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RE: Last Sunday

To: Smokerbros@aol.com, ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Last Sunday
From: "Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto}" <PETER.THANA@ROCHE.COM>
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 10:22:57 -0800
>I'd just like to add one thing...  BE CAREFUL!  I approached some 
>locals doing donuts at GGF once many years ago, and one of them 
>got out of the car carrying a Bowie knife!  I backed off real quick, 
>and 
>realized that the entire world doesn't look at life and its value quite 
>like I do. 

I couldn't agree more.  Seeing one of us injured or worse by confrontation is 
the LAST thing I want to see at any of our events.  Everyone in our club is 
passionate about keeping our sites and wants autocrossers to be represented 
well.  But you have to know when you're outnumbered and when it's not worth it. 
 People who are being aggressive and doing donuts might do that kind of thing 
on a daily basis.  Having someone running up to them screaming may look rather 
threatening, and who knows what they've been smoking or what they are packing.

The problem of theft is an ugly one.  I feel really bad for Kevin.  As someone 
pointed out to me, the paddock gets very empty in the afternoon, after reg has 
closed, a lot of people have left, and the remaining groups are working or on 
grid.  These are the times of the highest risk.  We could say we need someone 
to man the waiver table at all times thru the afternoon, but I think this is 
complicated because a)we have a hard enough time staffing that position thru 
the morning and b)having one person there alone with no one else in site isn't 
safe IMO.  As always life is more valuable than property.  That is not to say 
we shouldn't think of solutions, just that we should all be careful and 
vigilant of both property and health.

Peter

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