I am sorry but Tuesday is totally out for me. A close friend's mother passed away and we will be at the funeral home on Tuesday evening. I will be out of town starting on Wednesday and lasting for a week and a half. I will have my cell phone and laptop on my trip so please feel free to contact me.
I'm sure what ever you guys come up with will work out fine and I will support what ever the group settles on.
My thoughts are:
We have already published our flier which everyone had an opportunity to critique prior to distribution. The flier stated no trophies and did not list a swap meet.
This is the "first annual" car show and we are facing many unkowns such as participant attendance, GCC membership support and weather. Any one of these can ruin the success of the show and result in a financial disaster. ( I know this to be a fact as the Easter show this year was a bust due to the weather. We put a lot of time and money into the event and ended up with nothing to show for it.)
Our treasury is still in the infant stages and we can not afford major losses.
Trophies are always nice but there are issues that need to be resolved. I am not sure what type of vehicles we will attract or how many. If there are trophies then classes must be determined, number of trophies per class, how will the event be judged (GCC judging or participant judging).
What about insurance? Who is covering our event and are our officers liable?
We need volunteers to cover the gate, cover registration, judging (if trophies), handle the swap meet (if included) and clean up. I'm sure Gateway expects the parking lot to be as clean when we leave as when we got there.
My thoughts are based on the KISS philosophy. Let's host the show and shine and see how it is received. If everyone thinks that $15.00 is too much then let's go down to $10.00. A dash plaque, an opportunity to see kit car drag racing and an opportunity to meet with kit car and accessory vendors - sounds like a good deal to me.
Clyde