[roc-chat] Re: Separate LPR area at ROCtober
- From: Kenneth Brown <ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 02:37:42 -0700
1: No. Having a youth oriented event reinforces some of what the hobby is
about, paying it forward.
2: yes
3: No. too close to the end of the school year for kids and hard to justify a
day out of school or time away from studying for final exams and getting
projects finished and turned in.
4a: Yes
4b: no, doesn't help, the volume is the killer, the front row usually loads
plenty fast
4c: no
4d: yes
4e: no, it's been broken and ignored for years
4f: launching the whole front row at once isn't much fun. It's too hard to
track your rocket in the crowd.
5: Reword to add "...Mike Kramer and Ken Brown...."
On Jun 24, 2012, at 6:10 PM, Mike & Nancy Kramer 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
>>
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