I'm okay with booking in on the day on the basis that we don't a have system for pre-pay booking and I doubt the remaining rounds will see 120 entries. Pre-booking by email worked fine for round 1 and we got near enough 120 entries on the day, but last year would indicate that's unlikely to continue.
We've in theory now got a reserve list for South Lakes, the trouble with this is those people on the reserve list are very unlikely to attend on the off chance of getting in, yet at the same time the 120 entries on the main list are also very unlikely to all make it, so we end up with a meeting that isn't full and people sat at home because they were only on the reserve list. So I would prefer to do as Dianne has and just call it pre-registering, rather than pre-booking.
We do need a plan for if 120 entries do turn up on the day. I would propose one class only if 120+ turn up, we would have to decide somehow who, if anyone, gets to run two classes, but that's much better than having to decide who gets to run at all. Everyone turns up knowing they will be able to run at least one class and unless entries on the day are nearly double last year, at South Lakes at least, everyone who wants to will be able to run both classes and this won't be an issue anyway. I don't think splitting the classes on to two days is an option for this year.
Ideal would be pre-pay booking in, but I don't think there's an easy way to set that up now and it is probably something for next year.
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