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well…that’s five years ago… 😯
oh and if anyone thinks this meeting is gonna be like a quick, blah blah, everythings all done thing…well us old guys LOVE to talk BMX, so get ready.. 😆
Bring a buddy is freaking stupid, open houses, free track time is what does it.
And I know people love to rape me for this but current track designs are not inducive to attracting new riders.
I.E.: BEGINNERS, I’m sorry I was budging from this, but that is now my current stance and also why I feel we need to push practice tracks more than anything, to get BMX in the minds of people.Open house…reread what was discussed at the meeting on Saturday. 😯
Not a big fan of the flyer design though…
Enthusiasm, that is what lacks in the state currently.And people ask why I wanted to make TEN THOUSAND COPIES OF OUR FLYER.
Here is Debbies email response from Ct.Okay Debbie, here goes. For the last seven years we have sent a minimum of 10,000 flyers to local schools promoting, not BMX per-say, but promoting our “OPEN HOUSE NIGHTS”. We put just enough info on the flyer to get them to the track, but not enough to discourage them from coming. Theres a fine line there for sure. Since we started doing this in 2000 here are our average rider count numbers have gone from 72 riders in 1999 to 198 riders this year (and we ran 3 rain make-up races this year which draw less riders)
We form a committee each spring that is responsible for making the contacts and getting permission. This “contact list” is kept from year to year so that, after the initial year, its much easier because you now know who to call. All flyers are split into stacks of 25. (Dont let the schools be responsible for splitting them). We then find out when their vacations are and schedule them to be distributed on the same week, usually the week before the open house nights. We have learned to schedule 3 consecutive nights as it provides an alternative for a rain-out or people who cannot make a specific night. Attached are 4 files that we used this year.
All of this, of course, takes some energy but its energy well spent if you want to grow a program. As your aware, zero promotion and relying solely on word of mouth, is not the optimum way for growth.
If your interested i will send you a description of our advertising campaign and how we have built a good relationship with our local business community?And yes I have this…
Again who will be at the meeting this sunday.
I am one person.I’ve been doing some math on the whole state series thing…
I spent $125 racing it this year. For that $125, I got 5 plates for my plaque (which had to be bought over and above entry fees, so change that $125 to $145) and a bigger trophy at the championship race, (though that was reused so that didn’t cost as much as it could have) as well as the plate that I will get at the awards in November. (I wasn’t there last year but it looks like fun)
Now lets break some of that down.
$125 minus $6 (it costs a dollar per rider to insure us) =$119
$119 minus plates for the plaques and trophies (not sure $5-$10?) Let’s say $10 and leave it at that so now I’ve whittled it down to $109
$109 minus my plate that I will get, JRP sells em for $20, I hope the state twists some hoo hoos to get em cheaper but ok, let’s say $20, that leaves $89
$89 now this is where it gets tricky, because I can order a state jersey (I have to pay for it upfront) but if I go to the Presidents Cup and race, the state reimburses me for my jersey and the entry fee…If I go low end on the jerseys (and here I have a ball park on the price) $45 add that to the $45 they would reimburse for my entry fee and ….lo and behold the state has lost $1 dollar on me.
Don’t add in that the state is supposed to pay the track when they have a qualifier there, (some refuse it when they see our current financial needs, others do not)
Also don’t add in the cost of some sort of banquet. (Scott donates the use of Incline for us BMX loons, but food still costs)
And I have raced almost all the races…
Now if someone just races 1 qualifier, gets a plate and wants to go to the presidents cup…well now we have a deficit budget…that is major.
Which leaves us at this, the less people who race the Presidents Cup the better off the state is, but the worse the nbl is, (they lose that nice fat $45 dollar entry fee), but the more people who race the presidents cup the better off the nbl is and the worse the state is.
It seems like I keep isolating the problem and it points to ohio.
Now the state organization, the board, it’s just Scott, Janeen, Nancy, Lisa and well…that’s it. So if you want to effect change you have to talk to those in charge and even better offer to help.
So, once again I will be there this sunday, I hope everyone who is into helping out is.
There is one other thing though…all my above referenced numbers are just theoretical, barring the actual money I paid the state. So in order to work out if we have enough cash to do things like plates, banquets, different awards, race fees at presidents cup, sending someone to competition congress, we need to see a budget report and collectively determine where to best spend our sheckles.
I hope I helped some of you guys out in figuring out where the money goes when we do this stuff, but attend the meetings and learn more.
And if your local track isn’t having meetings, well get together with a group of people who honestly care about things and keep knocking at the door to get one.
See ya all sunday.It takes $ to make big trophies. Yes, I know we paid $ to get them…more discussions to be CIVILY addressed at state meetings.
The only way to change things…as Caveman has pointed out is to get involved.
Come with us.Us. 😉
yes, I have them. Everyone from the last meeting.
Although I am not the official person to do it, I am.
And in the future with the new site, it will just get easier.Voicing opinions is great but is completely useless we take initiative and help out.
The message to pound home. Sept 17th, Sept 17th CJ CJ….
We are SO down.
hey dont roll your eyes at me young man!!
<40!
You just moved up 5 points by calling me a young man, lolDeb…
The front of the site… 🙄