I haven't been around for a long time and it's sad to see the demise of this event, although the numbers have dwindled over the last few years. I liked the place that the weekend was held last year much more than when it was in the field. One problem is that people sometimes need to be pestered into attending events, I have done a lot of pestering for certain events over the years but I am afraid that I have run out of steam on that one.
As most people know, I am one of a few members that have attended all fests from 2005 to 2012, 8 events in all, at one time the forum would be buzzing with anticipation at this point, a month before, as the days counted down, so the excitement would build, people trying to get that last minute mod finished before Cougarfest, I was still doing that last year and I am one of the old timers in the club. If I am honest, if I could wave a magic wand and fix my car without any real hassle, I would be at Grendan with anybody else that attends and would be every bit as excited as the last 8 events.
What this event has lacked is somebody to drive it forward, that is not a criticism as I am aware that other life events sometimes have to take over and people have to sit back from other less important tasks, but I do think that somebody else could've been handed the reins of this thread to try and steer it in the right direction. The payment thread has been like an empty room, if I was a newbie didn't know the people on here, reading the payment thread wouldn't convey confidence in the event, I don't mean that I'd think it was a scam or anything, but people haven't rushed forward to participate and some of the updates were late.
I can't see this happening with the few people that are attending and even though I haven't been around much, there will be a very large cougarfest shaped hole in my life in July.
