09-03-2025, 05:51 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-03-2025, 05:53 AM by misterprofessionality.)
My instinct, if you want to make Driftless a successful event, is to start lobbying the canadians and northwestern/central riders that normally would not make it to our East Coast events right now. I know how our history with trying to attract new riders has gone, but Look at Kingsport: we had three new faces commit to the event! Even though one had a mechanical failure that prevented him from coming in the end, three new faces is more than we've had in a long time. What i'm saying is, it's possible to pull new people if you talk about it enough and get it in front of the right folks. Even better if those of us with towing capacity offer to shuttle people who don't have the same ability from far away. For example, I can carry three bikes and IF SCCBrider still wants to come I would ferry him up to WI. That's one more participant to make the event more lively. If we all made sure our trailers were full on the way up we could assuage a lot of the distance anxiety created by a location like New Glarus.
Then you've got the north central or central folks that normally couldn't make it to an event like this. Obviously we don't exactly have throngs of users in Kansas or the Dakotas, but WI could certainly be the best possible bet for users in the PNW and Canada. Now, obviously, We can't just rely on those people to show up magically. It's going to take a campaign of harassment the likes of which this forum has never seen. Bribery. Embezzlement of Rally funding. Government kickbacks. Whatever it takes.
Alls i'm saying is, it's not IMPOSSIBLE to do a Wisconsin Rally. It's just the kind of thing that would take a different kind of effort than the kind I put forward in Kingsport. I had to bust my chops to gather information and plan the rally, but the location did all the work for me in terms of attracting participants. Wisconsin is the other way around. The key to making that work is the marketing budget.
Also Pdedse you have teased coming to all three of the rally suggestions posted so far. You are now obligated to come. Sorry. Them's the rules.
Then you've got the north central or central folks that normally couldn't make it to an event like this. Obviously we don't exactly have throngs of users in Kansas or the Dakotas, but WI could certainly be the best possible bet for users in the PNW and Canada. Now, obviously, We can't just rely on those people to show up magically. It's going to take a campaign of harassment the likes of which this forum has never seen. Bribery. Embezzlement of Rally funding. Government kickbacks. Whatever it takes.
Alls i'm saying is, it's not IMPOSSIBLE to do a Wisconsin Rally. It's just the kind of thing that would take a different kind of effort than the kind I put forward in Kingsport. I had to bust my chops to gather information and plan the rally, but the location did all the work for me in terms of attracting participants. Wisconsin is the other way around. The key to making that work is the marketing budget.
Also Pdedse you have teased coming to all three of the rally suggestions posted so far. You are now obligated to come. Sorry. Them's the rules.