These are just some thoughts and observations I have made. This is said with full respect to those who run marcca, and is meant to be constructive in nature. I see lots of people who want to do stuff to help marcca talk about it all the time. Mostly at odd's with others though so nothing ends up changing. I also see lots of positive energy in the club currently and I think it should be exploited and built on.

Please feel free to flame, I know some will. but I sincerely am writing this just to get some of my thoughts in the open for other club members to comment on, correct me, or think about.

I question the whole "make everyone happy by making it so no one has to buy anything to run".

I mean... its a "Race" day on Saturday and Sunday at the track. a "Race" sorta infers competitors running within a rule set for a like goal. Yeh its crappy to make people buy something to run, but then again, why be in this hobby or be in a club if you are unwilling to buy anything to race in a spec class?

Its the whole dynamic classification system that Marcca uses, where week to week specs can drift or exceptions are made. Yes its "nice" but can also be sort of stressful or discouraging for those who DO spend the money and DO want to race competitively at the club level.

Currently I am fine racing what ever, because I am still a noob at this 1/12th action. But once competition starts to lag for what I want (as Stan said earlier - to get better you need to race against better people than you) what am I left with? going somewhere else? Is the club meant to be just a place for people to get started then go else where? if so then how do you sustain interest in some forms of racing if people all leave (ala the touring scene until late last year and this year?)

I am interested to see what comes from the elections coming up, because I think a shake up of the way the club works in some ways could make it a bit more of a inclusive venue more than an exclusive venue that it is currently. (ok now you may wonder why I worded it like that. Currently I see Marcca as a very "noob" exclusive club, few exceptions are made for mid level or high level competition, everything is geared to pamper or be comfortable for the low end of the scale for racing. Making a track the quality of Marcca's fairly inaccessible to the high end or mid level racers. There should be a way to structure the race days, or schedule to work for these.)

I understand the want to get the Oval folks in, the want to get the Heli folks in, because more people at the track the more money for the club (and thats better for all!). But what about building up the core scene for Marcca first and restructuring it into a regional level venue to bolster numbers and revenue before looking at those alternate sources?

The always hot button "schedule" of trucks Saturday and Sedans Sunday may not be the best thing for the club, and it may be something to look at (even though I know there is lots of objection for this) One thing I have seen from past experience is to get hung up on the past way's things have been as a reason not to change or fear of change is a bad way to go forward.

Being an event coordinator myself in a like field (some may say computer gaming and R/C have nothing in common but trust me, the "architecture" of planning an event like Marcca and the LAN stuff I do is VERY similar.) I can see some areas that if address Marcca could really accel. Maybe trying to shake off some cobwebs and start over a bit more fresh would help a good bit. Instead of just pulling this checkered past behind you which often more than not causes trouble for the club instead of helping it.

One may note that this is all coming from a guy who isnt even a member of Marcca so its irrelevant (but I have been participating in Marcca events for over a year now). Well Sunday I am planning on signing up because I want a say in the club and would like to see how much I could help it. (because I have an opinion or two, cant you tell? hehe ) Some would say - 'To try and rock the boat too much and you end up flipping the damn thing over.' But some times its good to get wet, and see what floats to the surface hehe I know there are some 20 year + members of Marcca, some that are in the club still and some that are not in the club or have gone into exile from the club in past years. So a post by a outsider or new guy with a big mouth may not go over well but I figured I would try.

Again please take this as a primer for a thread to do some CONSTRUCTIVE discussion about Marcca. I think NOW is a perfect time for this as the full member meeting on the 27th is coming up and elections in the club are coming up.