[DeTomaso] FUN RALLY - EAST?

Thu Oct 11 20:46:43 EDT 2012

When I plan events, I do that, I do it all the time, It's no big deal as
long ss you play hard ball and are ready to go elsewhere. It's also wise to
appreciate their margins.  I.E. i was shooting a film in SC several years
ago, I reduced the daily rate on 50 rooms over 30 days by $10.00 a night by
agreeing to maid service only every other day.  Another 7.00 a day
reduction by not having free breakfast buffet tickets ( because we cater
breakfast on set ). 17.00 x 50 x 30 was about $26,000 in savings.

Michael Shortt
On Oct 11, 2012 8:37 PM, <shawkins777 at comcast.net> wrote:

> So who negotiates with the hotel for the rooms and space for the store and
> hospitality suite?
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
> To: "Jeff Detrich" <jjdetrich at gmail.com>
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 7:02:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] FUN RALLY - EAST?
>
> Excellent, I did not know that at all.
>
> Thanks for sharing,
>
> Michael
> On Oct 11, 2012 7:56 PM, "Jeff Detrich" <jjdetrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm sure others will repond but the reason there is a Fun Rally is not
> > because of POCA, per se. The Fun Rally is organized by Pantera people who
> > happen to be POCA members. The Las Vegas Fun Rally was started and was
> > run by 4 couples for years, and BTW, those 4 couples were not all West
> > coast people. They organized it to get the max participation so it was,
> > rightly so, a West coast oriented event. Later some other people
> > volunteered to take up the work involved and now, members of the Phoenix
> > chapter have volunteered do the work for at least one more year. It is a
> > big undertaking.
> >
> > POCA helps a little with logistics and with the Raffle but they don't run
> > it. In spite of the fact that POCA does not organize the Fun Rally, it
> > benefits from the proceeds of the Auction. It's a not inconsiderable
> amount
> > and is important to the club.
> >
> > So, I think we need to disassociate POCA membership benefits from the Fun
> > Rally. They are 2 different things. Other clubs have a more
> geographically
> > diverse membership and their local chapters take up the responsibility
> > for a moving national club event. We don't seem to have that geographic
> > diversity and as a result the local chapters aren't big enough or don't
> > want to take such a big responsibility.
> >
> > Having said that, there have been a number of regional events over the
> > years that were organized by local Pantera people, POCA people. We used
> to
> > have a 3 day regional event for Italian Car Fest here in Dallas and one
> > year we even brought over Tom Tjaarda and had 35 cars from several
> > different states and people from as far away as CA and OH attend. On the
> > East Coast, there was a regional race weekend, actually two different
> ones,
> > at Pocono where they'd get 30-40 cars. I think one still continues each
> > year in May, la Bella Macchina. The guys in San Francisco organize the
> > activities at Pebble each year, including the Corral at the Historic
> Races.
> > The guys in Canada organized a trip across the Canadian Rockies a few
> years
> > ago that was well attended. And Michael is getting some traction with the
> > Tail of the Dragon run, which, BTW, I'm looking forward to for next year.
> > The key thing to note is that these are not POCA events, they are Pantera
> > events. In fact, it's one of the things I like about the Pantera
> community.
> > People like Michael, and me, and many others, just seem to step up and do
> > things. POCA isn't large enough to drive these so we do it. Accept it for
> > what it is and don't complain that POCA is unreceptive to hosting an
> event
> > on the East coast. They don't host any events.
> >
> > Jeff
> > 6559
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 9:46 AM, michael at michaelshortt.com <
> > michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> But knowing that isn't going to happen ( and for some valid reasons, a)
> >> the one in place works b) tradition , being the main two reasons ).
> >>
> >
> >
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