TCC Spring Meet Stuff

[Mrs 66 Snake]

Cammer,
Thanks for your "insider" input. The hotel itself is fabulous and I don't think there have been any complaints about that. It's really the drive just to get to dinner, cruise, pictures, etc that has most people concerned I think. And the lack of "view" as well. Sitting in a parking lot for one or two nights is one thing, but we expanded this thing out to multiple days which is a lot of time to hang out on pavement.

Would y'all be OK with having David and a few others from around the state help out with the planning? I've been told in the past by a few "old-timers" that we don't want this thing to be too organized. But reality is that some organization and planning has to go into an event this large. And I have gotten a lot of requests from people who want more information ahead of time - what is there to do on Friday, where are pictures going to be (especially useful for those Austinites who start with the pictures on Sat), etc. So in order to not have y'all have to throw that into the large stack of "To Do" we can split that up some among the rest of us.

Colleen

[Dennis Mosley]

If the event were to move to a smaller town, would it be a big deal to use multiple smaller hotels and have a common meeting place?

If the event keeps growing we may be able to take over a small town like the harley guys do with sturgis. Then we can all wear jackets with our cubs on the back, have crazy parties and let the true lawlessness begin Oh wait we already started that.

Anyway, If we all want to say at the same hotel and have a big parking lot party, going to a smaller town may be a little tough for the reasons Cammer gave.

I think finding the hotel with trailer parking is the big sticking point. It's not very easy to find. I looked for one when I was pres and even contacted the Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Tourism Bureau with not much luck. Some small towns do have that kind of facility but I don't know the austin area so I don't have any suggestions. A place like the Del Lago resort on lake Conroe would be great. Who would have thought a small town like Conroe would have such a nice facility at such a reasonable price. There is bound to be something like that around one of the lakes in the hill country.

Anyone know of anything?

[Dennis Mosley]

someone here at work suggested checking the Lakeway inn and conference center.

Never been there so I don't know what it's like or what kind of parking or rates they might have.