DC Strokes to host a pre-season camp
We heard whispers of a planned rowing camp in Washington DC after the Austin camp was canceled. We wondered what was up and stopped by the DC Strokes website and discovered the camp is ready for registrations. Ideally, a GLRF member would submit the event for the GLRF calendar using the event submission button but that had not happened so we took the liberty of adding the event to the GLRF calendar, given that there are many DC Strokes rowers who belong to GLRF.
After we posted the event, we received an email from the event organizer asking if GLRF could promote the camp to the GLRF membership. Now this is where it gets awkward, or not, actually. It’s really very simple: any GLRF member can list a rowing-related event by submitting the event using the submit event feature, and it will go on the GLRF calendar. If a club or organization wants to use the GLRF email list to promote their event, then that falls under the GLRF Regattas + umbrella, which is a paid listing. Rowing camp listings are $130 and regatta listings are $280. There is bang for the buck for these fees: listings on the Rowing Camp page or the Regatta page, a newsletter listing, a separate message board forum, a seat search listing service, and targeted emails to the GLRF membership.
Why the fee? Shouldn’t GLRF support the community? Well we do, all the time. But we need the rowing community to support us, especially if the promotional activity will result in an increase in paid registrations for the event. There is no such thing as a free seat in the boat!
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