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WORLD WIDE WEB — The banquet & barbecue that was originally scheduled to be held on Saturday evening, June 11, during NSL 2011, has been cancelled due to low turnout.

In addition to the cost of catering the food and drinks, an event like this has a number of fixed costs, including things like venue rental, tables and chairs, and so on. Unfortunately, not enough people bought banquet tickets to cover all of the costs, and therefore we have been forced to cancel the banquet.

ROC apologizes for any inconvenience that this may cause. We will be issuing full refunds for all banquet tickets purchased.

The events that had been previously scheduled to take place at the banquet, including voting for a winner of the in-flight video contest, have been relocated to the launch site. We will be projecting the videos on the side of the ROC trailer on Saturday evening, instead of on a screen at the now-cancelled banquet.

Hopefully, this change means that everyone will now be able to take advantage of the opportunity for night-flying! The range will be open after dark on both Friday and Saturday evenings for night flights. Night-flight rockets must carry lights that are clearly visible from launch through landing, but other than that, there are no other special requirements.

Thanks very much and sorry for any inconvenience.

Website: http://www.nsl2011.org/content/nsl-2011-banquet-canceled

Reader comments:

#1 Re: Article: NSL 2011 flier’s banquet cancelled due to low turnout

Wow, I can't see this ever happening at Midwest Power--way too entertaining.

dixontj on 05-17-2011 05:51 PM

#2 Re: Article: NSL 2011 flier’s banquet cancelled due to low turnout

No one wants to miss out on night flying.

Californiaflyboy on 05-17-2011 08:58 PM

#3 Re: Article: NSL 2011 flier’s banquet cancelled due to low turnout

Agreed. Banquets can happen anytime but there's only a limited time to fly rockets.

Rocketjoe13 on 05-17-2011 10:07 PM

#4 Re: Article: NSL 2011 flier’s banquet cancelled due to low turnout

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No one wants to miss out on night flying.

Well that explains it--bad logistics. A banquet should be between close of range in afternoon/evening and opening of range for the night launch. Requires some discipline/time restrictions but it is done that way at MWP.

dixontj on 05-17-2011 11:51 PM

#5 Re: Article: NSL 2011 flier’s banquet cancelled due to low turnout

Yep nothing like the MWP banquet. Pizza, shots, and cut ups galore.
My goal for the drag races has always been. "Just don't lose."

wooshprez on 05-18-2011 07:11 PM

#6 Re: Article: NSL 2011 flier’s banquet cancelled due to low turnout

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No one wants to miss out on night flying.

It seems that this is, indeed, the case.

We've solved the problem, in any case: the off-site banquet has been replaced with an on-site free-of-charge barbecue potluck.

See http://www.nsl2011.org/con...dinner-saturday-nsl-2011 for full details....

RocketRick on 05-19-2011 12:29 AM

#7 Re: Article: NSL 2011 flier’s banquet cancelled due to low turnout

Quote:

Yep nothing like the MWP banquet. Pizza, shots, and cut ups galore.
My goal for the drag races has always been. "Just don't lose."

You mean you don't want something like this to happen should you lose?

randym on 05-24-2011 01:55 PM

#8 Re: Article: NSL 2011 flier’s banquet cancelled due to low turnout

Now that's a keeper.

ddmobley on 05-24-2011 03:26 PM

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