Chip Timing Issues

Randy Dreiling

2005-06-01



Quick side note on fee's...I was looking at the 1992

Oakridge Fat Tire Festival flyer and it cost $20-$25

plus late fee's to race back then...so after nearly 15

years the fee's are almost the same at Mt Bike

races...think about that next time you think we pay

too much please.



While chips would be awesome here are a couple issues

to be addressed



1. Does OBRA even want to do this? I know OBRA likes

to pride theirselves on affordable membership. Plus

it would be one more thing for them to deal with.



2. Some days there are 3 events at the same time

(road, mountain, crit, ect..), whom would get the

system? My guess is there would be a rental fee the

promoters would pay and they would have to pay to have

someone run the system too, so their cost would go up

and they would charge a little more too for each race.



3. Would the membership as a whole be willing to pay

extra, so far we have only heard from a couple people.

Personally looking at what USA/norba fee's are OBRA

could raise fee's $10 and still be half what they

charge non Jr's and 100% less for JR's and USA/norba

have said they are raising fee's again in 2006.



Just some issue's to think about.



Thanks

Randy







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