Jim Bakos wrote:Hey Jim:
Members try, when possible, to add a “lessons learned” section to the mission write-ups. The reason you don’t see it all the time is the difference in writing styles and an over all comfort in writing something for public consumption among our membership.
I will, however, pass your suggestion on to our Webmaster. He’s on most missions, and when he edits the write-up, perhaps he can add a “they did this right / they did this wrong” addendum to the column?
If you’ve checked our website lately (
www.rmru.org) you’ll notice we have an advertisement for our pancake breakfast, coming up on August 17th, 2008. This is our major fundraiser for the year, and a heck of a lot of fun. And… A pretty good deal at “all you can eat for six bucks”. So make plans to come to Idyllwild in August and meet the team and enjoy a sumptuous home-cooked breakfast in the pines. Feel free to spam EVERYONE you know with this information, this is our first year selling tickets on-line, so we hope to cast a wider net…
--Jim
Hi, Jim,
Whatever works well for you guys; the last thing I want to do is add more "to do's" to your list. If you can, great. I appreciate the insights of others, particularly those in a position to spot common mistakes. I believe that's how they came up with the "10 essentials" originally; they drew from those people who had repeatedly been called in and were in a postion to know what was commonly, well, essential. I may have said it already, but I appreciate your team's straightforward, approachable write ups. Many teams post no write ups whatsoever.
Rick M recently wrote a post mentioning someone who was lost in snowy conditions to whom it never ocurred that he could simply turn around and follow his own foot prints back to his last known position. I think though, that had he (the lost person) been exposed to the idea
before he was in a stressful situation, it might have come to mind. "Gee, I'm lost in the snow, what the heck do I do now? Hey! Wait a minute, I remember reading something about, what was it? Oh, yeah, I can retrace my own footprints!!" Perhaps the write ups could be looked at as "planting a seed," perhaps a seed that will one day blossom and give you guys a day off.
HJ
PS Aug 17 duly noted. Please post again every so often so it stays on the radar. I'll try to post it to some of the other local boards as well.