[DeTomaso] Convention ideas

[Forest Goodhart]

Mark,
My take is that the first year in Reno we gained attendance from a number of NW 
and Northern California people who came for the first time but they will not be 
regulars. They have now "been there done that" and I don't think you will get 
many as repeat attendees.
If you all remember the fun rally started as a social event and track was not a 
part of it. Sure you will lose some attendance without the track event but I 
feel that this is a small percentage of participants and as you saw this year 
most of the people came even without the track event. It is just my opinion but 
if you want to really see what the track event draws try holding just a track 
event and see how many show up. My guess is less than a dozen.
Forest




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From: "msm at portata.com" <msm at portata.com>
To: "LaurieFerrari at aol.com" <LaurieFerrari at aol.com>; "Detomaso at realbig.com" 
<Detomaso at realbig.com>; "MikeLDrew at aol.com" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
Sent: Wed, August 18, 2010 5:19:42 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Convention ideas

The short answer is that no site has been selected for 2011.

The plan is that we will collect info about the various sites, publish the info 
so that people can make an informed decision, then put out a survey to collect 
opinions.  Naturally, there is the plan and then there is the reality.  The 
reality is that I am way, way behind.  (Yeah, that sounds like a broken record.)

Anyway, there are upsides and downsides to the various cities and venues.  As 
was just pointed out, San Diego is a very nice city and is well located for the 
mass of west-coast Pantera owners.  The downside is that there is no track and 
that the hotel and convention costs are likely to be substantially higher.

To clear up the attendance issue -- when we moved from LV to Reno, attendance 
actually went up.  This year it went down a bit to everyone's surprise given the 
enthusiasm in 2009.  There are a number of possible reasons for the drop off 
such as the economy and the lack of a track event.  




-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On 
Behalf Of LaurieFerrari at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:52 PM
To: Detomaso at realbig.com; MikeLDrew at aol.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Convention ideas

There you have it. I compliment myself on making the effort to attend;  
what's this "late" BS?  If the event were closer I would have had my  beautiful 
Pantera with me. Let's really be serious. Why not take  a true unbiased 
survey and judge how many would attend with or without their  cars if the event 
were to be in SD.  The actual  statistics should be considered. 
L.


In a message dated 8/18/2010 1:33:01 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
MikeLDrew at aol.com writes:

>>>That's because you showed up two days late!  Even  though PCNC didn't 
stage a formal track event, quite a few Fun Rally attendees  drove out to the 
track (30 minutes) and had their own private track day on  Friday!  You 
could have gone too, but you were in  LA...:>)
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