Re: [Chrysler300] Thanks for the Memories!

[Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well thanks Rob for the kind words, and to everybody else, I NEED HOSTS!
If you want to keep having these Meets, then YOU MUST HELP!!!

Starting with Spring of 2008, the Spring and Fall Meets in 2009 and on.
A few members have contacted me over the last few years, but they were 
either too far out on the fringes or it was too soon after another Meet 
in the same area. Some locations just won't work, but at least, let's 
talk about YOUR idea.
I try to spread these out so everyone will have a meet within a days 
drive every 2 years or so. (Sorry Leftys, but nothing is within a days 
drive out there! But we'll come back.)
Many of us are die hard Meet goers, so will travel far to get to them 
as it really is an extended family for us. We all miss not seeing our 
300 friends if we have to stay home.

Since we are going to be in Springfield, IL this Fall, and Maine next 
fall, then most anything for next spring would be worth looking at.

It's time for the members, and I mean YOU, to step up to the plate. The 
Spring Meet in OH is hosted by the Spears, who have done several Meets 
in the past and stepped in twice to fill a hole in my schedule. Other 
officers have done the same, many times. The Fall 2006 meet is hosted 
by Jo Ann and I for the same reason. This is the second one I've had to 
Host long distance for lack of a local Host. The Nashville meet I drove 
500 miles each way, several times before the Meet, to have things 
organized for you guys. I enjoy it, I don't mind doing it, but just 
can't do that any more.

A local Host is the key to a successful Meet, as they know what to do, 
see and avoid. They can spend an hour or so, here and there, over 
months  attending to details. It doesn't take a lot of time, money  
(expenses are reimbursed) or effort, until the week of the meet, then 
it gets intense.  But having coordinated this for 17 years or so, I can 
tell you that I've never had a Host that didn't find it rewarding and 
fun after the dust settled, and all the 300 nuts went home.

Call me @ 479-394-5738, e-mail me @ hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxxx or see me at 
a Meet, I can get you started and support you thru the whole deal.

Ray Jones
Meet Host Coordinator.


On Apr 7, 2007, at 10:02 AM, rob kern wrote:

> Hello 300'ly to all!
>     Every day at the office I have the pleasure of seeing random 
> pictures of the Lawton Meet flash on my screen saver.  The warmth of 
> these memories never stops coming back.  Thank you for allowing us the 
> opportunity to host a meet and to give back to this club everything it 
> has given us.  We just registered at the hotel and confirmed travel 
> arrangements for the Ohio Meet (will send in registration next week 
> Gloria).  Hosting a 300 meet is quite a fun and tedious undertaking.  
> But the memories of being with club members are priceless.  I highly 
> encourage any club member and their spouse who are even considering 
> hosting a meet to step forward and contact Ray Jones to get on the 
> calendar!  Hosting a meet was a labor of love, just like what we do 
> with the restoring, driving, and maintaining our 300s. There is a 
> great meet guideline manual that Ray Jones has assembled for meet 
> hosts.  Gloria, George Riehl, and Ray Jones and all past meet hosts 
> are excellent resource folks to answer questions and lend requested 
> advice. So put on your thinking caps and strongly consider hosting a 
> 300 Meet.  We get to visit and discover some interesting and beautiful 
> places when a variety of meet hosts volunteer and the comraderie at 
> meets is second to none!  Forwardlooking to seeing you all in Ohio!    
> ROB KERN



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