Hi Bill and everyone, While the event calendar for March is usually pretty much wide open with not that much going on, especially compared to April, when there are 8 or more events going on, I think the FLEAA as an organization, and its leadership, need to have a general discussion with some careful thought and deliberation on this issue of when to schedule our two biggest annual events, BBB and SDC, going forward, including in relation to Electric Dragin' on the west coast, another variable and wild card, new this year, that also needs to be taken into consideration. This discussion should take place openly among the entire FLEAA membership, with everyone's ideas and thoughts solicited and welcomed, and should obviously include the principals who have been most active in organizing and working on the two respective events. This could take place via email, this list, as well as at one of our monthly meetings in Boca Raton, either during or after the general meeting, for anyone who wants to stay and participate in the discussion.
So Bill, could you make it down here to Boca for one of our monthly meetings in the next few months? I myself won't be at tomorrow's meeting as I am laid up out of commission right now with a very nasty flu. A couple of points to consider. There are pros and cons to having our BBB and the west coast's Electic Dragin' on the same weekend and possibly even within a close timeframe of a few weeks within each other. Most of the BBB principals I spoke with seem to think that there are more pros than cons. I'm ambivalent and undecided about that. For some of the same or similar reasons, I think there are definite disadvantages to having BBB and SDC too close together. ... e.g. fundraising, planning and organizational logistics, to name just a few. Another major issue is the amount of time and effort that our members have to take, expend, and put into planning to come to these two big events from some distance away, just within the state (which of course is a huge state with large distances). This is an enormous undertaking for most of our members, including all the planning and logistics of towing/trailering their EVs, or driving them long distances with multiple charging stops enroute, which can take an entire day or two in each direction. All of this needs to be thought through carefully. What is too close together in time? I don't know. Would the last weekend in January for BBB (as it currently is) and the first weekend in March for SDC be too close together? Hhhhmmm, dunno, but I'm guessing probably so. I fear that this is going to be asking too much of our members to do both events in such a short timeframe. Most will likely end up choosing to go to one or the other, thereby dissipating both events. Unfortunately we just don't have enough EVs in South and Central Florida to dissipate ourselves like this. In order to put on a good showing, we really need to have all our EVs at these two big events, or at least as many as can possibly make it. We need to think about this and take this into consideration in planning the schedule for these two events. One possibility might be to consider moving BBB up one week to the Martin Luther King three-day weekend (the third weekend in January) and then maybe do SDC on the third or fourth weekend in March. We would obviously need to avoid doing SDC on Easter weekend, however. Any thoughts on that idea? Bill, what about late October or the first half of November for SDC? I actually don't like that first weekend in October very much because it is still in the peak of hurricane season. Too much risk of losing all the planning/organizational effort put into it and the funds that have been raised. I think the last weekend of October or the first or second weekend of November would be better. Did your management there at FSEC give you any reason why they don't want you to do SDC in the fall? Charles Whalen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Charles Whalen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "FLEAA Mailing List" <listserv@floridaeaa.org> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [FLEAA] SunDay Challenge Range Hi Sorry, but my management want to change the SunDay Challenge date to March 2009. Do you know of another date them that would be good. 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If you have received this email in error, please delete the email and notify me or the system manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] If this email was sent to you by a mailing-list, and if you want to be removed from the list, notify William Young to remove you from the list. ********************************************************************** Charles Whalen wrote: > Al, > > This year's SunDay Challenge is tentatively scheduled for Fri-Sun October > 3-5, 2008 at the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) in Cocoa, which is on > Florida's east coast due east of you. > > Thanks for advising on the range capability of your EV. This is very > helpful and what we need everyone to do who wants to participate so that > Bill Young can make some decisions on the road rally route. > > Charles Whalen > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Al Lococo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "FLEAA Mailing List" <listserv@floridaeaa.org> > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 8:21 PM > Subject: [FLEAA] SunDay Challenge Range > > My car has been driven 41 miles at at 40 to 45 mph without any extended > stops. The ending voltage for this 144 volt pack was 145.7 indcating some > remaining capacity. My goal is to never go below 144 volts. This car has > a > 4540 pound curb weight, 4770 GVWR and a 1440 pound AGM lead acid pack. > > I live in Winter Haven and have a towing system installed on the car, so I > can tow it to an event. > > For me to participate, I need to know dates and location. It would be a > big > trip for me. > > Cheers, > Al Lococo > > > _______________________________________________ > Florida EAA mailing list > listserv@floridaeaa.org > http://www.floridaeaa.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Florida EAA mailing list > listserv@floridaeaa.org > http://www.floridaeaa.org > > > _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list listserv@floridaeaa.org http://www.floridaeaa.org
