Simon Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 (edited) Kristalis, perhaps you can tell us are there flyers in Northern Ireland? Confirmed Luxembourg - Gregor Westermier " The Legend that is..." New Zealand - James Madelin - Indoor and Innovation Master & Rob "Chopper" Harris of The Flying Squad. I'm guessing that as we've had visitors to The Flying Squad site from United Kingdom, United States, Netherlands, France, Spain, Germany,Ireland, Canada, Switzerland, Japan, China, Russian Federation, Portugal, Belgium, Australia, South Africa, Singapore,Malaysia, Italy, India, Taiwan, Norway, Colombia, New Zealand, , Republic of Korea, Denmark, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Kuwait, Austria, Philippines, Hungary, Brazil, Poland,Argentina, Greece, Iceland, Turkey, Mexico, Thailand, Malta, Bulgaria, Panama, Lithuania,Israel, Albania, Indonesia, Jamaica, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Estonia, Guam, Guernsey,Serbia, Slovenia, Trinidad and Tobago, Croatia, Vietnam, Luxembourg, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Venezuela, DominicanRepublic & United Arab Emirates. These might offer some leads as to where the Rev has landed !! Other than South Africa where else in Africa ??? Edited January 12, 2011 by Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnmitchell Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 When we go back to the first post from JB it says "how many (and which) countries have Rev fliers that are represented on this forum.". When I ignore the words "that are represented on this forum.", I could add few more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone in Shoe Bob Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 John You have listed “Holland”, think to be absolutely correct that should be “The Netherlands”. I’m not sure of the exact reasoning but I think it’s an England, Scotland, Wales / U.K. thing. No doubt, now that the debate has been opened, one of our friends from The Netherlands, will put us right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwmeek Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 One more from Michigan for the state list (in case it needs a bit of padding). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiteLife Posted January 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 I've added more countries, I remembered fliers from after reading Marc's input and Stephen's list of site visitors, as well as Rhode Island. Again, if we have a confirmed country with at least one Rev flier, just let me know, I'm aiming to avoid guessing at this point so I'll be looking for absolute statements. As for naming countries correctly, YES PLEASE, correct me and chalk it up to pure ignorance on my part, we're one family - I do not wish to offend or otherwise chafe anyone. As for "represented on this forum", yeah, ditch that... If you know there is at least one Rev flier in a country that isn't on the list, do let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnmitchell Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 There are REV fliers in: Austria Sweden Norway Finland More when I think about it more. I trained a girl once that lives in "San Marino", however I doubt she has her own REV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck47wiley Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 North Holland and South Holland are both provinces within The Netherlands, but do you really want to itemize everything by provinces? If so, you need to consider the various states within Germany, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnmitchell Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 North Holland and South Holland are both provinces within The Netherlands, but do you really want to itemize everything by provinces? If so, you need to consider the various states within Germany, etc. You have Italy with its 20 regions(you could call them states). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiteLife Posted January 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Changed to Netherlands, I don't think there's any heated ownership debates between north and south Holland. With regard to the UK topic... To me, Ireland and England are different countries, with clearly different identities and cultures. Let's stay the heck away from politics here, not even the point... Does anyone here understand the definition I'm aiming for here? Perhaps you could word it better than I? Am I making too much of it in my attempt to be clear? LOL - sigh == Added Austria, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Italy. Keep feeding me, I'll do my best to keep up with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andelscott Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 With regard to the UK topic... To me, Ireland and England are different countries, with clearly different identities and cultures. Let's stay the heck away from politics here, not even the point... Does anyone here understand the definition I'm aiming for here? Hi John - you've got an interesting challenge on your hands here. As has been mentioned, if you go state specific in USA, then the equivalent is using French departments, Italian regions, etc. To borrow the equivalent principles of another hobby: Amateur Radio use a countries list: http://www.qrz.com/i/dxcc.html [eliminate the duplicates caused by different callsign prefixes] Here The "United States of America" counts as one entity, alongside "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". Ireland in this list is separate and represents just the South, of course. So, at the risk of complicating the count, I wonder if you might start with a simple countries list (USA counts as one), then subdivide by state, region, province, or whatever where the country count is sufficiently high to warrant it. It is true that characteristics of continental European countries can vary significantly across their domain, reflecting their close neighbours (I'm thinking Begium and Switzerland here, but I'm sure this is replicated throughout the world), geographic or political heritage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitefantex Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Wouldn't it be easeir to list countries where they don't fly Revs? Or. Does anyone know of a country where they know there are no Rev Fliers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andelscott Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Wouldn't it be easeir to list countries where they don't fly Revs? Probably not - on two counts: I'd suggest there will be many smaller countries where no Rev flyers exist in Africa, Eastern Europe/Asia, maybe South America too; and, from a practical point of view, it would be almost impossible to get direct and authoritative 'negative' responses - at best it will be hearsay or third-party reporting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiteLife Posted January 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Hi John - you've got an interesting challenge on your hands here. As has been mentioned, if you go state specific in USA, then the equivalent is using French departments, Italian regions, etc. To borrow the equivalent principles of another hobby: Amateur Radio use a countries list: http://www.qrz.com/i/dxcc.html [eliminate the duplicates caused by different callsign prefixes] Here The "United States of America" counts as one entity, alongside "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". Ireland in this list is separate and represents just the South, of course. So, at the risk of complicating the count, I wonder if you might start with a simple countries list (USA counts as one), then subdivide by state, region, province, or whatever where the country count is sufficiently high to warrant it. It is true that characteristics of continental European countries can vary significantly across their domain, reflecting their close neighbours (I'm thinking Begium and Switzerland here, but I'm sure this is replicated throughout the world), geographic or political heritage. We're breaking down the USA by state as it's the home country for Rev, a bit of local mapping if you will... Internationally, we'll keep it to whole countries, and what I'm looking for (due to my own ignorance) is a reading from YOU as residents of those countries, how they should be listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 We're breaking down the USA by state as it's the home country for Rev, a bit of local mapping if you will... Internationally, we'll keep it to whole countries, and what I'm looking for (due to my own ignorance) is a reading from YOU as residents of those countries, how they should be listed. JB that seems very simple to me. USA is the Home of Rev and that makes absolute sense. Also by its nature some States of the US will have more Rev flyers than say Finland. So again makes sense for Rev to know where it's "local" customers are. PS if your Country is not yet represented simply contact your local dealer and get a REV I can say that as I'm not an employee of Rev - Just LOVE flying their kites !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madquad Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Changed to Netherlands, I don't think there's any heated ownership debates between north and south Holland. The Netherlands is OK John, no problems with that.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 We're breaking down the USA by state as it's the home country for Rev, a bit of local mapping if you will... Internationally, we'll keep it to whole countries, and what I'm looking for (due to my own ignorance) is a reading from YOU as residents of those countries, how they should be listed. Hmmm! Presumably the company has figures relating to USA sales as opposed to 'export' sales. Obviously retailers in the USA may have been making 'export' sales as well which may not register with the company. I am wondering how the figures shake down but obviously it is a commercially sensitive matter so we may never know. In total numbers how does 'the rest of the world' shape up against USA sales? Felix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnmitchell Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 We have a newly approved member today from Mexico, thus you can add Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnmitchell Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 I grew up in Oklahoma, does that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnmitchell Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Oh yeah, and I was born in Indiana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theresa Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 John, I have a Rev customer in Ano Melissia, Athens, Greece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve808 Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Aloha John...and all Thinking about all the Revs around the wold, how about having a designated Rev kite fly day? Set a day for each country or the world to fly revs. Or at least set up one's Rev. and take a picture if not possible to fly etc. Don't know if a "world" fly day would work or not, it would be pretty cool though to have everyone who has a Rev. on the forum and all to fly their Rev. on one specific day and document it with a picture etc. Could be something like a day in the world of Rev. kites. If possible, take pictures of the flying and upload the pictures to a designated website. All sorts of happenings could come from that, besides a lot o smiles, fun and joy. Rev. world fly calendar for one, or by country calendars etc. Media being informed around the world where some flying is happening.....could be a good thing for sales and advertisement for Rev, the kiting world, businesses and participants. Instead of the expenses, time and transportation etc. for a large kite fly, each person could fly on the designated day where they choose to, group or no group etc. Gloria Stewart, the late Titanic actress, had a wonderful display of her kite works at the 2010 Nationals in one room. One poster that was on display in the room had a quote she wrote that I think might be appropriate for this. My wife and I really liked it. "To fly a kite is to love the sky" Rev's first annual world Kite flying day. Sounds like fun. What would be cool is to make a picture / poster of several Rev. kites using all the photos from the flying day. Keep on dreaming and chasing rainbows Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest plod38 Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 I guess you are suggesting a One Sky One World but purely for Revs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayNunes Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Antigua I am sure our Rev flying attendees of the Antigua Kite fest found homes for some of there Revs in Antigua... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve808 Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 I guess you are suggesting a One Sky One World but purely for Revs Pretty much.... Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone in Shoe Bob Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) I've not looked into it but might there be a possible tie in with something like Google Earth here? Please Note: The question may belong here, but any resulting discussion may drag this thread way off topic. therefore I have double posted to create an off-shoot thread in "Open Topic" for this discussion. Click Here for the new thread. Edited January 16, 2011 by Stone in Shoe Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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