2008 Season Banquet Update - 2/15/09

[David Barrish]

I would like to go to the event. I do not have a Pay-Pal account. Can I mail a check and to what address should I send it?

[Grant Heathman]

I think that should be version 0.9 of the banquet?

[Giovanni Jaramillo]

I would like to go to the event. I do not have a Pay-Pal account. Can I mail a check and to what address should I send it?

David: The BIGGEST misconception/myth about PayPal is that you NEED to have an account on PayPal. You do not. PayPal allows you to pay via other forms:

• Bank account
• Debit card
• Major credit card

So no need for a check. Same goes for when you pay for a championship event or a points card.

[Chad Stubblefield]

i think you can also just pay when you get there.
But should still sign up so they know head count.

[Giovanni Jaramillo]

I notice that there are only 47 people registered for the Banquet next weekend. Come on folks, Robert Puertas has done an exceptional job at coordinating time and place for the Banquet. We have the WHOLE restaurant to ourselves and the food sounds fantastic.

I know there is a San Diego event scheduled for that day, but this Banquet will be the first one that is missing a key member of our organization. Let's all come out and celebrate the many, many years of committment Craig gave to the sport.

Renee

Added a item under "NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS" on the main site (Solo2.com) for all to see.

[David Barrish]

This will be my second trip to K1, are there gonig to be run groups by experience level?

If there was snow on the track it would be just like the moutain, I would hate to be the flat-lander every one would be driving thru. ;)

[Steve Ekstrand]

Please sign up for the banquet.

I promise to try my best to offend you.

[Stephen Yeoh]

I'm offended. Do I still need to come?

[Renee Angel]

Just a reminder - it's a tradition that each club bring a door prize donation to the Banquet, in case everyone's forgotten.

[Tom Berry]

I'm offended. Do I still need to come?

Yes... you do.

[Steve Ekstrand]

You don't come to the banquet and your jacket will end up a 3XL embroidered with "Steve, yo!"

[Stephen Yeoh]

Too funny. I'll be there to give Steve a hard time. Last post was kidding around of course.

[Aaron Goldsmith]

What time will the trophies be handed out, and what time is lunch served? Any discount if we don't eat?
We will be coming straight from SD after running in the morning, we might miss lunch, but I don't want to miss cheering for my friends.

It's gone RAIN!
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[Tom Denham]

What time will the trophies be handed out, and what time is lunch served? Any discount if we don't eat?
We will be coming straight from SD after running in the morning, we might miss lunch, but I don't want to miss cheering for my friends.

I'm bringing those super secret 16" tires . i will make sure the other ST drivers dont see them . See you there.

[George Schilling]

Here's the link for those that have been procrastinating. The banquet is a lot of fun so if you haven't been before, come on out and support your fellow autoxers. Remember, K1 afterwords.

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[Curt Luther]

So, I just tried to reg for the banquet and...umm...it's closed. May I please come? Yeah, I know I shoulda done this 76766334 days ago, but, shoot me...

Ain't I supposed to give the invocation anyway?

[Rick Brown]

So, I just tried to reg for the banquet and...umm...it's closed. May I please come? Yeah, I know I shoulda done this 76766334 days ago, but, shoot me...

Ain't I supposed to give the invocation anyway?

Opened it back up through Friday night.

[Gayle Jardine]

I was just talking to Renee. She is very disappointed that we only have 70 people coming to the banquet. I don't think everyone knows who is getting a trophy.

Here's the list: (alphabetical by first name)
Aaron Goldsmith
Beverlee Larsson
Bill Martin
Bill Schenker
Bob Jardine
Brian Howlett
Carol Beach-Flaherty
Casey Brier
Casey Quinn
Chad Stubblefield
Christine Berry
Chuck Fowler
Chuck Waer
Curt Luther
David Barish
Diana Waer
Don Green
Doug Teulie
Gene Wehrman
George Lynch
George Schilling
Greg Peng
James Yom
Jason Flores
Jason Swindle
Jo Ann Lynch
Joey Schilling
John Edwards
John Fendel
Katy Nichols
Kelly McHugh
Ken Lord
KJ Christopher
Leonard Cachola
Linda McHugh
Lisa Berry
Mako Koiwai
Marco Vasquez
Marshall Grice
Michael Contour
Michael Heinitz
Michael Palero
Mihai Surubariu
Mike Simanyi
Nicole Nagler
Patty Wang
Paul Wehrman
Pete Loney
Rick Brown
Rick Jung
Rob Schneider
Shauna Rios
Stephen Yeoh
Steve Abott
Theresa Berry
Tim Albin
Toby Larsson
Tom Berry
Tom Denham
Tom Dobyns
There is still time to register - see the front of the home page for details or go to the AXWare registration site. I know that there is a an Diego event, but it would be great to have all the trophy winners there celebrating their wins. (I understand that the conflict with the San Diego event was unavoidable.)

Hope to see you there!

[Michael Contour]

There is an event in San Diego this Sunday. I suspect a few folks on the list will be there.

Michael

[Katy Nicholls]

Yes, Michael is right. We have an event in SD. Bit of a bummer! Would have been really cool to come up and hangout and congratulate everyone on a great season!

[Eric Clements]

I was just talking to Renee. She is very disappointed that we only have 70 people coming to the banquet. I don't think everyone knows who is getting a trophy.

Here's the list: (alphabetical by first name)
Don Green
Doug Teulie
Gene Wehrman
George Lynch
George Schilling

Did they change the alphabet without telling me? When I learned my ABC's E came after D but before F (or G in this case)

[George Schilling]

Note to whoever moved my thread and Gayle's thread to this thread. What we were trying to do was generate additional looks and bring the Banquet back to the forefront for people who have procrastinated, forgot, whatever, etc. in an effort to bring up the number of attendees. The title of this thread has been around too long and is stale. Even if it were to be bumped, it's not likely to generate any new interest, hence the different title. As someone who sells for a living, I can tell you that unless someone is predisposed to attend, it requires an average of asking 5 times to get people to change their mind. Adding additional details, a new title, etc. allows people to reconsider their initial decision to ignore this original thread. By moving our new thread titles to this one, it puts the banquet thread in purgatory so to speak where it falls off the new posts page and the new titles and posts become useless in any kind of marketing effort.

Maybe you could bring at least one of those threads back for the final few hours for the reasons I've stated. I would be grateful.

[Aaron Goldsmith]

Note to whoever moved my thread and Gayle's thread to this thread. What we were trying to do was generate additional looks and bring the Banquet back to the forefront for people who have procrastinated, forgot, whatever, etc. in an effort to bring up the number of attendees. The title of this thread has been around too long and is stale. Even if it were to be bumped, it's not likely to generate any new interest, hence the different title. As someone who sells for a living, I can tell you that unless someone is predisposed to attend, it requires an average of asking 5 times to get people to change their mind. Adding additional details, a new title, etc. allows people to reconsider their initial decision to ignore this original thread. By moving our new thread titles to this one, it puts the banquet thread in purgatory so to speak where it falls off the new posts page and the new titles and posts become useless in any kind of marketing effort.

Maybe you could bring at least one of those threads back for the final few hours for the reasons I've stated. I would be grateful.

no need to be anonymous about it George, there are 3 people who have access to it and their names are at the top there as moderators for the forum, they're Mike Simanyi, Marshall Grice, and Will Kalman (and me if I log out and in as the admin). Though I gotta say I support the consolidation of threads, threads with new content will always show up on the new post pages.

My thought also is that if someone isn't going to the banquet, it isn't because they're sitting at home bored, it's because they have other plans. (or have to work like Toby) I've had it as a sticky in the events forum for quit a while. I could make it an announcement for the whole board so it was at the top no matter where you went.. but that can get real annoying.

Though this is coming from someone who reads pretty much every thread on the forum except for that garbage in the Political Paddock.

Ooo and since I'm posting about an annual item, I'd also like to request that people put the Date or at least the year in the titles of posts that are about Annual events that way someone searching for data for a past October event doesn't have to sift through every thread named "October Championship", etc. ;) (I'll usually go through and rename them if I get time)

[George Schilling]

We were looking to pick off a few more people. I understand your desire to consolidate and appreciate the job your doing. I hope you can see and understand my points.

[Aaron Goldsmith]

We were looking to pick off a few more people. I understand your desire to consolidate and appreciate the job your doing. I hope you can see and understand my points.

If I had a graphic I also could put it up in the top below the title where we used to put the Ads, though it's a little late now..