Sunday Racing Times Day or Night time?
 

Peter has been to the Youth Centre today for the management meeting, we can change the times as follows:

Sunday
Start at 6.15pm, racing has to be finished by 10.30 then you have 30 mins to tidy up and get out, due to licencing etc.

So the options are:

1. Stay as we are Sundays 10.00am to 3.00pm


2. Change to the new times Sundays 6.15pm to 10.30pm ish.

Please vote, so that the committee has clear indication of the preferences of the members.

I will be e-mailing members, so you may get a reminder to vote, but please only vote once ;)

This should have probably said 'if you are a member and you race or will race regularly....' :D

10.30pm is the latest anyone can be in building, racing won't go on until 10pm etc on a regular basis as we have young people who race.

Pete can't run it every week on an evening so there will need to be some others willing especially over summer months to run things. Thanks ChrisP who's already offered to help if this change is made.

M

Sorry if i have voted out of turn....Im not a club member so shouldnt have voted.

Im going to try and pop over as much as possible if its changed to an evening and im also prepared to help out as much as possible. I will even wear a dodgy t-shirt for the weeks Big Pete is away!!:p

I'd like to think this poll extends to potential members aswell.

Yes if they are going to race, no if they are not.

A previous poll people who had no intention of racing voted.

We also need to speak to those who go on a Sunday as it is, who don't use oople, to see what their opinions are. Clicking on a poll doesn't pay the rent.

M

Surely a potential new member is going to race otherwise they wouldnt be a new member?? Im sure these comments are aimed at me but whatever. If i can make it i will come and if i cant then i wont. This racing shite gets right on my nerves at times. :thumbdown:

Not everything is about you :p

I think potential members votes are fine, if they are going to race. Ian's post only asks for votes from members so the committee knows the opinion of members......so I thought my comments extended this to people who were going to race (or potential members as some are calling them) aswell as existing members. If oople didn't exist non members would not have been emailed if it was kept to member votes only. Pressing to vote doesn't pay the rent, the club needs 10 people minimum just to pay the rent which it gets on a Sunday during the day. The last polls included votes from people who raced at york etc who didn't come to Jarrow at all. Yes we do sometimes have visitors but they had never been before. So them voting was completely irrelevant! :rolleyes: That is who it was aimed at. Asking them not to vote without pointing fingers, now I have had to as people assume things are about them.....which I find quite odd.

If I wanted you to remove your vote or it wasn't welcome I would have told you :thumbsup: :p I'm nice like that

M

Can you not get your own user id so i know who to ignore/listen to?:p
Sometimes people post stuff that might sound as though they are having a dig at people. Saying that you think its odd is a bit harsh aswell.

:p Not harsh, just honest, like me :p

M

PS I do have my own ID :D....I just can't remember which password/email address.....:confused: I've tried 4 so far, none of them work.....I will find it at some point or make a new one.

Please do then. Im sure people were banned for using usernames that didnt belong to them....Paranoid. Who said that about me?;)

M. You werent quick enough with the edit!!

Nope, it came off with the second edit.....originally it said some call it paranoid.....unsure where that went.

As for user names, this will confuse you even more. I created this username using my email address :woot: :p many moons ago, there is one without the _ in too somewhere. The one with no _ is Pete's, it's the one he can use to moderate the North East bit with so I don't touch it, don't even know the password. So there is a turbobrick and a turbo_brick.......just to confuse things further, I suppose some wouldn't have looked at the moderator list on the North East bit so wouldn't have noticed. I wouldn't want to use it, then if anything gets broken it's not my fault :D No rules for posting by 2, just user assumes responsibility :D I always put my initial under it if it is me. Now most will be even more confused than they were before hahaha....

I'm just trying to select another user name for me as some find it confusing......any suggestions :lol: polite ones

M

See I've got my own :p forgot my password for it, so been using the other one.

Peter

Peter when will the decision to stay with or change the running times be made? Just sent Ian a pm regarding membership but going to hold off signing the little lad up until the times have been decided.

If the times are being changed the decision will more than likely be in the next week. We've already discussed the implications on the junior members with it being a school night and thought it may be possible to run 3 rounds and a final instead for them. (the price would be changed to reflect this.) If that is the case going off finishing times at Jarrow the juniors would be finished approx 8.45pm depending how many attend.

What would the latest time be you could attend with him until? Just so we can take this into consideration with the plans.

Peter

Yeah 9 to 9:30 ish should be fine for him, any later and we wouldn't be able to get him out of bed for school on monday morning :D

At Jarrow it finished by 9.30pm including nights when there was 4 rounds so that should be fine whatever is decided.

I had this discussion the other day with someone about kids and the evenings thing. He said 'Its no good for the kids', however, the 4 times Ive been I have only ever seen 2 racing children on 2 of those visits, so its only got to be fair to go with the majority, of which I would guess want it on the evening so Sunday daytime can be spent with family etc.
That said, since I left the hobby years ago there doesnt seem to be half as many people racing, so we need youngsters for the future of the hobby. Its a catch 22, but Peter's suggestion of the early finish for youth is very fair and diplomatic!

CS, as a moderator on this forum, is it my job to keep a check on these users not using their own name? :lol:
Only joking M.

On a side note, there must be a reason that the change of times is being considered..... seems we can gamble on more kids coming along during the day, or ensure the time is more friendly for the bigger kids! Ian, me , CS , CG etc.

I think Peters suggestion of early finish for young'ns is a great idea... if BBKRc can handle it.


About people not voting on Oople... well if you just ask people on the daytime meetings at Seaham, thats going to be biased aswell....

Does no one else enjoy a nice Sunday dinner???? or Sunday league footy? or NE regionals ...?
I cant think of anything a Sunday night clashes with???

Personally Im suprised how daytime racing gets any votes. There must be plenty people wanting to do 12th at Birtley.

It got plenty of votes last time ! you know when I posted a Poll on the same subject "What would the members prefer long term"

I got slated for the post then made to feel unwelcome at the club and subsequently left the club. Yet here's the club asking my question again but maybe it depends on "Who" asks the question as to if they get slated.

http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32233

Good luck with the night time racing

PS , If you want more members try and be a little nicer to the members you have (CP this isn't a dig at you)

Glad u posted that Tim. Jarrow is starting to sound a bit of an unwelcoming club at the moment. What with people posting things under others names and having sly digs at people, editing posts after they have re-read them.
Why cant we all just get along and race together nicely?

Get the racing on a Sunday night, finish a round earlier for kids with the adults :D good idea Pete, and there will be loads more drivers that can attend every week.
I will be able to attend as long as theres not a Worksop round on or an outdoor event that most members will be at anyway.

Come on.Sort it out please for the good of the hobby in the North East:thumbsup:

The last time this was asked there were two downsides to racing on an evening,

1. there was already a group running there
2. no body would volunteer to run the club

At present the group who were running on a sunday night have left and chris p, neil, david pack have all volunteered to run the club as I can't.

As for user names I've got my own which I hardly ever use, as you can see it was registered in 2006, but only has half a dozen posts.

As for sly digs I'm not even going to start.:p:p:p

Peter

ChrisP this is my ID, the other ones his :p

Oh the joys of the internet

M

PS I don't think most people see the club as unwelcoming, current racers might be biased but they currently pay the rent and will if it moves to evenings as even if it's not on at the same time as Worksop/RHR etc people aren't going to race on the evening afterwards are they? When we looked at doing a series (which was very poorly supported and on at the same times as Worksop etc) there was 6 dates December-April which did not have anything on and we used 4. As we've said all the way through we can't just provide a service for when there is nothing else on when we have to cover the rent as we can't expect people to rush back to race. We have to provide for those who can attend first. There is nothing unwelcoming about needing to cover your rent.

My point was proven when mw02veg voted, who doesn't race at Seaham and wouldn't, accusing people of having sly digs is not nice. I said what I did for that reason.

Add me to that list. Sounds like the Dream Team to me. I will do anything that is needed to help out.

I would like the later start because once the baby is here i can't guarantee that i can make it every week.

Unfortunately my lass would need the car to ferry the offspring to her mam's house.

The late start with the 9:30 finish would be spot on, at least I could be there every week.

I can guarantee you when the baby comes you WONT make it every week:)
Mine is 1 year and a week, and I have another due in June, Sunday daytimes to do what you want will be gone in a blink! :(

My racing has suffered big time aswell. Hopefully i wil be able to be a regular again. Really really miss practice. My racing has suffered at bigger events due to this.

Lets get it on:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Twistings the missus arm would be 10 times easier letting me race on the night than getting a slap trying to race during the day.

On a night time it shouldn't be a problem. If chris is allowed, that's what I'll tell the missus anyway. I will be allowed too. (All this is theory though.) ;-)

The way that i see it is Sundays can be a great day to go and do family things. When 6 oclock comes on a Sunday the wwekends over anyway. Racing might stop the crappy feeling that you are back to work again on the Monday. Im really looking forward to it.

On another note, what tyres are people running then if its nearly all carpet as ive heard?

Just out of interest, how was the attendance today, compared to last weeks night time race? Bear in mind though, that last times night time racing was marred by it being the Worksop finals weekend.

As I recall when we first got the seaham venue we could only race 10 - 3 or not at all and the reason you got 'slated' was due to the fact that you showed no support to the club and were being disruptive because a sunday afternoon didn't suit you.

A sunday afternoon didn't suit me either and I have only raced 3 or 4 times at seaham. Several other JORCR members who attended a tuesday night religiously have also not been to seaham much because a sunday is not good for them.

I don't see anybody else throwing their toys out of the pram and selling up, then posting stroppy and disruptive posts on here several months down the line.

Anyway, What stops youngsters leaving at 9:30 regardless. Let them race and go homw when they want. If the club finishes at half ten then why can't they race 6 till half 9 and leave, then we can continue to cater for everyone...

Im trying to find some foams that fit lol!!

Post Worksop Pins worked really well.
Id beware of foams, one roll and theres chunks outta ya tire.

Yeah ha!! Ive got loads of part worn tyres from Worksop. This club is like a Carlsberg club.....if only Carlsberg did RC Clubs!!

You going next sunday Chris/Chris?

Phew finally sensible talk, yes Sunday afternoon were not good for us either but preferred to keep the club running rather than not, too much graft had gone into it. I'll be pleased if it becomes evenings as Pete is like a zombie by 5pm as he gets only a couple of hours sleep then has to go run the club. If I don't take the boys there they don't see him on the weekend at all apart from him sleeping on the sofa, so yes we know the impact on family life but he doesn't have the 'choice' to go or not. Come the summer it'll save needing to cancel if noone will run it when we are away. Not my choice, members/committee decision.....wish it was!

Next week is evening (temp change due to booking) so if no decision is made to change or not at least there will be an idea of numbers when no other events on. That's if enough are interested to open for...

Today 9 I think, but many more at Worksop, nitro event on somewhere I was told & Teeside currently running on a Sunday so never a week the same but has been the lowest so far

M

B4Pete, cant make it this Sunday coming, its Valentines evening.

My lass is screwing her face up when I mention racing this Sunday, I don't know if I can make it for definate but I can't see it being a problem as the missus is in bed for 7. :thumbsup:

I agree with Neil pointless posting crappy posts months after the toys are out of the pram it makes the club look like a joke to everyone else!!!!!

I suppose keeping it as it is does has it's advantages but at the end of the day there's always going to be people feeling pushed out whatever is decided.

Even though I wanted it on the night time I suspect when the baby's here screaming it's lungs out I'd be too tired to race on the night anyway. (Peter change my vote.)

I suspect I'd be racing once every 2 weeks unless people are offering lifts (Alreet Neil). :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

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pack

sounds like your lass has put her foot down already. :p no doubt she has said if you race during the day you have the night to bath and sort out the little one and once the babys asleep you have the rest of the night to your selves. changed your tune from a few posts ago:woot:

I wont be going next Sunday:wub I will be with the Wife!!