[roc-chat] Re: [Bulk] Re: Youth Groups at ROCstocks
- From: "Chris Coffee" <chris_coffee@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:59:27 -0800
Kurt,
That is exactly what I plan to do, and thank you for that suggestion. It is
actually something I considered doing last weekend, but the sheer volume of
flyer kept me from asking. I figured they had enough to worry about at that
time, and I know there will be future launches at which I can take such action.
From: Kurt Gugisberg
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 5:38 PM
To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [roc-chat] Re: [Bulk] Re: Youth Groups at ROCstocks
Chris,
The best way to learn these positions is to go up to the people manning these
positions during a launch and asking them to let you watch and learn what to
do. I think you will learn more in doing that in an hour than someone telling
you all the technical aspects of it. As been mentioned before, you have to be
Level 2 for RSO and have some experience under you belt but that won't stop you
from watching and learning what to look for. Do this during the slow times and
you can also do a lot of bantering with the people.
Kurt
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Coffee
Sent: Nov 14, 2012 10:32 PM
To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [roc-chat] Re: [Bulk] Re: Youth Groups at ROCstocks
Is there anyone that would be willing to sit and spend a little bit of time
teaching myself and other adult members of my family exactly what we need to
know in order to be a LPR RSO, or PM, or PA, or LCO? There is so much that we
would like to do, but with our very limited knowledge and experience in this
hobby, we are hesitant to volunteer for such positions.
To be completely honest, we were glad to be able to help this past weekend in
the capacity that we did, BUT, I felt bad that I could not jump in and help
when needed in the positions mentioned above. And with the weather delaying
most launches until Sunday, the lines (from my seated perspective) were
downright intimidating. Things were already backed up and it would have been of
no help to have us there asking questions every two minutes.
From: Tom Hanan
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 9:22 PM
To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [roc-chat] Re: [Bulk] Re: Youth Groups at ROCstocks
Good points David,
Getting volunteers for low power "Rocket Checker" , "Pad Manager" and "Pad
Assistant" should be much easier under those definitions.
A core skill training for the crucial position of low power "Rocket
Checker" would be to send anything questionable to the high power RSO to get it
signed off.
What special training would be required of a low power LCO?
On 11/14/2012 9:07 PM, David Erbas-White wrote:
On 11/14/2012 9:01 PM, Richard Dierking wrote:
Frankly, in my experience at ROC, the person most in charge of the launch
at a given moment in time is the LCO. Technically, I don't recall that we've
EVER had the person we call the RSO do anything other than be the 'rocket
checker'.
Of course, there's always yourself or Rick Dickinson or some other Board
member who is really 'running' the launch for the day, and has authority of
actual operations, but do we actually follow the official "RSO" protocol? I
don't think so.
For the youth groups, if we simply told the adults that for Low Power
rockets the RSO is simply the "Rocket Checker", we probably wouldn't have a
problem...
David Erbas-White
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