2010 Banquet Details

Mark your calendar and do what you need to do to shift plans because you do NOT want to miss the...

2010 Texas AI/CMC Awards Banquet!!!!

Saturday November 13th in College Station
I will be working on details of exact venue, but plan on starting at or around 5pm.

Agenda to include
- Dinner and drinks (cost per person TBD but expect not much or better)
- Texas AI/CMC Video
- Awards Presentations
- Surprise Special Guest
- 2011 Season Discussion

Please PM me your adult/children headcount so I can plan accordingly.

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Originally Posted by Al Fernandez

Mark your calendar and do what you need to do to shift plans because you do NOT want to miss the...

2010 Texas AI/CMC Awards Banquet!!!!

Saturday November 13th in College Station
I will be working on details of exact venue, but plan on starting at or around 5pm.

Agenda to include
- Dinner and drinks (cost per person TBD but expect not much or better)
- Texas AI/CMC Video
- Awards Presentations
- Surprise Special Guest
- 2011 Season Discussion

Please PM me your adult/children headcount so I can plan accordingly.

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Surprise Special Guest

Todd? That would be a surprise.




JJ

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Originally Posted by Al Fernandez

Mark your calendar...

Agenda to include
- Texas AI/CMC Video

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By November 13th?

Put Orange is Fast! down for 5 for food... and probably a video.

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Originally Posted by Fbody383

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Originally Posted by Al Fernandez

Mark your calendar...

Agenda to include
- Texas AI/CMC Video

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By November 13th?

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Oh yeah ... its just a video.

How hard can it be to:

review hundreds of hours of in-car video
review hundreds of photos
log all the potential "takes"
convert all the formats to something your program can actually read, edit and process
find appropriate music
edit all the video and audio
sync the music to the action on screen.
re-edit video when music doesn't match up
resync the music
repeat mulitple times
finalize and export
make 100 copies of the DVD with nice, printed labels
Show it at the banquet and hand out all the copies
read all the Siskel and Ebbert type comments on style and content.

If you don't work, don't sleep and piss your family off, you should have it completed by teh 13th.

In other words, Mitch is volunteering to help. What a guy.

More banquet details...

location is:
Caffe Capri
222 North Main Street
Bryan, Tx
979-822-2675

We'll have appetizers and a nice sit down italian dinner. We'll also have a hosted bar (with some financial cap since you guys drink too much :wink: after which you winos are on cash up front)

My best guess since I dont have a head count is cost will be $6 per adult.

Please pm me your adult/children headcount as I will need to lock it one week prior (the 6th)

For those not in "the know"...

Caffe Capri is owned by Rami Cerone, who happens to be a super nice guy, and a race car driver too! He has driven in three? LeMons races, and quite a few Spec RX7 races where he rented a ride. He has recently purchased a Spec7 so please give him hell about not having the cajones to step up to v8 powah and race with us when you see him at the banquet :-) I fully expect him to come to his senses and join CMC one of these days.

Oh, their food is good too :D

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Originally Posted by Wade

For those not in "the know"...

Caffe Capri is owned by Rami Cerone, who happens to be a super nice guy, and a race car driver too! He has driven in three? LeMons races, and quite a few Spec RX7 races where he rented a ride. He has recently purchased a Spec7 so please give him hell about not having the cajones to step up to v8 powah and race with us when you see him at the banquet :-) I fully expect him to come to his senses and join CMC one of these days.

Oh, their food is good too :D

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That's "pah"

I'm going to fit it in, but I'll be in Houston that weekend at the NMRA event and will probably head up there for the evening.

Are there any other Houston guys planning to make the trip up there on Saturday afternoon?

This sounds like a high class place. I'm impressed Al.
I guess there will be no puking in the parking lot?
My wife and I will definitely be there.
Thanks

Darcie and I are in for sure! We also live about 15min away, so after you puke in the parking lot you can sleep on our back patio... it's not as uncomfortable as it sounds. If you're lucky, the dogs will clean you up by morning.

For real though.. we have can sleep 5 comfortably between the guest room, blow up mattress and couch. Let us know if you want a free place to crash. :wink:

I live about 10 minutes away. Gary, Laura and Nick are all staying at my place. That's all the bed space I have, but there is a recliner and floor space if anyone needs it.

It is a classy place, and I'm sure it'll return to being a classy place shortly after we leave :lol:

I do need RSVPs though, it is a sit down dinner that has to be settled up front by close of business Friday the 5th.

So far I've heard from
M. Mosty
Valentin
Zimmerman
Crumpacker
Francis
Kellam (3 adults one kid, I'm assuming that includes you Wayne)

The surprise special guest is not Todd, come on give me a little credit. :lol:

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Originally Posted by mitchntx

Oh yeah ... its just a video.

How hard can it be to:

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Yeah! I whipped this up in 2 hours.
http://ww.specialstage.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=29851
(video linked in first post)

Put me down for two adults.
To add a caviat to Wade's post, if you stay, you must have some knowledge of rebuilding T5's.

Al, who is Zimmerman :-D

As of now... I think I will be there alone.

Spousal approval for me in the form of "I don't care, but be home for your son's birthday party on Sunday."

So put me down as one.

What time does this start anyway?

5pm

Zimmerman is the new Zimmer "the man" now that he's ROTY :wink:

I'll be there + 1

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Originally Posted by Al Fernandez

5pm

Zimmerman is the new Zimmer "the man" now that he's ROTY :wink:

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5 is too early for Sheri and I, but put down reservations for 5 for Team LiiR

Will pay for all 5 even if we don't fill all the spots

I thought I was gonna make it but just got hit with an out of town commitment I can't get out of....

Sucks...I was really looking forward to this.



Al - I'll PM you to make payment arrangements for the shirts I ordered and what-not.

Put me down for two adults.

Eddie, we're leaving from NW Houston, you're welcome to ride with us.

Eddie, I'm down in Pearland and should have plenty of room if you wanna ride along.

Put me down for 1...I'm not the special guest, but I think Adam may be in town that weekend. Is it him???

The NorHouston crew should caravan. If only one of us had a motorhome!?! :lol: :idea:

Italian food...trophies...World Season Premiere Video...racing buddies...how could you go wrong!?!?!

-=- Todd

We're going to be in Baytown near Houston Raceway park so I'll link up with whoever is closer. :)

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Originally Posted by Todd Covini

The NorHouston crew should caravan. If only one of us had a motorhome!?! :lol: :idea:

-=- Todd

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OK - everyone meet at Al's house at 3:30 for the party bus. I'll bring the barf bags!!!!

Let me see what the wife's thoughts are... 8)

A bunch of old guys in an RV goin' to a college town. Sounds like a good formula for a reality video project. Oh wait, its already been done. :roll:

So which one of you will be doing the Will Ferrell from Old School?

http://www.fototime.com/6250BB00EBC0F10/standard.jpg
WE'RE GOING STREAKING!

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Originally Posted by Alien

So which one of you will be doing the Will Ferrell from Old School?

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Since you are married now - you qualify. Good luck.

put me down for 2.

Will that be 2 for the motorhome or 2 for the banquet?
Maybe we better start separate lists?

"...we're streaking...."

Looks like I'm not going to Houston that weekend so I won't need to carpool with anyone. Thanks for the offers anyway. :)

Alrighty then! Just a reminder that the banquet is this saturday at Caffe Capri, 222 North Main Street, Bryan Texas. We'll start with some drinks and appetizers at 5pm with dinner being served a bit later.

Thanks to all of you that have RSVPd for an accurate head count (I have to confirm the number, ie the money). Dont forget its a $6/per person copay. :D

The following folks confirmed:
Covini
Francis
Love
Rock
English
Robertson, G
Landrum
Proctor
Kellam
Mosty
Neary
Runyon
Liebbe
Smith, R
Crumpacker
Valentin
Zimmer
Stehle

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Originally Posted by Al Fernandez

Thanks to all of you that have RSVPd

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Pedersen +1 for the banquet.



Richard P.

Put me down as a solo

Just FYI, the A&M / Nebraska game is Saturday night so expect the town to be packed and hotels sold out.

A&M is at Baylor, kansas @ Neb, OSU @ Texas

three more attendees added :D

Oh, one more thing.... announcing the special guests for our banquet...
(drum roll please...)

...your new Texas Regional Directors, Revkah and Dave Balingit!!!!

(much applause)

8)

Oops, my Nebraska co-worker was talking about the game and I thought he meant this weekend.

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Originally Posted by Al Fernandez

Oh, one more thing.... announcing the special guests for our banquet...
(drum roll please...)

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Crap... that means vid edits.

Glenn, send me more video of you at Hallett.