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How to host a successful road meet
Brandon:
While allowing time for a stop, you will also need to allow for time to corral everyone at the end of the stop.
oscar:
--- Quote from: hbelkins on May 20, 2013, 03:38:46 PM ---5.) Promote your meet. Post it on AA Roads, create a Facebook page, announce it on "Roadgeek" or any of the regional Yahoo groups, post it on misc.transport.road, create a Web page on your site if you have one. Allow multiple RSVP channels, since not everyone has Facebook and some who do use FB don't want to publicize their travel plans. Post your details, links to the restaurant's site, tour itinerary maps or narratives, etc. Give plenty of information to meet attendees. Provide a cell phone contact number (privately to attendees if you wish) so they can notify you if they're running late.
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I'm a Facebook refusnik. Please make FB events page viewable by us non-FB users, rather than use the default setting which locks out non-users. I find it helpful to occasionally check FB pages for meets I'm planning to or might attend, for details that don't end up on aaroads, even if I can't post there and need to RSVP on aaroads or by e-mail.
EDIT: Facebook is increasingly restricting access by non-FB users, even to "public" FB events. For example. non-FB users can read basic event information (which is helpful), but not read any discussions.
Often some meet attendees are on FB but not this forum, so keeping everything on the forum is usually not an option. But at least make sure that the forum gets copies of the most important info, especially late changes to meet locations and times. This has been done with all the meets I've attended, and we should keep doing that.
bugo:
Don't overthink things. I hosted a Tulsa roadmeet a few years ago, and it took me literally 5 minutes to plan the itinerary. I got to see things that I had never seen before. Everybody seemed to have a good time, and we had a good time at my apartment after the driving (except for one person who was a complete buzzkill).
getemngo:
Here's a question. At some meets, there are lots and lots of places to stop - a bridge here, a highway stub there, a neat sign right around the corner - often so many, that some attractions have to be drive-through only. Other times, like if the primary purpose of the meet is to drive a brand new stretch of freeway, not many places stand out as a good place to stop.
Do any of you have a rule of thumb for how many stops to make?
Brandon:
--- Quote from: getemngo on April 23, 2014, 08:39:50 AM ---Here's a question. At some meets, there are lots and lots of places to stop - a bridge here, a highway stub there, a neat sign right around the corner - often so many, that some attractions have to be drive-through only. Other times, like if the primary purpose of the meet is to drive a brand new stretch of freeway, not many places stand out as a good place to stop.
Do any of you have a rule of thumb for how many stops to make?
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Not really. However, if there is a good vantage point for a feature such as a bridge, a stop there is always a good idea unless that stop requires the use of "the worst urban street in the world" to get there.
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