Hey, I don't mind being under the gun and being asked why or why not we did or did not do certain things



In our original planning stages we blocked off the Rotary Revolution as being our largest scale rotary only event. It will always happen the last weekend in April in Indianapolis, IN.



After getting that settled we took out a map of the US and broke it up into quarters and tried to figure out the best places to have large-scale events that focused on rotary enthusiasts. Four finalists were chosen (what am I a reality TV show?)



1. Englishtown, NJ

2. Atlanta, GA

3. Las Vegas, NV

4. San Francisco, CA



Than we discussed costs per event, staff, etc, etc, etc and decided that maybe five large-scale events in year two might be too much (since we both have full-time jobs, and just one event last year was like a 2nd full-time job that didn't pay us, lol).



So, we pulled our map back out and went back and forth on discussions to narrow down two of the venues. We discussed off-setting events, we discussed known populations of rotary vehicles, we discussed marketing and costs, etc... And we finally agreed (reluctantly) to narrow the list down to Atlanta and Las Vegas in 2004, and branch out again in 2005.



Trust me, I was all for Englishtown. And if two hundred people with rotary vehicles from the NorthEast want to email me personally ( MichRX7@rx7revolution.com ) proving that we can easily get them to attend; I'd drag Keynote22 back through the fire and try and have an event in up that way in 2004. And you can use this message to raise interest in any of the NorthEast forums. It won't be a clone of the Rotary Revolution in Indiana, but it will be a large-scale driving event geared to proving to the world the capabilities of the rotary engine and Mazda's RX-based vehicles.



Than I can sell the idea to vendors including Mazda to help keep the costs down. Insurance is a killer, than there's the track itself, the tracks employees, employees to help run the event, security, etc...etc...etc...



Show us the interest, and we'll show you the love (sooner rather than later).

 

you know i had over 100 cars at rotorfest right ? that was just word of mouth....

 

seeing as my car is nearing completion, i would attend. and perhaps some of the other rotaries in my area.



Loi

 

We had 140 cars at rotorfest and about 200 people. Not bad for a small BBQ !! LOL



I've been debating on how to plan out rotorfest for next year, the whole doing it at english town is really the only answer.(or some other "track" location.



It's honestly tooooo much work for Vosko and I as the event gets bigger and bigger. The way I see it we have 2 options.





1. move rotorfest to an organized place like englishtown

2. keep it in the same place(or same type of place) and sell a certain # of tickets and thats it. you don't buy a ticket you can't come.



The second option sucks but it's the only way to do it.



Having it at an englishtown type place is Ideal. They deal with the food, they deal with ticket sales. That leave Vosko and I the time needed to plan the events of the day(or days) !!

 

im in like sin... is that a phrase?

 

Just, for the love of god, leave the shiny pants at home.. You don't wanna blind the drivers.

 

assuming my car would be ready, I'd roll up with you

 

Check, no shiney pants.

 

can i wear a shiny shirt?

 

Yep, I know...and it looked like you had a great time. I almost rolled out there, but for personal reasons could not.



Again, I'd love to do an event up in your area. Obviously the surrounding population figures are quite good. Boston, Baltimore, DC, etc all surround you.



I haven't received any emails yet so it's tough to show proof to my partner that we need to do one this coming year.



But, in all seriousness. I am all for doing an event there. Englishtown was my original choice, but we weren't sure we could handle jumping straight out into 5 large scale events, and I'm not sure the sponsors in the rotary community are ready to help fund that many events. We are working on it. I came home from work last night, kissed my wife, hugged my 4 and 5 year olds than walked straight up to the computer room and worked until almost 2 am. We are going to succeed, we are going to put on the greatest rotary driving events possible, and some day (hopefully soon) we will be doing them at Englishtown! Than everyone can help me lose my Michigan accent and talk like a New Yorker...lol