Hi all,
Brainstorming on locations for our 2010 North American Heartland Owners Rally.
In the last year, the Club has really taken off. More and more chapters have organized and the rally count increases every month. This is an awesome thing. The more local chapter rallies we have, the more Heartland owners can get to one or more rallies. I have been to many of these chapter rallies and most of them are amazing.
This lessens the dependence on trying to get to a single rally, when we only had one a year in Goshen, Indiana. That said, the North American Rally hosted by the Club home office is the biggie and take rallies to the next level for those interested in that sort of thing.
Our plan to to hold this rally near Elkhart, Indiana ("back home") every other year, and put the show on the road every other year. No matter where the rally on the road is located, it will always include and exclude Heartland owners based on distance from their home base. This is inescapable. But we do have a bit of flexibility on where we hold it.
Criteria on location/venue for this rally is:
In the running thus far is (see maps at bottom of this post):
Jim
* Interested Parties
Some owners are not joiners or rallyers. Some are not in a position to travel over a thousand miles to a rally. Some just cannot get a week or two off in June or July due to work, school, crops, kids, pets, parents or other reasons. This is all very understandable and a-okay. You are as important to me as all other owners. For this particular discussion however, we will not need your feedback.
For this poll and this discussion to the most helpful for this particular rally, who we want to hear from are those of you who can get the time off, can travel the distance and are interested in coming to this rally.
US/CAN Map showing both proposed 2010 rally locations:
//heartlandowners.org/rally/2010/2010_rally_location_ideas.jpg
Current snapshot of HOP (Heartland Owners Position) Map showing where owners are now:
//heartlandowners.org/rally/2010/HOP_02-26-09.jpg
Brainstorming on locations for our 2010 North American Heartland Owners Rally.
In the last year, the Club has really taken off. More and more chapters have organized and the rally count increases every month. This is an awesome thing. The more local chapter rallies we have, the more Heartland owners can get to one or more rallies. I have been to many of these chapter rallies and most of them are amazing.
This lessens the dependence on trying to get to a single rally, when we only had one a year in Goshen, Indiana. That said, the North American Rally hosted by the Club home office is the biggie and take rallies to the next level for those interested in that sort of thing.
Our plan to to hold this rally near Elkhart, Indiana ("back home") every other year, and put the show on the road every other year. No matter where the rally on the road is located, it will always include and exclude Heartland owners based on distance from their home base. This is inescapable. But we do have a bit of flexibility on where we hold it.
Criteria on location/venue for this rally is:
- Venue must be able to host at least 100 rigs with capability to host much more if needed
- Full-hookups are preferred as this rally is usually longer than others (planning to add a day to the "back home" rally beginning 2010)
- Rally hall or building that is right-sized and comfortable based on local weather at rally time
- Preferably, some interesting local points of interest
In the running thus far is (see maps at bottom of this post):
- Kansas State Fairgrounds - Hutchinson, Kansas
- CG TBD - Nashville, TN
- Have *interested parties vote in the poll on these 2 places
- Get input from *interested parties on other locations/venues that could host a rally of this size
Jim
* Interested Parties
Some owners are not joiners or rallyers. Some are not in a position to travel over a thousand miles to a rally. Some just cannot get a week or two off in June or July due to work, school, crops, kids, pets, parents or other reasons. This is all very understandable and a-okay. You are as important to me as all other owners. For this particular discussion however, we will not need your feedback.
For this poll and this discussion to the most helpful for this particular rally, who we want to hear from are those of you who can get the time off, can travel the distance and are interested in coming to this rally.
US/CAN Map showing both proposed 2010 rally locations:
//heartlandowners.org/rally/2010/2010_rally_location_ideas.jpg
Current snapshot of HOP (Heartland Owners Position) Map showing where owners are now:
//heartlandowners.org/rally/2010/HOP_02-26-09.jpg
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