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Title: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: Brutus on April 17, 2006, 08:56:48 AM
Well what did everyone think? We had a great 18th National Corvette Convention even tho my time there was limited due to work constraints. The weather was as perfect as anyone could have ever hoped for and the cars were exceptional.
Well done Garry and the Convention Comittee ....take a well deserved bow.
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: 72vet on April 17, 2006, 03:01:12 PM
;35 We agree with you Brutus re the "convection". We had a great time as well and thank the committee but would particularly like to thank Tracy, Brian & Michelle S & Wayne R who were very helpful to us over the  weekend. (just our 2 pesos worth).;laugh;laugh
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: johnny86convert on April 17, 2006, 06:15:50 PM
Friday  meet  & Greet  was  great,Room(accomodation  was  great)  good,Food  all  weekend  was  great,Show & Shine  on  Saturday  was  good,Needed a  Coffee  machine  and  Barrista  and  snacks   etc  could  have  made  the  club a  motsa.Show  &  Shine  is  always  too  long,should  be  shut  down  at  2/3  P.M.  judging  times  allowable.Don't  forget  most  of  the  vettesters  have  arrived  friday  washed  cleaned  the  cars   raced  off  to  the  meet  and  greet  had a  late  night  up  at  6.00  for a  drive  in  the  show  area  by  9.00  at  the  latest,walked  around  all  day  and  I  think  it  would  be  good  to  give  them  a  breather  sat  arvo.Drag  day  was  great,shame  we  had  to  Split  the  convention  at  TWO  Locations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  lost  some  shine  for  me.Sunday  night  dinner  was  fun,liked  that  they  split  the  awards  between  two  nights,kept  the  ceremonies  short,liked  the  Band  on  sunday  nite.As  this  is an  honest  opinion  of  the  weekend as a  member  and  also  knowing  the  pressure  put  on  the  organisers I  must  say  I  did  not  appreciate  the  comment  in  front  of  all  the  other  state  convention  participents  of"  Its  ok  being  President  if  you  can  handle  the  wingers!!!!!!!"I  thought  really  hard  about  bringing  this  up,but  theres  always  been a  tradition  I  think  at  conventions  to  keep  our  dirty  laundry  inhouse,I've  been  to  nearly  everyone  since  95  so  I'm  not  talking  out  of  school.All  in  all  hats  off  to a  really  great  effort  to  all  who  attended  and  did  so  in a  great  spirit  seeya  on  the  Gold  Coast  next  year.
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: MrPersistent on April 17, 2006, 08:09:08 PM
good one johnny (im not a whinger i have an opinion )
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: Cameron 77C3 on April 17, 2006, 09:09:59 PM
G'day lads.  We had a blast.  I've just spent all today editing all 600 odd pics.  Got it down to 540 odd.  Also have a small video of the drags.

I'll be sending all 5 CD's of pics to Peter P for uploading to the web site.  And I'll see what I can do about getting the video up.

Later this week I'll pick a select few pics and have another go at one of my picture tales on the event as I did with Bella Vista.

Catch ya's later.;42

Cam
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: MJ427 on April 17, 2006, 09:34:44 PM
cant wait to see cam;46
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: ozvette on April 17, 2006, 09:44:52 PM
I'd post my honest opinion, but I guess that would make me a whinger....
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: johnny86convert on April 18, 2006, 08:05:29 AM
ozvette,  post  it,these  posts  could  be  read  by  organisers who  will  be  putting  on a  convention  in  the  future so  they  will  learn  from  past  conventions  and  make  theres  better,and  thats  ok  mate .N.s.w  learnt  from  the  last  one  in  Melb  as  queensland  will  learn  from  the  N.S.W.  one  and  so  on.Constructive  critisism I  think  is  always  welcome as  oposed  to  someone  just  going  off  and  complaining  without  any  thought  of a  remedy  for  the  problem,thats  where  the  word  whinger is  banied  about TOOOOO  much.  getting  of  the  soap  box now.
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: ozvette on April 18, 2006, 08:34:29 AM
Other than what I am going to post, I thought it was great.

I agree about the show & shine, it needed food stands, I had to go back to the hotel to eat, and I wasn't comfortable leaving my car where I couldn't see it. (I knew nothing would happen but you know what it's like).
The actual location was pretty, but it didn't seem like a lot of public went through it or knew anything was even on.


I disliked having EVERY meal in the same setting, that became boring real fast.

There was too little communication with the actual entrants, a big thing was that we didn't get any form of itinerary with the showbag (yes I know we were sent one in the mail, but seeing things were changing right up until the event, it would have been nice to have a simple sheet saying: If doing X, please be at location ABC at 8:00am for a 8:30 departure. Simple information, but we weren't sure what was going on until the night before).

That's about it really. Just minor stuff, but it did sour my overall experience.
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: jdunne on April 18, 2006, 08:59:15 AM
I had a hot time at the convection.....more fun than a mature age person is entitled to whilst keeping his pants on...john;28
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: RHD.68.l89 on April 18, 2006, 09:10:47 AM
Garry did a very good job as the face of the "convection" but the whinger comment did sour it for a lot of people. Keep it positive, no matter what.
More information at the meet and greet briefing, we really did not know when and where we we were meant to be until the night before or when we read the board. Maybe the board should have been in the hotel lobby which everyone could have checked on the way past instead of having to go to the mezzanine.
Possibly a mailout the week before confirming all the details would have settled a lot of people as well.

I did not mind having the meals in the same room but I had to look at the notice board to find out when. Food was good overall. Maybe a theme to differentiate the nights more.

As a sponsor of the Convention, I know of some of the difficulties the committee had coming up to the last weeks. Unfortunately there had to be some changes and these need to be communicated to the participants, to make them feel they are part of the event and not just sheep to herded around to each event. This Forum is good but it is not the only place to post updates. There are some Corvette owners who still do not have a computer. If I had not joined before the Convention I wouldn't have known about the changes to driving events.
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: RHD.68.l89 on April 18, 2006, 09:17:50 AM
Oh, and the forum get together was organised too late. I was travelling from Wednesday and did not have internet access until I got home. Didn't find out about Krispy Kremes until late Monday night. I would have liked to catch up with Brutus (amongst others)who I know from another forum and checked out his car. It's good to be able to put a face to a name.
;37;37
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: RHD.68.l89 on April 18, 2006, 09:24:29 AM
Oh, and the venue needs to be chosen based on being able to drink in the car park. I felt a lot of the commeraderie was lost during the washing of the cars without a social lubricant.
;42;42
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: stingray on April 18, 2006, 10:02:59 AM
iN ANSWER TO A FEW COMMENTS . NO COFFEE MACHINES OR FOOD STALLS WERE ALLOWED AT OUR SHOW AND SHINE BY THE CLUB.

I'M SORRY THAT YOU DIDN'T LIKE THE SAME ROOM FOR THE THREE NIGHTS. IT WAS PUT ON LIKE THIS SO THIS SO THAT IT WOULD ALL RUN SMOOTHLY WITH NO  PROBLEMS. WE DID NOT WANT WHAT HAPPENED IN MELBOURNE WITH 1 BBQ  COOKING FOR 200 PLUS PEOPLE AND OTHER PEOPLE HEADING OFF INTO TOWN JUST TO GET A FEED, AND  ALSO THE SICKNESS FROM THE FISH ON THE SATURDAY EVENING.  

I ALSO HOPE THAT IT WASN'T A PROBLEM FOR THE HOLIDAY INN ORGANISING A DIFFERENT ROOM EACH NIGHT FOR YOU .
THE WHITE BOARD HAD TO STAY UPSTAIRS THIS WAS CLUB RULES.

AS TO HAVING TO LEAVE YOUR CAR TO PURCHASE FOOD OR DRINKS . AND YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR CAR YOU JUST ASK YOUR FELLOW MEMBER NEXT TO YOU TO WATCH YOUR CAR FOR SHORT TIME.

IF YOU COULD NOT GET IMFORMATION ENOUGH FROM THE BOARD AS TO WHAT WAS ON THE NEXT DAY, AS OF ANY OTHER CONVENTION ,THAT IS WHAT THE "CONVENTION COMMITTEE" IS FOR.

AS FOR HAVING A DRINK WHILST WASHING YOUR CARS WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE, IT IS NO DRINKING IN THAT AREA BUT YOU COULD HAVE AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE "WE JUST CAN"T HAVE EVERY THING "

 AS FOR THE "CONVECTION" WORD ON THE REAR OF THE CAPS IT WAS A MISPRINT AT TIME OF EMBROIDERY AND WAS NOT PICKED UP UNTIL  THE WEEK OF THE CONVENTION  ,AND AS THEY WERE ENBROIDED OVERSEAS IF THEY WERE SENT BACK TO BE CHANGED WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THEM BACK IN TIME. NO FAULT OF THE COMMITTEE. SO GIVE  UP ON IT THANKS.


IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR QUERIES PLEASE RING ME ON 0418252512 ALAN DURES ,
BUT YOU MUST RING BEFORE THE NEXT GENERAL MEETING TUESDAY MAY 2ND.
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: 69 DIRTY RAT on April 18, 2006, 10:35:16 AM
I still had lots of fun! Even though there was some hick ups. The People make the Convention, I'm just sorry I couldnt chat to everyone! But did meet some great people from round the country! Sorry if we got a bit rowdy at times but YEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: ozvette on April 18, 2006, 11:06:08 AM
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Originally posted by stingray

I ALSO HOPE THAT IT WASN'T A PROBLEM FOR THE HOLIDAY INN ORGANISING A DIFFERENT ROOM EACH NIGHT FOR YOU .


You know what, I was just being honest and trying to offer my impressions. Like I said, other than a couple of minor things I was very happy with my experience. If you want to take it personally and have a go at me, well, you know where you can put your snide comment.

Have a nice day.
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: stingray on April 18, 2006, 11:24:57 AM
AS TO THE ANSWERS TO THE COMMENTS....

 I ANSWERED THE COMMENTS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHY THIS WAS DONE AND THAT WAS  DONE AT THE CONVENTION. I ASSUMED THAT YOU MAY HAVE WANTED ANSWERS TO THESE ISSUES OTHER WISE THER WAS NO REASON TO POST THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF THING UNLESS YOU WANTED ANSWERS. THAT'S THE WAY I LOOKED AT IT.
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: jolinari on April 18, 2006, 11:27:26 AM
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Originally posted by stingray

 AS FOR THE "CONVECTION" WORD ON THE REAR OF THE CAPS IT WAS A MISPRINT AT TIME OF EMBROIDERY AND WAS NOT PICKED UP UNTIL  THE WEEK OF THE CONVENTION  ,AND AS THEY WERE ENBROIDED OVERSEAS IF THEY WERE SENT BACK TO BE CHANGED WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THEM BACK IN TIME. NO FAULT OF THE COMMITTEE. SO GIVE  UP ON IT THANKS.








no one is blaming the committee Mr. Stingray...The person who approved the art work before the print must be the responsible. by the way NOONE ASKED WHO IS THE RESPONSIBLE AND NOONE BLAMED THE COMITTEE
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: jolinari on April 18, 2006, 11:30:01 AM
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Originally posted by stingray
AS TO THE ANSWERS TO THE COMMENTS....

 I ANSWERED THE COMMENTS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHY THIS WAS DONE AND THAT WAS  DONE AT THE CONVENTION. I ASSUMED THAT YOU MAY HAVE WANTED ANSWERS TO THESE ISSUES OTHER WISE THER WAS NO REASON TO POST THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF THING UNLESS YOU WANTED ANSWERS. THAT'S THE WAY I LOOKED AT IT.




YOU LOOK AT IT AT THE WRONG WAY....IT IS CALLED FEEDBACK


YOU ARE ONE OF THE LEADERS AND YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY DEALING WITH FEEDBACK BECAUSE IF YOU DONT KNOW IT, FEEBACKS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE SOLUTIONS FOR FUTURE EVENTS.

THATS THE WAY I LOOK AT IT
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: jolinari on April 18, 2006, 11:44:13 AM
Well for a start let me say that this is my first convention and it is definitevly not the last one.


One thing we all have to be aware is : organising such a big event like the convention is not an easy task at all...

The venue itself (panthers)was great location, convenient and pleasant.

No complaint about the food, great service and relatively cheap drinks.

show and shine was great but bit too long ( agreeing with jhonny) however in my opinion it would have been great if it was held at where we parked the cars night time becuase it would have drawn more people travelling on Mulgoa road and of course the location of krispy cream and Mc donalds would have contibuted an excellent exposure to the show…but I am sure that there is a good reason why it was held on that big oval!


AS WHAT IT WAS SAID THAT NIGHT ABOUT SOME MEMBERS, CALLING THEM WHINGERS...YOU D BETTER ADD THIS POST TO YOUR FAVOURITE AS I AM IN THE PROCESS TO FINALISE MY POST....STAY TUNED

NB: THE WHINGING SUBJECT WILL BE POSTED SEPARETLY AND INDEPENDTELY FROM THIS TOPIC...SO PLEASE BE PATIENT FOR THE POST. IN THE MEAN TIME PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGTHS IN REGARDS TO THE CONVENTION
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: ozvette on April 18, 2006, 11:51:54 AM
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Originally posted by stingray
AS TO THE ANSWERS TO THE COMMENTS....

 I ANSWERED THE COMMENTS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHY THIS WAS DONE AND THAT WAS  DONE AT THE CONVENTION. I ASSUMED THAT YOU MAY HAVE WANTED ANSWERS TO THESE ISSUES OTHER WISE THER WAS NO REASON TO POST THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF THING UNLESS YOU WANTED ANSWERS. THAT'S THE WAY I LOOKED AT IT.


I was fine with all of your replies with exception of that snide little remark that you decided to slip in there.

I will say for a THIRD time, I had a great time, but there minor things I wanted to bring up. Not to blame anyone, just to give honest feedback, and as stated by others, it's a learning thing. No convention is perfect, but ignoring what others have to say mean that you will just do the same things again not knowing that people may not have liked a certain aspect the first time around.
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: stingray on April 18, 2006, 12:00:01 PM
A FINAL OF THE CAPS.

THE ART WORK WAS APPROVED BY COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT WAS PRINTED 100% CORRECT   ON  A TRIAL CAP., BUT IT WAS ALL THE OTHERS THAT WAS BOXED AND SHIPPED THAT WAS NOT 100%.
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: jdunne on April 18, 2006, 12:51:31 PM
Having made the BIG mistake of innocently asking for feedback about the melbourne convention,i know that a public slagging competition isn't helpful.......but JOlinari has got the right idea,if you don't know about it,you can't do something about it......it didn't read like a personal flame but it seems to have been taken that way(judging by the response)....as a volunteer at melb,i know everything wasn't perfect and the food issues were amazing.....how anyone can seriously blame the organizers for apparently bad fish served by a commercial enterprise is beyond belief....but they did..... or how it was our fault that some of the attendees conducted themselves like pigs at the barbeque(by taking much more than even they could eat,then proceeded to throw it at each other)depriving others of any food is the organizers fault is hard to see...yet we were blamed for it...we made obvious mistakes accepting so many late registrations which caused major logistical problems...we didn't want to disappoint people who wanted to attend......to then have complaints about a bloody sausage is hard to take;but that is what happens.                                 Best to take the heat out of it and to give and take CONSTRUCTIVE criticism,if there were problems that you saw,what ideas for improvement do you have?......just my 2c worth.....john;40;40;40:luv:luv:luv
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: jolinari on April 18, 2006, 01:01:41 PM
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Originally posted by jdunne
Having made the BIG mistake of innocently asking for feedback about the melbourne convention,i know that a public slagging competition isn't helpful.......but JOlinari has got the right idea,if you don't know about it,you can't do something about it......it didn't read like a personal flame but it seems to have been taken that way(judging by the response)....as a volunteer at melb,i know everything wasn't perfect and the food issues were amazing.....how anyone can seriusly blame the organizers for apparently bad fish served by a commercial enterprise is beyond belief....but they did.....how it was our fault that some of the attendees conducted themselves like pigs at the barbeque(by taking much more than even they could eat,then proceeded to throw it at each other)depriving others of any food is the organizers fault is hard to see...yet we were blamed for it...we made obvious mistakes accepting so many late registrations which caused major logistical problems...we didn't want to disappoint people who wanted to attend......to then have complaints about a bloody sausage is hard to take;but that is what happens.                                 Best to take the heat out of it and to give and take CONSTRUCTIVE criticism,if there were problems that you saw,what ideas for improvement do you have?......just my 2c worth.....john;40;40;40:luv:luv:luv




TOTALLY AGREEING WITH YOU JDUNE...AT THE END OF THE DAY LET US NOT FORGET THAT THE ORGANISERS WERE NOT GETTING PAID FOR THEIR WORK AND YOU COULD SAY THAT THEY WENT BEYOND THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION TO ORGANISE THIS EVENT!  


ALL MY CREDIT TO THE COMMITEE EXCEPT ONE PERSON WHO IN MY OPINION DAMAGED THE IMAGE AND REPUTATION OF THE CLUB IN FRONT OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND I QUOTE THE FOLLOWING BY: CATHERINE THE GREAT "I praise loudly. I blame softly." (Catherine the Great, 1729-1796.)
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: stingray on April 18, 2006, 01:07:07 PM
IN REPLY TO FEEDBACK,

IF I WAS WONDERING WHY SUCH AS THE WHITE BOARD WAS NOT PUT IN THE FOYER, AND  I GOT AN ANSWER BACK, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

ALSO THERE WAS A REASON FOR USING THE GRASSED AREA BY THE LAKE AND NOT THE OVERNIGHT CAR PARK
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: jolinari on April 18, 2006, 01:13:12 PM
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Originally posted by stingray
IN REPLY TO FEEDBACK,

IF I WAS WONDERING WHY SUCH AS THE WHITE BOARD WAS NOT PUT IN THE FOYER, AND  I GOT AN ANSWER BACK, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

ALSO THERE WAS A REASON FOR USING THE GRASSED AREA BY THE LAKE AND NOT THE OVERNIGHT CAR PARK



THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROMPT REPLY IN REGARDS TO THE GRASSED AREA BY THE LAKE....HOWEVER AS I HAVE QUOTED PREVIOUSLY ...." am sure that there is a good REASON why it was held on that big oval." REGARDLESS I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT EVENT...;46 I AM MOVING ON
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: MrPersistent on April 18, 2006, 02:25:59 PM
i totaly agree to your coments joe i had a great time made more friends looking foreward to the whingers post as to the white board when questions were ask to committee members as to what time things were on the reply was look at the notice board to hard to give a time
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: hot 70 on April 18, 2006, 05:28:46 PM
I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT ALL  THE COMPLAINANTS  POSTED   ON THIS "REFLECTIONS POSTS"  BE GOOD ENOUGH TO REGISTER PRIOR TO THE NEXT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THEIR INTENTIONS TO  BE PARTICIPANTS  ON THE CLUB'S COMMITEE  & EXPERIENCE  THE DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORGANISING & RESPOSIBILITY THAT GOES WITH THE POSITION & THEREFORE HAVE FIRST HAND  kNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IT ENTAILS  & MAKE AS MANY RIGHT DESCISIONS IN RETROSPECT
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: ozvette on April 18, 2006, 06:02:58 PM
Just for a few moments, I'm going to take a different attitude to this thread (this is NOT how I think, but I think this is worth bringing up)

Every single person PAID for the event, and therefore, they are your clients. If you want to have repeat clients, you don't tell them that their feedback and thoughts are not welcome. You listen to them, you take them on, and in the MINOR areas where you get the most feedback, you can do it even better next time.

Now that I have done that, I will go back into my own opinion.

I know how frustrating it is having people complain about how you do things, whilst they are not willing to atually do it themselves. I did three years of committee for Corvettes of Melbourne (please note, I do not speak on their behalf in this instance as I am just a member now), and we all have to listen to people complain about how we do everything yet never offer any suggestions about how to do thing better or offering to help us to do things so they can be better.
No one in this thread is really complaining per se or saying we could have done soooo much better, the response is majorly positive.

Feedback like this is NOT complaining, it's just feedback.

You can either get up in arms over people having an opinion, or you can think "We did a great job, but here's where we might be EVEN BETTER"

Your choice.
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: jolinari on April 18, 2006, 06:07:11 PM
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Originally posted by hot 70
I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT ALL  THE COMPLAINANTS  POSTED   ON THIS "REFLECTIONS POSTS"  BE GOOD ENOUGH TO REGISTER PRIOR TO THE NEXT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THEIR INTENTIONS TO  BE PARTICIPANTS  ON THE CLUB'S COMMITEE  & EXPERIENCE  THE DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORGANISING & RESPOSIBILITY THAT GOES WITH THE POSITION & THEREFORE HAVE FIRST HAND  kNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IT ENTAILS  & MAKE AS MANY RIGHT DESCISIONS IN RETROSPECT




Le but de la discussion ne doit pas être la victoire, mais l'amélioration
J. JOUBERT


what does that mean? well i will do my best to translate it in English...."The goal of the discussion do not must be the victory, but the improvement
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: hot 70 on April 18, 2006, 06:12:24 PM
OZVETTE IN REFLECTION I WONDER IF YOU WOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH TO CONFIDE  ON THE FORUM YOUR REASONS WHY YOU DID NOT CONTINUE IN YOUR COMMITTEE POSITION, YET STAYED AS A MEMBER IN YOUR CLUB
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: hot 70 on April 18, 2006, 06:13:59 PM
JOLINARI      PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: ozvette on April 18, 2006, 06:20:06 PM
Actually, it was because I was sick of the responsibilities and of the people continually complaining.

I could have quite easily continued on the committee (the current pres did ask me to stay on), but I just wanted to sit back and enjoy the events instead of having to worry about the running of them for awhile.

I want to say, I brought up a few things in my first post, and they were quite well answered.  But the reason I am still bothering to respond, is that I was disappointed with the snide comment made towards me which basically set the tone that feedback is not welcome.


I am not trying to cause trouble, nor am I being agressive, I just wanted to talk about my weekend...
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: jolinari on April 18, 2006, 06:22:29 PM
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Originally posted by hot 70
JOLINARI      PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES



MATE I AM FAIR DINKUM MAN, SOMEONE WITH BIG HEART AND COURAGE AND NOT SCARED TO SAY ANYTHING AS LONG I BELIEVE IT IS RIGHT AND ETHICAL...

AND THE BEST THING OF ALL? I DONT REPRESENT ANYONE...I REPRESENT MYSELF...I AM NOT A MESSENGER TO ANYONE


BY THE WAY I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS ON THIS FORUM AS I HAVENT SEEN U  MORE OFTEN B4

;54
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: hot 70 on April 18, 2006, 06:24:44 PM
ALWAYS HAPPY TO OBLIGE
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: hot 70 on April 18, 2006, 06:27:25 PM
OZVETTE I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR  ANSWER TO MY RESPONSE
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: jolinari on April 18, 2006, 06:27:31 PM
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Originally posted by hot 70
ALWAYS HAPPY TO OBLIGE



GOD BLESS YOU (HE LISTENS TO THE GOOD PEOPLE)
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: MADLT1 on April 18, 2006, 06:47:21 PM
ozvette we met on the weekend,your allright in my books mate,you tell it the way you want;34
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: MJ427 on April 18, 2006, 06:54:17 PM
oz your a top bloke can't wait to catch up with u the next time
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: 77CVT on April 18, 2006, 07:30:13 PM
OK EVERYONE, STOP SHOUTING! ;-) :23

I didn't even notice the cap - what a classic!  I'll still wear it!  ;laugh

I had a great time, show 'n shine was a bit boring for me but I saw some great cars I hadn't seen before (and a REALLY nice promo girl!) and the track day was AWESOME.  Shame I couldn't do the drags as well, but probably couldn't have fit it in anyway.  jdunne, I'm glad you kept your pants on! ;ay

The accommodation was fine and I didn't mind having the dinners in the same place as it gave me a chance to sit at a different table each night and talk to different people.  By the end they probably wondered who the drunk from Qld was!  ;42  I'd have liked undercover parking but it was no big deal (the weather was kind to us).

The only thing I would have liked to do was cut loose at Oran Park but I didn't make enough mistakes to do some circle work!  
;46;46;46

It was great catching up with you guys and meeting some new people.  You have a great club with great people so don't get too "over passionate" - keep the club stuff within the club.  ;53

Did I mention I thought the promo girl was REEEEAAALLY nice?!?!:24:24:24:24:24:24:24:24

;26:luv:luv:luv
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: MJ427 on April 18, 2006, 07:46:31 PM
yes she was 77cvt good to catch up with u mate
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Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: johnny86convert on April 18, 2006, 07:50:14 PM
ozvette.you've  raised  some  very  good  points.As  I've  said  before  constructive  remarks  should  not  be  taken  as  critisism  but  an  effort  to  make  future  conventions  better  and   Melbourne  did a  great  job  mate,hiccups  are  just  Murphies  law  telling  us  where  not  perfect.BTW  I  thought  you  ran  more  like  30  times  at  the  drags<I  thought  you  was  gonna  run  outta  petrol  heheheheheheheheheheeh
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: George80ONE on April 18, 2006, 09:04:09 PM
I would like to ask if the majority of people enjoyed their time at the Convention. If so, then it was a success. For at least a month before the event I had been working on my car, and then in the last week it started to play up. I worried all the way down from Queensland that we would break down and not get there. However, there were no problems and we made it down safely. From that time on it  was up to me whether I enjoyed the weekend or not.  I didn't care that I couldn't have a drink when detailing the car, I was tinkering with it. I didn't care where we ate at night, I was socialising with fellow Corvetters. I didn't care if the Show & Shine went until 3pm, I was looking at beautiful Vettes and talking to other fanatical Corvetters.  This was my 3rd Convention and it was no better or worse than the others for the simple reason that it was up to me whether I enjoyed it or not, and nothing short of death could have kept me away. The weather was fantastic (all the Queensland contingent brought that with them). On our trip home our group all said that they had a terrific time and were enthusiastic for the next one. From the time we drove in, to the time we said our good-byes, we were made welcome by all we met. I would personally like to congratulate Garry and his team for putting on a great event. ;27
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: BrianVette on April 18, 2006, 09:24:18 PM
I'm glad to read that a number of you had a great time, as we did.
As someone who was involved in helping organise the convention, at the end, (speaking for myself) I appreciate your comments and the earlier constructive feedback on this thread.
The constructive comments will allow for planning to
be easier for those organising future conventions, and I hope there will be no further need for any negatives, as they add nothing to the process.

:D
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: jolinari on April 18, 2006, 09:41:05 PM
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Originally posted by BrianVette
I'm glad to read that a number of you had a great time, as we did.
As someone who was involved in helping organise the convention, at the end, (speaking for myself) I appreciate your comments and the earlier constructive feedback on this thread.
The constructive comments will allow for planning to
be easier for those organising future conventions, and I hope there will be no further need for any negatives, as they add nothing to the process.

:D




thanks brianvette for  your understanding...this is what it is all about mate...constructive feedback!!!

you should have got  on the forum bit earlier ;42
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: 77CVT on April 19, 2006, 07:08:37 PM
We weren't allowed to have a drink while cleaning the cars????   Oops! ;42
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: MADLT1 on April 19, 2006, 07:48:26 PM
;34 hi guys nobody told me that you could not drink,honestly i did not know,i had my esky down there buy my car every day in the car park and i had a blast talking to heaps of people.thats how we do things up in the north,crack a beer in the garage pick a project on the car open the garage door and put the radio on and away we go.;28;54;28;54
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: jolinari on April 19, 2006, 07:50:20 PM
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Originally posted by MADLT1
;34 hi guys nobody told me that you could not drink,honestly i did not know,i had my esky down there buy my car every day in the car park and i had a blast talking to heaps of people.thats how we do things up in the north,crack a beer in the garage pick a project on the car open the garage door and put the radio on and away we go.;28;54;28;54




u also forgot that we had bob Marley with us;41
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: MADLT1 on April 19, 2006, 08:20:39 PM
how could i forget bob marley and the wailers,that was a sweet set up joe,im parkin  near you in the future....;41
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: johnny86convert on April 19, 2006, 08:28:37 PM
Next  convention  remind  me  to  park  me  and  barnsey  a  long  way  away  from  you  guys  hehehehehlololololololo;41
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: jolinari on April 19, 2006, 08:32:07 PM
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Originally posted by johnny86convert
Next  convention  remind  me  to  park  me  and  barnsey  a  long  way  away  from  you  guys  hehehehehlololololololo;41



ru sure about that one?;53
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: MADLT1 on April 19, 2006, 08:37:59 PM
is int funny at the show and shine day there were no big boom box heavy base style music echoeing from any cars,just shows the different type of car enthusiasts we are....;28;28;28;28;28;28
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: johnny86convert on April 19, 2006, 08:57:14 PM
I  also  listen  to  EARL  KLUGH,ANDREA  BOCCELI.JAMIREQUO &KENNY  LOGGINS  HEHEHEHEHEHEHEH  AND  THROW  in a  bit  off  Dusty
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: MADLT1 on April 19, 2006, 09:00:21 PM
;34you gotta be talkin another lingo cause i dont understand any of that..hehehehehehe;52
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: jolinari on April 19, 2006, 09:03:00 PM
i had anrea bocelli and jamairequo....oh well next time...

mmm guys we r off subject
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: johnny86convert on April 19, 2006, 09:16:43 PM
you  can leave  your  hat  on...joe  cocker  ....where  back  on  subject  read  your  hat????    lolololololololololol
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: jolinari on April 19, 2006, 09:21:07 PM
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Originally posted by johnny86convert
you  can leave  your  hat  on...joe  cocker  ....where  back  on  subject  read  your  hat????    lolololololololololol



LMAO good one..where did u get that from;53
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: johnny86convert on April 19, 2006, 09:29:01 PM
i've  played  in  bands  for  30years,always  a  smart  ass  muso,singers  have  always  got  too  much  lip,BTW  I  like  your  coffee  joe:D
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: jolinari on April 19, 2006, 09:36:30 PM
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Originally posted by johnny86convert
i've  played  in  bands  for  30years,always  a  smart  ass  muso,singers  have  always  got  too  much  lip,BTW  I  like  your  coffee  joe:D


ohh glad to hear that! enjoy let me know when u run out of  it!

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Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: jdunne on April 20, 2006, 08:58:08 AM
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Originally posted by johnny86convert
i've  played  in  bands  for  30years,always  a  smart  ass  muso,singers  have  always  got  too  much  lip,BTW  I  like  your  coffee  joe:D
Jonny,after 30 years in a band you probably know and understand the joke from  "good morning vietnam" where major bob  from the artillery rings up the DJ request line and says "i don't care what you play,just play it LOUD"....LOL  ;27;27;27;27GREETINGS FROM A TONE DEAF OLD ROCKER....john i was at the joe cocker concert in melb(his first)where he was so p#issed and stoned he fell off the stage twice still holding the mike and "singing" while  the band kept playing.....so long ago he had hair and didn't need to keep his hat on......
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: 77CVT on April 20, 2006, 08:07:30 PM
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Originally posted by johnny86convert
Next  convention  remind  me  to  park  me  and  barnsey  a  long  way  away  from  you  guys  hehehehehlololololololo;41


I'll park next to ya buddy!
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: johnny86convert on April 20, 2006, 10:52:55 PM
thanks  chris.......bring  some  midnight  oil  too  hehehehehehe
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: 77CVT on April 21, 2006, 03:26:38 PM
Mate - I'm there!  I'll bring some (early) INXS too!  ;35
Title: Re: Convention 2006 Reflections........read your Hat
Post by: johnny86convert on April 21, 2006, 05:11:57 PM
my  mate  was  in a  band  called  the  "Voices "  and  INXS  was  the  support  act   for  them  at  the  CIVIC  in  goulburn  street  in  the  early  days  hehehehehehehe