Randy,
The Washington DC Region SCCA is a member of the Metropolitan Washington
Council of
Sports Car Clubs (MWCSCC). All of the local area MWCSCC autocrosses around DC
are
limited to four heats of 30-35 cars. Period. If we let everyone who showed up
run,
we'd have 180 drivers, too. So we have a pre-registration website that everyone
can
access exactly three weeks before the event. We also pre-register by phone, but
more and more people are doing it online. It's a very slick process. Next year
the
Council is going to implement a plan to allow a limited number season regulars
to
reserve a number for the season for something like $20.
I agree with Randy. Discounts for SCCA membership are there to encourage
membership, not to reduce the size of events. I see little difference between
that
and charging more and more for events until you only have 120 interested rich
folks
left. To the person/novice who does two or three events a year, it's like
charging
$35-$40 per event!
The only other advice I would give is to try to have more events, and I
understand
that's not always easy or practical. Plus, here in DC, our schedule jumped from
12
events to 16 events, with little decline in event attendance, so YMMV.
John
Randy Chase wrote:
> Gemery@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Okay, before everybody clogs my mailbox:
> >
> > Oregon Region already charges an extra $5 per event for nonmembers. The
> > proposal is in light of fielding 120-180 drivers per event day (we do
>morning
> > and afternoon sessions) with a small site that's comfortably busy with 120
> > drivers.
>
> So the intention here is to limit the attendance then. I am not sure why
> SCCA membership should be a factor. It would make more sense, IMHO, to
> just set a maximum limit, and have people sign up. That only hurts those
> that procrastinate. It bites to turn away drivers, but that to me makes
> more sense than an artificial criteria like SCCA membership.
>
> Randy Chase
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