[DeTomaso] 2009 Fun Rally Location

[MICHAEL ROCHELLE CONWELL]

Reno is fine, it is the date!
 
Michael
 
 
 
> From: jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com> To: jes at riverdeltawireless.com; detomaso at realbig.com> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:53:14 -0500> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 2009 Fun Rally Location> > Hi Jim> > Fair question. POCA certainly isn't wealthy; but, it is financially > healthy. My desire is to price the Event at breakeven and we generally > leave that math to our Treasurer. I am being careful not to speak for > others, yet, I believe most other Fun Rally Committee members agree with me > when I say we have always tried to keep the price of the Event as low as > possible to encourage maximum attendance. Thus, the profit from the Event > has generally been derived from Raffle Ticket sales. Of course now, POCA > also splits a portion of those revenues with the Chapters that sell them at > the Rally.> > Our financial risk with the Fun Rally is relatively low and in my opinion, > POCA would not be financially harmed or compromised if in the exercise of > something new, the result was financially negative.> > I sense that the group think is that Vegas is financially safe, while Reno > may not be - I do not see it this way. The trend has been poorer attendance > at Vegas and I do not see that trend changing. We all know the adage of > doing the same thing and expecting different results - it defines crazy.> > The POCA board has been relatively courageous the past several years and > introduced a lot of new alternatives to it's membership. Some of these > changes have been greeted enthusiastically, others less so. However, I feel > it is the POCA Board's responsibility to listen to the membership, be > receptive to their suggestions, provide the alternatives and ultimately let > the membership decide.> > What I do find disconcerting is when members of the Committee impose their > personal bias in such a manner as to prevent the membership from having a > choice.> > I am enthusiastic about championing a choice for the 2009 Fun Rally. I > believe Reno is a viable option that provides a fresh experience, allows us > to revisit previous successful Rally attributes (Street display, cars in > Ballroom, new driving experiences) and because of it's northern location and > change of dates potentially opens the door for people to participate who > couldn't in the past. This is a good thing as POCA should do it's best to > serve all of it's membership. That said, I realize change is difficult for > many to accept and I respect your vote.> > In the end, the membership has been provided the opportunity to speak their > mind and make their choice. We are a stronger club for it.> > I hope that I see you in either Vegas or Reno in 2009.> > JT> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim & Emilia" <jes at riverdeltawireless.com>> To: "deTomaso list" <detomaso at realbig.com>> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:07 PM> Subject: [DeTomaso] 2009 Fun Rally Location> > > > Some where in the 10's of emails, someone mentioned that POCA derives a > > very> > large portion of it's annual operating funds from the raffle. If the > > event> > was moved, even for 1 year, does POCA have a sufficient buffer in the> > savings to keep on publishing the newsletters and magazines? What level > > of> > attendance would be needed so POCA doesn't need to borrow money to stay> > alive?> >> > As far a people flying into Reno, there is no need to get an expensive> > flight into Reno. Fly into Sacramento, rent your car, then drive up to> > Reno. It's only 140 miles of freeway driving and a little over 2 hours to> > Reno. Delta has non-stop flights from Atlanta to Sacramento. It's one of> > their "milk" runs, been there done that many times. I'm sure there are> > other flights from the east coast on other airlines, non-stop, into> > Sacramento. Plus, you could join one of the Valley or Bay Area caravans > > up> > to Reno. We've done exactly the same thing going to the Italian Car day > > in> > Atlanta. I rode with Jay Curreri and Emilia followed the caravan, in our> > rental car, from Charlotte to Atlanta. Thanks for the ride, Jay, it was> > fun!> >> > Just some thoughts, nobody has expressed yet.> >> >> > Jim> >> > Jim & Emilia Seiferling> > Co-Presidents, Capitol Panteras> > http://www.capitolpanteras.org> > jes at riverdeltawireless.com> > #1575 [JHSTBAD]> > #7114 [JIMS CAT]> >> > Life goal: To be the person my dog thinks I am.> >> > "You're never too old to do goofy stuff."> > ~Ward Cleaver> >> > _______________________________________________> >> > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA> >> > Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/> >> > DeTomaso mailing list> > DeTomaso at list.realbig.com> > http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso > > _______________________________________________> > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA> > Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/> > DeTomaso mailing list> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso