[Sonar] Seeking input on the post-race debrief idea

[Thomas Brown]

Marty:

This is just my.02:

I think immediately after the races, particularly the Thursday night races,
that people are too 'busy' either taking their time sailing back in on our
long daylight days,   talking about the mahem of the event over a brew,
trying to grab a bite to eat or perhaps looking at damage that may have
occured....not to mention those that have to get back to close the day at
the home fort or plan for the early day on Friday.   In reality,  despite
the fact that the memory of the race is fresh, people are often not
inclined to a formal debrief at that time.    When Kattack was new,  I
remember seeing the race replays right after the race, which was popular
for a while but then faded over time as people just tended to need to get
things wrapped up before it got too late.  That and the fact that there was
also too much other social stuff going on to make it an effective debrief
(I set the gold standard for debriefs to be like the ones we had in
Sheboygan)

I also think that perhaps its a good idea to let things that are socially
organized to stay social as a critical and necessary part of our
fleet activities and not try to mix social vs. more technical/planning
events.

So, on that note, perhaps what would work would be to have a separate
session on a week night just before the Thursday (e.g. Tues or Wed)...after
work sort of thing (6PM?)  at the clubhouse with the proper libations
available and Kattack on the main screen, and even perhaps an invite to a
good race strategy domain expert to critique it.   That way,  that those
that are technically interested can come, and also not fear that they will
miss a post race debrief because they are involved in other activities
immediately after the race.  Also, those that are not really interested in
a technical breakdown can enjoy their social time,  as we all do,  after
the race.

Thoughts?






On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Martin Fossen <martyfossen at yahoo.com>wrote:

>  Hey gang,
> Not too long ago the idea of post-race debriefs was put forth, and well
> received.  The theory was/is good, BUT it seems the reality is, post race,
> we gravitate toward non-structured social interaction that may, in fact,
> include a lot of race stuff but only shared among a few at a time.  So what
> should we do to facilitate more broadly sharing ideas, observations,
> insights from each race?  Somehow the idea of banging the gavel, calling
> the debrief meeting to order, doesn't quite feel right to me either; yet is
> that what's needed?  How do we shift back out of decompress mode to racing
> business mode?  Or how do we make a debrief feel as though it's part of the
> decompress mode?
> MF
>
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