered 400 people by hand. Ah, shoot, Don, YOU
> were there!
>
> Again, I totally like the pre-reg idea. The question is, would it REALLY
> speed up registration? That's what I'm hoping, and it's the most
> important part, never mind making our lives more convenient, which is
> secondary. I know at the Boondoggle, for example, each year we
> were/are/will be in deep doodoo at 8:55, because our first run group
> workers are STILL standing in the registration line - a complete
> nightmare, making me much older than I really am. So, of course you can
> see I'm all over any idea that's going to speed up registration and
> improve the quality of the event. I just REALLY want it to work.
>
> I guess I'd have to suggest that the Boondoggle NOT be the beta test
> event. :)
>
> Katie K.
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