In life you are always right and wrong at the same time ;)
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From: "Randy Chase" <randyc2@home.com>
To: "'Evolution-Discussions (E-mail)'"
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Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 3:49 PM
Subject: RE: [evolution-disc.] Re: The Announcement Last Tuesday
> > 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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