[urq] UPG 2008Todd Phenneger tquattroguy at yahoo.comMon Nov 5 17:55:28 PST 2007
I have that on this Excel Spreadsheet. At least what I THINK are peoples 1st, 2nd, 3rd choice. Can anyone post the file. Or can I E-mail to the entire list for people to see? There eare only about 15 people so far though. We need a lot more. LOTS More. > From: Brandon Rogers <brogers at terrix.com> > Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 08:52:23 -0700 > To: <QSHIPQ at aol.com>, <tquattroguy at yahoo.com>, <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>, > <urq at audifans.com> > Subject: RE: [urq] UPG 2008 > > I agree Scott. I personally would like to keep it Urq - not necessarily > exclusive - but I don't want a bunch of guys coming to show off their > Stage 9 S4s with 19' wheels. I also agree with some thing you said a > while back - have lots of "perimeter" (or whatever the word is) > activities to attract more people- have those options available - > participation is totally by choice. > > As for picking a venue - I still think the best way would be to have a > site with several options - and rather than vote for the one you want- > indicate every place you _would_ go to. I'm sure plenty of people would > go to their 2nd or 3rd choice venue if it meant the biggest and best > participation... > > Brandon > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On > Behalf Of QSHIPQ at aol.com > Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 12:32 PM > To: tquattroguy at yahoo.com; ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com; urq at audifans.com > Subject: Re: [urq] UPG 2008 > > > > Accomodating other folks isn't a problem, having a waterfest-type audi > event > loses the focus of the urq, and adds huge logistical issues to an > ur-qfest > IMO. It's easy to identify the urq owners, you just require a VIN for > registration, you don't have to bring it. Having done events before, > you need to > weed out participation from visitation. Many venues these days have a > limit as > to participants, including spectators. My own thinking is that's not a > bad > thing. > > I'd love to see a Road America Event as well, but given the cost of > 'any' > track in the USA, I see reality eclipsing that vision. Realistically, > exceeding a couple hundred for event costs, doesn't sound realistic to > me. An > ur-qfest at RA (assuming we could get a date) at 150 cars would be in > easy excess > of 500per participant. Again, I think an autocross and some good road > rally's > are more realistic in budgeting fun per dollar. > > Scott J > 84 ur > 83 ur > .5 x 83 steamboat ur > > > In a message dated 11/4/2007 12:23:27 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > tquattroguy at yahoo.com writes: > > Scott, > I agree with a lot of what you said in your post. Especially your > summary. The driving force here should be the Urq and the family and > friends surrounding it. That said, I think what you say in Point 3 is > contradictory to that. Unless I"m mis-reading it I read that to say > that other I5's are not welcome. For me, There is a good chance that > would exclude me. I have two 83' ur-q's. But there is a good chance > that neither would make it to this > event. Neither have engines in them at the moment. But if I don't tow > one > behind my LandRover just to show it off, then I'd likely be coming in > another flavor of Audi. I would also encourage anyone who loves the > car, but doesn't own one to come and participate. I would agree that > the FOCUS should not be other cars. But people should be free to come > in whatever they bring. What matters is getting everyone together to > celebrate the car, and have good camaraderie. > > Thanks for the long posts. > > Todd > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com _______________________________________________ > Audifans urq mailing list > Send posts to: mailto:urq at audifans.com > Manage your list connection: > http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/urq > Have an urq question? Check the Audifans Knowledgebase! > http://www.audifans.com/twiki/bin/view/Audi/UrQuattro > Have an urq answer? ... Please help others by adding to the KB ... all > contributions welcome! > > You can help keep the audifans site running by shopping at > http://audifans.com/shop/ >
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