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And for the record, I attended the Paul Walker meet in December. There was something nice about that turnout. The raw emotion of having a clusterfuck of enthusiasts altogether in one place. That feeling made up for the pure lack of organization or foresight on the part of the people who put the event together. In spite of the 50-60 uncontrolled burnouts, or the young guy trying to draw the attention to himself, or the trash lying everywhere, there was something nice about the diversity at the event that I enjoyed.
With that being said, I knew it would be difficult to recapture that moment in another event. Those weaknesses would make themself apparent. So in spite of my desire to participate, and the countless FB updates about the event, I ignored it.
In some way I'm not surprised at all the incidents today. I held out some hope the organizers would get their act together and keep in mind that they are representing the whole import community as a whole but from what I could see, there were no warnings about troublesome behaviour. This was about the glory of the people organizing the event. Not about the event itself.
Although I don't see eye-to-eye with some of the people who run RS, I can say that I do respect their ability to run a problem free event involving hundreds of testosterone-driven young men driving fast cars (well, some of you have fast cars but I digress).
WCCE, it's time to learn a thing or two before trying to replicate what RS and it's countless volunteers have done.
Kev
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