In a message dated 98-07-09 00:41:31 EDT, Mark Zen at canoeist_at_netbox.com writes: << ... do that many people really wait until thursday & friday to call the coodinator [with their interest in a planned trip]?? what sayest you all?? >> Unfortunately, we sea kayakers typically tend to be a pretty relaxed, informal "group" of individuals, and I think some of us border on the dysfunctional when it comes to planning. (I place myself in that last category on occasion, so I'm not picking a fight here.) Having been part of the problem as well as the disgruntled coordinator of events similar to whatever got up Mark's nose --- unless his scenario is only hypothetical, which I doubt --- I know many of us don't have a good sense of ettiquette when it comes to participation in planned events. It's hard work coordinating a workshop or a trip, it takes advance planning and a lot of time, and we, as a group, need to be more aware of the impact we have in trying to do last minute adjustments and planning. I share your frustration, Mark, but I don't have any solutions other than to share my own occasional sense of grouphobia with these two lists. The "solo paddling" thread on PaddleWise has said a lot about sea kayakers --- that we tend to be pretty independent, not necessarily asocial, but not usually the "joiners" of the world, and that we tend to like it that way. Makes it pretty hard to get us organized! Now, 'scuse me, but I've <really> got to call that guy about this weekend's trip ..... Joq *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jul 09 1998 - 05:07:11 PDT
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