Don, a big thanks for your running the skating night as long as you have.
We have seen #'s dwindle. I think the once a month idea is a good one.
But if a change is made should stick to it for a long time. It's good to
have some consistancy with something like this. It's sad to see so many
fewer people go now than in the past. I'm not sure why. But if the skating
rink is OK with using continuing it with these numbers, and somebody is
willing to run it, may be worth keeping it going. You guys have done a
great job with the pictures posted to web site ... if someone is willing to
coordinate advertising and charities and rink would be great ... the
pictures are nice but if someone didn't have the time / resources we could
probably live without them.

If the unthinkable happens and rainbow skating does fold, perhaps as an
alternative we could have an unofficial gay/les skate night somewhere (say a
bunch of us go on a certain night each month or something like that) ...

Chris
collin563@...






>From: "Melton West" <melton@...>
>Reply-To: rainbowangels@yahoogroups.com
>To: <rainbowangels@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: RE: [rainbowangels] Time for me to step down
>Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:30:12 -0600
>
>Does anyone think it would be a good idea to skate only once a month?
>
>Melton
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Don Baker [mailto:dbaker62@...]
>Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 9:40 AM
>To: rainbowangels@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [rainbowangels] Time for me to step down
>
>Rainbow Angels,
>
>I am stepping down from running Rainbow Rollerskating at the end of
>the year. (Elton is too busy to take over the group.) I would
>certainly like to see the event continue and thrive, but I see two
>paths forward.
>
>If someone from Rainbow Angels is willing to take over the group, I
>would be happy to facilitate the transition, give advice, and continue
>coming as a participant. It's not a huge time committment. I would
>expect this person to commit to running the group for at least a
>year. RR requires a good bit of consistency to keep the momentum
>going. I would be happy to chat with anyone who is interested in
>what's involved.
>
>If no workable plan arises, I'll simply wind the group down. I don't
>see this as an enormous loss as I don't think Austin can support RR at
>this time. While we have 380 people on our mailing list, turnouts
>have been hovering in the 30 range. I feel that people know we're
>here, they're just choosing not to come.
>
>--Don
>
>
>
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