Thanks Mark I could not agree more you are so right on this subject I have never been to OSH and do not plan on going its to crowded and to hot.
Sent from my iPad > On Aug 24, 2017, at 8:47 PM, Mark Langford via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > Owen Hughes wrote: > > >....There is nothing we could do at the KR Gatherings that couldn’t be > > >done better at OSH... > > We have a "KR Builders and Pilots Forum" every year at OSH, and it's > published in the EAA forum schedule a month in advance. I'd say the average > number of new "KR tire-kickers" that show up is probably three, so I'm not > convinced there's a ground-swell of potential KR builders there. > > Oshkosh is just plain too big, in every way. Everything is spread so far > apart, I'm just about worn out after two or three days of simply walking > around between places of interest. Shade can be difficult to find, and > camping and hotels cost a fortune. Finding a place to do the usual four or > five forums would be problematic as well. To me, logistics is the number one > reason not to hold a Gathering at OSH. > > And as John mentioned, there are just too many distractions. The beauty of > the KR Gathering is that it's "all KRs, nothing but KRs". You have a > concentration of builders and pilots that I don't think you'd have anywhere > else, even SNF or OSH, not to mention the airplanes. If you've never > attended a KR Gathering, I'd say that you simply don't know what you're > missing, and are not qualified to criticize the current arrangement. > > I don't think having the Gathering at MVN every-other year should be carved > in stone, either. I think what we agreed to is that we'd "try" to have it at > MVN every other year, but historically the next year's Gathering location is > decided at the Gathering Banquet. Talking it out on KRnet is a good way to > get a consensus, but the vote that counts is at the Banquet. I've not heard > anybody volunteer to host it next year, so if somebody throws out MVN at the > Banquet then it'll likely be a shoe-in, but somebody's got to pitch it, and > volunteer to be the host and organizer. I think we all agree that MVN is > just about perfect, but we'll never know if there's an even better place if > we don't keep moving the Gathering around to find it! > > I really enjoyed driving and flying to new places across the country, and > would like to see that continue to the extent that folks volunteer to host > it. If there are no takers, MVN is fine too... > > Mark Langford > m...@n56ml.com > http://www.n56ml.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
