I don’t use this social medium often; hope I don’t screw
this up.
Sorry I missed this year, but being a Deegan, it won’t stop
me from having an opinion J.
Regarding dinners – Since they usually take significantly
longer to prepare then the other meals, I’m for any way to simplify.
Regarding camp $ charges – I’m for anything that will allow this
piece of the weekend requirements to not be a deterrent to whom may or may not
show up.
Regarding the role of competition – Every year it is said
everyone is in charge of their own fun.
Thus if an individual determines he/she would rather be an observer or
do something else, they should be allowed.
The only required participation in my view should be – listen to the
hosts, treat the property with care, be in a good mood or at least not a
bad/disruptive one, assist in covering camp cost, assist in set up and clean up
as needed, and be observant (injury prevention) of the young ones.
Thanks for the opportunity.
Husband, Father, Brother, Uncle, Poppy Tom
I basically agree with Tom on all questions :)
ReplyDeleteDinners are VERY hard for those assigned. It gobbles up a big portion of the day with shopping/cooking.
$ - I'm happy to always pay my share. We drive to camp, so travel isn't expensive for us. Giving a break for those flying is totally cool with me.
Competition - Sometimes it's tough for everyone to compete. Personally, I would rather facilitate my kids to compete than compete myself. I agree that competition should end at dinner time on Saturday.
Sorry Dan, Max and I were unable to come this year. Hopefully next year Dan's meetings won't conflict with camp. Fingers crossed!
I'm proposing that those who come all the way from Colorado should only have to pay HALF of their share of camp costs...we locals would then absorb their cost.
ReplyDeleteI'm proposing that every game available be played at least once...no Wakeshakas (us) would do archery with Jack V and Jack D because they didn't want to LOSE a point! So wrong. Not in the spirit of good sportsmanship.
I'm in favor of the games ending with the Variety Show...then the winner could be announced and honored there, too! A camp fire late night Saturday night is preferable to garage card games--and yes, I'm mad at myself that I didn't get a fire going myself that night!
None of us really even NOTICES what we eat at camp, do we?? Easy. Simple. Not time-consuming is my vote.
Thanks for starting this, T. You were definitely missed this year.
That last one was from MamaKate, BTW. Not sure why I don't have a cute picture and my name appearing like savvy Erin does:(
ReplyDeleteThis suggestion is from Maggie. Totally down with catering.
ReplyDeleteI like two ideas to prevent that last minute scrambling for points. 1) A modified Willow Idea: Have a sealed box to enter scores from each event throughout the day so that you don't actually KNOW the score as the day goes on. Then at the end of each DAY, or the very first thing in the morning, announce the tally. 2) A Saturday evening after dinner have a camp-wide-game-a-thon and then have the scores entered into that sealed box and competition be over for the year. That way folks who are not quite competitively-crazed wouldn't be "worried" about playing something and losing points for their team but there would still be a lot of people playing stuff.