[roc-chat] Re: ROC News and Requests
- From: Robert Brown <cineflex@xxxxxxx>
- To: "roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:52:43 -0700
I think that combining the launches into ROCtober is an excellent suggestion
with Thanksgiving and Christmas so close to the November ROC-Stock. A few
degrees warmer in Oct. is also a plus.
Sent from my iPhone 4
Bob Brown
On Jun 20, 2012, at 8:20 AM, David Erbas-White <derbas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 6/20/2012 7:43 AM, Gregory Lyzenga wrote:
>>
>>
>> Proposal to Move the Fall ROC-Stock Launch
>> ------------------------------------------
>> For the last couple of years, October and November have seen consecutive
>> large launches in the form of the ROCtober youth launch and the November
>> ROC-Stock. This schedule has proven difficult for the club to adequately
>> handle and staff, and has had a role in contributing to the club's financial
>> stress and volunteer fatigue. On top of this, there is widespread feeling
>> that the weather in November is less reliably favorable than it is in
>> October and that November is uncomfortably close to the busy holiday season.
>> For these reasons, the board is proposing to consolidate ROCtober and
>> ROC-Stock into a single Friday-Sunday event in the second weekend of
>> October. With such a significant proposed change to the launch calendar,
>> the board does not want to act without input from the membership. We would
>> like to solicit pro and con comments on this idea so that the board can
>> weigh the proposal and vote on it next month. Please feel free to email us
>> your thoughts on this plan.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Thoughts off the top of my head:
>
> Yes, two major launches in a row is a big deal. I've wondered myself how
> long it would be able to continue...
>
> In November, ROCstock 'generally' falls on the Veteran's Day weekend,
> sometimes allowing folks with that as a holiday to reduce their 'fatigue'
> since they have Wednesday off. This is not an argument for/against, merely
> an observation.
>
> Yes, November typically has higher winds than most other months of the year
> -- however, I don't honestly remember how often ROCstock has been windier
> than ROCtober...
>
> If the November launch is made back into a 'normal' launch, will the new
> event be ROCStock, or ROCtober? My own personal preference would be ROCtober
> -- as then when we talk about ROCStock everyone will recognize that it is the
> big June launch, and everyone will know that ROCtober does NOT take place
> during February...
>
> If the two launches are 'consolidated', this would (to my mind) lead to two
> 'different' purposes for the October launch -- first, it is a major
> 'ROCStock' level launch, with lots of folks who want to fly their big
> rockets. Second, ROCtober has tended to be more 'youth group' oriented. I
> seem to recall that (at least for the first ROCtober?) that club members were
> discouraged from flying on Sunday, in order to allow the youth groups to take
> priority. I think that policy went by the wayside rather rapidly, but if the
> two events are combined, will there be any changes required to the structure
> of the launch to support both of these objectives?
>
> That's it for now -- if I think of anything else, I'll pop back in...
>
> David Erbas-White
>
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