Official Swap Meet Thread

[tat2dguy01]

here it is....

COTTORA 1st Annual Swap Meet
15 July 06
10am - 6pm

location: Jefferson County Fairgrounds (Golden, CO)

live music, food, raffles, blah blah blah

we are in the planning stages now as we have set the location and date. If you wanna step up and help, let us know. We are planning to have a couple of organizational meetings and will post dates and times here. We're gonna need some volunteer's so, put down that dirty magazine :eek: and pull ur pants up tight and support this event!!!

[Vic stuff]

.... We're gonna need some volunteer's so, put down that dirty magazine :eek: and pull ur pants up tight and support this event!!!

lmao you speakin from personal experience? jk i'll be glad to help out where/when i can. you can pm me/email me/make rich get a hold of me, lmao

[tat2dguy01]

right on vic....r u gonna make core next sunday? we r planning to talk a little about this event at the meeting after the run

[Vic stuff]

probaly wont be at core but rich wants me to attend the meeting with yall, so if show for that we can chat then!

[tat2dguy01]

r there any police officers in cottora? anyone know an active duty police officer that may be willing to volunteer time for this event?

[pimptoy]

r there any police officers in cottora? anyone know an active duty police officer that may be willing to volunteer time for this event?



I'll have to see what my schedule is like around this time

[tat2dguy01]

I'll have to see what my schedule is like around this time

r u a police officer? reason i ask is if we r to have alcohol at this event, we have to have a police officer present. if we dont have alcohol, no big deal. i just can't see paying someone to be present.

[Vic stuff]

I'll have to see what my schedule is like around this time
POLICE officer, not rent a cop ;)

[Guapotaco]

he is an actual cop,he just doesn't have a county,city, or those tight blue uniforms yet

[spindleshanks]

Apparently, according to Jeffco, the guy has to be present and uniformed at the event. Sounds excessive to me, but I guess those 4H events get a little out of hand, lol. And you don't even want to see an Alpaca when it's drunk.

[tat2dguy01]

Apparently, according to Jeffco, the guy has to be present and uniformed at the event. Sounds excessive to me, but I guess those 4H events get a little out of hand, lol. And you don't even want to see an Alpaca when it's drunk.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Loren]

A drunk alpaca! Now that could be interesting.

A naturally friendly animal, with a sufficient quantity of cheap wine, and it would likely become downright amorous.

Loren

[pimptoy]

r u a police officer? reason i ask is if we r to have alcohol at this event, we have to have a police officer present. if we dont have alcohol, no big deal. i just can't see paying someone to be present.


Yes I 'm a police officer.... And you’re right you can rent out a police officer and if I did come I could only be an off duty. If you are looking for that type security we'd have to look into hiring a security company.

[spindleshanks]

A drunk alpaca! Now that could be interesting.
A naturally friendly animal, with a sufficient quantity of cheap wine, and it would likely become downright amorous.
Loren

Camels, on the other hand...

[tat2dguy01]

Yes I 'm a police officer.... And you’re right you can rent out a police officer and if I did come I could only be an off duty. If you are looking for that type security we'd have to look into hiring a security company.

could you be off duty and still in uniform? is that legal?

[pimptoy]

nope

[Vic stuff]

Camels, on the other hand...

im just picturing a drunk camel spitting on someone, lmao

[tat2dguy01]

hence the reason we need police....those camels tend to get mighty rowdy. pimp, u know anyone that might be interested?

[RedRunnertc]

Maybe Pimp could wear his OTHER uniform ... purple velvet suit, big floppy hat with a long feather, chains, and accesorized with a ho on each arm...

:rofl:

[pimptoy]

oh i'm there on that one!!!! :xpimp:

[pimptoy]

hence the reason we need police....those camels tend to get mighty rowdy. pimp, u know anyone that might be interested?
what city is close to?.....or you might want to talk to the sheriff's office on that one and see if they could do a walk through

[tacotoy]

no an officer has to be present at all times if we want to serve booze.... no biggie but.... if we dont have an officer there one person showing up with a beer all on their own can ruin it for us all. so its pretty much an all or nothing type of thing

[tat2dguy01]

just an update...i have solicited Tanner 4X4, Doug from Toytec and 4 Wheel Parts to donate items for the raffle!!! still need All Phase, Armorology and FRORF!!!

[tat2dguy01]

anyone have personally or have a hookup that would let use some handheld radio's? will probably need 6 for the folks running the show to be able to communicate with each other. Free is always the best unless it's a std or a hand grenade!

[Loren]

Just an idea, one which you have perhaps already thought of, but here goes anyway, for the entities that are donating items for the raffle, how about offering them a booth or other means of displaying their wares and services.

Loren

[tat2dguy01]

good idea...i'll mention it to them and see if they r interested

[Lysmachia]

Maybe Pimp could wear his OTHER uniform ... purple velvet suit, big floppy hat with a long feather, chains, and accesorized with a ho on each arm...

:rofl:


I call being Arm Candy! :D

[spindleshanks]

As far as raffle donations, let me hit up Jed at Armorology when I pick up my finished truck Friday (hooooooooahhhh!) I'm also gonna try to solicit Bullhide in Ft. Collins. I'll offer them preferential parking if they want to set up a display.

[tacotoy]

As far as raffle donations, let me hit up Jed at Armorology when I pick up my finished truck Friday (hooooooooahhhh!) I'm also gonna try to solicit Bullhide in Ft. Collins. I'll offer them preferential parking if they want to set up a display.


since youre up there you want to go over to FRORF too?

[spindleshanks]

Sure! I haven't been there or done any business with them before. Somebody else might know somebody there and have better luck with 'em. But I'll certainly try.

[tat2dguy01]

update....All Phase has joined in and will be donating items

[spindleshanks]

Sweet! I'll be talking with Ray at Bullhide 4X4 in Ft. Collins tomorrow. Can't wait to start distributing these flyers! Looks like we've only got room for one, maybe two, more sponsor logos anyway!
Will, I really like where you relocated the "Live Music!" tag, right in the center of the page. You gonna post something about entry fee?

[tat2dguy01]

yeah..but i didnt want to put it on the flyer so i didnt scare people away

[Lysmachia]

update....All Phase has joined in and will be donating items


I knew my Boyz would pull through. I love those guys! They RULE!

[spindleshanks]

Can anyone in the Boulder area visit John's 4X4 Center and try to solicit a raffle prize from them for the swap meet? I visited Ft. Collins 4X4 Center, which is a branch of their Boulder main store. The boss works at the Boulder location, 6367 Arapahoe, John Rush, owner, or John Garcia, Manager.

[spindleshanks]

Armorology is on board to donate a raffle prize to the Swap Meet raffle. Will, can you go to www.armorology.com and get their logo to add to the flyer? I've got the OK from Jed over there.

[Lysmachia]

Can anyone in the Boulder area visit John's 4X4 Center and try to solicit a raffle prize from them for the swap meet? I visited Ft. Collins 4X4 Center, which is a branch of their Boulder main store. The boss works at the Boulder location, 6367 Arapahoe, John Rush, owner, or John Garcia, Manager.

I may be able to do that next Tuesday or Wednesday. I'll need the official shpeel... maybe you can email that to me... whatever you emailed to All Phase would work Wil...

[tat2dguy01]

yeah..i'll get that logo on the flyer jeremy....molly, i'll send you what i sent allphase but it is really nothing special

[spindleshanks]

Molly, when I went around asking for raffle donations, I just took a preliminary draft of the flyer and showed it to folks. It says everything on it. Maybe you and me can visit John's 4X4 Center when I'm in Boulder Weds...who could say no to us?!

[tacotoy]

i have the flyer hosted on the net so that you can print up your own copies everyone and distribute them to whoever you want to come. the more people the better! we aren't limiting this to toyotas either because well... there are some guys in the club that have jeep parts and stuff on them too. so pass them out to your 4x4 friends or just your friends in general that want to come have a good time. i am going to put together a page that you can refer to that will have all the contributing sponsors on it as well


www.tacotoy.com/COTTORA/flyer.jpg (http://www.tacotoy.com/COTTORA/flyer.jpg)

[spindleshanks]

Yo Rich! Linky no worky!

[tacotoy]

yes huh lol

[tat2dguy01]

rich - jeremy
sent u an updated flyer(email) and the links. i'm gonna call it done since we r outta space for anything else. if absolutely necessary, i could scale it down to make room for other logos, but i wanna get this thing out on the streets. what say ye??????

[spindleshanks]

Sounds good Will, I just sent you 2 e-mails, one about some stuff we discussed at the meeting last night, and the other to ask you to add CARQUEST Filters to the donator list...doesn't need a logo or anything. Flyer looks great man, real professional.

[tat2dguy01]

resize as necessary...get it out to the public...and for god's sake, show up!!! :xpimp:

[tat2dguy01]

Insiders info...Doug from Toytec stepped up with a $100 gift certificate for anything on his website...got it in the mail today. No one needs to go to this swap meet so i can have the winning ticket!

[tacotoy]

i have the flyer hosted up.... the new new new new new updated version


www.tacotoy.com/COTTORA/flyer.jpg

[tat2dguy01]

thanx rich.....that is definately it...i burned some hard copies yesterday and dropped them off at 4 wheel parts...does anyone have a hookup on handheld radio's????

[tat2dguy01]

i have 200 hard copies of the flyer so, if u wanna hand some out, lemme know!

[spindleshanks]

I posted it on Yotatech (so did you, will!) and I also posted it up on CustomTacos (*shudder*....)

[tacotoy]

ive been pondering buying some used handheld cb radios for trail run newbies.... maybe this will motivate that hunt lol

[tat2dguy01]

ummmm yeah...i'm thinking u would like about 6 of them...heheheheh

[spindleshanks]

Brainstorm:
So, I spent a bit of time thinking about the whole swap meet process last night, and here's what I came up with...

We'll need some sort of entry station to collect money, and at least two volunteers to take shifts there. (We should probably block off the other entrance) We should probably have some sort of windshield ticket or mirror hanger to designate people who bought good parking spots up front. No problem, we can make those easily enough.

Those little signs that stick into the ground to direct people the right way. Can we make those ourselves? I can probably find some old ones at work from our hole sponsors at the annual golf tourney and we'll just relabel 'em!

We'll need some volunteers on the cooking front, to cook, take money, etc. (and we need volunteer grills too, probably a couple of them...propane) I've got some big ideas for the cooking. It occurred to me that we could ask a lot more money for a bratwurst if there was Kraut, peppers and onions to put on it (3, 4, even $5?). I've got plenty of ideas for food prep...Remember, food and raffle are gonna be our moneymakers!

We're gonna need to designate a table for the raffle goods, and at least one person to take money and distribute tickets. We can rent one of those raffle drums for $20, but I think that's an unnecessary cost. We'll just get a roll of raffle stubs at Sam's Club, then throw 'em in some sort of receptacle to draw from.
*We're gonna be receiving cash and making change in at least three different locations. This hints to me that we need cash boxes and trustworthy volunteers.

The truck wash will need many volunteers, as well as the requisite sponges, hoses, chamoisssssses, etc. I'm sure we all have that stuff to bring....with our names well written on it so it makes it back into the right hands...lol. How much are we gonna charge for truck wash?

Parking: The front row will be pay spots (what'd we decide on...$5?) And any professional vendors like Tanner or Armorology can set up there as well.

Volunteers get a free meal (but don't eat free all day long). We can divide most jobs into 3 (?) shifts I'm guessing. And for the sake of organization, I think we should have one main director of the whole event....I nominate Will! lol, or I'll do it.

I know this is a lot of BS so far ahead of the event, but I hate the awkwardness that comes with unpreparedness. When are we going to meet to discuss this swapmeet?

[tat2dguy01]

u read my mind...i say $5 for the wash..trying to get the bud light girls to do the washing for us. hopefully it pans out. did u get my 1st list of items we need to have? i also have taken the liberty to get a club banner. it is a 3' by 6' white banner that has www.COTTORA.org

obviously in our font and colored. i pick it up friday. it should be cool. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!!!!!! Vinny(vic_stuff) has stepped up but we definately need a bunch more. i'm with u man...i know this planning may be a little pre-mature, but i cant stand to think of trying to put this together at the last minute and having it turn out decent. let's go with may 12 for a meeting. friday night and i'll buy the first round. what say ye?????

[Loren]

Couple of ideas here guys,

No planning is premature! There's going to be a bunch of little things coming up at the last minute, and its no fun mixing those into last minute planning. Besides, the more planning, the less last minute little things to mess it up.

Secondly, truck washers, how about some cheerleaders. You see them doing fund raisers all the time. There must be some college or high school cheerleading squads we could tempt. Tell them it will be a 'target-rich environment'. They will have to get a piece of the action, but maybe just 50%.

Loren

ps. Or Hooter girls. Since our regular Denver area meet and greet are at Hooters. 50% to their favorite charity. Who knows, maybe afterdark it will turn into a wet ________ contest. :eek: :eek:

[tat2dguy01]

Couple of ideas here guys,

No planning is premature! There's going to be a bunch of little things coming up at the last minute, and its no fun mixing those into last minute planning. Besides, the more planning, the less last minute little things to mess it up.

Secondly, truck washers, how about some cheerleaders. You see them doing fund raisers all the time. There must be some college or high school cheerleading squads we could tempt. Tell them it will be a 'target-rich environment'. They will have to get a piece of the action, but maybe just 50%.

Loren

ps. Or Hooter girls. Since our regular Denver area meet and greet are at Hooters. 50% to their favorite charity. Who knows, maybe afterdark it will turn into a wet ________ contest. :eek: :eek:


yeah..we've thought of this already...got any hookups?

[Loren]

No I don't. But we could check with Hooters at our next meet and greet.

[spindleshanks]

Will; I won't be able to do a meeting May 12th. My whole fam is gonna be in town for my little brother's graduation from CSU that weekend! I gotta represent real quick:
....On Saturday, May 13th, 2006, 7:30PM at Colorado State University, Ft. Collins campus Moby Arena, Nathan Scott Maxwell will be presented a Bachelor of Liberal Arts in the discipline of Humanities with Minors in both Music and History....as read off of the invitation...

Now we're a family of CSU Alumni! Yeeeahhh! He'd kill me if he knew I posted his middle name...lol

[Vic stuff]

loren i nominate you to get the hooters girls to do the wash thing, lmao. dude if it comes down to it, ill man the entry all frickin day i dont care man but itd be great if others stepped up to. sounds like we probaly need a crew of at least 10? but thinkin we have around 4 or 5 right now??? keep the ideas and posts comin regarding everything and will keep me posted and what not

now time for :xbeer3: :xbeer1: :xbeer3: :xbeer1: :xbeer3: :xbeer1: lol

[tacotoy]

i gotta switch work days with someone(that isn't vinnie :D ) and then i have no problem grilling up stuff/ and probably bringing a grill(im going to buy one for the club picnic...). whichever chica is around at that point im sure i can sucker her into helping too..... but dont count on it lol

[tat2dguy01]

loren i nominate you to get the hooters girls to do the wash thing, lmao. dude if it comes down to it, ill man the entry all frickin day i dont care man but itd be great if others stepped up to. sounds like we probaly need a crew of at least 10? but thinkin we have around 4 or 5 right now??? keep the ideas and posts comin regarding everything and will keep me posted and what not

now time for :xbeer3: :xbeer1: :xbeer3: :xbeer1: :xbeer3: :xbeer1: lol

yeah...i'm hoping others step up...on a "lighter" note, i have a friend talking to the budlight girls as well!! should be a nice, wet, truck wash!!! :xbeer1: :xbeer3:

[Loren]

I vote for the Bud-light girls. The ditz meter goes way off the scale for the hooter girls.

[spindleshanks]

I can probably enlist volunteer help from a few friends that are not affiliated with the club, but it's a good idea if we keep money handling limited to members.
On a side note, I tried to tip the Budweiser girl who was getting me drunk for free at the bar last weekend, and she wouldn't take it! I was so drunkenly offended...

[tat2dguy01]

she wouldn't take ur tip?!?!?! :eek: :D that's just rude!!!!

[spindleshanks]

she wouldn't take ur tip?!?!?! :eek: :D that's just rude!!!!

Yeah, she was far too hot to be bothered by trivial social qualities like politeness...lol. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that I tried to stick the 5 dollar bill in her ample cleavage...should I not have done that? I mean, if anybody had told me that sort of thing was frowned upon...

So, assuming we all spend the next 2, 1/2 months littering this state with flyers (I've already begun!), and the weather July 15 is perfect, how many attendees do we expect? I wanna hear from everybody on this.
Keep in mind we'll be promoting this event from Cheyenne, WY to Pueblo, CO and everywhere in between (not to mention the entire world via the internet). Plus, our event will be posted on the JeffCo fairground website and on their big sign. I'm guessing we may exceed 100 people (there will probably be 50 people from COTTORA alone, including their families and friends). I'm gonna guess we should plan for 150 to 200 people (shhhhh, don't tell JeffCo).

[tat2dguy01]

yeah... i'm hoping we get more out there than that! check this out....i have been wheeling and dealing and we now might have a 2nd band on board to play! i'm really hoping that i see more than just the normal 5 or 6 people post here and volunteer to help. c'mon....if u haven't stepped up yet (u know who u r!) let's hear it!

[spindleshanks]

Should we do a new thread for volunteer signup?

[tat2dguy01]

Should we do a new thread for volunteer signup?


good idea...hook it up

[tat2dguy01]

found out yesterday that Slee Off Road will be there. i didnt talk to them personally but the guys at tanner told me...

[spindleshanks]

That's awesome...even though we're out of ad space on the flyer, we can still solicit donations. I still plan to talk to FRORF, John's 4X4, Coyote Cruisers, Gen 3 Motorsports, etc. I ran into some old school Cottora members at Japanese Auto Service in WheatRidge who will be there. I've been pimpin' this bitch ever' day!

[tat2dguy01]

here it is folks!

[spindleshanks]

here it is folks!

Oh that's pimp! Good job dude.

[Vic stuff]

here it is folks!

Those look nice, how many did you get?

[tat2dguy01]

just got 1 banner but it is available for any event the club has!

[Guapotaco]

anybody talk to brian at fror yet? i can give him a call and see if he's interested,i will be coming down for this more than likely and can help with stuff,i also dj if the bands fall apart,don't know how i would get my equipment down there butt? let me know if theres anything else you guys need a long distance hand with

[spindleshanks]

Awesome Guapo, we could use the help.
If you check out our volunteer sign-up page, you'll notice that we've only got a handful of heroes so far.
If you know the guys at FROR and you can give 'em a call that'd be awesome. I live in FC and could probably make it up there sometime to Red Feather. Even though we ran out of room on the flyer, we could still accept donated items for the raffle.
In fact, I think I got a 10% off service coupon donated by the guys at Japanese Auto Service in Wheatridge, all TTORA folks from back in the day, Russ, Steve, Anthony, etc.
The CARQUEST wheel is in motion, I'm pimping this event with all the outside sales reps, at the risk of getting in trouble (I can't promote anything but CQ Filters when I'm wearing the uniform). It's getting a good response.
A few more ideas if anybody wants to make some swap-meet sales calls...Poison Spider, Slee, Gen 3 Motorsports, and I still want to approach John's 4X4 in Boulder but haven't made it there yet.

[Guapotaco]

i'll call and see what i can come up with, i might try to get proffits cruisers on board as well, what are the incentivies for these guys now that the flyer is full? might help for getting others involved if we can offer them something,fror is already listed as a link here and maybe this would be a good sell for guys who aren't linked to us yet,i'll be out for the next 3 days so i'll let you guys know by next week

[spindleshanks]

We're offering them advertising. When we raffle off their donated products using the band's PA system, we'll announce who donated it, and add a quick plug. You can offer them a free up-front vendor parking spot too, to set up their shizzy.

[tat2dguy01]

anybody talk to brian at fror yet? i can give him a call and see if he's interested,i will be coming down for this more than likely and can help with stuff,i also dj if the bands fall apart,don't know how i would get my equipment down there butt? let me know if theres anything else you guys need a long distance hand with


alright...cool...the band is gonna set up a laptop to run music while their not playing but we'll definately need some help in other area's. once we breakdown who will be doing what, i can let u know

[tat2dguy01]

just fyi...got another band..Hypnotic Pace will be playing along w/ my buddies band.

[spindleshanks]

Yeah! That's awesome Will!

[tat2dguy01]

alright folks...we have a little over a month to finish planning this shindig! we need to have a swap meet meeting, at a convenient time and location, so all can attend. throw out some dates for a meeting and let's decide on time and location!

[spindleshanks]

How about a Monday night? We have our meeting with Debra June 12, Monday, at 1PM. Maybe we could do a late afternoon meet in Denver afterwards. I'll be out of town the entire week of June 4.
Is this week feasible for anyone?

[tacotoy]

my work schedule has changed a little bit...... maybe we should try and get in touch with debra and see if we can reschedule it. im off most thursdays now. id know better once i get back to work though

[tat2dguy01]

jeremy/rich,
my schedule is somewhat flexible for the next couple of months, so i can do whatever, whenever. just need advanced notice. we just need to do this very soon. either one of u guys take a look at the 1st draft of the food and needed supplies? jeremy, can u call debra and reschedule? rich, do u really want/need to be there?

[spindleshanks]

Rich let me know, and I'll call her later and try to reschedule. I'm down for this Thursday in Denver if that works. We'll need to remind participants that they need to be there for this one. Probably remind them via the phone rather than via a post that they can ignore. Will, I didn't see your draft on the food and stuff. Is it posted somewhere?

[tacotoy]

honestly i dont think that i have to be there....i just know that i said that i would but yeah.... things change. ill go thru the list tomorrow and if i have time ill head over to costco to start getting an idea of what we are looking at. has anyone talked to brian recently?

[spindleshanks]

not I. Yeah, see if you can price the basics.

[tat2dguy01]

havent talked to brian lately though i've seen him post up recently. Brian, u gonna help out? Jeremy, i'm sending the 1st draft to ur email.

[spindleshanks]

Will, good job summarizing everything. You turned an overwhelming event into a simplified one. Thanks.
Couple of things. Water is typically very popular at these events, even though there's a drinking fountain. We should have plenty bottled water. And I'm in the process of getting some lawn signs....don't ask...

[tat2dguy01]

cool...u and rich take a look at that list and make modifications as needed. do u guys remember if the fairgrounds has standard waterhookups for the truck wash?

[tacotoy]

yep they have water and 110v power with all the RV hookups. as long as there is a spot open then we can use that.

[tat2dguy01]

got an email from Brain and a guy named Brady. Brady is with the Toyota FJ Cruiser Trail Teams (FJCTT). The FJ Cruiser Trail Teams are visiting off-road events all across the nation to allow off-road enthusiasts to see the FJC in action and even drive it on the trails. He will be out at our event showcasing the 07 FJ and possibly getting out on one of the trails on the following Sunday to show folks the capabilities of the new FJ. FAWKING SWEET!

[spindleshanks]

That's Awesome! Our event is gettin' more respectable by the day, lol!

[tat2dguy01]

we need to get this ball rollin' folks. jeremy, can u collect the raffle prizes from the donators up that way? (all phase and the others) i can take care of the ones down here. rich, u gonna take a look at the pricing on the food and materials list?

[spindleshanks]

consider it done

[tacotoy]

yep hopefully tomorrow morning i will get out to costco with the list..... that will at least give us a good idea of what we are looking at for the food stuff...

[tat2dguy01]

ok folks...we got a month left! Rich is gonna do the grocery shopping for us. we're gonna need propane grills. I have one but we need atleast one more. if anyone has access to a volleyball net, frisbees, etc... and accessories, bring them out. jeremy and i will get the prizes for the raffle taken care of. **FOR ALL THOSE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME***....... 1st of all, thanx for volunteering and supporting this club. With everyones efforts, we will make this event a success. We will need to have a planning meeting in the very near future and distribute the responsibilities. It would be beneficial if everyone that will be volunteering attend this meeting. my vote is for a saturday in the next couple of weeks. CAN EVERYONE MAKE A SATURDAY PLANNING MEETING?

[Vic stuff]

should be able to, just give me some notice, sorry man its been tough with only 1 vehicle, but hopefully that'll change in the next couple of weeks or less. Hopefully you guys got somethin accomplished yesterday, aside from a buzz, lol. sorry i couldnt make it, was running around like a madman yesterday.

[tat2dguy01]

check it (http://www.toyota.com/fjtrailteams)

go to schedules at the top...take a look at whats going on in CO

[thenookie]

Hi guys and gals !

Just heard about this from the http://www.toyota.com/fjtrailteams Site, and was thinking of coming down and at the very least joining in on the fun. I just started this thread today.

http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5570

At this point I'm organizing it from our end and I don't know how many of us will show up, but you can count on at least one person coming.

Do you need anything from us, or from me? (I'm in Fort Collins)

[tacotoy]

we need a few more people that can volunteer to help out with running everything

[DriftinCO]

talk with tat2dguy01, he's coordinating the event with spindleshanks helping out, they can give the details...

[tat2dguy01]

another volunteer would be way helpful! In the VERY NEAR FUTURE we will have a planning meeting and all folks who are volunteering will want to attend. I will be available to run a trail with the fj guys on sunday following the swap!

[tat2dguy01]

here it is folks!!! we have to have a planning meeting THIS WEEKEND!!! Saturday or Sunday, I dont care. POST UP NOW AND LET ME KNOW WHAT DAY U CAN ATTEND!!!! ALL VOLUNTEERS ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ATTEND! this is it...this has to happen now...sorry for the caps but that is the only way to get the attention of some folks. :xbeer3: :xbeer3: :xbeer3: :xbeer3: :xbeer3: :xbeer1:

[thenookie]

I"m not sure how much I can do being in Fort Collins, but I do know we have several members in the Denver area that can help. I'll make sure they know.

send me an email at seth@cnr.colostate.edu if you need anything.

Thanks,

Seth

[spindleshanks]

I can do sunday eve. Let's make this happen people...remember, we all stand to make money for ourselves here, not just as a club, and buy and sell our shit.
Meeting!
Meeting!
Meeting!

[Vic stuff]

honestly i could make somethin saturday evening, sunday is gonna be tough since its fathers day and all, but if the majority wants sunday, i can try and pull strings

[tat2dguy01]

ok thats 1 sunday and 1 saturday....i would prefer anytime on saturday. i can make it up that way if need be. so far its 2 for sat and 1 for sun...anyone else???

[spindleshanks]

Will, if you can get something together Saturday, then do it. Don't let me stop you, because we'll catch up on the details later. We mainly need 'the help' at this meeting. I'll be in Alliance NE tomorrow (Saturday, but will probably be back in Ft. C. around 6PM. But I'm not gonna drive on down to Denver soon as I get home. Like I said, if you have to meet w/out me to get some of the volunteers to attend then do it.

[tat2dguy01]

no worries Jeremy. thanx Rich, Jeremy and Vin for the desire to make this actually work. This is frickin' ridiculous. Dont worry about a meeting folks. we'll play it by ear and hope this event turns out ok. if not, cottora will just be known for such fine events! :flipoff2:

[tacotoy]

ok i have the costs for food..... we need to get together and figure out how many people we think will actually show up to this at this point in time

[tat2dguy01]

i would say go ahead and get enough for 200. if we need more than we can make a local run to the store. if anyone can get together this week for a meeting, we sure need to have one!

[Vic stuff]

when ya thinkin Will for a meeting?

[tat2dguy01]

anytime, any place...

[Loren]

why don't we do the red elephant - mill creek - bill moore lake loop on saturday, and have our meeting on the trail.

That'd beat a boring restaurant/bar all to hell. ;)

Loren

[Vic stuff]

sorry gotta work saturday since i have sun, mon, tues off next week. plus i dont have the offroad beast back yet, i really dont think i wanna wheel the 2nd gen since i may end up selling it

[tacotoy]

why don't we do the red elephant - mill creek - bill moore lake loop on saturday, and have our meeting on the trail.

That'd beat a boring restaurant/bar all to hell. ;)

Loren


you fix your truck yet or are you waiting on me to do it......

[Loren]

i didn't know it was broke!?!?!?!?

[Vic stuff]

ok so wtf beyotchs!!! when we plannin a meeting for this shizzle????? i work til saturday, as well does rich i beieve anyway. so maybe an evening this week or maybe over the holiday weekend we can all meet up???????????

[tat2dguy01]

so u guys have saturday off?? i am planning on being in the denver area friday night and into saturday if u guys wanna meet then. Rich, u r taking care of the groceries, right?

[Vic stuff]

i work saturday, think rich does too, but saturday evening could work for me, just so we can nip this thing in the bud.

[tat2dguy01]

i'm good for saturday evening...name a time and place

[spindleshanks]

I can probably do Saturday evening, but it's gonna be close. I'm leaving town Sunday morning for the holiday.

[Vic stuff]

will and jeremy does a certain part of town sound better than anywhere else? if not i would say a place up north here since rich and myself probaly wouldn't be back up on this end of town til about 5:30ish and we can grab some brewskis and grub and chat. who else do we need to attend this shindig? Loren? maybe like hooters on 120th @ 6???

[spindleshanks]

as far north as we can get!

[Vic stuff]

figured youd say that, lol. ill be rollin in the 2nd gen pos runner since i havent gotten my 84 back yet! so i dont really where the funk we go to.


paging rich and loren.........

[tacotoy]

i can make saturday evening happen.

[Loren]

Saturday evening can work for me. The later the better. Don't want to cut short any wheeling.

[tat2dguy01]

so saturday at hooters on 120th? what time all? btw, if anyone wants to check out some live music and have a couple of beers (JEREMY), let me know. i will be in the area friday night and listening to one of the bands playing at the swap.

BTW, i picked up the raffle donations from Tanner. they donated $380 good towards parts or labor, a recovery strap, tshirts, tire deflators, and best of all, INCLINE-O-Meters!!! (u know the little levels that tell what degree of incline ur at)

[tacotoy]

6:30-7????

[tat2dguy01]

sorry...cant make it unless it is early in the day...grrrrrrrrrrr

[spindleshanks]

Dude, let's keep the inclinometers for ourselves, we deserve it...lol! I can make Saturday night, and I may be able to party Friday night too. I have some sample parking passes printed up, and a list of hot-button things we'll need to discuss before we get all drunkety. Name a time!

[tat2dguy01]

well my plans changed in a heartbeat. cant make friday or saturday..u guys enjoy and keep me posted

[Vic stuff]

so do the rest of us want to get together since will cant make it???

[tacotoy]

i say yes lets get together...... we need to go over the last few things.... come on kids

[spindleshanks]

how about sunday, anytime

[Vic stuff]

thought you were goin outta town? sunday can work too i suppose, id rather take care of this shit tomorrow if we all can, but whatever we all can agree on

[spindleshanks]

Noon Sunday, north side, CB & Potts on 120th...

We have a lot of stuff to cover, and I have a checklist of it.

Post up, or please call me, to let me know this will work. Timing is flexible. 970 217 008six -Jeremy

[Loren]

what is cb and potts?

[tacotoy]

tonight was the last night i could do..... i have family in town for the rest of the weekend so yeah. me being there is a no go if its sunday

[tacotoy]

what is cb and potts?

kinda like rockbottom...... its in the same area as hooters. just a little further west

[Vic stuff]

jeremy you still gonna go, how about you loren? i have shit goin on but may be able to make it, really wasnt planning on this happenin tomorrow, jere,my you have a pm as well

[spindleshanks]

Well guys, maybe we'll try it next week. Things seem to be coming together well via phone, but we absolutely have to meet before the event.

[tat2dguy01]

wednesday evening anyone?

[tacotoy]

molly called me up. she said that she is up for helping us out the day of. i didn't ask if troy would be there but that is her call as far as that. but it would be nice if some other staff members would step up and volunteer....

[cruiserdude]

Hey Guys,

Became interested in joining after reading about the FJ Cruiser trail team coming in for the event. I would be willing to assist if you would like help. Definitely don't want to miss the excitement of this event. I got my FJ Cruiser on launch day after waiting three years from concept. Want to get together with the right group of guys. Looks like you have your $&!t together.
Let me know if I can help.

PS - I know the date, but (place, time etc.) Could someone fill me in?

[tacotoy]

sure.... we are hosting a swap meet for our state. more or less its an open forum for people from all aspects of the offroading community to come and sell their stuff. jeep parts, toy parts, zuki parts everything and anything is fine to sell. we have sponsors that have graciously donated items to giveaway for a raffle and we will have live music and food along with plenty of space for people to just sit out and enjoy the day. im glad you found us but this is something that not only you but your friends can come to

[Vic stuff]

so....did a meeting happen tonite, sorry had a previous engagement to attend to. if NO can we plan somethin for this weekend maybe?

[tat2dguy01]

nothing happened i'm aware of.....this weekend...can we make it happen?

[Vic stuff]

i work all day saturday but if you guys wanna do saturday evening or sunday let me know sooner than later! or hell friday evening for that matter

[spindleshanks]

Guys, I'm in a bind here and I need some help. I'll be out of town all weekend and into next thursday for a store changeover in Delta, CO.
Molly, I left you a message saying that I need help picking up the raffle donation from All-Phase in Longmont. It's a Tacoma skidplate, so it's rather large. I just won't be able to do it until possibly next Friday. Sorry for the short notice.
This also means I won't be able to meet with you guys unless it's tomorrow (Friday evening) or the two days prior to the actual swap meet. So don't let me stop you from meeting up. I'll stay up on the details via the forum and phone.

[Vic stuff]

so......have we decided on a day yet so we can ALL meet up, jeremy anytime bad tomorrow? willl can ya make it up here tomorrow evening??



on a side note, im goin to pick the runner up tomorrow morning!!!!!!
:dancing: :woot: :dancing: :woot: :dancing:

[tat2dguy01]

cant tomorrow but i can make it saturday evening...what time do u get off work vinny?

[spindleshanks]

can't do saturday. sorry to be difficult, but all of a sudden my employer hits me with all this travel during July. Sucks because I only have till August 2 before my girl leaves town and most of the month I'm gonna be spending travelling.

[Lysmachia]

I'm in this weekend - but you knew that - Jeremy I am picking up that part from Allphase for ya! Shawwing - this swap's gonna be awesome. Oh did I mention Troy and my hot neighbor Laurel are coming??? :D

[tacotoy]

I'm in this weekend - but you knew that - Jeremy I am picking up that part from Allphase for ya! Shawwing - this swap's gonna be awesome. Oh did I mention Troy and my hot neighbor Laurel are coming??? :D

you know its the 15th right?

[Vic stuff]

cant tomorrow but i can make it saturday evening...what time do u get off work vinny?

off at 5 where ya thinkin?

[tacotoy]

saturday evening works for me. and suprisingly im off at the same time as vinnie lol. what if we do something in mills so that will can avoid denver traffic and we can get started earlier? its either that or trying to do something downtown..... i know how you like dive bars n stuff will lol

[Vic stuff]

saturday evening works for me. and suprisingly im off at the same time as vinnie lol. what if we do something in mills so that will can avoid denver traffic and we can get started earlier? its either that or trying to do something downtown..... i know how you like dive bars n stuff will lol

umm yah not parking the beast downtown fu(k that. mills is ok, wait theres a dive bar across the street from work rich, next to carls jr, lmao

[tacotoy]

uh no lol

[tat2dguy01]

just let me know how to get there....wont be partying as i have a bunch of stuff to do this weekend but let me know and i'll be there

[spindleshanks]

AS far as the meeting goes, I've got the following topics to be discussed, even though I won't be there:

-The food menu. We need to decide on prices for food. I think we should offer a plate for $5 including a burger OR bratwurst, a drink, a bag of chips. But if we do this, people will inevitably want to order a la carte. Either we tell them no or we set prices that will allow us to preserve our profit margins, i.e.a buck a soda. We'll need a printed menu of food prices for the table.

-I have some printed-up parking passes that mention the raffle and the rules of the park on them. (Raffle tickets are $3, or 2 for $5, right?) I figure we'll draw winners throughout the day, maybe hourly or so. I'll try to e-mail you guys the parking pass format so you can make any changes...I'm not on my own computer right now.

-Anybody have traffic cones or tape?

-Everybody should bring $20 in ones or so to facilitate making change for entry fees, food fees, raffle fees, strippers, not to mention buying and selling stuff.

-We'll need to make sure we have all the vendor info for when we give away prizes: company name, address, phone number, website, contact name, etc. Business cards will be great.

-Anybody got a crock pot for the brats? Simmering in beer, they plump up real nice looking. You picking up brats Will?

I know this is a lot of misc crap, and I apologize for not making the meeting, but I'd like to at least get together with a few of you the night before the event, maybe do some last minute shopping and problem-solving.

[tat2dguy01]

i can grab them. gimme the name and address of the place to pick them up

[17Taco95]

How many cones would you need? I have some, not sure how many but if it isn't tons then I think I can help in that department.

[spindleshanks]

will, I'll get you the info.
As for cones, just a few should help. I wanna block off some spots for some of our contributors. Can you get 6 cones or so?

[tat2dguy01]

soooooo...vinny, rich,molly....can we meet tomorrow afternoon?

[Vic stuff]

definately will, rich and myself were thinking about colorado mills like old c's or somethin. we'd probaly be up there about 5:15 or so since we get off work at 5 and are right down the street from there

[tacotoy]

i need someone that was planning on bringing a cooler to hook up with me so that ill have coolers to transport all the food over in. im planning on getting another but yeah.... the bigger the better

[Vic stuff]

you can use mine, its not huge but itll serve its intended purpose

[Loren]

old c?

name and address?

[tacotoy]

.... we are meeting at yardhouse in Colorado Mills. Drive around to the food/theaters and its right there. theres beer if you want it but im planning on talking business

[Loren]

I'll plan on being there as long as I'm back red cone and radical in time.

[tat2dguy01]

i'll be there and rich, i'll bring u my cooler. can someone give me directions? i have a full day here so if i'm not online, someone give me a ring with those directions....719-439-3284

[17Taco95]

I will bring cones then. I have way more than six in many different sizes but they will work. What time is everyone going to set up?

[tat2dguy01]

we will be there at 7 am to start setting up

[spindleshanks]

I've got the lawn signs ready.

[DriftinCO]

If you need another crock pot, let me know. I can grovel to my wife about bringing hers. Do you have enough extension cords and outlet strips?

I'll be bringing the CoTTORA t-shirts.

[tat2dguy01]

dont need a crock pots but bring lawn chairs, coolers and if u have any of those patio funiture umbrella's....we need 'em

[tacotoy]

If you need another crock pot, let me know. I can grovel to my wife about bringing hers. Do you have enough extension cords and outlet strips?

I'll be bringing the CoTTORA t-shirts.


way to contribute

[Vic stuff]

mmkay so i posted over on marlin and rising sun and it got moved on co4x4 to the staging area

[thenookie]

WAnted to let you know that we will be having at least 4 FJ's from fjcruiserforums coming to it on Saturday. Do you have any information on a trail ride on Sunday ?

[Lysmachia]

Ok - *WHEW* I finally got up on the board. Man Work is killing me this week! I will bring 2 coolers, and 2 folding chairs as well as the skid plate. I need to know what I need to print. I'll have to do it some evening this week when everyone is gone... (make sense?) Then Sunday - Carnage Trail run, because they are closing carnage and Troy is coming out! I suck for not posting sooner, but I have been buried.

Ok enough sob story.... If any of you needs to get ahold of me asap, call me. You know how.

[tat2dguy01]

WAnted to let you know that we will be having at least 4 FJ's from fjcruiserforums coming to it on Saturday. Do you have any information on a trail ride on Sunday ?

looks like carnage.....u guys still in?

[tat2dguy01]

1st person that can loan us 1 or more of the big patio furniture umbrella's for the day can have free lunch day of the meet...let me know

[Lysmachia]

WAnted to let you know that we will be having at least 4 FJ's from fjcruiserforums coming to it on Saturday. Do you have any information on a trail ride on Sunday ?


Yeah here is the link... what time you guys thinky ou wanna run with us on Sunday? post up here http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?p=477446#post477446

Still looking for an umbrella will!

[Vic stuff]

Sweet, suppose to be a 100 tomorrow, bring plenty of sunscreen and some extra water for yourselves gonna be a cooker out there tomorrow!!!

[tat2dguy01]

and someone please, please bring us some more shade in the form of canopies or umbrellas! also, don't forget ur cameras!

[ToyTec]

and someone please, please bring us some more shade in the form of canopies or umbrellas! also, don't forget ur cameras!
Do you still need canopies? We have 3 I will bring If needed.

[spindleshanks]

Awesome doug! I don't think we'll need all three though....eh guys?

[Vic stuff]

hell yes bring all 3 if ya can and have room, that would be awesome!!!! dunno if well use em but im sure we can find the room too!!!

[spindleshanks]

HOly crap it's early in the morning!

[thenookie]

Just want to post and say thanks for hosting the SWAP meet on Saturday and also for letting up borrow Loren (sp?) and his sweet Taco on Sunday to do Red Cone.

Here are some pictures from Sunday. I'm sure more people are going to be posting pictures.

http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=118811#post118811

Thanks again, and we will have to do this again.


Seth


:)

[DriftinCO]

Those pictures are SWEET!!!

[thenookie]

Those pictures are SWEET!!!

Thanks. I've got a ton more I'm going to post this weekend.

Our host did a great job showing us where to go, and guiding us on our merry way.