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--- On Sat, 2/21/09, Brad Herder <brad@...> wrote:

> From: Brad Herder <brad@...>
> Subject: [BerkshireNEMBA] Re: Kenda Fest Gone
> To: BerkshireNEMBA@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 8:00 AM
> Hi,
>
> There's been some talk about putting on our own
> Festival...
>
> I got some numbers from Joan for all the expenses that went
> into
> putting on the Kendafest and the cost is very large. If we
> did the
> same (tents, generators, ambulance, police, porta potties,
> p/a
> systems, advertising, land rental, insurance, paid people,
> etc...)
> The list just goes on and on and on, believe me. Expenses
> are
> massive. We would need a large number of attendees at
> $70/person,
> probably on the order of 600-700 to break even. I know we
> could do a
> lot less, but ... there's absolutely no way I want to
> put this on.
> ALso, I don't think there's enough room in the PSF
> to put the camping
> on I don't think. And there's no alcohol in the
> PSF. How likely is
> it people will respect that and we won't end up banned
> the next
> year?
>
> If a different group (Bike & Blade? October Mt. Boys?)
> or individual
> (Johnny J?) wants to try to put on a Festival, maybe a
> scaled down
> one, that would be great, but it's way more than I want
> to get
> involved in.
>
> The PSF does have a big field for camping (individual
> campsites) and
> a field next to it (for group camping), plus there's
> the Lulu Cascade
> camping area. There's limited parking in the PSF.
> There aren't a
> lot of campsites.
>
> Most of the new trails were put in way over in Hancock so I
> don't
> think anyone would bother going over to them unless the
> Festival is
> back over at Rodger Johnson's, which you probably have
> to do to get
> enough camping spots.
>
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> * * *
>
> About the only thing I would feel comfortable with would be
> putting
> on a single day event. I'm finding out from Phil Keyes
> what it takes
> to put on a Kona Bicycles-Fox Shox MTB Adventures Series
> ride in the
> Berkshires. (It doesn't have to be the PSF if
> there's some place
> better, but I don't really think there is).
>
> Before I get too excited about a single day event, is
> anyone
> interested in helping out at this? Doing organization
> stuff,
> registration, marking trails, cleaning the trails that are
> messed up
> right now, getting permits and permission, promoting it,
> ride
> leading, arranging porta-potties, etc...? If so - email me
> what
> you'd like to do and I'll start building a
> volunteer list.
>
> Thanks,
> Brad