Can we do it the first weekend in Nov?
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Young Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 2:38 PM To: Charles Whalen; Bill Young; FLEAA Mailing List Subject: Re: [FLEAA] SunDay Challenge Range 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 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > 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 > > ====================================================================== > > William Young Florida Solar Energy Center > Senior Research Engineer University of Central Florida > Clean Cities Coordinator Space Coast Clean Cities Coalition > (321) 638 - 1443 1679 Clearlake Road > (321) 638 - 1010 fax Cocoa, Florida 32922 > www.fsec.ucf.edu (321) 638 - 1000 > www.clean-cities.org > www.energyfordisasters.org > www.redrf.org > > ====================================================================== > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are Intended Solely > for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > If you have received this email in error, please > delete the email and notify me or the system manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If this email was sent to you by a mailing-list, and if you want to be > removed from the list, notify William Young to remove you from the list. > > ********************************************************************** > > > > 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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "FLEAA Mailing List" <[email protected]> > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Florida EAA mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.floridaeaa.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Florida EAA mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.floridaeaa.org > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Florida EAA mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.floridaeaa.org _____ Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your HotmailR-get your "fix". Check it out. <http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx>
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