2008 Club Meet Ideas

[NJSPEEDER]

Hey Gang,
We have received a wide variety of suggestions to make our meets more interesting and enjoyable for 2008. In this poll I am going to list some of the cooler sounding ideas that have come in.
Please take a minute to look over the options and vote for the idea(s) that you find the most interesting.

1. Wiffle Ball and BBQ: Just like it sounds pretty much. The suggestion of an eternally silly game of wiffle baseball to our already fun July BBQ in the park that has become a Central tradition.

2. Cruizin' to the Movies: The idea is to hold a charity car show to benefit a local or regional organization in the state. We would be working with a movie theater to allow us use of a portion of their parking lot to hold the benefit car show. Car show entry fees would get the car entered in the show and a pass to a special screening of some traditional hot rodder movie. A film along the lines of American Graffiti or something similar.

3. Poker Run: Poker runs are popular among the harley crowd and many classic car clubs like to do them. The premise is simple, you drive from point to point and at each stop location you pick up a playing card. Wommever completes the cruise, collecting cards at each stop location, and can put together the best poker hand with the cards they collected is the winner. What they would win I really don't know, but we will come up with something. Starting and ending points would likely be places to eat, the ending being a good spot for dinner or a late lunch.

4. Ski Trip: This is something that j0n actually did on his own last year and had a good amount of interest in. With a little more advanced planning and the bargaining ability of a group our size we can certainly work on a good deal for lift tickets, ski/snowboard rentals, and some sort of meal to sit down as a group. It would definately be our most expensive club meet as far as individual costs, but it would be a whole day compared to the 4 hours or so we usually spend together.

5. January Buffet Meet: Last year we had pretty good success and a nice sized crowd at the Firkin Tavern for our January meet. We were thinking about stepping it up a bit to a place with better food and a wider variety of offerings. Costs would rise from the $20-25 per person that this past January's meet cost to about $35-40 per person. This would include appetizers, family style pasta on each table, choice of 3 entrees, soft drinks/coffee/tea, and desert. A cash bar will also be available for those over 21.

6. Track Rental: We get a ton of requests for this one. To work, a track rental woudl rely on EVERYONE prepaying for the day of runs. Most tracks do not have any problem with us having a BBQ grill or two making burgers and such, so the food side of the deal would be taken care of.

These options are really just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the ideas that have been suggested. There are a few suggestions that we have already decided to follow through with for 2008. More information on the meets we are already working on will be announced as soon as we get things locked in.

[ar0ck]

I've always wanted to participate in a Poker Run!

[GP99GT]

wiffle ball and the poker run sound good to me

[NJSPEEDER]

the poll will be open for 2 weeks. i encourage everyone to vote so that we cna follow through on the ideas that you are the most interested in.

[WildBillyT]

Wiffle Ball, track rental, and buffet sound good.

I still think we should rent a boxing ring and let certain members wail on each other for our entertainment. Definetly NOT in the spirit of the club, but still it would be great to watch.

[Ian]

I like all the ideas. the only problem I see with the ski trip would be that everyone would have to pre pay for that just like the track rental, but it might be more expensive. I'd still do it though.

[Rich189]

i messed up my vote and only voted for one but poker run/track rental/ january meet sound good to me

[slasherbarb]

that poker run sounds like a lot of fun...plus the wiffle ball and buffet sound cool too...

[ar0ck]

Poker Run to a Wiffle Ball game & BBQ?

[Firebird67dude]

I didn't vote for the ski trip cuz I won't be here winter time. But all the other seem cool. Anything for springtimeis would work. I got a 10 day spread where I'm home.

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

i voted wiff, movie, poker run, track rental. I like the poker run/cruise to a wiffs/bbq idea or poker run/cruise to car show movie thing. Never played poker before but I'd be down for that anyways

I don't ski, and january = no cool car = no fun

[Tru2Chevy]

Originally Posted by ar0ck

Poker Run to a Wiffle Ball game & BBQ?

That could definitely work.....

- Justin

[12secondv6]

track in the spring/ fall.... not summer

[1_Hot_SOM_WS6]

Originally Posted by 12secondv6

track in the spring/ fall.... not summer

Thats a good point that needed to be made
Track rental FTW

[NJSPEEDER]

Originally Posted by 12secondv6

track in the spring/ fall.... not summer

i thought this car was jsut a driver? no racing or anything

[12secondv6]

Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER

i thought this car was jsut a driver? no racing or anything

Not the t/a
The mercedes hasn't hit the track.... and it goes back beginning of november.

The rule is every new benz I get must go to the track twice

New one will be here in november

[Jersey_TA]

Wiffle ball/BBQ, cruise to the movies, and track rental

[bandit88]

cuise to the movies (cause i love cruisin'), poker run(i never done one with a car... that be awsome), Track rental

[transamkid]

if the track rental works out, my fam. is all over that. every ttp track rental my mom has a grill and makes all sorts of food and desserts
cbrrmike and baddest434 should know all about that

[NJSPEEDER]

thanks for all the responses, keep them coming.

[NJSPEEDER]

late suggestion, having a blood drive at one of the meets. i used to work for a blood bank here in ewing and i ran into one of my old co-workers that is still there.
anyone interested in maybe having their bus at a meet? maybe at one of the BBQ's or somehting.
i think it would make for a good charity tie in for the club and could encourage other owners and members of other clubs to come out.

[12secondv6]

Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER

late suggestion, having a blood drive at one of the meets. i used to work for a blood bank here in ewing and i ran into one of my old co-workers that is still there.
anyone interested in maybe having their bus at a meet? maybe at one of the BBQ's or somehting.
i think it would make for a good charity tie in for the club and could encourage other owners and members of other clubs to come out.

VERY good idea! If you have one then I'll donate blood.

Granted.... people need to be careful with donating blood and then not eating enough after and getting light headed and driving a powerful f body.

[NJSPEEDER]

do you think associating the blood drive idea with our summer BBQ would be a good idea? everyone would be together and there would be plenty of food around to keep that blood sugar up

[12secondv6]

Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER

do you think associating the blood drive idea with our summer BBQ would be a good idea? everyone would be together and there would be plenty of food around to keep that blood sugar up

Well..if people donate they should read this:

http://www.givelife2.org/donor/faq.asp

And the funny part is #9 in this link:
http://www.givelife2.org/donor/top10.asp

[Ian]

I am absolutely down for a blood drive! I donate as much as I can. I'm O positive, so thats a pretty universal blood type that blood banks need.

*edit*

make sure the blood drive idea happens after two months from now. I just got home from a blood drive at my local firehouse