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| JoeSharp |
 Jun 21 2012, 09:22 AM
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In Irvine, Ca. May 15-18  Group: Members Posts: 3,947 Joined: 9-July 03 From: DeLand, Florida Member No.: 898 Region Association: South East States  |
Gathering, why aren’t we getting the participation that we should be? We have over 14,000 members now. I can’t say as all of the last 4 or 5 events that we have had here I have considered flops as far as numbers go. I don’t understand it.
One of the reasons I enjoy gathering so much is the Brainstorming. I feel that it is very important because, we as creative individuals will be turning ourselves lose into Mother Nature’s realties in a creation of our own invention. Brainstorming with anyone that can get themselves to an event and adding their IQ to mine, I am sure that the total will be at least an IQ of 120. And who knows, they may have a totally different insight into what you are thinking about. Just because you are here you are a unique individual. You have an affair with a car that even Volkswagen pushed off on Porsche. And for years Porsche owners have looked down on us and treated us like they had something shoved down their throat. No matter who you are, you will find Respect at our gatherings. You will find unique individuals like yourself, interested in the same things as all of the other unique individuals there. So my question is how can we reverse the trend and get more people to come to our gatherings? Sorry about the long post. |
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| euro911 |
Jun 21 2012, 11:33 PM
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Retired & living the dream. God help me if I wake up! Group: Members Posts: 8,860 Joined: 2-December 06 From: So.Cal. & No.AZ (USA) Member No.: 7,300 Region Association: Southern California 
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I made a statement on NARP a few years ago that the floundering economy was sure to negatively affect the number of gatherings people were going to attend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
I'm in the process of organizing the long overdue "Lift Erection Party / BBQ and Tech Day" down here in the LAX South Bay area ... (looking forward to your assistance at the grille, Joe) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/jsharp.gif) There won't be much driving (other than getting here) ... but we're planning to erect the Danmar 4-post lift, tech session (subject TBD), smallish swap meet and BBQ at the shop (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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| phatnine11 |
Jun 22 2012, 06:52 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 286 Joined: 22-March 05 From: Rancho Cucamonga, CA Member No.: 3,798 |
QUOTE(euro911 @ Jun 21 2012, 10:33 PM)  I made a statement on NARP a few years ago that the floundering economy was sure to negatively affect the number of gatherings people were going to attend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) I'm in the process of organizing the long overdue "Lift Erection Party / BBQ and Tech Day" down here in the LAX South Bay area ... (looking forward to your assistance at the grille, Joe) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/jsharp.gif) There won't be much driving (other than getting here) ... but we're planning to erect the Danmar 4-post lift, tech session (subject TBD), smallish swap meet and BBQ at the shop (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) What model Danmar do you have? I have the 6000 model and I wish I had another foot of ceiling clearance. |
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| euro911 |
Jun 22 2012, 11:46 PM
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Retired & living the dream. God help me if I wake up! Group: Members Posts: 8,860 Joined: 2-December 06 From: So.Cal. & No.AZ (USA) Member No.: 7,300 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(phatnine11 @ Jun 22 2012, 05:52 AM) What model Danmar do you have? I have the 6000 model and I wish I had another foot of ceiling clearance. It's a D-7 ...Post some pix of your setup, maybe you'll get some recommendations as how to modify the environment (boxing the ceiling joists, etc.) |
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Joe Sharp Gathering Jun 21 2012, 09:22 AM
ThePaintedMan :confused: If I weren't in Florida and even re... Jun 21 2012, 09:26 AM McMark I share similar feelings, Joe. :confused:
I... Jun 21 2012, 09:32 AM Dr Evil I go to what ever I can. I try to throw some here ... Jun 21 2012, 09:37 AM aircooledtechguy I think lately anyway, the economy has played a bi... Jun 21 2012, 09:55 AM 76-914 Dawn Patrol - We try to do our part. :poke: BTW, ... Jun 21 2012, 10:04 AM rhodyguy nice post joe.
george, when your car is running ... Jun 21 2012, 10:09 AM
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Gathering, why aren’t we getting the participat... Jun 21 2012, 11:54 AM Tom_T
I think one of the reasons is that most of the re... Jun 21 2012, 02:42 PM seanery :agree: with Andy
When we were doing the FFCs the... Jun 21 2012, 11:07 AM arkitect
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You are invited to ... Jun 22 2012, 07:45 AM Jeffs9146
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