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

[Thomas Brown]

Perhaps an idea is to watch the weeks races on Kattack after the Sunday
race.

My hunch is that on Thursday nights,  there's just not enough time or
attention span...I could be wrong.

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 3:01 PM, J.R. <johnrainaldi at gmail.com> wrote:

> *As an Idea* .. if at what seems to be an appropriate time.. after some
> socializing (TBD probably each race day) we start Kattack and then let
> everyone know that we are watching the Sonar Kattack race in 15mn.   That
> would give people time to gather in the clubhouse.  We can still socialize
> and when we get to the set time we start race replay of Kattack... we could
> debrief after... that gives the laggards time to show up prior to the
> finish of the replay.  After the replay is done once we can then do a QA /
> Debrief...
>
> To Toms Idea....  IF we decided to do something like that... I would
> suggest we include Skype interaction.... although honestly the real
> opportunity I believe is sometime same race day...
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Thomas Brown <tbrown9164 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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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