<CORSA Chapters> Banquet alternative

[Louis Armer]

Hi Ned and all, For many years we have had an open bar at Springfest 
for both the Friday night supper and for our Banquet on Saturday 
night. The city of Helen, GA allows the alcohol on both nights 
BECAUSE the open bar is managed by city employees so it becomes a 
licensed bar and I am assuming that liability would be on the owners 
of the bar.

Secondly, Corvair Atlanta and Heart of Georgia maintain a Hospitality 
Room with Beer, soft drinks chips and nuts that is provided by our 
Host motel for our use. It opens each night around 10 pm.

Many many CORSA presidents and directors have participated in many 
many Springfests.

Chuck Armer
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At 04:26 PM 3/5/2010, you wrote:

>I know this is a controversial statement but I have a hard time with 
>serving adult beverages at a car club event. I've seen plenty of car 
>enthusiasts leave meetings when they were in no condition to drive. 
>In this overly litigious society, it's only a matter of time before 
>a club gets sued.
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>Ned
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com
>To: chapters at corvair.org
>Sent: Fri, Mar 5, 2010 9:34 am
>Subject: Re: <CORSA Chapters> Banquet alternative
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>n one of the "all makes" car clubs I belong to.
>Our Holiday party was at the finest hotels in the area.
> >From 6 to 9:00 PM
>irst hour was an "open" bar, whatever we wanted.
>hen one of the finest meals I ever had.
>During the open bar period everyone ordered enough to tide them over 
>as we had
>he room to midnight. After 9:00 PM, the club brought in additional 
>snacks, and
>everages, and it was part of the agreement.
>e also got a significant room rate discount as everyone spent the night, and
>hat included a full breakfast buffet in the morning.
>I don't know how they negotiated things the way they did, but it 
>proves a hotel
>ill work with you if you are filling a room.
>Gary Swiatowy
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>---- AeroNed at aol.com wrote:
>  At our 50th celebration last year, we had our cake and ate it too....
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>  We had cake after the "unveiling" in the oversized lobby where the car was
>  also unveiled. For the banquet, we rented a nearby hotel and hired our own
>  caterer. Of course it helps that we have a member that has a great catering
>   business (all of his delivery vehicles are FCs). We did have to pad his
>  bill and  force him to cash the check.
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>  Our Tunas, held three time per year, are "catered" by our members. We have
>  never had a shortage of food and have always eaten well, maybe too well.
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>  Most people think CORSA and its chapters are about Corvairs, but some of us
>   know the truth. It's really about the food.
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>  Ned
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>  In a message dated 3/4/2010 2:50:07 P.M. Central Standard Time,
>  bryan at skiblack.com writes:
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>  Good  point - except in this case the hotel and the caterer are two
>  different  companies.  We pay the hotel for the room, then make a separate
>eal
>  with  the caterer.  The catch is the hotel has an agreement that only the
>  caterer can supply food in the banquet rooms, so you can't just 
> buy your  own.
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>  --Bryan
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>  On Mar 3, 2010, at 11:00 PM, sethracer at aol.com  wrote:
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>  > I sure hope the hotel doesn't figure it out and charge you  a bundle for
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>  > room for coffee and cake!
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>  > No  Banquet means less income for the hotel. They won't like it. Or the
>  cake
>  > is $10 a slice!
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>  > Seth   Emerson
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