[urq] UPG 2008 Planning

[Todd Phenneger]

Steve,
I cant guarantee that I can come as my schedule as really up in the air due
to my job.  However, I would love to assist wherever I can.

I cant offer to be the "Take the Reins" person.  But I'll offer what I can
in Knowledge of the area.  I have not been there in some time but I did go
there during the summer of 2000 for a Tri-State Parks & Recreation
Conference.  The place we stayed easily accomodated a huge number of people
and was very close in to down town.  They could probably provide things like
a BallRoom if we wanted to do a Buffet Catered dinner some night also.  And
maybe a Big Screen so we can watch some old Rally Footage or something.

As for Events, I'll dig into my list of "Stuff to do in Jackson" and see
what I can find.  But it really should not be to difficult.  There is an
abundance of things to do during the summer there ranging from.
* River Float Trips  ³Red coupes in one Raft²  ³Silver in Raft 2² ³Odd
Colors in Raft 3². ;-)
* Fishing 
* Hiking 
* Driving.  ³I¹m sure there are some KILLER roads there².  If I remember
correctly the Highway in from Idaho to Jackson is fun.  And its a Major
Road. 
* Drinking.  ³Not to be mixed with the previous Item²  Preferably to be
mixed with the Float Trip, Fishing & earlier mentioned....
* Old Audi Movie watching.

We could also possibly have some Tech Stuff.  IE...if someone is really
skilled at something that they have found useful.  They can show the rest of
us how.   Of course, that could be dangerous having a bunch of know-it-all¹s
trying to show each other how to do what they already ³Think² they know how
to do. :-)

Anyhow, sounds like fun.  To answer your questions
1. Likely it would just be ME to attend.  Possibly a +1.
2. Location is a consideration but for me, Jackson or Colorado both sound
good.  If I¹m around then Jackson would be preferable but I¹d go to either.
3. I don¹t know if there is a Track in Jackson.  I doubt it somehow but I
don¹t really know.  Even so, we could do an Auto-X in a parking lot if
nothing else.

l8r

Todd
83¹ Black.  STILL Waiting for me to Resurrect.
83¹ White.  Cage, Coil-overs, AAN in progress.

> From: urq <urq at pacbell.net>
> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 12:50:12 -0700 (PDT)
> To: "urq at audifans.com" <urq at audifans.com>
> Subject: [urq] UPG 2008 Planning
> 
> I know it seems like a long ways off, but we probably should at least get the
> initial planning done sooner than later, especially if we're going to plan to
> meet at a venue like Jackson, WY where there may not be a lot of participants
> in the area.
> 
> One of the first things to do is to establish where the planning will take
> place.  If there isn't any objection we can do the planning on this urq list
> ... at least for now.  If bandwidth gets too high we can switch over to the
> "Events" list that Dan set up on audifans ... or some other means of
> communication.  
> 
> Another thing to do is to create a list of folks who are willing to help with
> working out the details.  I'm willing to help with putting the names of people
> together and moving forward, but I'm open to having someone else who might
> have more time take the reins.  If you are interested in helping out you can
> send an e-mail to me directly or post to the list.  I think it would be great
> if there was someone who either lives in the area or who is very familiar with
> it who can help out with details on wheres and whens.
> 
> The last thing that comes to my mind at this point is to get a preliminary
> list of folks who would consider attending.  No commitments whatsoever at this
> point, just something to try to get an order of magnitude on how big this will
> need to be.  Here again, send me a e-mail directly or post to the list as you
> prefer.  In your response I'd like to see: if you think you will be able to
> attend, and with how many people.  Is your availability to attend dependent
> upon where the event is located?  If the answer to the last question is yes,
> provide some info about your parameters for locations you could or could not
> do.  Include similar information about the time frames that would or would not
> work for you.  Feel free to add as much info as you'd like ... what sorts of
> events you would want to see, etc.
> 
> As I was putting this message together I decided to look at the map ...
> somehow in my mind I had convinced myself that Jackson, WY was more centrally
> located than the Rockies in Colorado ... this is clearly not the case.  It
> seems to be more of a trip for those on the right coast to attend.  The main
> reason I keep going back to considering Colorado (Colorado Springs, ???) is
> that there is a local contingent who might help out with setting up things
> like track events ...
> 
> Steve B
> San Jose, CA
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