MUSR 8, 10/19/06, Official Event Info Thread - Now with Registration Info Options

[ClayPerrine]

MUSR 8 Fort Smith, Arkansas
Thursday October 19th through Sunday October 22nd, 2006

Registration Form Available Here

Headquarters:
The Holiday Inn, City Center.
700 Rogers Avenue, Fort Smith, AR
(800) 465-4329
Group Rate: $68.00 - Give them code: "2-PCA"
(Plenty of trailer parking available behind the hotel)

Alternative Hotels: (1 - 2 blocks from Holiday Inn)
Day's Inn: 1021 Garrison Avenue, Fort Smith, AR - (479) 783-0548 - from $39.00 per night
Howard Johnson: 101 N. 11th Street, Fort Smith, AR - (479) 494-7700 - from $53.00 per night

Schedule Of Events:
Thursday - Afternoon - Arrivals and registration in hotel lounge
6:00 p.m. - Pizza Party and Liar's Contest in the Hotel Hospitality Suite. Trophy will be given at the Awards Banquet for "Best Liar". Registration continues.

Friday: 7:30 a.m. - Registration in hotel lounge
9:00 a.m. - Mandatory Driver's Meeting
9:14 a.m. - The Taildragger Imitation Tour, aka Visit to a Local Winery
10:30 a.m. - Guided tour of the "Wiederkehr Winery", wine tasting, shopping.
12:00 p.m. - Driving tour to Mount Magazine
1:00 p.m. - Lunch at the Lodge on the top of Mount Magazine
2:30 p.m. - Driving tour back to hotel
5:00 p.m. - Tech Session - Ed Mayo "914 Fuel Systems 101"
6:00 p.m. - Tech Quiz - aka... "Name That Part". For those of you who were with us 2 years ago, we will have volunteers describe 914 parts to the participants. Trophies given at the Awards Banquet.
7:00 p.m. - Short drive to dinner at "The Lighthouse Inn"
After dinner - Party in the Holiday Inn's bar/lounge?

Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - Mandatory Driver's Meeting
9:14 a.m. - Drive to group photo site
10:30 a.m. - Driving tour to Boston Mountain and Pig Trail
1:00 p.m. - Lunch at the "Ozark Restaurant"
2:30 p.m. - Drive back to hotel
4:00 p.m. - Car Show in hotel parking lot - Trophies given at the Awards Banquet.
5:00 p.m. - Tech Session - Jeff Duncan - Automotive Electrical Theory.
7:30 PM - Awards Banquet at Holiday Inn.
After Banquet - Party in the Holiday Inn's bar/lounge?

Sunday: 9:14 a.m. - Blind Gymkhana - Holiday Inn hotel back parking lot. This is a timed event. One person drives the course while wearing a blindfold and the navigator tells you where to drive. Even if you do not want to compete, this event is a LOT of fun to watch. Trophies will be given to the fastest driver and navigator.

After Blind Gymkhana - Head home

[ClayPerrine]

I will post the hotel contact info tomorrow when I get the confirmation e-mail.

And for those of you on the Gulf Coast... come on up.... Driving a 30+ year old sports car that far is nothing. In the Vintage Chevrolet Club we have a couple who is in their 80s and they drive their 1931 Chevrolet coupe to every event. They live in Ohio, and have Driven their car to events in Seattle, LA, Denver, Miami, Phoenix... etc.

So don't be a wimp and say it's too far to drive. If a couple of 80 year olds can do it in a 75 year old car, then you can do a lot shorter distance in a 914......

[dlee1967]

Great event Clay! Anne and I were really looking forward to our second event in a row. Unfortunately, the weekend selected is the only weekend that I have a conflict in October. I have a work engagement in Dallas, TX. (Also my Birthday weekend!) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

I am a scheduled speaker at this event for work or I would bail in a heartbeat. You never know.....maybe everyone else has a conflict as well and the winds of change will blow???

Thank you for planning the event. I know that it takes quite a commitment and can be a big hassle, but it is appreciated.

[ClayPerrine]

Ok.. Here's the reservation information.

Call Central Reservations # :1-800-465-4329

Tell them you want to reserve rooms at The Holiday Inn, City Center.
700 Rogers Avenue, Fort Smith, Arkansas 72901.

Give them the registration code 2-PCA.


And let's keep a count here of everyone who is signed up to go.

[MBowman325]

Unless I'm missing something, this is pretty bare so far for people signing up?

Funds permitting I should be in. What will, if any, be the regestration fee? We should be done with all the conversions I'll be a part of for me to take vacation and make it.

I'll have a better idea here soon.

[jr91472]

I am good to go. I "think" Mike Brown is coming as well.

I will by happy to volunteer for your "starter" job.

can't wait!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

[a914guy]

Hi Clay,

We're planning on making it. I think there are about six other I've taked to in the last week that plan to come as well.

The Fisher - 914-V8 (The Beast)
The Floyd - 914-6 3.2L and possibly Julie in his 2.0L
Don Dounecq - 914-4 2.0L
Jim Meyer - 914-6 2.4L
The Carters - 914-6 2.4L
Mike Wilson - 914-6 3.2L

I'll try to get some of the door prizes going again this year. Hopefully we can find some goodies out there.

Rich

[A914MAN]

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WOW - Finally a FIRST class event where I can show off my NEW 914. Just completed my first ever, but still very bad ass, flared sixer, custom built with the help of Rich Johnson and Wes Hildreth. Ladies and Gents alike need to be showin up for this event so that I can kick some but in my new yellow baby.

Mike in Maumelle Arkansas (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drunk.gif)

[A914MAN]

Oh Yeah - I Forgot to add that I don't know jack crap about 914's and I am looking to learn a ton of new stuff from all of you EXPERTS ! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/KMA.gif)

[ClayPerrine]

Update.. Betty and I spent the weekend driving around Arkansas. 1500 miles of scouting tours.

We found one hell of a driving road. No traffic, lots of twisties, and one section that is down the side of a mountain with 10mph banked switchbacks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving-girl.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)


Too bad right in the middle of the tour route there was 1500 feet of gravel road (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)


Final Schedule, costs and signup info should be available at the end of this week.

[Joseph Mills]

Update.. Betty and I spent the weekend driving around Arkansas. 1500 miles of scouting tours.

Final Schedule, costs and signup info should be available at the end of this week.

Clay,

Have you finalized the event dates, entry fee, what it covers, and where it is to be sent and made out to?

Has anyone volunteered to help?

Do you need help?

Let us know what is going on.

..

[ClayPerrine]

Sorry for the delay in replying. I have a big deployment going on here at work, and the MUSR stuff is really keeping me jumping.


I just (whle I was writing this) got a call from the hotel about the setup. Tomorrow I am going to talk to the T-shirt vendor on costs. As soon as I have that, I can start taking registrations.

It looks like it will cost what it did last year, 50.00. But that is NOT an exact number.



As for help, I need a volunteer to run the car show. And Joseph, I need to know if you can bring a stepladder for the group picture.....

More tomorrow evening.

[Joseph Mills]

And Joseph, I need to know if you can bring a stepladder for the group picture.....

I have stepladders galore. But none that will fit into a little german car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Actually, it will work better if I have access to a pickup bed, or top of a SUV. Then I can elevate my tripod much higher also. Maybe Thom will have his Suburban available. If not, we will borrow from the motel or buy something if we have to. But anyway, we will work something out for sure.



Now we need someone to step up and volunteer to do the car show. It's an easy, fun job. And no experience necessary. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Let's make this a good event!

..

[Joseph Mills]

We found one hell of a driving road. No traffic, lots of twisties, and one section that is down the side of a mountain with 10mph banked switchbacks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving-girl.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)


Too bad right in the middle of the tour route there was 1500 feet of gravel road (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

I forgot to ask, is it the kind of gravel road that if we drove VERY slowly, with good spacing between cars, we could make it work? I have done this before.

It sounds like a hell of a road. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

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[dakotaewing]

Maybe Thom will have his Suburban available.

Sorry Joseph, but it is unlikely that I will be driving the Suburban...
The suburban gets 10 MPG (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) , and the Toyota gets 37MPG...

[ClayPerrine]

The one tour starts out with the group picture. If someone wants to go back to the hotel to return the ladder, then it would work.

BTW.. We need a stepladder. There is a bathroom at the photo site that we can put a ladder on top of to elevate the photographer.



The T-shirts are arranged, the fees figured out, the trophys are in production, and we have one person to do a tech session (Wes Hildreth).

Things are coming together.

Now I have to get the registration site setup so you can pay via pay pal.

I will have a form up you can print and mail a check to me if you don't want to do that.


And I get to talk to Charlie after the AX tomorrow......

[ClayPerrine]

Ok.. Update....

I have all the numbers done. I got the signup webpage about half done last night. Not being an expert in Front Page, I am struggling my way through it. If anyone knows front page in detail and would like to help out, I will send you a free MUSR 8 t-shirt. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[ClayPerrine]

Ok, The online registration is cool, but I just don't have time to finish it. There are only 2 of us, and neither of us know HTML very well, and we both have full time jobs.


So I give up.


To Register for MUSR 8:

Save the registration form to your computer.

Edit it with the requested information and e-mail it to me, or print it out and send it to me.


The sooner you register the better.

You can call the hotel
in Fort Smith to reserve a room. Just call the Central Reservations # :1-800-465-4329 and use that code 2-PCA.


Also, can you post to this thread that you have registered. Then I can keep count of the registrations.

Thanks!

[ClayPerrine]

I have updated the first post with the actual final schedule and all the contact information for the hotel.

[ClayPerrine]

Now for your convenience we have online registration....

Click here to be taken to the online registration page.



A big "THANK YOU" goes out to Shawn Lively, aka Keebler117 for writing the online registration page.


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I will buy you a (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif) at MUSR.