Good to hear. Honestly more than you want to deal with... trust me. I've worked at bars, clubs and a ranch that had 4 bars on it.

Not to hard to get a hold of though... haaa.




Side note... My little brother works for Elixir... coors distributor. Sales.

 

he hasn't quite made it to the big 2-1 yet.

 

In order to get quality beer (not any of that crap beer), you're paying at least $1.00 per beer...which multiplied by the number of beers you'd suggest we provide (350-400 calculated from previous attendance claims), that starts adding to the cost.

Just my .02

 

huh? IIRC, the price is $12 in advance OR $17 at the door. This will hopefully ensure we get an accurate count of people so when we purchase food, we have enough to cover everyone without having a lot of wasted food. Adding $5 at the door helps pay for getting extra food if needed at the local stores, where prices are generally higher.

I believe that the menu reflects the quality of food being served, and that comes at a higher cost than simply throwing hot dogs and burgers on a grille and calling it BBQ. The price going up by $2/person isn't that huge of a jump is it?

 

Well put. This was exactly my thinking. Not worth having to pay extra for the few people that want a beer when they can just as easily bring it themselves if they want it bad enough. And I don't see why beer would be necessary. It's a meet and BBQ. Not a frat party.

 

I'm going to bring a small ice chest with a six pack of micro-brew for the people who are working on the BBQ grille. Getting that hot requires a beer or two to cool down...

 

Substantially? Hardly... Costco sells 30 packs of cans for like $20, two 30 packs should be enough for those who want to drink since a lot of folks wont be.

Only problem with that is people like you, AKA Beer snobs are never satisfied with beer that is provided. Yeah, it'd be great to have a micro brewery serving us, but thats not very realistic. In the past I have provided a mix of Corona, Becks, Heiny, and budweiser I think. I know you'll call them "**** beers", etc, but like I said before, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

Besides, a nice cold **** beer is really refreshing on a super hot day.


So BYOB it is, I totally understand but wanted to throw that out there since I have done it in the past and still kept the cost at $10 a head.



OH YEAH! I almost forgot the most important thing! We need orange cones to block areas off! The last thing we want is people parking in our area. Walmart sells small plastic soccer cones for like $2 or less for 5 cones. They are durable, easy to transport, and much smaller than those HUGE rubber cones that the city uses.

It would be in everyone's best interest if we had cones so we could block off an area for i-clubbers ONLY.

 

Another thing, it would be nice to design some signs or posters that we could put up around our area so that everyone knows what area is ours, this will also keep strangers out of our event.

In the past I've had random people show up and just get in line for food/drink, pretending that they are with our group... I had to approach these people and threaten to tell the ranger/cop since it was a special event so that land was ours for the day and unauthorized people are trespassing, or something like that...

This happened every year for the last 3 years even though everyone at the event had their hand stamped with red ink and a checkered pattern stamp, not to mention food tickets. By putting up clear fliers or posters that say "PRIVATE PARTY, I-CLUB MEMBERS ONLY!" and then draw a skull and cross bones... ha ha ha

 

Will you guys need help with the bags of ice again this year?

 

just as a note.... my beer fridge in my garage is currently fully stocked...

with a 12 pack of bud, about 30 coors lights, a 12 pack of blue ribbon and 12 sam adams in case jeff rolls out. Hardly "beer snob" quality beers.


last time I rolled through a play it again sports they had loads of those cones so that's another place to look.

60 beers... are you still expecting the regular turn up of about 500 people?

just curious... cause my HOUSE bbq's I provide about 200-300 beers.

but this is just beating a dead horse as the correct decision was made already and there's a pretty low chance I'll even show this year so that should make you happy enough to drink a whole beer all by yourself.

Looking foward to seeing some photos.


Oh... and as a side note... any of you hot rod fans should come out to our show.. Pride of the Champ in Antioch. AUGUST 9. sponsored by monster energy drinks. Gonna be a ripping show. Last years was insanely fun. Do a search on it.

 

Updates...

I already HAVE cones... (real ones, my mom stole them)... and I have no problem throwing them in the van...

For the signs... Since I work at Kinko's I can probably get some of those with relative ease... I originally wanted to get a bunch of signs but have since scrapped the idea... but I'll think about it...

I don't really have a huge issue with "Strangers" coming to the event... We are all kind of strangers anyway right? as long as there aren't any *******s we shouldn't have any problems...

As for the price and the food... It is a little pricey this year for a couple of reasons... A) I don't really have a great deal of money to begin with and I am really trying to at least break even... B) there will be REAL food (not 110 pizzas in the back of a forester)... We have also come to the conclusion that we will have wristbands for the people who are getting food...


And Finally...

Remember that you can buy both food and raffle tickets NOW...
$12 - Food Ticket
$1 - Raffle Ticket
Prices will go up at the door
Please get your tickets in advance

Paypal to iclub.baic@yahoo.com

I will also be accepting cash at the meets (UCKK, MVKK, SJW, and XLL)
I will try to make it out to as many meets as possible

 

good idea with the wrist bands.

if you want people to buy early so you can cover food I'd suggest an incentive. The $5 is nice but say a gift bag for all preregistrations. Throw stickers from the sponsors in there. A couple raffle tickets and a coupon for a discounted t-shirt. You'll get more prereg and be able to cover more costs up front.

 

i guess ill have to bring the Audi out to this, im in. next time i see you Jourdan i gotta buy three or four tickets

 

Sounds like a really good idea... I'll have to think up some stuff for the goodie bags

You going to be at UCKK?

 

Is this park dog friendly?