<VV> Convention Scheduling (was: Iowa Convention Schedule)

[kenpepke at juno.com]

One would think the purpose of CORSA conventions is to: [in no particular order]  Promote the restoration, preservation, and use of Corvair automobiles; to bring persons of like minded interests together; to promote CORSA membership; to promote public awareness.  Keeping those parameters in mind, a convention schedule could focus on providing the greatest number of events with a minimum of overlap.

With many, many years of convention planning experience undoubtedly H and lclc have accurate knowledge of the number of participants, or interested persons, in each of the regular convention activities.  It has been indicated that the conventions are too long in duration so attempts are being made to reduce the number of days.  

A plan as rational as can be expected for such irrational behavior, would be to start the convention with the least attended activities on the first day then building in a crescendo to the finale which would be the Concours and street car show on Saturday, the last day of the convention.  It would then be up to individual participants to decide how many days they would wish to attend.  The Concours / Street Show should be held in the most 'open to the public' venue as possible.   Even though most show / concours participants will naturally wish to clean their vehicles to the greatest degree possible, judging should focus on the quality and accuracy of the restoration work.   Everyone  recognizes rain falls equally upon all,  So does road dust.  Cleanliness should receive less attention, especially in the case of Cole award participants.  Should a vehicle suffer physical damage during the convention the judges would cast a blind eye towards that area.    

While there will always be an individual here and there that will not be satisfied, having a standard established schedule would minimize complaints.
Ken P
  

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Vairtec Corporation <Vairtec at optonline.net> wrote:

Harry Jensen, wrote:
> Hi--
>
> Well, the convention is a CORSA convention. It's main function is to 
> serve the membership of the club and the participants in particular.
>
> Yes, there was one year when the concours was held after a moving event. 
> And the participants, mainly the Cole competitors, complainted that it 
> put them at a disadvantage compared with the other concours competitors.
>
> You assert that the best interests of the club as a whole are not being 
> served. Care to go into more specifics?
>   

Bob Marlow now replies:

To judge by what I have observed in recent years, and to judge by the 
responses thus far, the principal consideration driving the makeup of 
convention schedules is not only the assertion that the "concours has to 
be the first event," but also that the concours has to be the first 
event for the benefit of the Cole competitors -- a group that represents 
a small subset of convention attendees and an equally small if not 
smaller subset of CORSA membership as whole.

Scheduling should be based on the broadest cross-section, not one of the 
narrowest.

The concours should be placed on the schedule where it best fits the 
interests of ALL who may wish to enter, all who may wish to view, and 
all whose interests lie in other areas of the hobby.  Depending on many 
factors, sometimes this may mean early in the convention schedule and 
sometimes it may mean late in the convention schedule.  But it should 
never mean "concours has to be the first event."

--B
  

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