So, where is everyone from ?
10-09-2003, 07:33 PM
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hallo
The circle for Germany/Holland/Swiss/Austria is about 650 Miles in Diameter,
i think that is a little big for Meetings . I would suggest about 400 Miles and cut Germany in east and West ( like in the old Days ) . Than you can put Germany ( west ) together with Holland/ Belgium/Luxemburg/ France / England/ Swiss . Just an Idea .
harald
The circle for Germany/Holland/Swiss/Austria is about 650 Miles in Diameter,
i think that is a little big for Meetings . I would suggest about 400 Miles and cut Germany in east and West ( like in the old Days ) . Than you can put Germany ( west ) together with Holland/ Belgium/Luxemburg/ France / England/ Swiss . Just an Idea .
harald
10-09-2003, 09:09 PM
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Originally posted by speedster 94
hallo
The circle for Germany/Holland/Swiss/Austria is about 650 Miles in Diameter,
i think that is a little big for Meetings . I would suggest about 400 Miles and cut Germany in east and West ( like in the old Days ) . Than you can put Germany ( west ) together with Holland/ Belgium/Luxemburg/ France / England/ Swiss . Just an Idea .
harald
hallo
The circle for Germany/Holland/Swiss/Austria is about 650 Miles in Diameter,
i think that is a little big for Meetings . I would suggest about 400 Miles and cut Germany in east and West ( like in the old Days ) . Than you can put Germany ( west ) together with Holland/ Belgium/Luxemburg/ France / England/ Swiss . Just an Idea .
harald
First of all, the circles are not exact boundaries, just a graphical means of identifying groups.
I agree that regions get better, the smaller they are. It makes the meetings easier and the knowledge of service centres etc which is shared is only useful if it is truly local.
However, there has to be a minimum number of people in a region, or the lack of activity will see it wilt and die.
Secondly, I am trying to convince John D to create just 3 sub-regions: The one centred around western Germany, the one centred upon Sweden, and the rest of Europe. If we make the regions only half the diameter, then we need four times as many to cover the same area!
Assuming your figure of 650 miles diameter is correct, then that means that the worst case scenario for a Rennlister to travel to a central meeting place is 325 miles, and much less for most people in the region. I think that is bearable for a trackday/ cross country rally type weekend if it were ever to be organised.
Just my $0.02...
Last edited by graham_mitchell; 10-09-2003 at 09:29 PM.
10-09-2003, 09:35 PM
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John D, if you really wanted to, you could generate a world map automatically for every user, using their profile information. Might be a bit of work setting it up but very cool 
You could then get the full picture instead of using this small sample size.
You could then get the full picture instead of using this small sample size.
10-10-2003, 03:16 AM
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A Brit living in Geneva, Switzerland.
Must say I'm impressed with the spread of Europeans on the forum.
I must say that it would be more practical to have a mini database to search though (...John?). If anyone's going to, for example, Switzerland, they search and up pops Swiss911, Alex, myself and others (that I've not noticed in this thread).
Gary.
Must say I'm impressed with the spread of Europeans on the forum.
I must say that it would be more practical to have a mini database to search though (...John?). If anyone's going to, for example, Switzerland, they search and up pops Swiss911, Alex, myself and others (that I've not noticed in this thread).
Gary.
10-10-2003, 03:28 AM
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Hi,I'm Pete,living 30 kms north from Helsinki.
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Power. Lots is good, more is better, too much is just right...
'87 951, RIP
'00 996 C2 L92U AQ / IXAA IXRB IX54 M96/7.xx G96/7.88 M030 M375 M376 M436 M476 M601 M983 ... + 991 GT3 brakes, 997 GT3 sway bars, fully monoball'd suspension, Bilstein Cup Car coilovers, do88 Big Pack ICs. 10 & 12 x 19" BBS CH-R wheels with 265/30 & 325 /30 -19 MPSC2s.
