I definitely support 5, because Mike has done a lot of work at ROCtobers. For Payton, I'll get him a cold root beer. Richard On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Mike & Nancy Kramer <kramer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > discussion - healthy, really! > > So the ideas out for discussion were: > > 1) Should we move ROCstock to October > 1a) If so what becomes of ROCtober > 2) Should we have 2 fall over night launches > 3) should we move June Rocstock to May > 3A) If so, should we keep some flexibility in for 'special events - I.E. > LDRS NSL > 4) is there a way to speed up the front row including one of the following; > 4A) add mini range > 4B) Add a front row only RSO - Pad manger (during busy times) > 4C) add more pads > 4D) no more announcing rockets to be launched on the front > 4E) don't change anything > 5) Buy Mike Kramer a beer, cold preferably dark > > Just putting it out there > > Mike Kramer > > On 6/24/2012 5:35 PM, Gregory Lyzenga wrote: > > > On Jun 24, 2012, at 5:11 PM, Richard Dierking wrote: > > Yup, this came up as well. I can't recall if Greg mentioned this in the > announcement? > > ROC's been around long enough that many things are different to change > (accept?). It's like turning an aircraft carrier :-) > > Still, if you think something is better, you can't be afraid to put it on > the table. Many times, I wish that people out there "lurking" on chat > would speak up - Robbie did! > > Richard > > > No, I didn't mention this explicitly in the announcement, but it should > be understood that any ideas are welcome. The hope is (a foolish hope??) > that a clear consensus will emerge from the group discussion, and the board > will have an easy time figuring out how to move forward. Remember, in less > than a month, the board is going to vote on SOMETHING, and after that it is > going to be too late to complain. So get busy and let the board know what > their opinion should be! ;-) > > Speaking of May ROC-Stock, that seems like a possibly viable idea with > pros and cons. On the pro side, if we decide to host an NSL again in the > future, it is closer to the traditional time NAR aims for. On the con > side, it is farther from the traditional dates of LDRS, should we decide to > host that. It's also before school gets out, FWIW. Anyway, things to > think about and debate. I'm a fan of good weather. > > - Greg > > ------------------------------------- > > Gregory A. Lyzenga <lyzenga@xxxxxxx> *** (909) 621-8378 > > Dept. of Physics, Harvey Mudd College *** cell(626) 808-5314 > > Claremont, CA 91711-5990 *** fax (909) 621-8887 > > <http://tinyurl.com/LyzengaPhysics> > > > > > > >