<VV> Concours first? was: Convention Scheduling

[airvair at earthlink.net]

On that basis, one could make a case for having all the tours and "fluff"
start mid-week, with the concours on Saturday, followed by the rest of the
"moving events" afterwards. Those into tours would come earlier and
probably leave sooner, and those into the moving events would come later
and stay later. Thus the convention might run from Wednesday to Wednesday,
instead of Monday to Friday.

Any thoughts on that one? Better yet, just what day would you suggest as
the optimum day for a concours?

-Mark

> [Original Message]
> Subject: Re: <VV> Convention Scheduling (was: Iowa  Convention Schedule)
>
> Comments interspersed.
>
> airvair at earthlink.net wrote:
> > 
> > At this point you're probably asking why we should cater to such a small
> > portion of Corvair people? Because without them, you wouldn't have a
> > concours. Seriously. Often, it's the half-crazed egotists that tend to
> > create the best show cars. And it's that drive for perfection that makes
> > them egotists. Like it or not, you have to bow to them in order to have
a
> > show worth having.
>
> Indeed I do ask that question.  I oppose catering to a small group where 
> there is no larger benefit, and I do not see the larger benefit. If the 
> concours took place following one or more moving events, in truth how 
> many participants would we lose?  And, if the concours took place on a 
> "peak" convention day, rather than automatically the first day, how many 
> participants might we gain?  My gut sense is that we would lose very, 
> very few if any -- they might be vocal, but owing to the same love of 
> their baby that you describe, they would be there.  So too, I argue, we 
> would gain additional Corvair owners to whom the concours becomes more 
> accessible by taking place on the "peak" convention attendance day.
>
> >  And it's not all that much of a bow, IMHO. Putting the
> > concours as the first major event of the convention isn't, or shouldn't
be,
> > much of an "inconvenience" to anyone. 
>
> My concern isn't the inconvenience, it's how to best exploit what is 
> arguable our biggest potential draw for participants and spectators 
> alike.  Do the concours not where the vocal few are happiest, but where 
> the greatest number of persons can be a part of it. 
>
> --Bob