--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Building new satellite flying halls in Fairfield is a very odd project indeed. > Normally one builds in response to demand, but when the main flying halls > are about 85% empty, there seems little point in building new ones. The > problem, as anyone of any sense in Fairfield can see, is that people no longer > want to do their programs -- if they want to do them at all -- in a group. As a > community, we are aging, and over the years we have failed to replenish > ourselves with new, enthusiastic younger people who would find going to the > dome a new and exciting experience. I think I'm fairly typical of the old guard > in Fairfield. I went to the dome regularly for about 15 years. Then my > attendance became sporadic and finally ended altogether. I just didn't want to > go any more, and can't imagine that ever changing. One's desires and > priorities change over time. (Doug gets obsessed with those who have been > banned from the dome, but the bannings are only a very small part of the > picture. I've never been banned; I just don't want to go.) > > If we want to rebuild superradiance numbers, we need to attract fresh, > younger faces here, not spend our time and resources trying to attract old > dogs like me who are no longer interested. It's pretty much a waste of time.
I'm relutant to bang on the same old drum, but it's difficult to attract the young at $2500 + $3000 plus dome fee per seat. All new flying halls will do is add more to the real estate portfolio. Makes me wonder what the real intent is, because the disconnect to too big to understand. JohnY JohnY To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
