Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 10:35:39 -0700
Reply-To: Tom Forhan <fourwdvw@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Tom Forhan <fourwdvw@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Syncro de Mayo Oeste (East) The Details
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Folks,
It is happening, to the best of my knowledge, but due
to some recent unpleasantness in the Middle East you
may have heard about, my job has been crazy for the
last few months and I have not been able to devote any
time to Syncro de Mayo East (or Oeste).
However, the calendar marches on and I must rise to
the occassion. Here is the status of my thinking:
Dates: Friday May 30 (early arrivals) through Sunday
June 1.
Place: An undisclosed location in West Virginia, near
Harrisonburg VA and Interstate 81. Syncro de Mayo East
will be held on a private farm with off-road
possibilities on site as well in nearby George
Washington National Forest. As guests we will be
deferring to our host - lets call him Farmer B.- as he
sees fit.
Who: Syncros and assorted hangers on. Looks like about
a dozen folks have indicated they are planning to
come. Dogs, children, significant others are welcome.
Detailed schedule: there is none, but we should have a
group cook-out dinner Saturday night, for sure.
Offroading on demand. Informal technical seminars at
all hours of the day and night. Old friends and
putting faces on email addresses.
Why come: We will have some of the most interesting
Syncros on the east coast in attendance. Expect to see
16" conversions, non-WBX engines, and vehicles that VW
of America wishes never got into the country. Lots of
technical expertise, too, without naming names,
whatever you are thining about doing to your syncro,
you'll find someone who has BTDT and can offer great
advice. The biggest reason to come is that you will
get stuck. Until you get your syncro stuck, you aren't
using it to its potential. Finally, the real reason to
come is that syncro owners are a great bunch of
people- so please try to make it since that includes
you.
Unresolved Issues:
Sponsors- anyone that would like to provide door
prizes, hatch prizes, whatever, please contact me at
fourwdvw@yahoo.com. Otherwise, the best you will get
is a bunch of greasy gag gifts that I might find in my
garage.
On-site Vendors: Unless I hear otherwise from Farmer
B. I think the rules from the Holiday Bus Fest will
suffice: word-of-mouth buying, selling and trading is
cool, but please don't bring a trailer full of parts
or plan to set up a table.
Sanitation - Farmer B. might appreciate us to renting
a porta-pottie or two, in which case we may need to
charge $10 or so a vehicle for expenses. I'll wait to
hear from the farmer on that one.
Non-syncros: Occasionally non-syncro owners inquire
about attending. Since we don't have a huge crowd, it
might be fine, but I am not sure just exactly where
the farmer will have us camping. If its down in his
old pig sty, that slippery stuff will make it hard for
2wd vehicles to move about. I'll wait until I hear
from Farmer B on this one, too.
T-Shirts: We gotta have'em, right? I have no
experience in this area. Who can help?
Other unresolved issues I haven't thought about?
Thanks
Tom F.
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