Updated: January 12, 2009

BlownEuros is currently working on securing the location for this years event. Multiple places have been contacted and as soon as we have the location set it will be announced.

The tentative date for the event will be on Sunday April 5th from ~ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.

As soon as details begin to be secured they will be released here, as well as on the main BlownEuros site and our new fundraising/ event site, BlownEurosSupports.com

haha, that made me laugh.

this 2009 will be fun as hell and a charitable event too.

If we run out of spots again this year, we're screwed :D:p

this year is going to be a blast!!!

I never realized how f'n huge that lot is. holy hell batman.

Pretty prime location w/ the mall across the street, and then some water slide action afterward :D

Pretty prime location w/ the mall across the street, and then some water slide action afterward :D

do you remember how f'n cold it was last year at like 7am when we got there. it was still freezing all day


YOU can have fun on the slide. ill stay warm:D

oh my god this is gonna rule, we really gotta plan early this time

Someone please remind me not to get sunburned on the trailer roof this year.

Someone please remind me not to get sunburned on the trailer roof this year.

ginger vitas

Someone please remind me not to get sunburned on the trailer roof this year.

Does this include your eyes?

Any and all.

another BlownEuroz GTG!!! can't wait...i keep planning my schedule around the march/april GTG but somehow never get my rides finished in time! :D

what should i take over to the GTG this year?????

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/VWBeachBum/70%20Squareback/IMG_0044.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/VWBeachBum/70%20Squareback/DSC_0520.jpg

only lowered with 14inch Porsche Fuchs on it....the wife's car, of course!
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/VWBeachBum/92%20Cabby/DSC_0442.jpg

you know i say take the squareback

Squareback for sure.

yeah, just did a motor swap on it a couple weeks ago, but that motor is only firing on 2 cylinders...so it's time for some head work, new rings, and pistons.....and the Squareback WILL be painted in time for this year's GTG!!!!

the wife will be rollin' in the her cabby which will also be done in time!!!! her car is further along than mine right now!

So do we have a Date for the GTG this year? and is that aerial shot from the same location as last year? or did i miss something...new location???

Different location, date unannounced.

update....

lauren finally got the corrected letter to josh. also here are a few notes

Ok, I already got an e-mail back from XXX (one of the directors) she is extremely excited and enthusiastic about the event!!!!! One of the other girls I volunteer with already picked up a third-party contract from the shelter which is basically a blank form that you fill in which jsut states that the American Red Cross is allowing you to use their name in roder to collect donations.

and we also got this

Michelle forwarded your e-mail to me and I want to thank you for your interest in raising funds for the American Red Cross Lower Bucks County Chapter. Because of the dedication and commitment of volunteers like you, we can continue to provide vital services to our neighbors. A car show is such a unique idea! What kind of cars do you guys feature?

I need to have an agreement on file in order to send a letter to (location). It protects both of us and allows me to talk about the event to outside organizations ((Location) and any media outlets). It also lets me lend you our logo to use for your marketing materials. It sounds much harsher than it really is (lawyers have a way of making everything sound mean), but I need whoever is running the car show to read over it and fill in the highlighted areas. After I have a signed copy, I will send a letter to whoever you need me to and help you in whatever way I can.


I should have the 3rd party contract monday or tuesday at the latest, and its just a matter of getting the last parts of the paperwork to go after the (location)


Once we set a date I will contact the radio station to get that lined up.

Its gonna be HUGE . PT can we make this private so we can talk about more...

we will all meet up this weekend again and talk about it. maybe go to moes or something when everyone is around. byob.

i'm out of town this weekend. Why don't we just do Monday at Moes like we keep talking about.

i have Laurens work xmas party monday, so josh just fill me in.

or we can meet another night, just the involved people and start to map it out and get some ideas on paper.

its going to be OFFICIAL and alot of work if we shoot for 750+ cars.

moes tomorrow night. lets get a time. 7:30 good?

works for me.

dude i wanted moes so bad:(

regardless, josh has the paper in hand, and the lady from (that place lol) said she will write us a letter and do what ever we need her to do to get us in, where ever we want.:eek:

letter's are completed. I am reaching out to the red cross to see if I need to deliver these or if I can fax them over today. I am going to have her put together a letter of support so that I can include it with the letter I have already written and mail them both off to Sesame Place in one packet with photos from last year as well as contact info.

I contributed allot last night

my count is 1,500 and 1,600 spots

I contributed allot last night

once you figured out how to work your arms.

haha.

ok well we pretty much have things sorted. all we need is the location set on the first sunday in april. can't do it the second weekend becaust show and go is usually the second weekend in april.

also...

-need to get the design to the shirt and sweatshirt to jeff
-start with sponsors for the tshirts as well as the show to cut down costs
-start cutting some special edition blowneuroz gtg stickers. have to think of a color and get a roll of it.

I say do a blowneuroz logo that looks like a street sign

also I want to put a huge red cross on my car....if its done

a street sign work and will be somewhat easy.

a red cross on your car would be easy if you ever start your car.

Street sign is very played out for automotive logos... I'd go with something else.

I am actually trying to do something based off of the red cross since thats who we're supporting. I could rock the red cross on the rabbit as well .... would make a little ambulance. might have to do something different for the beetle.

edit: I want to do this all over the rabbit...

http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/archives/o_american-red-cross-1.jpg

Also, I was talking with my brother last night and we both thought it might be a good idea to do some presale of admission. Ryan offered to sponsor the event and purchase the actually printing of the numbered tickets, which would double as their raffle ticket. This would help us have some funds to buy food and cover insurance, etc. ahead of time, as well as possibly help us predict the number of people.

that would look sick, and the presale idea is money

for the gtg it would be cool to have a few of our cars (red or white) to be at the red cross area with that vinyl theme on it.

presale is a great idea. we could make up some nice rip off tickets to then collect at the show and it would also give us a count for the number of cars this upcoming year. should we do it through a personal paypal or what? lets get on that so we don't run out of time.

i actually like that BlownEuroz Supports. lets get a banner made up. it will be easy, just order the size material we want and cut some vinyl to lay on it.

most importantly, josh any word back from sesame place? that one kid yocoop on vortex said he works there and may have a good contact and he could also prob put a good word in for us.

UPDATE:

1) Rip off tickets will be done and all or mostly paid for by Brothers In Arms Design as a form of sponsorship. These will be sequentially numbered so these will also double as the raffle tickets and will keep from having to walk around and sell them throughout the day.

2) Forms have been returned to the American Red Cross and I have the letter from Danielle which shows their support for this event and also gives a red cross contact for sesame place in case they have questions.

3) I spoke with Andrew (yocoop) and he gave me the contact info for the woman at Sesame Place we need to contact. The packet will be in the mail tomorrow morning and on its way to Sesame. I am going to let Andrew know as well so he can give a heads up and put in a good word for us.

4) Spoke to Dave Kennedy at PVW and he feels that they could definitely helps us as far as getting some coverage in the mag. He was unsure if Him and Elliot would be able to make it, but they might send one of their photographers, or least we could take care of it. Either way it will get in the mag.

5) I also sent off photos from last year as well as some info. Dave wants to put BlownEuroz in their "Site of the Month" section and some info about the GTG.

OTHER:

We could definitely do that theme on the cars and I think it would be pretty cool if we all did it. I could do the rabbit and the beetle. I have some silver and also some brushed aluminum vinyl which could be used. I would be willing to do the Rabbit early as a way to promote the event.

We could use the "BlownEuroz Supports" theme, but that logo may have already been shot done. Danielle said the Red Cross is fairly picky about their logo and I have a feeling that may be a little too close for comfort. I am going to send her a copy tomorrow so she can see it, but I wouldn't want to piss them off while they are trying to help us. She is, however, going to send me their real logo so we can use it on items as well as the rules regarding its usage.

Thats all for now.

ok that is sick, then there will be a spot on the back of the tshirt for "brothers in arms". tell ryan thanks.

yeah we have to make sure that nothing, i mean nothing happens bad this year if we get this spot. people can do whatever they want off the property, but on it they have to respect us and the property owner.

PVW is going to be cool, they have always been interested in us and i guess now they are going to be coming through.


hopefully they will be ok with us using the theme on the car, we could get started on your rabbit and/or beetle as a promotional car for the event.

i plan to have my car covered in vinyl like a red cross car. Huge cross on the hood and symbols on the doors.

I am DOWN

edit...

and laurens WHITE jetta can get covered!

we need to get together and sit and talk about this and only this. get a solid list of what else needs to be done, and assign jobs out to people.

monday is going to be a busy night

you missed moes, but this monday we will actually go over more instead of eating burritos.

dude i know trust me

soooo, as I assumed, the BlownEuroz Supports logo was shot down by the red cross. Danielle, admitted that she liked it, but that national would probably have her head if we used it. So its back to the drawing board. Today should be a slow day at work so I am hoping to have something before the end of the day.

as for the cars, I am sure we could get away with using the silhouettes as its an old campaign. One thing we have to keep in mind, if we do use the red cross logo anywhere, it has to be on a white background ... so we won't be able to mention red cross on most of the cars. Simply the design and maybe a link to a website.

does everyone like the "BlownEuroz Supports" theme? if so, i'll buy the domain so we can use it.

Sounds good to me Josh.

josh, the name is great. godaddy has domains for 7.99 with a coupon i think(its the jew in me)..

also it can be very universal.

:D

thoughts on this. Just following the theme ...

http://www.blowneuroz.com/09gtg/BE_RedCross_Logo.jpg

and possible Hoodie/ tshirts ...

http://www.blowneuroz.com/09gtg/BE_RedCross_hoodie.jpg

I like that Josh would they let us use that logo?
also where do we stand in terms of status? Is the red cross fully on board? any work from big bird about the parking lot?
I'm trying to figure out how to help but I am a very useless person

i really like it, but maybe put a silhouette of on of the guys leaning on a car or something car related since it is a car site. for the sweatshirt lets just keep the logo on the front, but on the shirts that will be made for the gtg we have to have the logo on the front and the sponsors on the back.

def pick up that site, then we can make an email and paypal account off of that for people to send donations etc...

we should def put the red cross with the BE cut out on cars, they can't get mad at us for that.

any word from sesame?

sean you can help out with putting a video togather of last year and some of h20. ;)

yeah I knew you would say that, im gonna be a real effort into it tomorow I promise

haha, yeah. and if you do i will trailer your car to the shop.

i'll make some revisions to the logo on Monday. There should be no problem using that one since it really is not their logo at all and was simply pulled from a short ad campaign done a few years ago.

I plan to call Sesame on Monday as they should have the letter by then and should have been able to read it over. I would like to get something moving before the holidays, but to be honest it might be a little difficult since a lot of people take off and this really is a hard time to do stuff like this. Hopefully we can get in there though.

I bought "blowneurozsupports.com" and will begin working on that on Monday as well. It would be nice to get something going and then we can simply add the necessities as we start getting information for the event.

ok cool. all of that sounds good.

moes tomorrow again, lets try and make it 6:30 since they close a little early on weeknights.

works better for me since I get out of work at 5:30. See everyone there.

lauren and i will try to make it to moes tomorrow. we both have crazy schedules.

Lauren and i helped volunteer today at the homeless shelter that we will be donating to. Its amazing how hard you work when its for people that are far less fortunate than all of us, but more grateful than any of us will ever be. Its a crazy feeling but all of our efforts will be going to a great cause.

josh the shirt is sick, and i agree with pt, put a car image in there.

Its amazing how hard you work when its for people that are far less fortunate than all of us, but more grateful than any of us will ever be.

i know the feeling. I volunteered there a couple times back in high school. Feels like so long ago.

Is there a flyer in the works yet? The forum on the vortex should be up soon and would be nice to have.

I <3 taco's

not until we actually have a set date and location. Hopefully that can start to be sorted out this week.

Makes sense, so we doing moes tonight?

i'll be there at 6:30

Makes sense, so we doing moes tonight?

shut up and disappear.....enjoying your trimester at Drexle

oooOOOoooOOOo Sick burn!

;)

sean you missed moes. dead yourself.

shut up and disappear.....enjoying your trimester at Drexle

Ha coming from the guy that didn't even show.

And it's Drexel ;)

Josh, any progress on the title/description?

waiting on hold for Sesame Place is probably the greatest thing ever.

Nick~ BlownEuroz Spring GTG #4 - DIscussion for the 4th installment of the BlownEuroz Spring GTG to support the American Red Cross. [To be held on April 5th on the Sesame Place grounds, just north of Philadelphia.]

We'll have to add the second part once that is secure. Which I am waiting for the lady to call me back still.

sean you missed moes. dead yourself.


I went to the gym and then the bar....go figure. Nick I'm just bitter cause I never get to see you

waiting on hold for Sesame Place is probably the greatest thing ever.



I was on hold with Disney World once...I could not stop laughing

everything sounds good except that sean lacks video making skill.

also, talked to schimmel and he is in as a sponsor.

everything sounds good except that sean lacks video making skill.

also, talked to schimmel and he is in as a sponsor.



started yesterday on a 30 second vid for the blowneurozsupports website...is it ok to use the logo with all the people on it or is the red cross gonna wet their pants about it

waiting on hold for Sesame Place is probably the greatest thing ever.

Nick~ BlownEuroz Spring GTG #4 - DIscussion for the 4th installment of the BlownEuroz Spring GTG to support the American Red Cross. [To be held on April 5th on the Sesame Place grounds, just north of Philadelphia.]

We'll have to add the second part once that is secure. Which I am waiting for the lady to call me back still.

What if we tweaked it a little. After looking at the other forums I'm thinking BlownEuroz Spring GTG 2009

is it ok to use the logo with all the people on it or is the red cross gonna wet their pants about it

That logo should be fine since it really isn't a logo of theirs. I am gonna work on it a little to get some car related stuff in there as well which will remove it even more from their logo. Once its done I will send over a video ready file for you to use.

What if we tweaked it a little. After looking at the other forums I'm thinking BlownEuroz Spring GTG 2009

Thats fine. Its honestly not that big of deal, we just need to get it up and running so we can start gathering some momentum.

yeah, nick get them to put up the forum so people can see and start planning.

also, this sucks that sesame people are going on vacation but lets call tomorrow again to see. we need to get a yes.

I will be at meetings in Downingtown and Newark until about noon but I plan to call after that and see if Shari was able to speak with the GM about the event.

As an update for everyone else, I spoke with the rep from Sesame yesterday and she was really nice to talk to and seemed enthusiastic about the event. Unfortunately she doesn't make the final decision and she said it really comes down to how the GM is feeling when you approach him with an event. The rep was going to do whatever she could to try and convince her GM to allow the event it said it definitely wasn't beyond reason and felt we did have a fairly good chance of getting this done.

hey everyone, sorry i have been out of the loop. my new job is taking up all my time. hopefully ill make it out monday.

nohomo

where is the new job hommie...i gotta get one of them

my be at the garage tomorrow for the gtg unless everyone wants to go to moes again. let us know.

I'm in for the garage. See everyone there.

I will be there and if i finish the little vid im workin on il put it on my lap top to make sure everything is ok by you guys

can't wait for the event....logo designs look great!!!
just picked up a '56 Oval, not sure if it will be road worthy by april :-)

we'll see!!!


b

just as an update for everyone. I have been working on the BlownEuroz Supports website. I honestly don't have a ton of stuff up yet ... but here is a link to the site where you will be able to find everything once it is all up and running.

www.BlownEurozSupports.com (http://www.blowneurozsupports.com/main)

cool josh. can you try and get the one design done so we can get jeff started on the shirts and sweatshirts.

I was working on it today. I will try and finish it up on Friday.

sean, the new job is at flukes bar and grill, state road off cottaman exit of 95

oh sweet, I've been there a few times. My sister goes allot...barkeep?

Josh can I get the revised blown euroz supports logo, just post it up cause the video is just gonna be for the internet anyway. By the way the new site looks really good

here is a 400 x 92px .jpg. If you wait till monday I can send over a larger version with an Alpha channel if its easier for you.

http://www.3hirty9inenorth.com/blowneurozsupports/images/besupports_logo.jpg

hopefully tomorrow josh will get an answer from sesame.

What are the plans as far as getting power @ the meet

generator. Thats how we did it last year and it seemed to work out well as we really only needed to run the hot dog cooker and a few other items.

Sean~ PM me your email so I can send you the logo for the video.

hmm, when I talk to the rep from Sesame I will see if they have outlets/ power around the lot anywhere. But I would bank on the Generator as I can't imagine them having random power around the lot unless its on a light pole or near the picnic areas.

UPDATE:

I just spoke with the rep from Sesame Place and everything seems to be moving along well. Her director of operations approved the event as long as we are ok with their guidelines, have the correct amount of insurance, etc., etc. She should be forwarding over the proposal by the end of the day so we can look it over and make sure this is going to work for both BlownEuroz and Sesame Place.

Good stuff Josh. Thanks for staying on top of it :)

UPDATE:

I just spoke with the rep from Sesame Place and everything seems to be moving along well. Her director of operations approved the event as long as we are ok with their guidelines, have the correct amount of insurance, etc., etc. She should be forwarding over the proposal by the end of the day so we can look it over and make sure this is going to work for both BlownEuroz and Sesame Place.

Sounds good Josh

no band.... blake has a hookup with a radio station that will prob broadcast from the meet attracting more people and potential sponsors.

no band.... blake has a hookup with a radio station that will prob broadcast from the meet attracting more people and potential sponsors.

Is it a "prob" or a "definite" thing. I'd like to have either or this year, but prefer not to have nothing. What radio station?

well now that the location is set, i can get blake to get a hold of the station to get things going.

it is either ben fm (95.7) or wired fm (96.5).

no band.... blake has a hookup with a radio station that will prob broadcast from the meet attracting more people and potential sponsors.

Speaking of power..... What will they need/can they provide their own?

Speaking of power..... What will they need/can they provide their own?

Very valid question

Hold the train. The proposal came through and I need to get on the phone with the rep and discuss a few things about the proposal. I'll give everyone the details once I get a conversation going about it ... but sesame isn't set yet.

Any clues as to the outstanding issue w/ said proposal?

they somehow went from "you might need to cover the cost of an extra security guard" to "there is a $5,000 fee for the event and Sesame would do all of the food vending for their own profit"

... not cool.

they somehow went from "you might need to cover the cost of an extra security guard" to "there is a $5,000 fee for the event and Sesame would do all of the food vending for their own profit"

... not cool.

Whoa yeah agreed, not cool.

Keep us posted.

hmmm they most likely just realize we really want the location and are trying to milk as much as they can out of it. It kinda sucks cause the event would be a nice marketing tool for themselves just a few months before they open for the season. Try to sell it from that angle

tried and tried. She has a few hundred dollars wiggle room and max could come down to $4500. The way I look at it. Even if we charged $5 a car and got 500 cars, thats only $2500 gross before we pay for insurance, food, port-a-potties, trash bags, etc. So we would lose a ton of money ... before we even made a donation to the American Red Cross. Which makes the reality that in that situation we would be better off just giving the money to the red cross rather then Sesame.

I haven't sent another response to the rep yet ... but i'm about to pull it from them.

We Need To Find A New Location!

looking into another now. giving the place a call and hopefully it won't be a problem. it just sucks that we waited the whole vacation time for sesame then they screwed us.

tried and tried. She has a few hundred dollars wiggle room and max could come down to $4500. The way I look at it. Even if we charged $5 a car and got 500 cars, thats only $2500 gross before we pay for insurance, food, port-a-potties, trash bags, etc. So we would lose a ton of money ... before we even made a donation to the American Red Cross. Which makes the reality that in that situation we would be better off just giving the money to the red cross rather then Sesame.

I haven't sent another response to the rep yet ... but i'm about to pull it from them.

We Need To Find A New Location!

No good - especially since they must realize we'd be donating any proceeds to the Red Cross. Capitalism being what it is...

looking into another now. giving the place a call and hopefully it won't be a problem. it just sucks that we waited the whole vacation time for sesame then they screwed us.

What sort of place do you have in mind PT

That sucks Josh. Really unfortunate.

well, PT has a line on what could be a really good location as well so we'll see what happens with that. I think in the interim we should also get the info from last year as a fall back location since we know how that went down. With some better organization and preperation I think last years location could work again, but it would be tight.

well, PT has a line on what could be a really good location as well so we'll see what happens with that. I think in the interim we should also get the info from last year as a fall back location since we know how that went down. With some better organization and preperation I think last years location could work again, but it would be tight.

What place? It cannot hurt to share.

Certainly Josh, we did fill the ENTIRE lot last year, minus the small back section behind the building where the dumpsters were. But there were cars parked there as well!

yeah last years filled to quick. i have the guys contact and am calling tomorrow. should have more than enough room. ;)

cross your fingers.

Certainly Josh, we did fill the ENTIRE lot last year, minus the small back section behind the building where the dumpsters were. But there were cars parked there as well!

i realize that. Its obviously not our #1 location as we are trying other venues. I am simply stating it might be a good back-up. I would rather secure that as well as another location, then be running around 2 weeks before trying to find a location.

Yeah man, definitely, I completely agree.

So can we get a heads up of what these other locations are?

no, it will be known if we get approved.

no, it will be known if we get approved.

It might be good to know ahead whats being attempted so that people can come up with ideas on how to improve it. Don't say I don't offer to help.

Pretty sure PT and Josh have that under control.

some ideas....

Parking Garage to a company that's closed on weekends...Wyeth, GlaxoSmithKline, SEI along 422.

Dorney Park, Hershey Park, Dutch Wonderland--the lot filled with german cars--brilliant!, Reading Phillies Stadium,

Fairgrounds--where places have Fairs/shows in the summer---Kimberton, Kutztown, Devon/Malvern, etc etc. That big lot off of 422 Oaks exit along the river.

Large Cemeteries....

...Graterford Prison :eek:


...i'll stop before things get crazy :cool:

those places are good, but just to far away from us since we need to run back and fourth to my garage and the location swapping cars, etc...

we hopefully have a place and getting it settled out next week.

Any hints?

a lot of asphalt, cold patch with lines, fense, curbs, and a sky over it.

we should just pull over on 276 along the shoulder and hang out :-)
i'm sure Action News would send a helicopter to cover the story! traffic would slow down from all the rubberneckers...good times!!:)

Hey
Just got the email about the site name change. I know I'm not really in the loop, and/or most of you probably don't even know me. That being said, if there's anything I can do to help out, in preparation for or the day of, shoot me an email.

-Ben
<my username> at gmail.com

awesome!

WE HAVE A LOCATION!!!

INFO COMING WITHIN THE HOUR.

I'm giddy with anticipation...

REEDMAN-TOLL AUTOWORLD

Great location, a ton of space, right off Bus. Rt1, and right off I-95. (5 mins from last years location)

1700 E Lincoln Highway
Langhorne, PA 19047

Fantastic :) Now we just need to sort out all the other details. ;)

April 5, 2009 - Sunday

Awesome. Now I have a modding deadline...

i'm gonna get the new domain and start the updating of BlownEuros Supports. Hopefully I should have it all up and running by the end of tomorrow with all of the info, galleries, etc. I will look into how to handle the ticket purchase and donations as well.

PT, do you have a seperate account for BlownEuros? I remember Nick flashing some plastic at one point.

I will look into starting one tomorrow. We had made one for ZZZZ at Wach a while back.

also i am locking this thread and starting an official gtg thread.

Anyone available tomorrow morning to head over to reedman's with me. Tricia would like to meet with us to look at the lot and review how things could be laid out to best support the show and protect the existing cars on the lot.