(27-04-2015, 02:36 PM)c iom tt Wrote: How many none Island based Marshals are there? 2/300? that wont make much of a difference to the booking system.
I will bet as the build up to the selling off of the TT gathers pace, the Marshalls goody bags/ freebys will start to increase.

Yes, it will be interesting to see what effect paying someone to recruit and organise marshals will have, a few I have spoken to who have always been happy to give their time (and at times been messed about/ treated badly by the organisers) to support the event, are taking the view that now its going to be a fully commercialised event with the promoters out to make profit they are not as keen to directly fund it by paying for the privilege of giving up the family holiday, braving the steam racket, being reamed out by the appointed accomodation providers, eating overpriced rubbish food and then standing in the wet and cold watching 'vips' flash by in subarus.

Someone within DED has obviously cottoned on and decided to play the long game and make marshalling more attractive with some perks - and lets face it priority booking costs nowt. Personally I haven't booked more than a couple of weeks in advance since the Hailwood years and the start of Manxline.

I wonder where the marshals assc and its leading lights will fit into the new profit driven model?, paid jobs for the boys?, course not, that sort of thing could never happen on the Island, really hope the CoC survives.

I also know a few Island employers who reluctantly give time off to marshal at the moment that are less likely to take a hit to improve DEcclesdorna ltd's profits