2020 Texas Cobra Club Spring Meet

[Seagull81]

Registration for the 2020 Texas Cobra Club Spring Meet is now open!
The dates are April 1-5 in San Marcos at the Embassy Suites.
Go to www.texascobraclub.org then click on the events tabs to start your registration process.
Many of the details are still pending. Our guest speaker this year is Dave Friedman, Photographer for Shelby American 1962-65.
I will post more details as soon as they are available.

[Seagull81]

Registration numbers as of: 12.20.19

Number of days to go: 103

Number of attendees and guests: 109

Number of cars: 55

Number of States Represented: 8

Number of Banquet Ticket sold: 83

Track Day Participants: TBD

[bwcobra15]

I have a reservation at Embassy Suites for 4 nights, 1-Apr to 5-Apr. I now have a wedding to attend/officiate on Saturday April 4, and I also have a major work project with an April 1st deadline that is taking all my time. So my attendance this year is questionable, or I will only be able to come for a day or two. I would like to turn over my reservation to someone else rather than cancel. Please contact me directly if interested.

[Seagull81]

Attention all Cobra-Lovin’ Dudes and Dudettes!
We are only 69 days away for the beginning of the 21st Annual Texas Cobra Club Spring Meet in San Marcos, Texas. We still have plenty of hotel rooms in our room block at the Embassy Suites Hotel and at the Holiday Inn Express. Our guest speaker at the Saturday Night Banquet this year will be Dave Friedman, staff photographer for Shelby American from 1962-65.
Dave will not have merchandise for sales at the event but will gladly sign any book, photo, or memorabilia you may have. Tickets for the Saturday Night Banquet are available via our website. You can find the link below.
Here are the numbers for the Meet as of 01.23.2020:
152 Drivers and Guests
77 Cars Registered
69 days to go
118 Banquet Tickets Sold
12 States Represented
Event T-shirts are now on sales. Please place your order before February 24th. We will only have a few extra printed so please get your orders in as soon as possible.
www.texascobraclub.org
T-Shirts Orders | Texas Cobra Club Spring Meet
Thanks for your attention and now back to your regularly scheduled program.

[Seagull81]

Texas Cobra Club Spring Meet 2020 Update 02.14.2020

Here are some important dates and deadlines:

March 02 – Our room-block deadline at the Embassy Suites. Please call Ken Walker (512-557-3694) if you have a reservation and need to cancel for any reason. We are locked in to a certain number of room-nights at the Embassy. I have created waiting list for un-used rooms.

March 18 – Our room-block deadline at the Holiday Inn Express.

March 29 – Online Registration ends at 6pm. Banquet tickets must be prepaid during your online registration. No tickets will be sold onsite.

The latest registration numbers as of 02.14.2020:

50 Days to go

194 Drivers and Guests

95 Cars registered

142 Banquet tickets sold

15 States represented

The agenda is being updated almost daily with activities and other details.

Thanks

[Seagull81]

DEADLINE for ORDERING TCC SPRING MEET T-SHIRTS is the MONDAY, FEB 24th at 6pm. We only print the quantity of shirts that are pre-paid through our website.
T-Shirts Orders | Texas Cobra Club Spring Meet

[dallas_]

With all this COVID-19 nonsense and prohibitions of larger gatherings, is this event at risk of being cancelled?

[bwcobra15]

Originally Posted by dallas_

With all this COVID-19 nonsense and prohibitions of larger gatherings, is this event at risk of being cancelled?

Yes.






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[Karl Bebout]

I'm looking forward to my first visit.

[Seagull81]

In light of the Coronavirus situation facing our country both nationally and locally, the leadership group of the Texas Cobra Club Spring Meet has decided to postpone and re-schedule the 2020 Spring Meet until the fall.
The new dates are Oct 7-11, 2020.
PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE HOTEL ABOUT YOUR RESERVATION YET. WE ARE WORKING ON A ROOM AGREEMENT. MORE DETAILS WILL BE AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
This decision was NOT made in haste or without considerable thought but after speaking with the management and staff at the Embassy Suites Hotel, there really was no other choice but to re-schedule to the event to a later date.In the past few days the Embassy Suites has suspended all food services, included their breakfast buffet, all restaurant and catering services, and, most important to our group, the nightly happy hour. During our conversation, they could not even confirm sufficient staffing for our banquet.
Even though our event is primarily outside, we do rely heavily on the staff and amenities of the hotel to make our Spring Meet enjoyable and unique. By re-scheduling the Meet to the fall, we feel confident that our event will be even more successful.
I have spoken with several of our members from the Houston area and we will be combining the OktCobra Fest with the Spring Meet for this FALL MEET.
Please DO NOT contact the hotel just yet. I am working with the hotel over the next few days to figure out the details of the event. Our plan is for you to be able to change your existing reservation to the new fall dates without any change fees.
In addition, I will also know the status of the banquet by then.I will make another announcement about registration fees and banquet tickets refunds as soon as the hotel details are worked out.
I have also spoken with Debra Grabowski and how to disseminate the event t-shirts. More details will be forthcoming.
Sincerely,
Ken Walker
Texas Cobra Club
kenswalker@gmail.com

[Karl Bebout]

RATS!
Double RATS!

[Seagull81]

Karl we hope you can join us in October.

[Seagull81]

UPDATE ON TEXAS COBRA CLUB FALL MEET—PLEASE READ
The Embassy Suites Hotel in San Marcos is running with an extremely small staff at this time and the finalization of our agreement for the FALL MEET has been delayed for a few more days. Per the request of the hotel, you can cancel your current room reservation with no penalty. If you call the hotel direct you may be put on hold for a very long time due to the limited number of people onsite.
Instead, please, use your reservation number, go online to cancel your reservation. When I have the room block information in hand, a new link to the hotel reservation page will be established. At that time, you will be able to make a room reservation. The link should be available within a week or so. But for now, you can just cancel your reservation online.
REPEAT -- AT THIS TIME OUR ROOM BLOCK FOR THE FALL MEET HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED. There is not a room block, yet, to transfer your reservation.
REGISTRATION FEES FOR THE FALL MEET AND/OR REFUNDS
As soon as the details for the Fall Meet are finalized, information about the registration process and fees will go out ASAP.
· If you paid in full for the Spring Meet and you register for the Fall Meet, we will issue you credit for the Fall Meet.
· If you request a refund, keep in mind this is a manual process, and it will take a few weeks.
· If you cannot make the Fall Meet but want to participate in our 2021 Spring Meet, please send me an email to Kenswalker@gmail.com. We may be able to issue you a credit to apply to the 2021 Spring Meet.
T-SHIRT ORDERS
We will be distributing the t-shirt either in person at local events or they will be mailed out. If you request a refund from the event and had ordered t-shirts, we will deduct the shipping cost from your refund.
Sorry for the long post, I will keep you up-to-date as soon as I know anything new.
Ken Walker