Crieff Sunday morning meeting place.

Hill Fairy · Crieff Sunday morning meeting place.

Hi everyone.
I would like anyone who comes or would like to come to the Crieff Sunday morning runs to consider the possibility of changing the place where we meet.
As you all know we currently meet at the recreation centre in Crieff on alternate Sunday mornings at 8.15am. I would like to float the idea of meeting at the carpark by Taylor park where we meet on a Wednesday in the summer.
The advantage of this is the same as for Wednesdays in the summer. It means we have more immediate access to off road running and more attractive running.
Even in the middle of winter it is just about getting light at 8.15am when we meet and in my experience we always do a predominantly off road run.
I would suggest that anyone who has an opinion on this subject should reply to this post and we could then discuss the option and opinions at the next committee meeting at the end of November.

Liz

Suits me, i always dislike the mile on the road at the beginning and end of the Crieff run so i would support the idea.

runningpix

Great idea, makes a lot of sense.

kaznicholl · Sunday runs

I aim to try and force myself out of bed atleast once a month and meeting at Taylor Park would suit me too. Karen N

Shelagh

It may be a good idea but we can't willy nilly go changing meeting places that have been set in stone for ages.Members have to be informed and asked for their input.Their are still members who beleive it or not don't use computers so their access to this forum would be limited.I would be in favour of meeting at the park but perhaps this should be decided at committee before moving forward.

Simon

I have just posted my views under Shelagh's banner and as she doesn't get up let alone run at that ridiculously early hour on a Sunday I had better claim ownership.

runningpix

Thought it sounded like it was your views!!!

Shall I be controversial and say that the people who tend to go on the Sunday morning run are members of the forum and therefore the poeple who it affects. As to it going to committee, not everything, especially a minor tweak should have to go through the commitee.

Will Manners · Sunday Run Venue

Taylor Park makes bags of sense. Committee meetings are already long enough (and pleasantly social I might add) without debating this minor change! Let's let the forum members express their opinions and take it from there. Oh, and whilst on the subject I am supportive of a slightly later start for the NY hangover run!

McStecko · Re: Crieff Sunday morning meeting place.

I tend to agree with Hill Fairy's original post

Simon

There is nothing controversial in what runningpix says its just wrong there are members who are not on this forum and have been running with this club for years. So to only make decisions based on what is discussed on the forum would be undemocratic. Half of the members of this club are not registered with this forum. I would reiterate that yes I agree meeting at Taylor park is a good idea, it is the principle of making changes without proper consultation that I would object to.

Hill Fairy

Getting as many members opinions as possible is clearly a good thing when canvassing opinion as we are here. So i dont dispute that point you make Simon.
As a club with a rapidly growing membership we are going to have issues that we want to discuss and this is one way of doing that.
I have just had a look at the most recent list of members that i have and there are 2 that do not have e-mail addresses. I would conclude from that that the vast majority of the membership do have access to a computer and the internet. I dare say that some havent got round to registering for the forum and some simply arent interested.
We should continue to encourage people to use the forum but be aware that there are still some members who are not aware of the forum.We should all encourage people to use the forum as a way of keeping in touch with what the club is up to.
In the meantime surely this is a good way of geting an idea of how the club thinks on any given subject.
Simon do you have any suggestions how else we can canvass opinion on issues that arise given that we have nearly 50 members now ?

Simon

Using the forum to canvass opinion is great but to change precedent via the forum without a meeting to discuss, would in my opinion be wrong.If after so many months of the forum being up and running and every club member has been given every chance to join, then I would go along with the forum being the primary means of gauging club members views, which could then be acted on accordingly.

runningpix

If my memory serves me correctly, I was under the impression that everyone who has an email address (which leaves only 2 members potentially without a pc) was emailed the link about the forum when it was set up? Therefore they have had the opportunity to join surely?

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