The 2018/2019 Group Build Season - The Plan

[NARSES2]

Right I've had some time to think about this and the current plan for the 2018/2019 G.B. Season is detailed below. Nothing's set in stone but at least it gives you an idea to make plans around if you are interested.

April 2018 - I'll call for sugestions for G.B. subjects to go into the subsequent poll. Don't forget that the 2017/2018 G.B. subjects will be ineligable for 2 seasons as voted for by you. Don't offer suggestions now, I will forget them.

May 2018 - I'll hold the poll.

June 2018 - The Annual One Week G.B. will be held. Either first or second week.

July/September 2018 - Slightly unusually we will have a G.B. which is being held without the customary vote. The R.A.F. 100 G.B. This has been discussed so I'm not circumventing democracy.........honest 

November 2018/January 2019 - G.B. 2

March/May 2019 - G.B. 3

Chris

[sandiego89]

Sounds great Chris, thank you for keeping this on track!

The RAF 100th is entirely understandable. 

Really appreciate your efforts keeping this on point- the formula of nominating, polling, 3 scheduled GB's and the one week GB seems perfect. 

-Dave

[NARSES2]

Thank you Dave, it's appreciated

Chris

[Ed S]

looks like a good plan to me.

Ed

[zenrat]

Just to make it clear, the ineligible subjects are those that won the voting not those that were suggested.

In other words don't suggest Cold War, Flying boat etc or Sci Fi as those were the 2017/18 themes.  You can however suggest "Ornithopter" as while it was in the running last year it didn't win.

I can forsee "discussions" around Sci Fi.  For example, is a GB theme of  "Space Wars" allowed or does that fall under the ban on a GB called  "Sci Fi"?

[NARSES2]

Just to make it clear, the ineligible subjects are those that won the voting not those that were suggested.

Absolutely.

As for Sci Fi ? I think I'll be lenient over that as using that term it's a huge subject and was chosen before the consequences of the choice, in terms of resting G.B.'s, was known. So as long as suggestions are specific they will be considered by the G.B. Supremo i.e. Me 

[Weaver]

Originally posted and answered in the wrong place:

Couple of questions:

1. How soon can we get clarity on when the 1WkGB's going to be? The reason I ask is that I might have the option of taking some or all of that week off, but the chances of getting it shrink the later I leave it.

2. What's the exact nature of the RAF-at-100 GB going to be?

You sure you meant to post this here mate ? Or should it be in my post on the 2018/19 season proposals ? If so I'll move it for you.

Anyway to answer your questions.

One week GB will be either first or second weeks of June. Now given I'm up North for the Northern Show it will almost certainly be second week, therefore 11th to 17th June inclusive.

RAF -100 ? Haven't thought about it in that detail yet, but my first instincts would be to make it as open and inclusive as possible. I'll leave the exact scope up to the membership/moderators to decide during the usual pre G.B. discussion period which I'll set up a month or so before the start. If people wanted to enter builds based on the premise that the R.A.F. never happened ? (continuation of R.F.C./R.N.A.S. perhaps)  then I'll leave that one up to the membership to decide.

[NARSES2]

I didn't think of doing it that way 

Cheers H 

An embarrassed Chris 

[NARSES2]

Right a little clarification.

The Annual One Week Build will run from the 9th to 17th June inclusive. I'm using Moderator's prerogative here as I'm away first week in June and I want to take part.

Amended because I got my dates wrong 

[Weaver]

Right a little clarification.

The Annual One Week Build will run from the 11th to 17th June inclusive. I'm using Moderator's prerogative here as I'm away first week in June and I want to take part.

That's Monday to Sunday: isn't it normally Saturday to Sunday?

[NARSES2]

 

Yup. No idea what I was looking at. So it will run from the 9th (Queens Official B/Day) to the 17th June

[NARSES2]

Right I've screwed up yet again 

When I set the dates out for the 2018/2019 Season I forgot to allow for the fact that in all probability the Cold War GB will get a two week extension.

Now I could move everything back a couple of weeks, but after a fair bit of humming and ahhing last night I've decided not to. Why not ? Well I really want to get the GB season down to 12 months rather than the 13/14 months we've seen of late. So 12 months allows for the One Week GB and 3 other GB's all of 3 months plus overtime.

So the One Week GB will still run from 9th to 17th June, it will just overlap slightly with any Cold War GB extension.

Mea Culpa and sincere apologies for the cock up.

Chris

[Weaver]

Thanks be for that: I've just booked the 11th to the 15th of June off work....


Personally, I'd let GB extensions over-run the next GB because:

1. If not finishing GB #1 on time means having to deal with conflicting priorities for the first two weeks of GB #2, then so be it: that's the price you pay for not getting on with it in GB #1,

2. Standard GBs are long, so having conflicting priorities for the first couple of weeks isn't that much of a problem anyway.

[zenrat]

The Australian Model Expo is on 9th to 11th June.
This is both a hinderance (I'll be at expo rather than in the shed) and a help (I'll be at expo with all it's vendors and the swamp and smell).

[NARSES2]

I also miss at least one day, hospital appointment, but if I do a simple "change of clothes job" should have time.