Gary Lewis Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Ok, let's kick off this discussion.. First, I think I want to move the date forward as Janey and I want to travel in mid to late September. So, why do you think about holding it on Labor Day weekend? Next, have you noticed that all of the winners were in the first few entries? Does that say something about our attention span? Does it imply that our entries are too long? If so, do we need to limit the words? Pictures? Videos? Another idea is to have a two-phased approach with all the entries people can come up with, and then a group of people pare them down to a subset that all of us vote on. And what about having a face-to-face and a virtual show? Maybe at the same time? We could do the entries in advance, maybe a couple of weeks ahead, and then turn the voting on the week of the show and let it run for the week. Let's see those ideas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sac79 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Labor day? Have pity on those of us without AC... Whenever suits you Gary. You up for a convoy David? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86 12 Brutus Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Labor day? Have pity on those of us without AC... Whenever suits you Gary. You up for a convoy David? Gary. If you do the show in person, exactly where is it? just trying to figure out if we may plan a trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 Labor day? Have pity on those of us without AC... Whenever suits you Gary. You up for a convoy David? Good point, Rob. But there's another side to the coin. Chris Tubutis/ctubutis comes every year and the late-September date has cause some concerns with fog on his return to Denver. An advantage to the holiday is that people would have more time off. But that could be a disadvantage as they may have family plans. George - It is in Skiatook, OK. Just north of Tulsa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salans7 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Good point, Rob. But there's another side to the coin. Chris Tubutis/ctubutis comes every year and the late-September date has cause some concerns with fog on his return to Denver. An advantage to the holiday is that people would have more time off. But that could be a disadvantage as they may have family plans. George - It is in Skiatook, OK. Just north of Tulsa. Can't speak for everybody else, but I went through every truck and story once I realized I could get to them all on desktop. Unfortunately, I noticed certain trucks were almost poster children for some of the categories, and most of those trucks were at the beginning of the list. I think randomizing the list of entries would help some. And probably some other non-traditional categories (yes, Gary did ask for suggestions at the beginning, so let's think about next year). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 Can't speak for everybody else, but I went through every truck and story once I realized I could get to them all on desktop. Unfortunately, I noticed certain trucks were almost poster children for some of the categories, and most of those trucks were at the beginning of the list. I think randomizing the list of entries would help some. And probably some other non-traditional categories (yes, Gary did ask for suggestions at the beginning, so let's think about next year). I did the order simply the way they came in, chronologically. But we could mix them up later. Boy, those entries were good! It was fun reading them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Next, have you noticed that all of the winners were in the first few entries? Does that say something about our attention span? Gary, Personally, I think that is just a coincidence. Troy's truck came in second in overall votes-per-truck and he is exactly half way on the list. I thought he was going to win two classes there for a while. His truck is gorgeous after all. If there was a simple way to do it Gary, it would be nice if you could select the class(es) you wanted to enter your truck in. The Ugliest Truck class comes to mind...at least if you entered it on purpose, you wouldn't be too surprised if people agreed with you. I had a wee bit of trouble with that one and actually left it a day or two until the very end. There are some guys on here with some really REALLY nice trucks. I see hideously ugly ones on Facebook all the time, but I must say, there are a lot of nice trucks in this Garagemahal crowd. There were some difficult choices. Have you ever done a 50/50 draw Gary? I notice a lot of the local car shows do this, and donate it to a charity of some sort. I think the vendor prizes/gifts that were donated are outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 Next, have you noticed that all of the winners were in the first few entries? Does that say something about our attention span? Gary, Personally, I think that is just a coincidence. Troy's truck came in second in overall votes-per-truck and he is exactly half way on the list. I thought he was going to win two classes there for a while. His truck is gorgeous after all. If there was a simple way to do it Gary, it would be nice if you could select the class(es) you wanted to enter your truck in. The Ugliest Truck class comes to mind...at least if you entered it on purpose, you wouldn't be too surprised if people agreed with you. I had a wee bit of trouble with that one and actually left it a day or two until the very end. There are some guys on here with some really REALLY nice trucks. I see hideously ugly ones on Facebook all the time, but I must say, there are a lot of nice trucks in this Garagemahal crowd. There were some difficult choices. Have you ever done a 50/50 draw Gary? I notice a lot of the local car shows do this, and donate it to a charity of some sort. I think the vendor prizes/gifts that were donated are outstanding. Yes, I thought Troy was going to win as well. That truck is to die for! And you are right that his wasn't at the top. So maybe it is a coinkydink. You are absolutely right that there are some really nice trucks on here. I think we could allow people to pick their categories. But, save for Ugliest Truck, why wouldn't they want to enter all of them? There's no disadvantage and your odds of winning are infinitely better if you do. I guess we could limit the people to X number of categories? But might that tend to keep people from entering at all? If so, would that take away from the fun of reading about everyone's truck(s)? What's a 50/50 draw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 What's a 50/50 draw? Oh...just a mini lottery where 50% goes to the winner and 50% goes to the charity or society of choice. They are REALLY common here...I guess I never realized that they weren’t common elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salans7 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 What's a 50/50 draw? Oh...just a mini lottery where 50% goes to the winner and 50% goes to the charity or society of choice. They are REALLY common here...I guess I never realized that they weren’t common elsewhere. I spent my early years at the circle track and rodeos, where 50/50 raffles are commonplace. I like that idea for the show, and it would give people another chance to win something other than a trophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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