EAL
That said, if I were to promote a race men and women WOULD have equal prizes.
Ed
On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 12:37 PM, EAL wrote:
Elizabeth. It's a leap of logic to say "let's do it like it's always been done" and "have the people with the most skin in the game decide". Maybe the promoters want to keep things the same. Maybe not.
On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 10:32 AM, Elizabeth Gardiner wrote:
Ah, yes... "let's just keep doing it how we've always done it." Brilliant.
Sure, individual promoters and race sponsors can continue doing whatever they like depending on what makes sense for their needs and interests... but for some of the bigger series, this actually makes a lot of sense.
Plus, BUBBLES!
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 10:02 AM, EAL via OBRA wrote:
With all due respect to the brilliant prize insights posted here, I say let the promoters, you know, the people who invest huge amounts of time, energy and money to actually put on the races, decide what do do about prizes. Something tells me that the people with the most skin in the game will figure it out correctly.
On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 9:55 AM, jenn levo via OBRA wrote:
So I had this idea right,... every race, every category, every prime, every placing, instead of gift certificates, socks, pints, or trucker hats, we give out tickets. Throughout the year you can collect your tickets and then turn them in for a prize of your choice (think Chuck E Cheese) at the yearly OBRA banquet or rules meeting. Or, instead of a prize, you could turn in your tickets for free race entry at a future race? If teammates helped you win a race or grab some primes, you could float some tickets to them as a thank you. Don't race for prizes? Cool... kick your tickets to someone who could use a discounted entry and feel the love.
Each team in OBRA would be responsible for collecting the bounty of prizes to refill the coffers each year as part of their team fee. And, the coffers would live in the grandaddy of OBRA trailers... think Harry Potter... like, it just looks like a trailer from outside but once you step through the doors its a PALACE OF SWAG! That way, if you want gift certificates for massages, boom.... you get it. If you want an XL t-shirt that you plan on turning into a dress.... boom, you get it. One new MTB tire? Done. No more complaining that a dude's master racer got a sweet SRAM trucker hat and you were given a six pack of outdated beer that isn't gluten free. And... if people like bubbles, shit... we'll get a bubble machine and they can run through the bubbles into the PALACE OF SWAG!
A) It's fair across the board
B) gets more people to OBRA parties and meetings
C) BUBBLES!!!!!
-levo
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