wreckerman893
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This may be the only post I make on this thread. I have attended almost every GA Rally since they started (I may have missed one or two) and they have steadily gotten better.
I the case of Food Service we went from washing dishes in a mud hole behind the MKT (when we were in the horse pasture) to the great setup Mike has now.
Each year Mike (SCSG-G4) plowed part of any money we made back into the Dining Facility and gave Clinto what was left over.
That's why you sit at tables under a lighted tent instead of eating wherever you can find a place to cop a squat.
The crew of the MKT never made a profit off our labor of love. We did it because in our mind we were doing what NCO's (retired or active) do. Taking care of our (steel) soldiers.
Both Mike and I are retired military and we tend to do things in a military manner.
Clinto asked me to take over the t-shirt concession a few years ago and I was happy to. It allowed me to pay my expenses to attend the rally and pocket a few bucks.
It is a colossal pain in the arse and every year I sweated bullets until I at least broke even.
He has decided to do the shirts this year to help fund the rally and I don't have an issue with that except that I may have to downsize my footprint or skip this one if I have pressing movie business to tend to. With fuel for the truck and associated costs (Durhamtown's blood money) I spend about 300 bucks to attend.
If it were me everybody would pay a small fee to get in the gate and vendors would pay for space simply because it is worth it. I have not spoken to any vendor that lost money at the GA Rally.
I would also increase the price of the meals to reflect what they are actually worth, not what we have been pricing them at. Last year we went way in the hole on Steak Night (Sat. evening meal). This would help defray some of the expenses of the rally but I leave that to Mike and Clinto. People are still free to bring their own chow or travel back and forth to town to eat.
Those of you who follow my madcap adventures know I'm knee deep in the movie production business and to that end I have sold just about every vehicle I have. I was not intending to sell the M927A2 but someone just made me an offer I may not be able to refuse. If that happens I won't have a Prime Mover for the Circus Wagon which is also my hooch.
If that happens I may be absent this year. Times and interests change.
I the case of Food Service we went from washing dishes in a mud hole behind the MKT (when we were in the horse pasture) to the great setup Mike has now.
Each year Mike (SCSG-G4) plowed part of any money we made back into the Dining Facility and gave Clinto what was left over.
That's why you sit at tables under a lighted tent instead of eating wherever you can find a place to cop a squat.
The crew of the MKT never made a profit off our labor of love. We did it because in our mind we were doing what NCO's (retired or active) do. Taking care of our (steel) soldiers.
Both Mike and I are retired military and we tend to do things in a military manner.
Clinto asked me to take over the t-shirt concession a few years ago and I was happy to. It allowed me to pay my expenses to attend the rally and pocket a few bucks.
It is a colossal pain in the arse and every year I sweated bullets until I at least broke even.
He has decided to do the shirts this year to help fund the rally and I don't have an issue with that except that I may have to downsize my footprint or skip this one if I have pressing movie business to tend to. With fuel for the truck and associated costs (Durhamtown's blood money) I spend about 300 bucks to attend.
If it were me everybody would pay a small fee to get in the gate and vendors would pay for space simply because it is worth it. I have not spoken to any vendor that lost money at the GA Rally.
I would also increase the price of the meals to reflect what they are actually worth, not what we have been pricing them at. Last year we went way in the hole on Steak Night (Sat. evening meal). This would help defray some of the expenses of the rally but I leave that to Mike and Clinto. People are still free to bring their own chow or travel back and forth to town to eat.
Those of you who follow my madcap adventures know I'm knee deep in the movie production business and to that end I have sold just about every vehicle I have. I was not intending to sell the M927A2 but someone just made me an offer I may not be able to refuse. If that happens I won't have a Prime Mover for the Circus Wagon which is also my hooch.
If that happens I may be absent this year. Times and interests change.
