Note
A few notes on the Speedy Goat:
First and foremost, PBricker was fantastic. When I proposed a Speedy Goat sprint relay in the vicinity of the Billygoat (keeping with the past two years), Phil critiqued the possibilities and offered to set courses at Cemetery Hill. The courses were magnificent - challenging and avoiding running into high traffic dog and frisbee areas.
I was not sufficiently organized. A combination of an hour long traffic delay and not enough initial planning led to a convoluted but successful relay system. Had there been a significantly larger number of teams, it would have been prohibitive. The specific issue was handling the map exchanges per team. My unfamiliarity with the relay software led me to push back the start 30 minutes (when I really only needed 5). It is also advisable to have at least two people working the meet site: a competent results person and a director who can keep everything flowing smoothly. I was able to fulfill both roles because attendance was low.
Event location: holding the event in conjunction with the Billygoat is a reasonable idea (though I think a sprint relay other times of the year would work at least as well). It's not necessary that the Speedy Goat site be near the Billygoat, and this can be prohibitive if people have to travel more than an hour to get to the site. Unless plentiful, inexpensive housing is available, most people will want to return home on Saturday night. I think this year's SG would have been much more successful if help near Boston or Hartford, both in terms of the absolute number of attendees and the number of Billygoaters who attended.
So, while the organization and logistics (and hence attendance) were a bit lacking, the event went off well enough, and everyone seemed to have a good time. Thanks a bunch to Phil, to Alex, Anna, Anne, and Jeff Saeger, and John Eric Nelson for their help with registration, control pickup, hauling equipment, and logistics, and to Ed for taking the time to teach me the meet software. And of course, thanks to PG for making the weekend happen in the first place.