Hi all,
Simply, the roaches need a new captain. I have resigned. If you are interested please reply and I will forward the relevant details onto the GPS TC admin people.
Cheers,
Larko.

KEEF is desperate to be a team captain,he was acting captain of the Gustbusters while Ian was away and it didn't go so well.Unfortunately he won't be given another chance.

KEEF,if you became captain of the Cockroaches you could use your leadership to combine the teams to create one big super team .The team could be renamed by merging the names together, perhaps something like Gustroaches or ... C..... Oh .....maybe not

Ok, I have no motives, simple as that. If you want to red thumb, go ahead. I really couldn't give a *****. A few of us have started a new team so I am not and cannot be the captain of the Cockroaches. The lack of applicants and negativity says a whole lot about the dysfunctional small minded side of the team. Everyone else is cool. So red thumb away!!
I have tried to make it simple, easy as. Best of luck.
George, no worries man.
Ka360, you have shown your true side once again.

KA360 said..
KEEF is desperate to be a team captain,he was acting captain of the Gustbusters while Ian was away and it didn't go so well.Unfortunately he won't be given another chance.

KEEF,if you became captain of the Cockroaches you could use your leadership to combine the teams to create one big super team .The team could be renamed by merging the names together, perhaps something like Gustroaches or ... C..... Oh .....maybe not

hehehehehehe your a comedian Ark , the rules state GPS TEAMCHALLENGE , the acting team captain is nominated by the GPS TEAMCHALLENGE as captain,

and as "stated" the captain of the team is the captain , not deputy captain or stand-by but the captain until he is willing to stand down , sorry Ian but it doesn't pay to take leave from the job
also stated in the GPS TEAMCHALLENGE "bylaws" the team captain and as captain of the the team to redeem any jellybean's from a team members

sorry ark but your jellybeans are back to 0 , , I

as captain of the team I'll be sticking with the gustbusters as it's a big job setting a new team up with fins and boards

Larko Ark was adding a bit of humour as these forums can get a bit serious , all the best with the new team as I can see it rapidly growing with at least a new member every time Miller posts ,onya champ whatever your name is
cheers captain keef

keef said..


rick as the new captain of the the gustbusters I would like to input , if you limit your team to 10 members some teams wouldn't have any active members after a couple of years
the cockroaches have one of the biggest teams with the most non active members , eventually there would be more pressure on the gpschallenge to control the non active members

It's up to the Team Captain to motivate the team, if a team member hasn't posted anything all season then take them off the team. What's the point of being on a team if you don't post anything.

We thought this way was better as the sailors in the Cockroaches can simply stay as they are. No need to do anything.
I was not going to tell guys "Right you havent posted so bugger off". As Rick said its up to the captain to motivate but when you cant contact or even know a lot of the members it gets hard and like banging your head against a brick wall.
If other guys want to start their own team then good luck. Our team was huge but with hardly anybody posting.
Same with the team T-shirts, 6 or 7 guys purchased one, dysfunctional to say the least. Teams like Marauders, Illawarra etc are all active, wear their team shirts etc. Its great to see.
The whole mantra that Hardie and Nebs started the comp with was "participation".
So thats what we have done. Simples.

I think having smaller teams helps people feel that they can make a contribution. As far as inactive members, it would be a pity to delete them, maybe they like to revisit their posts from 2007, and it could be interesting also for historians one day... he,he...
Thinking about it one day we will be too old or injured for sailing, would you like your history to be removed? maybe we could create a 'gpsparadise' parallel website where the inactive oldies end up....

powersloshin said..
>>> As far as inactive members, it would be a pity to delete them, maybe they like to revisit their posts from 2007, and it could be interesting also for historians one day... he,he...
Thinking about it one day we will be too old or injured for sailing, would you like your history to be removed? maybe we could create a 'gpsparadise' parallel website where the inactive oldies end up....

Well that's not a problem, your history remains with the team you were in at the time. You just don't show up as a current team member.

Got a gps and joined the the Team Challenge this year and put into the Cockroaches.
GPS sailing has been a blast and put a new perspective on to and fro sailing for me.
Even if its just a record of your days sail.