Friday Night Steel 6-11-10

[VUPDblue]

I'm gonna need some bribe money to take on the role of Match Director for a 2nd FNS

 

[bwframe]

I'm gonna need some bribe money to take on the role of Match Director for a 2nd FNS

How 'bout food?

 

[VUPDblue]

I'm sure something can be arranged....

 

[IndyMonkey]

I'm sure something can be arranged....

I'll come work and be your goofer if you start a second FNS.

 

[VUPDblue]

So the second FNS would be what, like the 4th Friday of the month? That would make the inaugural FNS II on Friday, June 25 2010. Are all you volunteers gonna put your money where your mouth is if I give it the go-ahead? I have a work conflict that day, but if I can get it resolved is this gonna work for everyone?

 

[singlesix]

4th Friday Works for Me.

 

[USMC_0311]

Does it have to be a friday?

 

[HICKMAN]

Does it have to a friday?

Weds Night Steel would be good for me

Then I won't have to miss any during my son's high school football season

 

[downrange72]

The 2nd friday is no good for me this month....volunteered to help uspsa that weekend and it is my day to shoot

 

[HICKMAN]

Are all you volunteers gonna put your money where your mouth is if I give it the go-ahead?

No.

I said I'd be willing to volunteer after I've been through the USPSA RO training.

Again, that is for my own safety, both personal and legal.

 

[VUPDblue]

It's gotta be Friday. It's FNS, not WNS or TNS....

 

[VUPDblue]

It's the ROs that will make or break this. I'm gonna need 5 solid ROs to put-on a second FNS. I won't count myself because if I'm the match director, I ain't gonna RO.

 

[USMC_0311]

It's gotta be Friday. It's FNS, not WNS or TNS....

Seen that one comming

Didn't they move monday nite football to sunday nite? Well the broadcast crews anyways. What about Saturday night live on primetime thursdays?

 

[VUPDblue]

Here's the update thus far:

Match Director: We need someone with lots of experience like VUPDBlue or Shooter521
Sign In / Scorekeeper: SingleSix
Shooter's Meeting: (could be the same as the Match Director):
RO 1: [STRIKE]Hickman[/STRIKE]
RO 2: BW Frame
RO 3: [STRIKE]Downrange72[/STRIKE]
RO 4: Don Parks
RO 5:

See what I mean? Even if SingleSix pulls double duty, we still need a couple more solid ROs.

You guys that are clammering for another FNS, step-up and volunteer to help your RO tomorrow so you can learn the ropes. This is the ONLY way we're ever gonna get enough help to make a second FNS feasible.

 

[slow1911s]

You might consider the format that Rio Solado uses for their Tuesday Night steel.

Then, all of the stages are first come, first served. Shoot them in any order. You'd still need your dedicated ROs unless you can trust folks (like Rio does) to run a timer and write their scores down. Have the shooting from 6 until 8:30. Limit the number that sign up if you have to.

It has been working famously for years at Rio and even the big names do or have shot it regularly - TGO, Enos, Burkett, Golembieski, Argeris, etc. And, they get 125+ shooters a week (and it's every week, not once a month) - Tuesday Night Steel

 

[slow1911s]

You guys that are clammering for another FNS, step-up and volunteer to help your RO tomorrow so you can learn the ropes. This is the ONLY way we're ever gonna get enough help to make a second FNS feasible.

Have you considered delegating MD duties to others for the sake of building an experience base?

 

[VUPDblue]

If we were set up with bays, that might be a possibility. With the combined firing line that we have now, I don't think that format would work. I also think that it would discourage ROs from volunteering. I personally wouldn't want to RO a static station all night and not be able to shoot in the rotation.

 

[VUPDblue]

Have you considered delegating MD duties to others for the sake of building an experience base?

Dude, we have enough challenges coming up with ROs let alone MDs...

 

[slow1911s]

Dude, we have enough challenges coming up with ROs let alone MDs...

Hey, conscription worked well for the Royal Navy. Just sayin'.

All kidding aside, it sounds like the FNS crew is on the verge of burn out. It sounds like some club members need to step it up and share the load.

FWIW - I'm not a member, but I always volunteer to run a timer in my FNS squad when I shoot.

 

[VUPDblue]

No no no, make no mistake, we aren't on the verge of burn-out. It is time consuming to put on a great and well-organized match that draws large numbers of participants and we just don't have the extra time it would require to do it twice a month. It seems like shooters really want to be able to shoot FNS twice a month, which is great, but we just don't have the manpower to make it happen. I'd be happy to be Match Director for a second FNS, but I want to have all my ducks in a row before I open the gate. I won't just set up a match and pray for enough ROs at the shooter's meeting