4th Annual All Cali/Acurafest Planning Thread
 

I figured now is a good time to start planning our next All Cali/Acurafest meet.

i know some of you werent too fond of Fresno and some had already said Santa Barbra for this years meet.

With the current economy, sponsors are needed, especially if we want to top the 09 meet.

so lets decide on a possible location(s), city, date, ect.

central location
ample parking is needed
shade is needed
bbq areas are a must
possibly move it up a month? (to avoid any heat wave )


so..what do you guys think? Fresno? SB? Central coast?


compared to last year this thread is somewhat late, so lets get some ideas out in this thread


-bryan

i know Roger is working on this, but i feel we all need to chime in on this

if location is changed, then we will need a local in the potential area to scout out areas and possibly seek sponsorship from a local dealer or car tuning shop

HEY GUYS!!!!.... sorry long F'IN weekend.
YES ACURAFEST 2010 is definitley on!

Let me fill you guys in on a few things that I have been struggling with...



As discussed last year, Santa Barbara(SB) is ideal for this next meet. But I have a few problems.

1. No one here can seem to find a good higher up manager/owner connection with Gold Coast Acura (the closest Acura Dealership to SB)

2. By now, I expected to find at least 1 active AZINE member from SB to do our groundwork & location recon. But no luck yet. (ANYBODY....:rolleyes:?)

3. Business has been slow, so I can't justify taking trips to out to the SB area to seek out sponsorship.



So uhh yeah.... that's where we are at. That being the case, let me fill you in on the positives alternatives.



1. Fresno Acura would be definetly interested in sponsoring again. But in my opinion we would have to do it early summer... or early fall. Last year was WAAAYYYYY toooo hot.

2. I can't speak for them, but I see no reason why Hansel Acura (an acurazine head sponsor) wouldn't sponsor an event at thier dealership or near their area in the NORTH BAY (Santa Rosa...SF). Of course we would need someone to do the recon & sponsorship sales for us.

3. We can always choose to forget all sponsors & all of us pony up $$$ and have the meet anywhere we fancy:tomato:.

i think if we move to nor cal, we would have half of the attendance of last year, especially if as north as Santa Rosa :2cents:

I vote SB. I will driving from CO, so I should be able to get a trophy this year :wish:

:tomato:DUH...... BUT YOU HAVE T BE ABLE TO PROVE IT!

do you guys remember the omnipotent...
"ROADTRIP" trophie,
for AZINE MENBER WHO DROVE MOST MILES TO THE SHOW...

bwahahahahah, that was sum good shite, some guy tried to show me his Tijuana, B.C. Mexico ID card & told me he drove from Mexico.... LOL! I believe he was from Mexico, but he must have been visiting & he drove with a friend from some so-cal location.

cummon so-cal peeps, wheres the love..... I know this economy thing has most of us down, but what better way to bring us back up & cheery than a HUGE MF ACURA MEET.. LOL

Oh yeah, hey Jaime,(JPTL) you guna be wearin your famouse muscle tank... LOL most of us Fresno guys started callin ya Rico Suave....... Just cause we didn't have anything on your car...LOL

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sru_xpn1KE...veCollage2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...9/IMG_0386.jpg

:rofl:

man, those two guys are always doing shoots together


jk, black and ivory shoot was amazing :drool: so much win there


but yea, on topic, im ready for a meet, may not have an Acura anymore, but im still down to help plan and set up



edit: cant remember if the guy in the blue is scott or not..i fail

YES, SCOTT in blue, JAIME in sexy muscle tank black

I vote for it be in late summer early fall. Doesn't matter where it's at I'll attend! I can help with the food again like last year. Lmk!! It would be nice for the local dealership support where ever we have it at. Centralize is ideal for both socal and norcal, us cencal guys have no problem since we are in the middle. Any other suggestion and input would help out azine community, let's get the ball rolling on this acurafest 2.0!

tixx just wants to make it later so he can make his car better :tomato:
but yea, we are down to host again guys, i wish more people would chime in for this

:werd: we're already a month behind compared to last year..planning wise

Alright, Roger. If no one around SB gets anything done with Gold Coast in the next 2 weeks, we gotta go with the sure thing in Fresno.

I'm not doing the leg work, and neither is anyone else, so no one can complain.

Yes, the drive sucked, but the caravan was straight money.

It was well planned last year, and I don't see any reason why it can't be better this year.

Like we talked about, if you need anything from me, holla.

i agree, if we dont hear anything soon, i say we do fresno again (though i would love to be a part of one of those caravans lol)

we have fresno acura wanting to sponsor again, we have the space

but the heat

i say a month before :shrug:..my forehead and neck were blistered when i got home :whyme:

^
:snicker:

Sunblock FTW!

asians dont tan well
jk lol

i need one of those pho hats or whatever they're called :rice:

lol wtf :spit::pofl:

:rofl:

Alright I agree we need support in SO-CAL near GoldCoast, Expiration date : April 9th. After that, its guna be Fresno.

Roger, I didn't know your whip was an '04 SH-AWD. :rolleyes:

:rofl:

Roger I have just spoken with the Wasatch one of the sponsor's from last year, They have stated they would up the Sponsorship from last year and offered to use one of there sites in Fresno for the event, Heron Pointe. Also mentioned they could possibly get some support for Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino. There ball park downtown or the Casino in Oakhurst...of course that would mean Fresno area again. Also think the AZiners should support Acura of Reno event to gain more support from Acura themselves for Acurafest

Make it a Sunday that way i can make it ..:thumbsup:

^
The festivities could roll through to Sunday? :shrug:

HMMMMM, we have to choose a day that fits the majority. Plus remember we had over 100 cars that drove in from 4+ hours away, & we need to be able to justify them either driving home that night & sleeping in the next morning ...... or staying the night at a discounted ACURAFEST rate. Sunday might not work Unless we have a holiday that following Monday.

ask for saturday off :shrug:

+2 for attendance-myself and dad(TL) we didn't make it last year, but i spent the last 2 hours looking on google maps for parks in santa barbara and then looking them up for pictures and info, but couldn't find anything big enough. its a tight, closely packed city, any thoughts for san luis obispo- ill keep looking there.

i guess the only real way is if we have a scout from one of these cities find a place.......

im down to drive to slo and scout if you guys paypal me some money for gas and food :tomato:

Lol that's like paypaling you money for a vacation! Lol

see, win-win for everyone :tomato:

It would be a "working vacation", lol.

lol hey, it gets me out of boring-ass Selma :tomato:

it will be like a mini solo vacation before i leave for Europe on Wednesday :tomato:

you know, you guys could try talking to your mods & admins too. We may have connections you haven't ever thought of. We could turn this into the largest AcuraZine meet in the country with the sheer number of Cali AZiners...

:wave: whats up Astro?


do you have any hook ups we should know about lol

anyone down to meet in sf bay area?