Hi all,
nothing particularly well thought out, just a few ideas and opinions
I like the idea of a fixed arena, although, I am one of those 'cash strapped' younger roboteers that were mentioned earlier. I think that having the fixed arena would be great, and social weekends really appeal to me. When it comes to the aspect of funding this, perhaps we could put on two or three huge extravaganza shows a year, and have a paying audience. This way, we could still have a class 1 fixed arena, but avoid huge costs for those roboteers who might find a high subscription fee prohibitive to taking part. A subscription fee may well still be needed, but the alternative funding may soften the blow a little. This may also help to keep interest in the sport alive, and enable us to make all the public events absolutely top notch (not that they aren't already) so as to really enthuse potential new builders.