Some other groups host a fly-in near Oshkosh as an alternative to Oshkosh, but also close enough that the members can hop over to Oshkosh for a day or two if they choose. For example, the SuperCub crowd does a great Fly In over an New Holstein, WI. They hold a STOL contest, Fly Young Eagles, do several Fly Outs, and hold a pig roast. It goes on all week. That way those like me that would just as soon avoid the mass of humanity can, and those that want to go join the masses can do so. But it's also important to keep in mind that these guys have numerous fly-ins all over the country every year, so they get together as a group a lot. From my personal perspective, if the KR Gathering moved to Oshkosh, I would simply be done with the gatherings. You would find me over at New Holstein with the SuperCub bunch. I suspect I am far from the only one that would skip OSH. I simply do not like being part of the masses of humanity and I could care less about watching military and aerobatic air shows. If I was going to fly into OSH, I would likely fly the Supercub so I can haul all my camping gear. The KR Gathering is all about KRs. In my opinion, it would be disastrous to dilute the KR folks into the masses at Oshkosh. As for moving the Gathering all over the country, you are a bit late to that discussion. We moved it to Chino,CA in 2014, then to McMinnville, OR in 2015. That pretty much excluded the east coast folks and many of the midwesterners for 2 years. There were only a couple of us that flew to both. In the time I have been attending the Gatherings, it has been hosted in AR, CA, OK, IL, KY, OR, and this year will be in MO. I would call that spreading it around. During that time, we found that there is no place that offers us the quality of venue at a central location like what Larry Flesner found for us by hosting in Mt Vernon, IL. It is simply a perfect venue with a large open airport, multiple runways, lots of ramp space, available hangar space, available meeting rooms, restaurant on the field to cater, camping and showers on the airport, etc, etc, etc. It simply doesn't get any better than that, and they make it clear that whether Larry hosts or not, Mt Vernon always wants us back. That's the reason why we have agreed to the central location with a fabulous venue and incredible hospitality on an every other year basis. It wasn't an accident. We love that place just like the SuperCub guys love New Holstein.
If your interest is in OSH, I would suggest you host a get together on Monday of the convention as there are a few KRs there and some of the KR guys, namely Mark with Larry's help, host the KR forum. You will find some of the KR faithful at the forum. -Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
