Not to upset anyone, but I have been thinking for a while that we should have 2 events a year. Nascar has 2 major races at the same tracks each year, football and baseball play the same teams at least twice, and clubs like the Bonanza Club and Mooney Club meet once a week to once a month for breakfast/brunch in local areas. Even the bike runs I attend happen twice a year, Biketoberfest in the Fall, and Bike Week in the Spring.
It seems to me that if it were organized well with 2 different hosts, maybe 2 slightly different locations, one event sometime in the Spring, and one in the Fall, more people could attend one or the other, or both. The biggest thing I can see is that it would raise the enthusiasm of the builders, because they could meet with their friends more often, touch and feel KRs more often, and just raise overall camaraderie of the KR community. Sun n Fun is fine, but KRs are dwarfed at Sun n Fun, and too much of that event is commercialized (no offense Virgil). I have been to Sun n Fun 4 times and feel that there is NOT enough contact with actual builders, whether it be kit built or plans built. The Gathering does that. If agreeable we could call them The Gathering in the Fall, and The Get Together in the Spring. The world of bikes and Nascar, and sports have seen no detriment to twice a year, I don't believe we would either. The Southern Rebels have been talking for 2 years now about having an early warm-up anyhow. Ok, said my piece and then some... Back to finishing the assembly of my Corvair... Hey Langford, when you get a chance, let me know about your test prop you ran your engine on please, off net, thanks. Colin Rainey KSFB N96TA
