gouvernail
Super Opinionated and Always Correct
My opinion is that as of today the North American Class is in about the same shape as it was in August of 1999.
Beginning in October 1999 we began a 35 month run of consecutive monthly increases in total membership.
(This is not a post about how thoroughly pissed I remain that we decided to stop growing and fight rather than continue. YES, should have been allowed to continue and today we would have at least 4000 North American Laser Class members and not only would our regattas be huge but our depth of competition would have produced five or six more sailors who could succeed internationally. Nope> Not going there!!)
This is a post about trying right now to seize the opportunity to start another 10 year growth spurt.
By 2010 we should have 4000 North American members again. Our promotoion of the game could easily cause Vanguard to sell 2000 boats every year. Vanguard should be selling 20,000 Lasers every year. There are plenty of North Americans who don't yet have lasers. WE all know EVERYBODY needs a Laser. We need to do something about that.
All we need to do, for the first couple years is about as much as we were doing in the years from 1999 to 2002.
This is the beginning of a thread full of suggestions and recommendations from all of you and a place for you to PERSONALLY VOLUNTEER to grab a part of the task for yourself.
Next!!
Beginning in October 1999 we began a 35 month run of consecutive monthly increases in total membership.
(This is not a post about how thoroughly pissed I remain that we decided to stop growing and fight rather than continue. YES, should have been allowed to continue and today we would have at least 4000 North American Laser Class members and not only would our regattas be huge but our depth of competition would have produced five or six more sailors who could succeed internationally. Nope> Not going there!!)
This is a post about trying right now to seize the opportunity to start another 10 year growth spurt.
By 2010 we should have 4000 North American members again. Our promotoion of the game could easily cause Vanguard to sell 2000 boats every year. Vanguard should be selling 20,000 Lasers every year. There are plenty of North Americans who don't yet have lasers. WE all know EVERYBODY needs a Laser. We need to do something about that.
All we need to do, for the first couple years is about as much as we were doing in the years from 1999 to 2002.
This is the beginning of a thread full of suggestions and recommendations from all of you and a place for you to PERSONALLY VOLUNTEER to grab a part of the task for yourself.
Next!!