picframer
06-16-2009, 04:54 AM
I was doing a small chipping job for a long time friend Sunday, he said Andy, you have to slow down, smell the roses, take 20 min a day and just relax, this will give you time to think, I was nice about it but my first thought was OMG the last thing I need time to think and come up with more ideas.
Driving home I remembered I had a GTG (get together) for our TDI club to attend (diesel volkswagen club) we get together once a month, talk about any issues, fix small things for each other, have a beer and shoot the breeze, there were close to 36 there on Sunday.
Driving home I thought man it would be great to have one for the members at Gopher, each of us could talk for a min about an area, Eli on spring tune ups, Steve on Marketing, Steve on Organic spraying, I could answer questions on budgets, personal and business finance, Chuck on ZTR's etc. I think it would be an amazing experience and an eye opener for us all.
It's just something I will throw out, as for timing January and February are down months for me, yes we have snow removal but I am going to really cut that back this season and work on my woodworking. I plan to be in Brazil most of January helping build a medical centre in a small community.
Anyhow for us Canadians, Florida is a very cheap place to fly in these months or we could pick another perhaps more central location that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
It would not have to be super organized, just have some fun and learn a few things.
Perhaps some of you folks in the states know of a resort type place that offers super rates during these off season times, maybe we could give them a spring clean up to offset our beer money:)
I believe we could also get sponsorship, perhaps companies like Stihl, Bear Cat, Deere etc. I know at least these three would send a rep in a heartbeat and it would save us some $$$ for other activities.
We did this a few times for the WOOD Forum, we have national GTG's for the TDI Club, well over 1,200 guys and gals get together for a 3 day weekend....
What are your thoughts?
Driving home I remembered I had a GTG (get together) for our TDI club to attend (diesel volkswagen club) we get together once a month, talk about any issues, fix small things for each other, have a beer and shoot the breeze, there were close to 36 there on Sunday.
Driving home I thought man it would be great to have one for the members at Gopher, each of us could talk for a min about an area, Eli on spring tune ups, Steve on Marketing, Steve on Organic spraying, I could answer questions on budgets, personal and business finance, Chuck on ZTR's etc. I think it would be an amazing experience and an eye opener for us all.
It's just something I will throw out, as for timing January and February are down months for me, yes we have snow removal but I am going to really cut that back this season and work on my woodworking. I plan to be in Brazil most of January helping build a medical centre in a small community.
Anyhow for us Canadians, Florida is a very cheap place to fly in these months or we could pick another perhaps more central location that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
It would not have to be super organized, just have some fun and learn a few things.
Perhaps some of you folks in the states know of a resort type place that offers super rates during these off season times, maybe we could give them a spring clean up to offset our beer money:)
I believe we could also get sponsorship, perhaps companies like Stihl, Bear Cat, Deere etc. I know at least these three would send a rep in a heartbeat and it would save us some $$$ for other activities.
We did this a few times for the WOOD Forum, we have national GTG's for the TDI Club, well over 1,200 guys and gals get together for a 3 day weekend....
What are your thoughts?