NALM 2012 Bidding Officially Open!!!

[Ben]

With great anticipation, we're happy to open the bidding for NALM 2012! Starting 10/15/11, 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 2/1/12 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 2/7/12.

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 Wednesday February 1, 2012. Bids will be reviewed by the NALM Committee and the final selection will be announced on Tuesday February, 7th 2012.


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.

Now go get those bids done!!!

[Chrispy]

How many bids do we have submitted for this year? FYI I made a couple revisions to the Milwaukee bid and re submitted that today.

[94LegendaryAcuraGS]

[Alperovich]

Originally Posted by 94LegendaryAcuraGS

exactly how i feel!!! I'm just excited for some good old legend road tripping! i calculated the other day, if i keep driving Annie at her current pace, i'll hit 500k in 9.6years!

[Telion]

Potential bidders need to start talking about what there going to do and drum up some interest

[//KA Racing]

bring this shit to the NWWWW

[Telion]

That could be up to you.

[Chrispy]

Originally Posted by Telion

Potential bidders need to start talking about what there going to do and drum up some interest

I plan on waiting until more bidders post up to protect our bid from any copy cat bids. Let's just say the area here has 1/4 mile track, many dyno tune shops, auto-x, a road course near by, many scenic cruise opportunities, great photo locations many of which have been featured in photo shoots Ive done here, an Acura dealer that has been servicing the greater Milwaukee area EXCLUSIVELY for 25 years, and unique cruise opportunities not available anywhere else.

In addition to that, we have 5 National Gold Medal Award winning parks, the internationally renowned art museum that was featured in Transformers 3, and many MANY other cool activities to take in aside from the events for NALM, including, Casinos, Museums, the Milwaukee Zoo, the Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee's ethnic festivals, and much much more.

Milwaukee possibly hosting NALM, also presents NALM goers with an option to take in not just Milwaukee, but also Chicago as it is a short 1 1/2 hour drive south. The key here is that everyone has many options and will be able to find many cool places and things to occupy their time if they should choose to sit out certain events or if weather becomes our enemy. We have solid back up plans in the event weather cancels any of the planned activities. Plus, we havent ever hosted a NALM event up here.

Whether we win or not this year, we are committed to bringing NALM here. It's only 6-7 hours at the longest from several other larger cities...Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit and members in the surrounding states (Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana) should feel encouraged that they wont have to make a super long road trip to hang out with other owners and enjoy the activities associated with NALM.

[rwheadon]

<- is biting his nails.


EDIT: ^ Chris... you forgot to mention that we would get to see the most amazing rust coverage by hitting the midwest.

[Chrispy]

Originally Posted by rwheadon

<- is biting his nails.


EDIT: ^ Chris... you forgot to mention that we would get to see the most amazing rust coverage by hitting the midwest.

Def some rust abused cars up here in the rust belt, but also some gems hidden in the rough.