[NoVa-Corvairs] Fwd: Vair Fair

[Bryan Blackwell]

Hi folks,

Some useful perspectives.  I can see it being either better or worse,  
because of course the devil's in the details.  Reading through the  
notes, here are some questions, pros, and cons - please let me know  
if I've missed anything.  I am basing some of these on the suggested  
Waynesboro location:

Questions:
  - How do we divvy up the events?  Each club get the same event  
every year?  Or do we discuss each year?
  - What event do we want to do?
  - What events?  Schedule of events?
  - Is there really a venue for an autocross?
  - The proposed hotel looks good, has anyone contacted them?  Have  
they done a car event?

Pro:
  - Stable location means our venue is more likely to be available to  
us in coming years.
  - Possible multi year contracts, so either a discount or at least  
no price increase.
  - Repeating the same venue means we already know how to set things up.
  - Doing the same tasks every year would equal less learning curve,  
so less overall work, a better event, or both.
  - Some folks will come every year simply because they know where  
the VF will be next year.
  - The RVCC folks will do more (recall they can't support a VF right  
now).
  - We may be able to have an autocross.
  - Travel planning is easier if you're going to the same place.
  - Spreading the load means nobody works the whole event and misses  
all the fun.

Con:
  - Unless the location is close to you, the VF is *always* far away  
(Waynesboro is about 3 hours from me).
  - First time planning will be difficult because most folks are not  
local to the site.
  - Every club has to do something every year.  Therefore, some  
members will do something every year.
  - Unless the locale is especially interesting, people may grow  
tired of it, especially the non-enthusiast members of the family.
  - Some members of each club will never go, because it's not  
convenient.
  - Some out of state folks who came to one club's location will not  
attend because the new location is too far away.
  - Folks more local to the event may get stuck with certain tasks.

One point - if it really doesn't work out, we could always go back to  
rotating it around.  I think there is enough support at this point to  
at least get with the other clubs and discuss it.

--Bryan