DeTomaso Mailing List: November 97, Message #245
     



From: 	pantera@shiseis.com (Shane F. Ingate)

Subject: POCA Convention locations [was Vegas track event]

Date: 	Fri, 7 Nov 1997 17:47:02 +0000



Ed Koregay wrote:

	> If I was king, I would invite each club to host the event.  The number 

	> of times you would host the event each 10 years would be based on club 

	> population.

	> The hosting club could have the event where they choose.

	> It would also be the responsibility of the hosting club

	> to put on the event.  POCA would supply a package outlining what

	> needed to be done to host the event.



This is precisely how other car clubs do it.  For example, the Vintage Triumph Register

has two chapters per year host two national conventions, one on the East Coast, one

on the West Coast.  Many other car clubs do just the same.  The hosting chapters

are usually given 3 years advance notice, and they elect officers to oversee the

event.  Sure, its hard work, and may even be more expensive than the gambling-underwritten

rates charged in Vegas, but Pantera owners are not exactly struggling financially.



Mad Dog suggested a change of venue might be possible for 1999.  Perhaps that is a

little premature.  Based on the 3-year advanced warning required for a hosting chapter,

the year 2000 would be apropos for a new convention site.



Sound like it is time to shake up the Board of Directors.



	Shane Ingate in San Diego