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Re: [GMCnet] Rallies: what days of the week are best for people with J.O.B.s? [message #327816 is a reply to message #327815]

Fri, 05 January 2018 13:08

James Hupy

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Emery, please keep in mind that the distance to Shawnee or Branson is a
long way for the West Coast clubs.
Just like Santa Clara or Portland, Oregon is for the Eastern Clubs. No
"perfectly centric" locations exist that works for everyone.
So, Regional rallies start to make some sense here. What if GMCMI had
a spring/summer rally, and assisted GMCES as well as GMCWS with fall
rallies in their respective territories, with vendor assistance, travel
vouchers for technical presenters, etc. Just an idea to kick around. Think
"Dave L", "Ken B" Jim B., as a drawing card for a regional west coast
rally, Or their western counterparts at an Eastern regional rally. Could
this work?
Jim Hupy

On Jan 5, 2018 10:51 AM, "Emery Stora" wrote:

> Hi Karen
>
> The crates that we ship with our equipment has never been a factor in
> selecting a site. By having our own equipment we have found that we can
> keep the cost of a convention down considerably — much more than the cost
> of storage and shipping of our equipment.
> The main reason that we haven’t had many California rallies is because of
> the inability to find campgrounds that had facilities that would fit out
> needs and at a reasonable cost Many campgrounds want $50-60 per night and
> that is too high, We don’t want to price our convention at $600 or so for
> the week as that would probably prevent a lot of people from attending.
>
> Our last convention in California was in Spring 2008 at Santa Clara. I
> was managing the conventions at that time and I had taken a trip to
> California the previous year in an effort to find a suitable site. I spent
> 6 days driving from San Diego to Eureka visiting potential sites and
> negotiating with campground owners.
>
> Santa Rosa was a fairground that had never had a rally held there before.
> I worked with them to convenience them to let us use their site and to get
> a price we could afford. We signed up and then the year after our rally
> they liked the income source but they doubled the price which put it out of
> our range.
> A big problem is finding a site that can accommodate perhaps 200 motor
> homes and which has suitable buildings, electricity, water, sewage and
> showers.
>
> Over the years we have asked people from California (I lived in the San
> Francisco area for over ten years) to scope out and recommend sites. We
> have never gotten information on sites that were workable. That is one of
> the reasons that we put information about site selection on the GMCMI
> website. I am sure that Kim would welcome input on sites in your area that
> might work for us. The club would like to have conventions on the west
> coast as much as you would like them there.
>
> You mention that “distance is a biggie”. Bear in mind that that works
> both ways. The distance from where I live in the Denver area to San
> Francisco is about 1300 miles. Many members of our club live in the
> Midwest. The distance from Cleveland to San Francisco is 2560 miles. So
> when we have held a rally on the west coast we have had a very diminished
> attendance from people east of the rockies.
>
> The last convention held in Tuscon in 2003 only had 111 motorhomes and the
> club lost about $8000. We hope we get more participation from west coast
> members so that the April one is a success.
>
> I think that it is good that you raise these questions as it will make
> club members more aware of why the club does things and what some of the
> difficulties are in site selection.
>
> Emery Stora
> 77 Kingsley
> Frederick, CO
>
>> On Jan 4, 2018, at 6:28 PM, KB wrote:
>>
>> Jim Galbavy wrote on Thu, 04 January 2018 15:25
>>> If you took offense, that was not my intension.
>>>
>>> No rallies in your area? Have you recommended a site near you for a
> rally to any club?
>>
>>
>> I already raised this topic at some length in the past with respect to
> GMCMI:
>> http://gmc.mybirdfeeder.net/GMCforum/index.php?t=msg&goto=
> 313223&rid=1742#msg_313223
>>
>> I would be thrilled if GMCMI would just come back to any of the sites
> they went to over 10 years ago. (And I *am* thrilled they'll be in Tuscon).
>> Sites are not the issue. Distance is a biggie. And although I can't
> find the specific posts at the moment, it was mentioned that the huge
> amount of
>> "stuff" GMCMI has to ship is a contributing factor to the lack of
> western rallies. (Begs the question whether it's all really necessary,
> but I defer
>> to those in charge.)
>>
>> You seem to be bent on attacking my service to this community with no
> knowledge of what I have contributed, or suggesting that I'm criticizing Kim
>> Weeks or others (I'm categorically NOT).
>>
>> My point here was a survey of what the "ideal" days for a rally would be
> for working people since I was recently in on a future rally planning
>> discussion.
>> At that meeting, there seemed to be no understanding of *why* we would
> start on a Thursday or Friday, and no consideration given to any
> alternatives.
>>
>> Karen
>> 1975 26'
>>
>>
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