At 09:31 AM 7/9/98 -0700, dkruger_at_pacifier.com wrote: >Mark Zen wrote: >> >> > do that many >> > people really wait until thursday & friday to call the coordinator?? > >> >what sayest you all?? > I have found peer pressure to be a good tool for weeding out the no shows. Since we usually limit the number of people somewhat, most people commit early. We do most of our trip planning via E-mail and seldom get anyone who commits not showing up - when they do back out they usually back out 2 or more days in advance. How do we do it - we plan the meals about a week out - so if someone bails they hear about it from their friends who had to scramble to improvise a meal. If they let us know in advance we just move the meals around. The problem of last minute additions - we make them responsible for "refreshments". Reservations for campgrounds - we usually go to fairly remote or difficult to access places but when we need to make them we either collect $$$ in advance or each person makes there own. Also if someone frequently bails without advance notice we quit inviting them All in all it works pretty well. Of the last 10-12 multi day trips we haven't had anyone bail out with less than 5 days notice. Saul Kinderis saul_at_isomedia.com tel:(425)402-3426 *************************************************************************** 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 - 10:19:05 PDT
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