<VV> Iowa Convention Schedule

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Jamie - Of course it makes sense to have concours as the first event (or
at least prior to the first moving events)- for the exact reasons you
stated. The trouble come in when doing so causes other major
inconveniences in the schedule.

The national office is trying mightily to juggle all these things along
with also trying to make radical changes for survivals sake. In no way was
I critical of the work they are doing or the decisions they are making.
Rather, I was jabbing at that small minority of people who try to drive
the entire event with their own agenda.

Lon

> Gentlemen, I am not trying to take sides in this issue, but here is a
> thought. Considering that Concours requires a spotlessly clean car, and
> usually has somewhere between 40 and 60 participants, a few of which are
> Cole competitors or moving events participants, it would seem that this
> would logically dictate that the Concours be the first event of the
> convention before some of the cars get dirty during moving events. Could
> it
> be later in the schedule, yes, but it would add a significant amount of
> work
> for a certain number of people.
>
> Jamie
>
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>> Bob - The National office is looking at current reality.  The concours
>> involves high-dollar people and/or highly obsessed people. Look back at
>> past conventions where there have been huge controversies - they nearly
>> always involve the concours.
>>
>> At any given National there are numerous concours entrants who have no
>> use
>> for the rest of the convention, no use for Corsa and wouldn't even pay
>> their membership except that it would be required to enter the concours.
>>
>> I'm not running down the event or MOST concours entrants. I'm talking
>> about that minority of people who enter under the mistaken impression
>> that
>> Corsa and the convention is only there to give THEM a venue to show off
>> their wonderful car and give THEM a nice trophy so they have something
>> to
>> brag about.
>>
>> That minority is loud and sometimes influential. You know about squeaky
>> wheels.
>>
>> Maybe these comments upset a few of those folks - but the rest of us
>> know
>> exactly what I'm talking about.
>>
>> Lon
>>>
>>>
>>>> Concours has to be the first event
>>>
>>>
>>> It does?  I guess I missed that in civics class.
>>>
>>> Why does one event dictate the schedule?
>>>
>>> Should not the best interests of the membership AS A WHOLE drive the
>>> schedule?
>>>
>>> There is precedent for the concours being held after moving events.  It
>>> has been done before, and the sun still rose in the east and the earth
>>> still spun on its axis.
>>>
>>> --Bob Marlow
>>>
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