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guest7

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Annual Rally date - please read this
« on: December 11, 2008, 09:03:42 AM »
We are proposing moving the annual rally date to June for '09. We're still talking about it being Crewkerne as a venue.

Any thoughts/conflicts/issues/slanderous banter?

Let me know what you think as I need to book this pretty soon.

GC

Bill Rutter

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Re: Annual Rally date - please read this
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2008, 09:50:15 AM »
Anytime in June or July is fine for me, but a definate date early on would help me in getting the time off booked. Looking forward to it.

squirrelciv

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Re: Annual Rally date - please read this
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2008, 06:09:13 PM »
All's cool with me. Just let us know when it is so I can get the time booked with my employers and wifeys. ;D
Live long, live well, live happy

robG

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Re: Annual Rally date - please read this
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2008, 02:06:03 AM »
As above , but plenty of notice ,please .

guest24

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Re: Annual Rally date - please read this
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2008, 10:49:58 PM »
June?!?!? That only gives me six months to get the SRX fixed  :-*
Started negotiations with SWMBO for a weekend pass... :-X

guest288

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Re: Annual Rally date - please read this
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2008, 05:47:33 PM »
If I can get my XBR done in time ( should be able to ) and have a word I may be able to come along.
 ;D

guest7

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Re: Annual Rally date - please read this
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2008, 10:31:46 PM »
The date available is the weekend of June 20th-21st

Shall I book it?

GC

squirrelciv

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Re: Annual Rally date - please read this
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2008, 09:23:34 AM »
Go on get it done ;D
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Bill Rutter

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Re: Annual Rally date - please read this
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2008, 09:47:04 AM »
Yes please GC.

sjak

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Re: Annual Rally date - please read this
« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2008, 09:38:50 PM »
The date available is the weekend of June 20th-21st

Shall I book it?

GC

Looks great to us!  :)
If you havemore information, let me know

Merry Christmas
Sjak

mini-thumper

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Re: Annual Rally date - please read this
« Reply #10 on: December 25, 2008, 05:50:55 PM »
The date available is the weekend of June 20th-21st

Shall I book it?

Book it PDQ!

Boyd

sjak

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Re: Annual Rally date - please read this
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2009, 05:46:17 PM »
The date available is the weekend of June 20th-21st:


Has the place been booked? If this can be confirmed I'll mail it around. ;) ;)

Kind regards

Sjak

Steve H

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Re: Annual Rally date - please read this
« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2009, 10:19:56 PM »
Graham,

This seems to have been floating about now for ages. Can we give Sjak a firm date so he can organise the MonoConnection guys.

Cheers
Steve

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Re: Annual Rally date - please read this
« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2009, 12:39:59 PM »
So has it been confirmed that the next Annual Rally will be in Crewkerne? The reason I ask is that I have a few issues with the location:

1 There is no campsite, it is a field which last time had not been cut and was littered with cow sh*t
2 Toilet facilities and fresh water are across the road at the pub
3 There is no other pub around which gives the landlord carte blanche on prices of beers.
4 The beers are 'foreign' and will probably cost a small fortune, (euro / pound rate!)
5 There is nothing of consequence in the village
6 What is there locally?
7 Who will organise a rideout?
8 The Dutch contingent are hopefully coming across this year and with the current economic climate may well attend in numbers, some in previous years have stayed for a while, is Crewkerne really that good?
9 If this is a formal club event, who is filing a H&S report?
10 Do persons who have not previously been there know that you have to 'to and fro' from the pub to the 'campsite' across a busy road? (Implications?!)
11 It is proposed to book a room behind the pub for toilet and showering facilities, how much will this cost, are persons aware of this.?
12 Again with the economic climate the chances are that more people will not holiday abroad, this will obviously affect
just how busy the local area is, bearing in mind that this will be the beginning of the holiday season.
13 I am throwing these issues up as it strikes me that there has been no thought into where would be suitable for an Annual Rally. The area around Crewkerne is really boring and for me this will probably be my only big holiday this year.
14 Can nobody think of anywhere else that would be suitable for the Annual that would attract our Brit club members and impress our European colleagues? Is this the best we can do bearing in mind that enthusiasm has wained significantly over the past couple of years.
15 If it is still to be at Crewkerne I will certainly rideout to Sammy Millers museum




16 So what if I have had a S**T time just recently! Bah Humbug!
If I'm not working I'll be away on my bike camping!

robG

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Re: Annual Rally date - please read this
« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2009, 02:08:41 PM »
Steve , I agree .

As for a lot of members , I have to plan time off well ahead {and even this is no guarantee}.

I would raise a couple of points , in addition to those raised above by Steve D.
I for one intend to take other family members along and as such there now appear to be a number of ' what ifs ?' re Crewkerne .Should we not resolve these prior to committing our Dutch chums to attending what may turn out to be a less than satisfactory venue.Speaking as a Welsh chap , Crewkerne is far more convenient than Dent , or Derbyshire. However ,these venues worked and ,I have no doubt ,will work again and I for one would rather have to travel than have a sub standard annual rally.
This needs to be expedited . If the dates, at least, can agreed upon , that's one step forward , the venue can follow.However we cannot leave this for too long as the location will dictate the travell arrangements required by Sjak and chums .

Do we have any other  possible venues?

With regard to the H&S issues , these are , I understand , binding .My knowledge on such matters is limited . Is anyone willing to adopt the mantle of H&S rep for the club as a position ?

Rob .