So... the wife and I were thinking of a way to get people to stop by the tent and one idea led to another...
The final(?) idea was to hold a contest. Pick a Mark VIII or other Lincoln on the showfield and post a display to "guess" the mileage on the odometer by stopping at the LOD tent and registering to win a prize (hopefully donated by one of our sponsors?). The prize would need to be relevant to most anyone attending the show (Ford car enthusiast). Discretely 'hide' the odometer reading by covering the instrument panel. People stop by the tent and register their 'guess' on a ticket with their contact info and deposit the ticket into a container of some sort.
With so many fine participant cars, many would be hard pressed to guess what the mileage would be. I would need to contact our sponsors and see what they would be willing to do to help out.
Also, we would like to continue the 'goody bag' gift to the first 25 registrants who choose LOD as their club affiliation. The intent here is to garner enough registrants to be able to have the Carlisle club tent free of charge on the showfield. With the trying economy, it is increasingly difficult to find contributors. We already have tee shirts and a handful of 'trinkets' to include. ANY help would be much appreciated. I would ask that whatever contributions are made that you please post or PM me with your intent.
Remember we need a quantity of 25 and it needs to be small enough to be contained in a yet to be determined bag of some sort with the club logo. I know Leo, Dean and others expressed interest in contributing before (wink, wink - hello?).
I am also trying to get car flags made with the club logo for club participants to display on their cars - like the sports team flags you see on the way to the stadium every game.
Any other contributions to the tent theme (patriotic/red-white-blue) or traditional dinner 'raffle' would be much appreciated. Usually we have adequate refreshments for the tent thanks to all who share what they can bring for snacks and drinks and of course the club would reimburse upon request.
Another item to consider is a volunteer 'roster duty' to man the tent for attending to visitors. If we could have people sign up for say two hour "shifts", it would allow everyone to more freely enjoy the weekend without so much stress. I would like a volunteer to step up and take charge of this task.
I'm sure I am forgetting some other duties that need to be addressed, so feel free to post your ideas and comments here.
We only have 2 months to get organized, so step up and let's get the ball rolling!!!!
The final(?) idea was to hold a contest. Pick a Mark VIII or other Lincoln on the showfield and post a display to "guess" the mileage on the odometer by stopping at the LOD tent and registering to win a prize (hopefully donated by one of our sponsors?). The prize would need to be relevant to most anyone attending the show (Ford car enthusiast). Discretely 'hide' the odometer reading by covering the instrument panel. People stop by the tent and register their 'guess' on a ticket with their contact info and deposit the ticket into a container of some sort.
With so many fine participant cars, many would be hard pressed to guess what the mileage would be. I would need to contact our sponsors and see what they would be willing to do to help out.
Also, we would like to continue the 'goody bag' gift to the first 25 registrants who choose LOD as their club affiliation. The intent here is to garner enough registrants to be able to have the Carlisle club tent free of charge on the showfield. With the trying economy, it is increasingly difficult to find contributors. We already have tee shirts and a handful of 'trinkets' to include. ANY help would be much appreciated. I would ask that whatever contributions are made that you please post or PM me with your intent.
Remember we need a quantity of 25 and it needs to be small enough to be contained in a yet to be determined bag of some sort with the club logo. I know Leo, Dean and others expressed interest in contributing before (wink, wink - hello?).
I am also trying to get car flags made with the club logo for club participants to display on their cars - like the sports team flags you see on the way to the stadium every game.
Any other contributions to the tent theme (patriotic/red-white-blue) or traditional dinner 'raffle' would be much appreciated. Usually we have adequate refreshments for the tent thanks to all who share what they can bring for snacks and drinks and of course the club would reimburse upon request.
Another item to consider is a volunteer 'roster duty' to man the tent for attending to visitors. If we could have people sign up for say two hour "shifts", it would allow everyone to more freely enjoy the weekend without so much stress. I would like a volunteer to step up and take charge of this task.
I'm sure I am forgetting some other duties that need to be addressed, so feel free to post your ideas and comments here.
We only have 2 months to get organized, so step up and let's get the ball rolling!!!!
