Interest in an Inaugural Cubmobile Event - Tips?
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:20 pm
Well,
my Cubmaster (I'm the Chair) brought this up earlier this fall, and I think it's a great idea. Our chartered org (our parish) and the local sheriff close the road next to our church every May for a 5k as part of their spring festival.
The idea is to piggyback on the 5k, coordinate to keep the road closed a little longer, and run a cubmobile race after the runners clear the road. The road has a long, gentle hill descending to a 1/2+ mile flat. I imagine we could place the start line anywhere on the hill we needed to prevent unsafe top speeds.
However, we've got a small pack (3 dens, 28 boys, but growing!) and limited parent volunteers. I'm also a committee member at another, much larger "brother" pack where our boys scout (changed schools last year...), and I'd thought we might invite them to join us, and help in the planning and staffing of it. The original idea was to do it once or twice ourselves or with our brother pack, and maybe it'd grow into a district-wide event.
Thing is, the originator of the idea won't take the lead, and I've got enough on my plate. (My wife already told me I can't volunteer to work the council PWD!) I can ask for volunteers, but I'm not sure how it'll go without being able to sell it well... does anyone have any promotional materials I might borrow to help illustrate the fun it could be, and give folks a good idea of the cost of building a Cubmobile? We'd probably have interested dens build one car to race, and let the boys take turns... at least at first.
I know there's another thread on tips for staffing a race, but I'm still in venture capital salesman mode - have to sell the event to get volunteers, and we'll need to get permission from church (no problem there) and sheriff (probably not a problem).
my Cubmaster (I'm the Chair) brought this up earlier this fall, and I think it's a great idea. Our chartered org (our parish) and the local sheriff close the road next to our church every May for a 5k as part of their spring festival.
The idea is to piggyback on the 5k, coordinate to keep the road closed a little longer, and run a cubmobile race after the runners clear the road. The road has a long, gentle hill descending to a 1/2+ mile flat. I imagine we could place the start line anywhere on the hill we needed to prevent unsafe top speeds.
However, we've got a small pack (3 dens, 28 boys, but growing!) and limited parent volunteers. I'm also a committee member at another, much larger "brother" pack where our boys scout (changed schools last year...), and I'd thought we might invite them to join us, and help in the planning and staffing of it. The original idea was to do it once or twice ourselves or with our brother pack, and maybe it'd grow into a district-wide event.
Thing is, the originator of the idea won't take the lead, and I've got enough on my plate. (My wife already told me I can't volunteer to work the council PWD!) I can ask for volunteers, but I'm not sure how it'll go without being able to sell it well... does anyone have any promotional materials I might borrow to help illustrate the fun it could be, and give folks a good idea of the cost of building a Cubmobile? We'd probably have interested dens build one car to race, and let the boys take turns... at least at first.
I know there's another thread on tips for staffing a race, but I'm still in venture capital salesman mode - have to sell the event to get volunteers, and we'll need to get permission from church (no problem there) and sheriff (probably not a problem).