Re: KR> OSH Gathering - Time to Poke the Bears!
On 6/26/2018 8:14 PM, svd via KRnet wrote: How about having the KR Gathering at AirVenture? I would be happy to help organize. Owen Hughes +++ Owen, This bear has been poked in the past but has gone back in to hibernation for several years now. I'm guessing that contributes to the lack of response you're getting on the subject. No hate intended. Just as Oshkosh would not be a good place for a family gathering (nobody pays attention to grandma, they're all playing ball) , the group decision years ago was to hold a Gathering outside Oshkosh for the diehard KR builders. Oshkosh arrival scares off most KR flyers and the event is too overwhelming to concentrate on just one thing, building and flying a KR aircraft. On a good year there may be three to five KR's to look at and question the builder and there is the KR forum that may have 30+ attend and ask questions of Mark Langford and other builders but that is just a flea on an elephant as far as KR's go. The Gathering on the other hand is two to three days of concentrated exposure to KR's, some years as may as 20, with forums for builders and 200mph fly-bys to get your builder juices flowing and send you home enthused and ready to make sawdust. Each event is a positive but to get the most info and exposure for a KR builder the Gathering is the place to be. As for the vote, it was felt by the attendees that those making the effort to attend the event should be the ones to determine where the event will be held rather than take a vote on the net or other means. Seems logical to me. This years Gathering will be my 26th or 27th in the same number of years and , hopefully, my fifth time to Oshkosh with my KR. Each event is special but different. For a builder the Gathering is the place to be and Oshkosh is icing on the cake. Attending both makes for a great year. Hope to see you at both... Larry Flesner ___ 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
Re: KR> OSH Gathering - Time to Poke the Bears!
I was looking at hosting the event in 2019 at MO9, Miller, Missouri. However I would yield to an Oshkosh event (when you host it's hard to fly in). Meeting new KR people would be interesting. Anyone else have any input? Ken Hurley On Tue, Jun 26, 2018, 8:14 PM svd via KRnet wrote: > Seems like a good time to stir the muck and get a little hate from ya all. > > How about having the KR Gathering at AirVenture? I would be happy to help > organize. > > Yes - AirVenture is crowded and difficult - especially to fun fly during > the event. But it is also a central unifying event - one which attracts > folk from all over the world - even New Zealand! > > Flying in/out of OSH is a little more challenging than an deserted > mid-west uncontrolled field - but it is remarkably easy if you can read > (notams) and have a radio. > > I (and most of us I am guessing) have to prioritize our free time and can > only really make one big airplane event a year (if that). While I would > love to attend a KR Gathering, I can not yet justify the costs in time and > $ in light of the many other demands. > > IMHO greater attendance of a OSH KR Gathering and public exposure trumps > bucolic. In addition to a wider audience, an AirVenture KR Gathering could > more easily draw on outside expertise and attendees could learn from the > unparalleled gathering of resources and vendors gathered at OSH. > > Yes, the one or two KR’s that show up at OSH don’t draw much interest, > but I imagine that might be different with 10 or 20. > > I am aware that the “choosing” mechanism for where to “Gather” is at the > “Gather” and not here in a publicly available venue. But I thought I’d > just put it out there. If the only “vote that counts” for choosing where > to Gather is _only_ at the gathering, then it very neatly excludes the > concerns of anyone not at the gathering (by definition). > > > All that and I am not even going to make OSH this year. But next year I > will work on at least a KR meet up at OSH. > > Cheers, > Owen Hughes > > ___ > 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
KR> OSH Gathering - Time to Poke the Bears!
Seems like a good time to stir the muck and get a little hate from ya all. How about having the KR Gathering at AirVenture? I would be happy to help organize. Yes - AirVenture is crowded and difficult - especially to fun fly during the event. But it is also a central unifying event - one which attracts folk from all over the world - even New Zealand! Flying in/out of OSH is a little more challenging than an deserted mid-west uncontrolled field - but it is remarkably easy if you can read (notams) and have a radio. I (and most of us I am guessing) have to prioritize our free time and can only really make one big airplane event a year (if that). While I would love to attend a KR Gathering, I can not yet justify the costs in time and $ in light of the many other demands. IMHO greater attendance of a OSH KR Gathering and public exposure trumps bucolic. In addition to a wider audience, an AirVenture KR Gathering could more easily draw on outside expertise and attendees could learn from the unparalleled gathering of resources and vendors gathered at OSH. Yes, the one or two KR’s that show up at OSH don’t draw much interest, but I imagine that might be different with 10 or 20. I am aware that the “choosing” mechanism for where to “Gather” is at the “Gather” and not here in a publicly available venue. But I thought I’d just put it out there. If the only “vote that counts” for choosing where to Gather is _only_ at the gathering, then it very neatly excludes the concerns of anyone not at the gathering (by definition). All that and I am not even going to make OSH this year. But next year I will work on at least a KR meet up at OSH. Cheers, Owen Hughes ___ 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
