NHS SOLOI feel like we're coming into the back half of this conversation ... but what's this about "getting a site approved by national?"
Unless you're talking about a street solo or a spectator solo, there's nothing in the solo rules or SCCA policy of which I'm aware regarding site approval.
Likely, to do an event associated with a festival, you're talking about a spectator solo, which does require some approval formalities (having mostly to do with the solo program's high safety consciousness -- they don't really care about the site, they want to know how you're handling crowd control and need to know the site's geography to assess that). To compare that to the approval at Yoder would be faulty. AFAIK Yoder's events are the basic non-spectator variety for which no specific site approval is required.
--Rocky Entriken
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I would like to apologize to Lawrence publicly because I didn't know how involved it was to get a new site approved by National. When I got Yoder, it was easy because it was a previous SCCA site, and an inactive runway, 2 things that make it a breeze to get it approved. When he asked me originally, my main thought was the equipment, and whether or not he could use that, get it to the site, and all that. I never really thought about board approval or even National approval to host a Solo Event, because I've had to set up Solo Events all year and didn't really have to get approval, other than Budget from the board and Sanctions from National.
Let's just say that you learn a lot from making mistakes, and I have learned SOOOO MUCH this year. :)
So Lawrence, I apologize that you worked very hard to get us into the festival, only to realize that it takes a lot longer to get approval through the SCCA for a special event. Now that I know this, I can pass it on to anyone else that asks in the future. Oh, and to the next Solo Chair... :)
Oooo Guy Roberts
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Lawrence wrote:
At this time I have decided not to pursue trying to obtain SCCA approval for the SOLO.
The board was very doubtful about our ability to put this on with the amount of time left.
Also they were not positive about the location, although we were comparing it to Greyhound Park when
In actuality it more closely resembles the lot at Boeing we used to use at one time in size, access, etc.
A couple of things I would like to make anyone else who might be looking at acquiring a new site for the club.
First, the SOLO chairman cannot give you permission to hold an event, you need board approval.
Second, you should find out all the requirements needed and the timelines involved in getting those approvals.
Third, dates are important also if you are thinking about a specific time.
So to wrap it up before you spend months of time and energy please make sure you know what you are getting
Into and who exactly you should be asking permission from!
Thanks
Lawrence
PS
Please find attached both HTML and Visio versions of the lot.
The web based html is active and if you click can pan and zoom.
The long curved part is 1080 feet long and the ends are 300 feet for reference.
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