"Aaand sure, we did take the $20K folks gave in good faith to pay our legal bills, but yeah anyway, how good is the Cenny Coast"So in summary "We had no idea what we were doing but have learned a lot from this experience"
That looks awesome!"East Coast Bike Park"
hmmm... I guess they either really like using the same initials as established parks (GV anyone?) or didn't really check that name, given that East Coast Mountain Trails are already well established and in the process of doing their thing up Barringon way... Looking pretty exciting what these guys have got going on:
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Yeah, certainly next time a Taree trip comes up, I know where I'll be while the wife and kids ride The TipThat looks awesome!
I really need this kind of excuse to get back to Barrington Tops!"East Coast Bike Park"
hmmm... I guess they either really like using the same initials as established parks (GV anyone?) or didn't really check that name, given that East Coast Mountain Trails are already well established and in the process of doing their thing up Barringon way... Looking pretty exciting what these guys have got going on:
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Full of crap from the start as predicted, UCI rounds and my favourite a Chairlift !
If that didn't ring any bells. I hope you don't miss your donation I'm sure they put it to good use.
Sounds like their lawyer got a nice new Specco e-bike.I hope you don't miss your donation I'm sure they put it to good use.
So let me get this straight, writing frothy ideas on a napkin doesn't lead to success?So in summary "We had no idea what we were doing but have learned a lot from this experience"
I have put some frothy ideas on a napkin when that's all that was availableSo let me get this straight, writing frothy ideas on a napkin doesn't lead to success?
I got that from the article too, but makes me wonder how accurate the reporting was, because how could the already existing recreational centre that already submitted plans to council for other upgrades concerning their horse riding business not know anything about the processes?What about the bit where they basically describe that they had concerns about getting the paperwork, approvals and bureaucracy sorted. Their solution was just overhype it and get supporters to front cash for promises of things that were becoming less likely by the day. :O You wouldn't be happy if you donated any serious money to this and then read that they knew where they sat even while they marketed the shit out of the thing as if it was finalised.
I agree, it wasn't in bad faith, but it was a pretty silly decision that put your reputation at risk.I didn't read into it as being done in bad faith. Just bad decisions, putting too much faith in an MOU, or inexperience in managing such projects.
Getting an MOU from the landowner was probably a good idea, but it doesn't mean squat if you don't get the lease itself signed and govt approvals. To me, saying the landowner changed things on them when time came to put pen to paper on the lease agreement and the council approvals suggests the landowner might have relaised they weren't getting enough $$ for their effort/interest. Maybe this means they were getting the rough end of the stick, or maybe it means the project was less than viable from the start.
Now, whether they continued to run a campaign to crowdsource funding for their legal bills after they realised it wasn't likely to get off the ground... who knows?