<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Dean,<br><br>I understand your concern. However, a youth US Sailing membership is only $25 and only the skipper needs to apply. If the youth wants to sail in any US Sailing championship, including the local Junior Olympics in August they will need to be members. For a three day event that makes the entry and membership $100. No one would complain about 3 days of golf costing that much. It's certainly cheaper than 3 days of snow boarding. I'm not sure how you give 2 day pricing for a 3 day event.<br><br>I'm not involved with planning the event at all. But 3 days on the water is not cheap and then throw in social events and $33 a day doesn't seem unreasonable to me. I find it hard to go out to dinner for $33 per person these
days.<br><br>I'm completely with you that cost is something we need to work on to promote our sport. But I'm afraid the days of $25 regattas have past - right along with gas under $2/gallon.<br><br>Jim Lyle<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: DB <bergstro2@yahoo.com><br>To: PNW_V15 <pnw-v15@myfleet.org><br>Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 12:45:31 PM<br>Subject: Re: [Pnw-v15] Seattle NOOD Entry Form<br><br>
I
would
like
to
explore
alternative
pricing.
I
am
drafting
a
letter
to
the
organizers
expressing
our
concerns.
I
would
like
to
offer
pricing
alternatives.
There
are
a
few
points
that
are
particularly
troublesome.<br><br>1.
US
Sailing
membership
-
At
most
regattas,
US
Sailing
membership
is
not
mandatory
and
can
be
applied
towards
a
discount
for
those
with
membership.
Here
it
works
the
other
way
around
and
introduces
considerable
expense.<br>2.
2
day
pricing
-
It
looks
like
the
pricing
schedule
is
for
a
3
day
event.<br>3.
Youth
pricing
-
I
would
like
to
see
a
discount
for
youth
and
HS
sailors.<br><br>I'm
going
to
send
it
off
tomorrow
morning.
If
you
have
any
suggestions,
I
would
like
to
hear
them.<br><br>Dean<br><br><br>-----
Original
Message
----<br>From:
B&B
Thomas
<<a ymailto="mailto:woodsong7@centurytel.net" href="mailto:woodsong7@centurytel.net">woodsong7@centurytel.net</a>><br>To:
<a ymailto="mailto:hebardmf@myuw.net" href="mailto:hebardmf@myuw.net">hebardmf@myuw.net</a>;
DB
<<a ymailto="mailto:bergstro2@yahoo.com" href="mailto:bergstro2@yahoo.com">bergstro2@yahoo.com</a>><br>Cc:
PNW_V15
<<a ymailto="mailto:pnw-v15@myfleet.org" href="mailto:pnw-v15@myfleet.org">pnw-v15@myfleet.org</a>><br>Sent:
Sunday,
March
23,
2008
9:09:19
AM<br>Subject:
Re:
[Pnw-v15]
Seattle
NOOD
Entry
Form<br><br>That
kind
of
entry
fee
for
a
two
day
regatta
will
make
it
very
difficult <br>for
high
school
sailors
to
participate<br>Burke<br>-----
Original
Message
----- <br>From:
<<a ymailto="mailto:hebardmf@myuw.net" href="mailto:hebardmf@myuw.net">hebardmf@myuw.net</a>><br>To:
"DB"
<<a ymailto="mailto:bergstro2@yahoo.com" href="mailto:bergstro2@yahoo.com">bergstro2@yahoo.com</a>><br>Cc:
"PNW_V15"
<<a ymailto="mailto:pnw-v15@myfleet.org" href="mailto:pnw-v15@myfleet.org">pnw-v15@myfleet.org</a>><br>Sent:
Saturday,
March
22,
2008
11:58
PM<br>Subject:
Re:
[Pnw-v15]
Seattle
NOOD
Entry
Form<br><br><br>>
Hmm.
So
the
regatta
entry
fee
for
me
is
$135.00
b/c
I'm
not
a
US
Sailing <br>>
member....yet.
Great.<br>><br>><br>>
On
Sat,
22
Mar
2008,
DB
wrote:<br>><br>>>
Attached
is
the
entry
form
for
the
Seattle
NOOD.
Can't
wait
to
see <br>>>
everybody
out
there.<br>>><br>>>
Dean<br>>><br>>><br>>> <br>>>
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