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| | | Re: How bout some ideas? | Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,662 Likes: 2 carpal tunnel | carpal tunnel Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,662 Likes: 2 | I am not really keen on 2 Nationals. We all know the rules for the bidding for the hosting of The Nationals was set up when there where 100's of clubs and allot of van councils. Moving the locations helped to keep the event fresh. Now with a smaller core group of vanners working on the nationals what would be the harm in picking some key locationas in the hot beds of the vanning comunity and switching off the locations from year to year. The mid west one year,the mid atalntic one year,back to the upper mid west,then back to the new england area, I have herd that vanner have complained about returning to a venue. Bigger car runs like the Street rod nationals have been held in the same place for years. I just kinda think if we could map out a plan it might be easier for the Nats board and the hosting clubs to consentrate on provding a better event and give vanners who live farther out like the West coast guys a more concrete way to plan to make an event.
......Wookee
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| | | Re: How bout some ideas? | Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 9,428 Likes: 2 carpal tunnel | carpal tunnel Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 9,428 Likes: 2 | No way your going to get my van out in a snowstorm! I think if you tried to have a second NATS it would take away from the (summer) National Van Run. As you know we all save for and plan on going to the NATS all year.
Loonie Toon Truckers... New Jersey Chapter | | | Re: How bout some ideas? | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,670 Central Long Island Vans | Central Long Island Vans Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,670 | I think it would make the most sense to just have the Nationals in New Hampshire every year.... ..... but I guess thats not ever ganna work, but I do love the fact that 2 Nationals in a row (PA & NY)are less than 8 hours away from my house.....I missed the last 2 cause they were way too far..... I do wonder where the most Vanners are located, Its gatta be New England,right?
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| | | Re: How bout some ideas? | Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 9,428 Likes: 2 carpal tunnel | carpal tunnel Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 9,428 Likes: 2 | O no, Kev is on the pipe again! Come on man OH. and IL. are to far? dammit boy! OK Washington state might be to far for us right coasters. But give us a break bro your giving us a bad name!
Loonie Toon Truckers... New Jersey Chapter | | | Re: How bout some ideas? | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,670 Central Long Island Vans | Central Long Island Vans Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,670 | ..........[buff][buff]....[cough][cough]
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| | | Re: How bout some ideas? | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,859 P.R. Wisconsin Van Council | P.R. Wisconsin Van Council Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,859 | I do wonder where the most Vanners are located, Its gatta be New England,right?
Nope wrong Midwest owns that trophy | | | Re: How bout some ideas? | Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,662 Likes: 2 carpal tunnel | carpal tunnel Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,662 Likes: 2 | I hear a little 3 hour sydrome comming out here. There are some of us that really like a long distance van run adventure and some that don't/can't.
If you knew well in advance,(some people do need more than a year)where we where going.We might be able to strenthen our numbers through the gates.
Back in the day the part of the reason rule of not announcing the location untill the Nationals event was done to help keep vanners from sitting out an event to wait for an event closer to them.
Not to stir up stuff/piont fingers. this might have happened this year.There was quite a few new england vanners missing this year that where in attendance the last time the "Nationals" where in Pa.There was also allot of vanners from the Ohio mid west area that did not show up at this event. On the good side there was a healthy numbers from both areas who did show up.......
........Wookee
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| | | Re: How bout some ideas? | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 9,855 Likes: 234 carpal tunnel | carpal tunnel Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 9,855 Likes: 234 | Three hours don't scare a Georgia vanner. I've driven that far to have lunch. As for weather, if I can't drive it, what's the point?: Seriously though, I think two nationals would split the numbers and stress a lot of budgets. | | | Re: How bout some ideas? | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 960 Master Baiter | Master Baiter Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 960 | One winter storm could ruin the whole travel plans of anyone up north, making it not very profitable
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