Matt,
As I am sure you have already guessed, I am in disagreement regarding the
announcement. Please understand that I am not angry with you, I assumed
your intentions were honorable, just misguided.
Matt Murray wrote:
<<I felt I should mention a few things here. I was the one who made the
announcement during the first heat on the North Course, not Mr. Sipe. He had
just been informed about :30 seconds prior to my announcement. I had been
told about it earlier, at around 9 AM. I went to my car and started
listening to NPR. Once I had some real details, I felt that "we" should know
and went to make the announcement.>>
The point I disagree with most is the last item above. If there are
conflicting reports on different news outlets, how could you know what is
accurate? Most importantly, it appears that you took it upon yourself to
decide that the announcement should be made and without regard for the
timing and what effect it would have. Given the gravity of the
announcement, it was apparent that it would have a detrimental effect on all
of those who were yet to make their final run. This is a member run event,
but given the situation I would have thought that someone (Howard or Tasha
perhaps) would have been consulted first.
<<I did contemplate waiting, but the rumors were starting to fly about, and
I
thought it best to get some accurate information out. This has something to
do with the Forth Estate, etc., >>
I am sorry, but I don't see the connection here. Information for the sake
of information is of no value. Whether I was informed 15 minutes later
would have been of no consequence. Would anyone have been hurt by waiting
until after the heat was finished to make the announcement? Of course not.
I later learned that many people in the grid area, who were not driving that
heat, refrained from saying anything to me about it specifically so as to
not affect my performance.
Perhaps my opinion is tainted by what happened to me, but I suspect that I
would think much the same had I not been so effected. Yes I was frustrated
by what happened. The situation was unfortunate; first being robbed of a
third run, then robbed of a second day and the chance to try and recover.
It left me with a very bitter feeling on top of the WTC tragedy. I am sure
I was not very good company for the next several days. To those I annoyed
the crap out of during that time, I apologize.
To be sure, I am not angry with you or anybody else. It is unfortunate that
it happened the way it did. What's done is done and I can't change it now.
Steve Hoelscher
#127 DSP
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