[DeTomaso] 2018 POCA Fun Rally

Fri Dec 15 15:17:10 EST 2017

Hey Gerry,

I understand Josette not being in town would be a formidable conflict but EVERYONE is aware that Ed had offered and would produce the event again in 2018 after he had done such a great job this year. We had a reputable survey that wanted to go back to Monterey. This isn't POCA doublespeak is it because a couple members on the board wanted to go back to Las Vegas and to hell with everyone else??

Say it ain't so Gerry!

Marshall Smith

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On Fri, 12/15/17, Ed Mendez <edducati at mac.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 2018 POCA Fun Rally
 To: "DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com" <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
 Date: Friday, December 15, 2017, 10:52 AM

    By the way,

    I want to point something
 out because there are a few misconceptions
    out there. This is posted on the
 [1]www.poca.com website:

  =====

    The POCA BOD
 decided to go to Las Vegas because we did not have anyone
    that could facilitate the event in
 Monterey. The D'Orazios cannot

 attend May 16-June 3 and Josette runs the store and is in
 Charge of
    membership registration.
 No-One volunteered to run the event. We were
    ready to vote on Monterey if anyone
 volunteered to do so....No-One came

 forward. ......the alternative was Las Vegas at the Orleans
 / new
    Boutique hotel with dates that we
 all could attend and host. The
    proposal
 was voted on that said Las Vegas in 2018 and Monterey in
 2019.
    We are still negotiating with two
 Las Vegas Hotels.....details shortly.

 Las Vegas will feature an event at SpeedVegas, Antique Auto
 Museum tour
    , Car Show and Banquet
 Dinner.
    Respectfully trying to get the
 word out.
    Gerry Romack

    =====

    I was asked at the banquet at the last Fun
 Rally if I would do Monterey
    again, I
 said yes absolutely, so I was making plans to make an
 even
    better event, only to find out that
 actions were being taken to go to
    Las
 Vegas despite all of my efforts to go forward with Monterey.
 I was
    elected by the POCA board to be
 the Fun Rally Committee and as such it

 was evident to me that Las Vegas would not be a viable
 option. Despite
    my disagreement with
 ever going back to Las Vegas plans were being made
    without my involvement what so ever. In
 addition, Monterey was being
    looked at
 by John Tomlin of PCNC without my involvement, I also
 found
    this out after the fact. It became
 clear that I was not wanted as the
    Fun
 Rally Committee and my opinions did not matter any longer.
 This is
    why 1 month ago I stepped down
 from as Fun Rally Committee Chairman.

    I was 100% completely ready to do another
 Monterey, and have always let
    the board
 know this. As a matter of fact, the POCA survey that was
 put
    out; Monterey was the number 1
 choice. The excuses that the SCCA could

 not give us the track event in writing is hog wash, the SCCA
 event has
    been held that same weekend
 for the last 5 years and my contact at SCCA
    told me last July that it would be the same
 weekend in 2018. I told the
    board this
 information. Monterey kept getting put off so we lost the
    big ballroom at the Hyatt, but the hotel
 gave me an alternate that
    could have
 worked, I actually drove up to Monterey 6 weeks ago and
 had
    a look. So I was ready to go and
 things were stalled as Vegas was being

 planned.

    So saying that
 no one stepped forward or volunteered to do Monterey
    again if completely false.

    I am wondering why is it
 that every successful Fun Rally the people
    that are asked to volunteer their time to
 do an epic event never want
    to do it
 again, hence ask Gil Mares about Phoenix, ask Marshall
 Smith
    about San Diego. Gil actually quit
 POCA and SDP will never do another

 event.

    After the board
 vote to go back to Las Vegas on Dec. 8th, I decided to
    step down as Public Relations Director from
 the POCA board and for the
    sake of the
 DeTomaso community I was going to do Monterey again in
    2018. I stepped down because it would have
 been seen as a conflict
    of interest  It
 was not a spiteful act, it is for the further
    enrichment of the marque and the people
 that stand behind it, it is why
    I chose
 Forza DeTomaso - The Force behind the Marque.

    I just want to be clear
 about this because the above statement is

  really insulting.

    Kind
 regards,

    Ed

    On Dec 15, 2017, at 09:23,
 Ed Mendez <[2]edducati at mac.com>
 wrote:

      Thank you
 Julian, for those that don't know.

  I am having an event back in Monterey for 2018, with fun
 and runs,
      drive your Pantera at
 Laguna Seca, Concourse Car Show on the green,
      Bruce Canepa shop tour, and 17 mile
 drive! if you missed the event
    this
      years event you won't want to miss
 next years. May 30th - June 3rd,

 2018. Special rates at the Hyatt of only $189 for
 participants look
    for

    upcoming details at [1][3]www.forzadetomaso.com. 
 including your
    chance to
      win in our raffle to have your car
 featured in our 2019 Forza
    DeTomaso
      Bikini Calendar.

 [[4]cid:3A4AED9E-437C-414E-A311-E0C77755486D]
      On Dec 15, 2017, at 08:42, Julian
 Kift
    <[2][5]julian_kift at hotmail.com>
      wrote:
        I
 understand there will be a track event the same as last
 year
    where
        the
 SCCA are having Regional event at Laguna Seca and there will
 be
        pace laps available during
 lunch.
        Wait sorry, that's the
 'other' Forza De Tomaso Rally in Monterey
    that
        has more
 than just "Fun" in the title.....
        Julian

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 Rally
        Will there be a track event
 this year?
        Dan

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