[Fot] To cap this off

Sat Feb 8 10:45:24 MST 2014

I agree completely. Setting up a simple website will save time for 
organizers and participants.  You post hotel and other information here 
on the list, but people forget - "Now what was the host hotel for the 
xxx race".  When Kramer and I arranged Hallett in 2006, I did the 
website and local stuff, while he interfaced with CVAR. Organizing did 
not require a major effort for either of us.
Larry

On 2/7/2014 8:35 PM, Duncan Charlton wrote:
> Be sure to set up a website and update it regularly  .  I co-chaired 
> the Morgan 3-wheeler gathering at last year's Put-in-Bay races and it 
> was a lot easier to just tell everyone up front to go to the website 
> for registration forms, hotel information, maps, etc. and that there 
> will be an FAQ which will be added to as new questions have arisen.  
> Dress it up with a few pictures and links to the track, local 
> accommodations and attractions, Google Maps, etc. You could put an 
> entry list there too and make sure everyone knows that the website is 
> the bulletin board for event information.  It won't keep people from 
> contacting you and you will still have to contact some folks about 
> this and that but I think my website (created by simply adding a few 
> pages to our existing farm website) cut down our workload a bit.  Make 
> sure the event organizers include a link to your website in all of 
> their communications about that race weekend and elicit their feedback 
> on the information you're putting on the website -- you might find 
> that the track owners or the race club already has a website with a 
> lot of this information on it.
>
> Duncan Charlton
> Texas
> #6 red 1952 Morgan Plus 4 (for sale!)
>
> On 2/7/14, 8:24 PM, jason at multivintage.com wrote:
>> Interesting question and not exactly cut and dry..
>> Typically, a race chairman or co-race chairs will take care of 
>> planning all aspects of a particular event "within and according to 
>> the guidelines of a particular sanctioning body".
>> There is often a planning commitee that outlines goals and 
>> facilitates planning by task delegation.
>> Someone with a good concept for inclusion in an particular event 
>> would contact these powers and offer to help with the planning of the 
>> Kastner Cup portion of said event.
>> That would be a good start.
>> This means $ for the sponsoring club. Typically, a Kastner cup will 
>> provide 20 to 50 additional entries to any given venue. Which is a 
>> substantial amount of cash.
>>  From there, lots of organizational organization , and organizing. 
>> Details, scheduling, etc.
>> Jason Ostrowski
>> Friendly Ghost Racing
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: christopher bock <SeaCubeCo at aol.com>
>> Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 20:49:05
>> To: jason at multivintage.com<jason at multivintage.com>
>> Cc: Kas Kastner<kaskastner at gmail.com>; 
>> fot-bounces at autox.team.net<fot-bounces at autox.team.net>; 
>> fot at autox.team.net<fot at autox.team.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] To cap this off
>>
>> So how does one go about putting this together?
>>
>> With my already full workload and private life I might be willing to 
>> try for Millville, NJ
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Chris Bock
>> SeaCubeCo.com
>> 609-319-4322
>>
>> On Feb 7, 2014, at 8:09 PM, jason at multivintage.com wrote:
>>
>>> Well guys.(East) Put up or shut up. There you have it (east is 
>>> well... East which is not the midwest nor the middle west. A 
>>> National puller by Kastner's request for this event should be a race 
>>> chair from the east.
>>> For the official record, Road America is in the Midwest, so the way 
>>> I read it...a good track East of Road america is being requested by 
>>> Kas... From my midwest perspective... You have to read between a 
>>> pretty basic line to exactify Kas's request.
>>> If you believe you live in the East, try hard to facilitate a race 
>>> in your region, period.
>>> Any race in the midwest can be handled by a number of well connected 
>>> midwest FOT'ers. Grattan, Blackhawk, indy, mid ohio likely done.
>>> Quite frankly, I see vir and summit point as the only race in the 
>>> east mentioned so far. So if you want ANYTHING to happen east of the 
>>> rockies.... Get a program together and make a pitch. Otherwise the 
>>> event will (strait from the horse's mouth) travel west.  Where it is 
>>> always warm, beautiful, flowering, paddle board accessible and 
>>> well... pretty damn nice. Riddled with engine rooms, hot fab shops, 
>>> bikini's, speedos, wetsuits and surf boards... And more than a few 
>>> fast Triumphs!
>>> Note: you can't just say... Watkin's Glen!
>>> Ya'll have to have (or make) some kind of connection with a club or 
>>> sanctioning body to get this process on "track". And, that person 
>>> can make anything happen.
>>> Doing so would be full of FOT rewards and full of self-satisfaction.
>>> Jason Ostrowski
>>> Friendly Ghost Racing
>>> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Kas Kastner <kaskastner at gmail.com>
>>> Sender: fot-bounces at autox.team.netDate: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 16:00:00
>>> To: <fot at autox.team.net>
>>> Subject: [Fot] To cap this off
>>>
>>> This is the year that the race for my cup should be in EAST. Not 
>>> been there
>>> since 2007 at Watkins GLen. Time now. It has always been my hope that
>>> everyone at one time or another would have an opprotunity to race 
>>> for the
>>> Cup.  But, if we cannot find a track or chairman that will make it 
>>> happen,
>>> then it will go to the WEST COAST.
>>>
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