[philmont] Duplicate reservation - 2008 Philmont

Without the (true) facts, it's difficult to ascertain what happened
here, but some obvious possibilities are: A) Bad data entry; or B) A
computer glitch. I suppose it's also possible that one Council level
individual (in a large Council) placed reservations for every Unit in
their Council, listing him or herself as the POC, with the intent of
trading off people to the one Unit that won (that is, one reservation
for 60 people), and succeeded beyond his or her wildest dreams. This
sort of thing certainly happens with groups of cooperating, neighboring
Units (one of the downsides to the now trivially easy reservation
process), and this may be an example of carrying it to its utmost
extreme. Of course, a $39,000 deposit sort of changes that dream into a
nightmare, as does trying to explain your behavior to some (doubtless)
rather unsympathetic folks.

If anyone learns what really happened here, I'm sure we're all ears.

- Dr. Bob

Karen Bettin wrote:
> Hello all,
> As I reported earlier, both our troop and crew were awarded slots for
> 2008. I am the HA coordinator for the Troop and the Crew advisor, so it
> was I that registered for both units. I'm sure that there must be many
> units that have overlapping adult leadership like ours, but 13
> reservations for 60 individuals !!! No wonder the depth of treks into
> the wait list has gotten larger if this is an indication of how people
> work the new system!
> Karen Bettin
> Troop and Crew 57
>
> Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2006 6:52:32 PM
> Subject: Duplicate reservation - 2008 Philmont
>
> December 7, 2006
>
> Dear Scouter:
>
> We are pleased that you were selected to obtain a reservation for
> Philmont Scout Ranch in the year 2008.
>
> As we review the data, we find that you were successfully selected for
> reservations with multiple units. (One individual received 13
> reservations of 60 individuals which equals 780 participants).
>
> As we seek to provide the Philmont Experience to as many people as
> possible we would like to verify that the reservations are indeed for
> different groups and not just one group making a number of requests in
> hopes of receiving one.
>
> Please let us know which reservations you intend to pursue so that we
> can quickly move people from the waiting list so that they can prepare
> for the $50.00 reservation payment which will be due on January 31, 2007.
>
> Again, thank you for making a reservation for Philmont in 2008.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mark Anderson
> Director of Program
>

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Received on Fri Dec 8 04:52:30 2006