Hi
I have been talk around and now favor november 15-16 for SDC and
Odyssey Day AFV workshop on October 3.
Is this too close to the holidays.?
Bill
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> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 15:44:01 -0500> Subject: Re: [FLEAA] SunDay Challenge
> Range> > Hi Bill and everyone,> > While the event calendar for March is
> usually pretty much wide open with not> that much going on, especially
> compared to April, when there are 8 or more> events going on, I think the
> FLEAA as an organization, and its leadership,> need to have a general
> discussion with some careful thought and> deliberation on this issue of when
> to schedule our two biggest annual> events, BBB and SDC, going forward,
> including in relation to Electric> Dragin' on the west coast, another
> variable and wild card, new this year,> that also needs to be taken into
> consideration. This discussion should take> place openly among the entire
> FLEAA membership, with everyone's ideas and> thoughts solicited and welcomed,
> and should obviously include the principals> who have been most active in
> organizing and working on the two respective> events. This could take place
> via email, this list, as well as at one of> our monthly meetings in Boca
> Raton, either during or after the general> meeting, for anyone who wants to
> stay and participate in the discussion.> > So Bill, could you make it down
> here to Boca for one of our monthly meetings> in the next few months? I
> myself won't be at tomorrow's meeting as I am> laid up out of commission
> right now with a very nasty flu.> > A couple of points to consider.> > There
> are pros and cons to having our BBB and the west coast's Electic> Dragin' on
> the same weekend and possibly even within a close timeframe of a> few weeks
> within each other. Most of the BBB principals I spoke with seem> to think
> that there are more pros than cons. I'm ambivalent and undecided> about
> that.> > For some of the same or similar reasons, I think there are definite>
> disadvantages to having BBB and SDC too close together. ... e.g.>
> fundraising, planning and organizational logistics, to name just a few.>
> Another major issue is the amount of time and effort that our members have>
> to take, expend, and put into planning to come to these two big events from>
> some distance away, just within the state (which of course is a huge state>
> with large distances). This is an enormous undertaking for most of our>
> members, including all the planning and logistics of towing/trailering their>
> EVs, or driving them long distances with multiple charging stops enroute,>
> which can take an entire day or two in each direction.> > All of this needs
> to be thought through carefully. What is too close> together in time? I don't
> know. Would the last weekend in January for BBB> (as it currently is) and the
> first weekend in March for SDC be too close> together? Hhhhmmm, dunno, but
> I'm guessing probably so. I fear that this> is going to be asking too much of
> our members to do both events in such a> short timeframe. Most will likely
> end up choosing to go to one or the> other, thereby dissipating both events.
> Unfortunately we just don't have> enough EVs in South and Central Florida to
> dissipate ourselves like this.> In order to put on a good showing, we really
> need to have all our EVs at> these two big events, or at least as many as can
> possibly make it. We need> to think about this and take this into
> consideration in planning the> schedule for these two events.> > One
> possibility might be to consider moving BBB up one week to the Martin> Luther
> King three-day weekend (the third weekend in January) and then maybe> do SDC
> on the third or fourth weekend in March. We would obviously need to> avoid
> doing SDC on Easter weekend, however. Any thoughts on that idea?> > Bill,
> what about late October or the first half of November for SDC? I> actually
> don't like that first weekend in October very much because it is> still in
> the peak of hurricane season. Too much risk of losing all the>
> planning/organizational effort put into it and the funds that have been>
> raised. I think the last weekend of October or the first or second weekend>
> of November would be better. Did your management there at FSEC give you any>
> reason why they don't want you to do SDC in the fall?> > Charles Whalen> > >
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> To:
> "Charles Whalen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "FLEAA Mailing List">
> <[email protected]>> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 1:06 PM> Subject:
> Re: [FLEAA] SunDay Challenge Range> > Hi> Sorry, but my management want to
> change the SunDay Challenge date to> March 2009.> Do you know of another date
> them that would be good.> Bill> >
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> Charles Whalen wrote:> > Al,> >> > This year's SunDay Challenge is
> tentatively scheduled for Fri-Sun October> > 3-5, 2008 at the Florida Solar
> Energy Center (FSEC) in Cocoa, which is on> > Florida's east coast due east
> of you.> >> > Thanks for advising on the range capability of your EV. This is
> very> > helpful and what we need everyone to do who wants to participate so
> that> > Bill Young can make some decisions on the road rally route.> >> >
> Charles Whalen> >> >> > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Al Lococo"
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> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 8:21 PM> > Subject: [FLEAA] SunDay
> Challenge Range> >> > My car has been driven 41 miles at at 40 to 45 mph
> without any extended> > stops. The ending voltage for this 144 volt pack was
> 145.7 indcating some> > remaining capacity. My goal is to never go below 144
> volts. This car has> > a> > 4540 pound curb weight, 4770 GVWR and a 1440
> pound AGM lead acid pack.> >> > I live in Winter Haven and have a towing
> system installed on the car, so I> > can tow it to an event.> >> > For me to
> participate, I need to know dates and location. It would be a> > big> > trip
> for me.> >> > Cheers,> > Al Lococo> >> >> >
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