[SEL] Private shows

[Harry Terpstra]

George,

You sure could have a great show at your place!
I understand that the safety regulations get worse in the US now.
We have many shows that have no ropes, and thats fine. However when we are
at some of the parking lot shows in town, we bring our own rope (plastic
chains) to keep the crowd at a save distance. Sometimes the public in the
city's is to stupid to understand that these running engines can cause much
damage to a human body.......

In my opinion when you are at a good orginized show at a big field, it's
enough to have only one rope thats easy to cross for people that are really
interested. having no rope at all, makes some people being annoyingly close
to moving parts.
Of course it's their fold if they get cought by a spinning flywheel or what
ever, but I'd hate to see that happen.


Harry Terpstra
Sint Annaparochie
Netherlands
h.terpstra at wxs.nl
http://home01.wxs.nl/~terps027/home.html



----- Original Message -----
From: "Best, George" <George_Best at adp.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 8:56 PM
Subject: [SEL] Private shows


> I received the following in an "offlist" message:
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> That's the beauty of having a bunch of autonomous clubs, rather than one
> national organization.  If one group pisses you off, you can go to
> another.
>
> WAPA safety rules require one rope, but a couple years ago I suggested
> two, so that's what we do when it's feasible.  I think that's the best
> way to go.
> There's only one show where I don't use ropes, but it's a private show
> in a guy's yard and the public is not invited.
>
> I suppose if all the clubs piss you off, you can make a WAIT club.
> Betcha all you'd have to do is give a couple months notice and folks
> would come from all over to attend your show!
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>
> I wonder how many "private" shows there are?  Also wonder if that will
> be done more and more in the future as the insurance companies and
> lawyers make it more difficult for clubs to have shows where the public
> is welcome.
>
> What do you think about private shows?
>
> I've got several comments on this, but will wait to see if anyone is
> interested in this topic.
>
> George
>
> PS -  Rob, I'm not mad at any of the clubs. Most of us are in the hobby
> because it is something we enjoy doing.  If things change so you no
> longer enjoy a certain aspect of the hobby, there are plenty of other
> options available without getting mad.
>
> PSS -  No WAIT club.  I got out of EDGETA politics and have no interest
> in getting involved in club operations and politics.  Besides I really
> don't have the time even if I wanted to.
>
> PSSS - I could see having a private show.  I've got the room to put on a
> private one and also have neighbors that wouldn't complain.  However,
> not likely to happen.
>
>
>
>
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