CORSA 2012: More report

[Ken Schifftner]

Gang:

To add to Brian's comments...great convention IMHO so far.  These things are hard to organize and make functional after the planning.

I'll be judging cars today.  I think the plan is excellent. Don Wagner and others with CORSA's help set up a "percentage" scoring basis that should be far easier to implement.  Harry, I'm told, has set up a scoring computer that is almost real-time.  A "runner" will bring the composite score sheets to the tabulator so the scoring is done as the Concours proceeds rather than later. The forms will be initialled and the judge(s) will be right there so if a question occurs it can be resolved quickly. If this procedure turns out as good in practise as it is on paper, I hope these folks get an "attaboy" or two.

The Concours here is on the roof top garage of a local center.  It obviously is the best place given the hotel. Its location doesn't draw in potential future members, however.

One of the goals of 2012 is to recruit.  I think our location in Sturbridge will be excellent in that regard.  I suggest we prepare membership packets to be handed out in a nice neat format.  Maybe include a Communique, a photo sheet of people more than vehicles, a history summary of Corsa, and a contact sheet of the Corsa chapters (Sturbridge draws folks worldwide).

We have had a great response at the booth.  Cudos so far to the organizers!


Ken Schifftner


-----Original Message-----
>From: EDWARD BOURGONDIEN <ward at lightningspeed.net>
>Sent: Jul 26, 2011 10:52 PM
>To: Vairtec Corporation <Vairtec at optonline.net>
>Cc: conv-2012 at corvair.org
>Subject: Re: CORSA 2012: More report
>
>Thanks for including me on the convention comments it helps me to be able to
>assist you with things like the concours.  I'm a strong believer that there
>is no such thing as can't, there is  a high probablity that it might not
>work but don't start off by telling me it can't be done.
>
>In the past it has taken hours some running into the next day to complete.
>Each judging steet is tallied four times and if there is a problem the
>concours chair works to fix the problem.  then there are the awards that
>have to be made after you know who won and it is not a first a cocond and a
>third .  I can be two or three firsts etc because it is based on point not
>which won was the best.  At Jacksonvilles convention we made the last awards
>while the first ones were being presented.
>
>This is to give you some idea as to the time and staffing needed.  I'm not
>saying it can't be done, I'm saying it is going to be a challenge that I
>think we can do it with some creative ideas.  I'm not personally in favor of
>the Saturday Concours but if the convention committee wants to hold it on
>Saturday,  I'll do all I can to help you make it work, I think challenges
>are good and can be fun.
>
>Ward
>
>
>
>On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Vairtec Corporation
><Vairtec at optonline.net>wrote:
>
>> Writing these reports as you go is a great idea -- putting ideas to
>> paper (pixels?) while they are fresh.
>>
>> Fire alarm!  That's a new one.  Why didn't we think of that? < grin >
>>
>> My personal opinion is 'no' to moving the concours from Saturday.  As
>> you are well aware I am a big proponent of doing the concours as part of
>> a "big car show Saturday," but what I continue to fall back on that
>> first group meeting at Tim Schwartz's house last year.  There, as the
>> reps from all the clubs contemplated doing the convention, the FIRST
>> scheduling suggestion someone made was to do the concours on Saturday.
>> There was broad agreement.  Clearly, a Saturday concours is an idea
>> strongly supported at the grassroots level.
>>
>> A Saturday concours will be great for the attendees but hard work for
>> the volunteers.  Completing the tallying for a Saturday concours will be
>> a challenge.  It is a challenge that we should seek to meet, not seek to
>> avoid.
>>
>> --Bob
>>
>>
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