[roc-chat] Re: Separate LPR area at ROCtober

  • From: Michael Klett <xsive.guy@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:13:58 -0700

Mike,

I always try to take at least one shift during the big launch weekends
and I'm willing to take more if I'm going to be there long enough.
I'm willing to cover a shift on a regular launch weekend as well but
often my son takes that for the family - he really likes doing it.

You had said, "For instance, if someone feels that lack of
information/training is an issue, why not approach the board, request
the info, and produce materials to rectify the situation?  Or, if the
info doesn't exist, offer to develop it?  Would it really take that
much more time and effort to do that than was spent commenting on the
lack of it?"  Umm, actually, I had never thought of it until Rick
mentioned it and my first thought was, "Hey, that's really cool!  I
wish I would've known that before."  I did what I thought was my best
impersonation of what I had seen other people do before me, basically
OJT.  I had taken the slow times so it wasn't too bad.  So basically,
I would've happily help develop it if I had realized that I had needed
it.  I do need to spend more time on the lake bed learning.  And I
discuss it here because it is one thing that I can do now between
launches.  I'm happy for all of this discussion as I am learning so
much.

And since e-mail can be such a terrible way of communicating I do want
to assure you that this post isn't intended to be a flame, purely
informational.  If it came across as a flame I apologize.  My feathers
are NOT ruffled, my spirits are bright, I'm having a really good day
today, and I'm looking forward to flying in just two and a half weeks.
 I wish the same for you.

Thanks,
Mike

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Mike Riss <rockt_dude@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm not sure that waiting for 30 minutes is necessarily bad.  It's surely not 
> optimum, but if
> there are 45+ pads, and if almost every pad is occupied, that's something 
> less than 1 minute
> processing time per pad.
>
> And, is it really an issue, or just unrealistic expectations?  Given that we 
> have difficulty
> filling range duty slots, is it realistic to expect volunteers to meet the 
> *ideal* performance level?
>
> And, do these discussions create a self-fulfilling prophecy by discouraging 
> people from not
> volunteering because they don't want to be lambasted for less than ideal 
> performance either on
> the 'Chat, or as sometimes happens in person?
>
> Not looking to discourage discussion, but I wonder:  if the same (as in "in 
> addition to", not
> "instead of") amount of time and effort was spent *doing* something as is 
> spent discussing it,
> would there still be an issue?
>
> For instance, if someone feels that lack of information/training is an issue, 
> why not approach
> the board, request the info, and produce materials to rectify the situation? 
>  Or, if the info doesn't exist, offer to develop it?  Would it really
> take that much more time and effort to do that than was spent commenting on 
> the lack of it?
>
> Looks like some info previously existed, but didn't get ported to the current 
> website:
>
> http://web.archive.bibalex.org/web/20060222064909/www.rocstock.org/rules.lcos.html
>
> Looks like there was also info for RSO and PM.  Between this and Rick D's 
> post, shouldn't take
> much time or effort to resolve this particular issue.
>
> But I guess, just like filling range duty slots, people will wait until 
> someone -- as in,
> someone *else* -- does something about it   :-(
>
> Mike
>
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