[Summit] easter egg hunt

[Emlyn Addison]

I don't consider this a reasonable response to the conversation.

Nobody is looking for "regulated-satisfaction guaranteed events" or
"rushing to regulate it" or entitlement trophies. Come on. These
suggestions were not meant to be critical, but rather to offer simple (and
some not-so-simple) ways of making it more fun for everyone, given what it
is. If the event was aimed to serve the community, then may the community
"quarterbacks" not contribute, or is the field off-limits to all?

For most it does seem to have been a success (we ALL look forward to next
year's), but that doesn't mean there aren't things that could be tweaked.

For what it's worth, no, we weren't made aware that there was an "empty egg
section".

Emlyn


Thanks to the SNA for organizing the egg hunt.
>
> I would also suggest that if people feel the need to only have their kids
> participate in highly regulated-satisfaction guaranteed events, an easier
> solution would be to set up a hunt in your own back yard - particularly if
> "parental satisfaction" is the ultimate goal.  Less labor intensive for all
> and let those of us who are ok with the free for all-aspect have a go at
> it.  Most kids seemed to have a good time, even while some kids were taking
> eggs from other kids (and were their parents expecting the SNA to step in
> here?).
>
> Our SNA member at the registration table also made it very clear which
> section had "empty" eggs and which didn't and where to direct our child,
> based on age.  Perhaps that message didn't get filtered down to everyone.
>
> Rushing to over regulate an event which is always a free for all (and
> frankly, that's the point) smacks of becoming the kind of event where kids
> get trophies just for showing up.  If that's the direction the SNA plans to
> go in, next year we'll be staying home.  Particularly if there is any kind
> of "basket" checking for the "right" eggs.  That sounds like the most
> joyless event possible.
>
> As for the "quickness" of the event, I prefer to think it was a mark of
> success that we had that many neighbors and kids show up.
>
> SNA - Please don't take the Monday (and Tuesday and Wednesday) morning
> quarterbacking as being indicative of all the participants.  We look
> forward to next year.
>
> - b
>
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