Wes Eargle wrote:
Open question to Karl: In the grand scheme of things setup-wise, do you prefer the way you did it back in the day or the way that you did it Saturday?
It's not actually all *that* different.
1. School bus versus shuttle and trailer. I don't think I can speak to this since I've never driven the shuttle. I did drive the bus once though - all the way up to Dinwiddie - and recall it being a hateful experience. The shuttle and trailer are probably better, although hearing that the Overdrive light was coming on (indicating transmission problems on the horizon) was not good news.
2. Number of people setting up. We had 4 - me, Wes, Scott, Dustin. That was about right. I remember doing one where it was just me and Mark Senior, and that was a lot of work. I also remember having "too many chefs" around.
3. Course layout. Again - pretty similar to what I remember with the ones Whitney and I chaired back in the day. You show up with an idea of what you want - possibly even a map in hand - and you end up with something that includes "some" of those elements.
4. Bonus stuff. Seems like this is about the same. The chairs do a crapton of work on the back end to make sure things like t-shirts come into being in time for Sunday. I don't think Mike and I ever did a charity event - I imagine that ratchets up the magnitude of the work on the back end by a whole lot.
5. Event sponsors. I don't recall us having any...Mike?
6. Site stuff. I do like Sanford in that we didn't have to go over the whole thing with weedwackers.
7. Course layout. You get what you get with an event site. Designing something that keeps people safe on the taxiway is hard. Some folks may not know this, but in addition to the large concrete things off to driver's left, there are several manholes to driver's right that we'd really like people to not drive over / into. Good for the chairs and Dustin for erring on the side of safety. We could have had a very very fast 180 degree sweeper on the far side of the course. We also probably would have had a couple cars do the Dukes of Hazzard thing as a result.
Come to think of it, my opinion is that regarding course design, the club's officership is a lot more safety conscious than it's been in years past. I remember some *very* fast Rocky Mount courses that could have easily put cars into the woods.
8. Method of marking the course. I know it's cheap and effective, but I hate the chunks of drywall. Much prefer a grease pencil or a piece of chalk (or better still, downward-spray paint).
But process wise, it's surprising to find that it's not changed much over the last several years.
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