[NCNCA] Women's Races

[jason.k at comcast.net]

It's nice as a promoter (and makes reg go better/faster for everyone) to have people pre-reg'd... you get that warm fuzzy that the day wont be a waste..etc...

I pre-reg for almost everything....   and yea.. occasionally i miss a race because i can't make it, and i lose that entry fee... overall i'm still way ahead of the game.... say 30 races a year (a halfway decent average i'd guess.. personally i race more) .. if you figure $5 or $7 late fees...  that's $150-$210 in late fees you pay if you don't pre-reg..   and you wait in line longer at every race..etc..

you could miss 5,6,7 races and lose that entry fee (figuring $30 a race) and break even....

i like to let promoters know that i plan on coming, and have a speedier reg/check in process....    and if i lose an entry fee or two ... or even 5 over the year... i'm still better off than paying late fees...

just a thought........

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: soni andreini poulsen <conejotoo at hotmail.com> 

> 
> I agree that if women are going to complain about lack of fields, they need to 
> show up when they get what they were asking for. 
> 
> However, women are not big on pre-registering. They rarely need to because 
> fields don't fill. And life, for me, makes it hard to plan more than 2 days in 
> advance. So I often choose not to pre-register unless I know for sure I will be 
> able to attend. 
> 
> So maybe we all need to be spanked for complaining about small fields and then 
> not showing up, but you really should wait until after the races are over to get 
> nasty about it. 
> 
> Soni> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:01:37 -0700> From: zronn at sbcglobal.net> To: 
> ncnca at ncnca.org> Subject: Re: [NCNCA] Women's Races> > It's not just Cat's 
> Hill.> At the EBC Criterium we are doing a 40% cash payback 10 deep for the Pro 
> 1/2/3 Women and have no entries, none, zero, zip. What's up with that/> > We 
> really wanted to support Women this year and offered 3 fields. We have a total 
> of 10 Women registered.> > If you are going to be the loudest to complain, it's 
> a good idea to show some love when your voice is acknowledged.> Right now, we 
> are not seeing it and the Women's fields are hinting that they may be just a big 
> waste of our schedule time.> We could have easily just run more masters 4s and 
> 3s and made some bank, or gone home early.> > Ron> > > > ----- Original Message 
> ----> From: "Gordon, Barry" > To: NCNCA 
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 8:59:27 AM> Subject: [NCNCA] 
> Cat's Hill Women's Races> > NCNCA,> > Last year the LGBRC made the bad decision 
> to replace the Women's 3/4> race with Master 45 race and the cycling community 
> let us know in no> uncertain terms that we made a BIG mistake. Therefore, we 
> reinstated> the women's 3/4 race plus increased the cash prize list for the 
> women's> 1/2/3 race from $600/6 places to $1000/10 places in 2008. So what is> 
> the response to our return to sanity? We currently have 11 women> pre-registered 
> for each race. (As it stands now only one 1/2/3 woman> will place out of the 
> money.)> > Lots of people last year complained about our dumb decision and we> 
> listened to you. In return, we hope that the cycling community would> have a 
> change of heart and would support our women's races this> Saturday.> > On-line 
> registration: www.catshill.org> > Thank you for your consideration. > > Barry 
> Gordon, President> Los Gatos Bicycle Racing Club> Team 
> Easton/SugarCRM/Specialized> A USA Cycling Club of the Year> www.lgbrc.org> 
> 408-978-8200> bgordon at structint.com> > > > 
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