Kinda sounds alittle unfair that the voting for where/when to have the Gathering should only be done by the attendees. Others who could possibly attend at another location or time of year would not be represented at all. I personally am not held back, due to an instrument rating, and lots of experience but several have mentioned that they are VFR only pilots, which does effect them.
With the possible exceptions to Oshkosh and maybe Sun n' Fun, I personally think it is senseless to try and schedule the Gathering around such events. Many KR pilots have expressed that they will not fly their KR's to these events anyway, and normally don't even attend every year. My suggestion is to pick a month in the future; anounce when it will be. Have anyone who would like to host the Gathering, either build a web page to illustrate your offer, or load a page with pictures and explanation to do the same. If the individual cannot do that, then they probably cannot handle the workload of a successful Gathering. Then just like the Memorial, have a voting with a cut off date. A tie gets a runoff, or voting only by say last 5 years attendees to decide between the last two places. If the other person and location still want to sponsor something, then have a KR flyin as a warm up to The Gathering. This can all be decided after the present Gathering is over. Let this one happen with full enthusiasm. But I do think that voting on the Gathering location at the banquet is not representative of the KR community at large.... Colin Rainey N96TA
