NALM 2011 Bidding Officially Open!!!

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With great anticipation, we're happy to open the bidding for NALM 2011! Starting 10/15/10, the NALM Committee will begin accepting Nationwide bids for host cities. Bid guidelines will remain unchanged from last years and are detailed below. The deadline for bid submission will be 2/1/11 which should leave at least 3 months of planning time with the ground team of the winning bid to finalize the event. The winning bid will be announced on 2/7/11.

What will you be looking for in my bid?
1. An overview of the event, the big picture, what is your vision for the event?
2. Suggested date. (3 day weekends are preferred but not mandatory)
3. What does your area have to offer other than NALM events? Think outside of the NALM box. What other attractions are there for families and those who want to get out and see the area in their free time. It is these kinds of attractions that will make or break the attendance of those traveling great distances or who will be bringing significant others or families along.
4. A collection of data that says your locale can support what you say it can.
Such as:
*What track(s) are you renting? Are they available on your date? What are the chances you will actually GET those dates?
*What hotels are available and convenient to surrounding events? What are their rates?
*A description of the area. Include details on the area itself, its accessibility, cruising opportunities (ie. driving roads), etc.
*What kind of photo opportunities are available?


How should I submit my bid?
You can submit your proposal however you want, as long as it isn't a post on the forums (feel free to ask questions or discuss ideas). We are looking for proposals to come in the form of email ( nationalacuralegendmeet@gmail.com ), word documents, PDFs, skywriting, whatever. If you prefer delivery by mail, email to the above address to get mailing addresses - You will be asked to send five sets of your mailed proposal to five different addresses (one to each of the board members).


When are bids due?
All bids are due by 11:59 p.m. EST on Tuesday February 1, 2011. Bids will be reviewed by the NALM Committee and the final selection will be announced on Monday February, 7th 2011.


Please keep in mind that a lot of planning and legwork go into pulling off these meets, so those of you who are already working on a bid need to select your ground team thoughtfully. A Ground Team Owner and a couple of Scouts seems to work best from what we can tell, but it's entirely up to you how you want to operate your bid. Once the winning bid is selected, and announcement will be made with the location and tentative dates - and then the ground team and committee will go to work finalizing the details and filtering that information out to the forum.



Also of note, in the near future we will roll out the formalized structure and some changes to the NALM Committee member selection process and leadership structure. It's time to put some framework around NALM to ensure it continues for as long as Honda makes parts for these cars we love!


Now go get those bids done!!!

[Vic Cardenas]

Am I really the first reply?!?!?!?! hgeez:

Looks like bidding time is almost up.

[GreekPower]

Hell I never seen this thread...I hope people made a bid somewhere

[bsmooth1027]

yeah first time i'm also seeing this tread hgeez:

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Still have 5 days left to finish up those bids!

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[94LegendaryAcuraGS]

You guys aren't the only ones to just see this thread. I'm TWO days later.hgeez: I'm sure (hope) bids were submitted.

[reddLegend]

dumb question: what happens if there are no bids?

[Vic Cardenas]

Originally Posted by reddLegend

dumb question: what happens if there are no bids?

That's not a dumb question, I've been wondering about that for a long time now.

[tubadude]

Originally Posted by Vic Cardenas

That's not a dumb question, I've been wondering about that for a long time now.

for nalm 08 there were no bids, it was given a month extension.