If you honestly think that we didn't do everything we could to get camping spots and catering then you're mistaken. I PERSONALLY spent countless days trying to get in touch with ANYONE at twin grove who could give me answer on tent pricing and available spots. If you want to know all the details feel free to get in touch with me Rich.
All of us up here LOVE Nacfest and I don't want to see this happen, but attendance has been down. Of course we're going to consider moving the raffle and tshirts to an event that's grown to be huge and actually brought in new members. And no matter where you have this event, you're having it in one region or the other.
I honestly didn't even want to be on the BOD after all the shit we took about moving rocktoberfest up here to begin with. But I did because NO ONE wanted to do it.
X2 on all counts.
Rich, you are my friend and I think you are being mislead, I would be happy to chat with you on the phone. I'm hoping these are not personal attacks and just venting on your end.
If you think for one moment that any of us merely living in the "North" wanted the "South" to suffer you are gravely mistake and I take that personally. This "balance of power" has nothing to do with it. Nobody else ran. How many years did it go when the current BOD was just members and nothing, not a thing happened up in the north besides a M&G that a non-BOD member started? How many years did the current BOD run a successful events down in PA? Sorry I don't think the location whether it be PA, NH, or Russia makes a difference. Those were all good years.
Booking the pavilion was never the problem, but when you call the campground at 10am in the morning, have someone answer but they refuse to talk and will only say taking questions on calls from 1-5pm it gets frustrating. Call back several times during that timeframe only to get a machine that never returns calls. Colin, Chris (vetteboy) and I all have experienced that over the past 2 years.
Again, nobody else stepped up in November. We all did this so the NAC wouldn't die completely.
Lastly, I will repeat myself: Take the location out of it. We are not raping and stripping NACFest on purpose. Look at it as 2 events, no location. Wouldn't you want the one that is bringing in new members, has lots of people, a good place to camp without BS, etc, etc to be the one that is the main show? What if you were a donor for the raffle? It is easy to bitch behind a keyboard but when the numbers are not there they simply are not there. Those that can see the Nat. BOD forum will even note that they suggested it be moved last year. We wanted to continue with NACFest the way it was but with attendance as it is something has to give.