The New England 9/14 Get-Together, need some input Options

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Over the weekend, one of the club members asked if I was going to be holding another get-together like I did last September. My wife was standing next to me. Without saying a word, I looked over at her. She immediately said, “Why not?” so I started planning. This year, I decided to leverage another event that had been planned.

I’ve been working behind the scenes to get a few things arranged and things are coming along well. But, I’ve gotten to the point where I could use some input. All of these things will take place in Connecticut, approximately halfway between Hartford and Danbury. Here are the things that are definite at this point:

Saturday, September 13
There is a Swap Meet and Car Show scheduled to be held in Burlington, CT. Click here for information. I’ve already arranged with the event organizers to have a reserved “914 only” area. This will allow us to line-‘em-up and make the taildraggers and water-pumpers jealous of our fine automobiles. Now, my first question:

Would there be interest in having something like a People’s Choice Concours?

Next question:

This would be the perfect opportunity to arrange a meal at one of the local establishments. I’m sure that I could find one that serves Iced Tea as well as other liquid refreshments.

Would you prefer a lunch get-together during the day, or would you like to meet for dinner after the meet?

Sunday, September 14
There will definitely be an autocross. I’ll give details on this later after all of the other items have been decided.

So, here is where we stand right now.

Saturday

• Swap Meet
• Car Show
• Concours ??
• Lunch or Dinner ??

Sunday

• Autocross

Please give me your input. Remember, you don’t need to come for both days, or participate in all of the events. Once everything is decided, we’ll have a website up for registration.

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I wanted to resurrect this thread to give everyone an update.

After I posted this topic, I got a lot of feedback directly from people. Here is what I heard most often:

• It is too close to the ECR.
• I’m in for one day, not two.
• I’m not going to hang around all day to go out to dinner.
• Sounds like it could be fun, but I really don’t like you.

With those responses in mind, I set out to see what we could do that may be appealing to everyone. Then, a big monkey wrench got thrown in. The disorganized event organizers for the 9/13 Swap Meet came back and told me that for us to have an area set aside for 914s would cost us $10 a car. I said, "Excuse me...?? How much is parking if we don't do it in an organized manner?" Their response, "We're not really sure. But we think it will be $1 a car." With that, I decided to scrap the plans for an organized parking/show area.

I’m going to go to the swap meet anyway. If nothing else, it will be a nice drive in the country. So, here is what I would propose. Everyone either pack a picnic lunch or run out and get some KFC and meet at one of the picnic areas at 1:00pm. I'll see what I can do about informally reserving some picnic tables. Sound good??

Also, for those that may be interested, the Fairfield County Sports Car Club has an autocross scheduled for that Sunday, September 14th. I asked John Williamson (the F.C.S.C.C president) about inviting 914 owners to the 9/14 AX in Waterbury, he said sure. He'd love to see it. I’m planning at being at the AX. Let me know if you might want to show up for that.