XC Camp

I've recklessly embarked on a campaign to organize an XC Camp and would
greatly appreciate any pointers from those who have done this. "What
works/doesn't work" info would be particularly welcome.

The target date is July 2-10. The location is the Soaring Club of Houston.
The club has recently done a lot of work in training pilots for XC and is
making fleet changes to reflect the membership's desire for the club to
support XC skills development. We expect by July to have 3 single place
ships for members to fly XC. A Grob and Blanik will be available for dual
XC flights. This camp is intended to keep the XC momentum going. We want
to really encourage & support new XC pilots and make the camp fun for more
experienced XC pilots too.

The current thinking is that the camp would offer an OO for badge & record
flights, suggest tasks for beginner, intermediate and advanced pilots, and a
provide leader for "follow-the-leader" flights (could be combined
w/suggested tasks).

The current straw man for the daily schedule is:
Morning Briefing (10:00 am)
*Weather
*Safety Talk - one topic per day
*XC Skill Talk - one topic per day
*Tech Talk - one topic per day (handheld GPS's, flight computers, etc)
*Suggested tasks - beginner, intermediate, advanced

Launch & start when ready

Crew activities - historic sites, antique shopping, landout site scouting,
visit winery, visit drop zone, other?

Turn in Loggers & GPSs when you land

Debrief (6:00 pm)
*What the weather really did
*Safety concerns
*Task Discussion - use PC to show flights and different decision making
(why pilot X went north around the blue hole past the first turnpoint, why
pilot Y went south, why pilot Z went straight across? who started early, who
started later, why? etc.) Flights could also be scored to familiarize
pilots with contest scoring.

Cookout

Thanks in advance. Reply to group or to brentDOTsullivanATgmailDOTcom