> Having announced several hundred events over the years, I'm in agreement
> that an announcement of this magnitude needs to be made
> immediately. I can
> find no fault with Matt's actions.
Not to beat this to death, but I can see both of the positions of announcing
or not, having some validity. Working the south course grid with a radio, it
was odd knowing what was happening and choosing to not tell anyone in grid,
but that was my choice. (I felt I had to tell someone, so I found Mark
Andy..but then he didn't believe me anyway <g>). It was a very odd thing, to
be standing there under the blue Kansas skies watching people laughing or
seriously going about their preparations...while hearing about this news. It
was like being in some sort of alternate universe.
Anyway... I think there is no purpose in second guessing this, unless on
thinks this will be something that occurs often enough to develop some sort
of prcedure, and I hope to hell that is not the case.
Competitors who chose to
> compete after
> hearing the news should not be able to later claim their performance was
> hurt by hearing the news.
Travelling to Nats represents a large investment of time and money for many.
It does not mean that anyone felt less horror-struck by events, and it is my
opinion that it was altogether proper for those that chose to continue to
run, in spite of everything. And if they did choose to run, I think it's
also fine that we acknowledge that the events probably impacted their
performance. Nobody is asking for a refund or a "do over." It's just
reality.
Randy Chase
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