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To all of our Firebird Family,
It is with VERY deep regret that the Great Lakes Regional Firebird Gathering: "Nesting of the Birds" for 2009 will be cancelled. This is an announcement that we hoped would not have to be sent out.
As we originally posted back in January, if the sponsorships and registrations were not there we would have to cancel. Registrations missed by approximately 100 cars and some of our original sponsors have either closed shop and/or cut way back. We had great hopes after talking with people last summer that the support would be there but this economy has hurt everyone and it shows with the down turn of funding. We've had many phone call meetings, emails and face to face meetings to try and still make the show go under the quality that it's been for 3 yrs. We also tried to wait until the June 1st "Go/NoGo" date but many of our vendors needed commitments by May 15th. With only approximately 35 cars pre-registered and only 2 weeks to go till June 1st, we felt that we had to make the decision now. For anyone that has ever been involved with organizing events you know that vendors need signed contracts and once you sign, your funds are committed. So if you cancel you are still paying and our 2 household budgets are not set up to sponsor a car show. What does the future hold...we don't know. If our show had tenure behind it we would have probably survived. The economy will probably dictate what happens to a lot of shows this year and going forward.
So with this being said, again from all of us we are deeply saddened that this decision had to be made. As for your registration money, we would like to know if you would consider donating a portion of it to the Humane Society since the show did not happen. Please email to let us know if you're willing to donate and how much. Those of you who paid via PayPal will be refunded through them. Registration payments made by check or money order will receive their refunds via U.S. mail.
One last closing item of business, if you made room reservations at the Holiday Inn Express, don't forget to cancel. We very much look forward to seeing everyone at other shows this summer and welcome any positive input you may want to pass along.
Mike and Laurie Leggio
Doug and Paula Bousley
Event Organizers for GLRFG
It is with VERY deep regret that the Great Lakes Regional Firebird Gathering: "Nesting of the Birds" for 2009 will be cancelled. This is an announcement that we hoped would not have to be sent out.
As we originally posted back in January, if the sponsorships and registrations were not there we would have to cancel. Registrations missed by approximately 100 cars and some of our original sponsors have either closed shop and/or cut way back. We had great hopes after talking with people last summer that the support would be there but this economy has hurt everyone and it shows with the down turn of funding. We've had many phone call meetings, emails and face to face meetings to try and still make the show go under the quality that it's been for 3 yrs. We also tried to wait until the June 1st "Go/NoGo" date but many of our vendors needed commitments by May 15th. With only approximately 35 cars pre-registered and only 2 weeks to go till June 1st, we felt that we had to make the decision now. For anyone that has ever been involved with organizing events you know that vendors need signed contracts and once you sign, your funds are committed. So if you cancel you are still paying and our 2 household budgets are not set up to sponsor a car show. What does the future hold...we don't know. If our show had tenure behind it we would have probably survived. The economy will probably dictate what happens to a lot of shows this year and going forward.
So with this being said, again from all of us we are deeply saddened that this decision had to be made. As for your registration money, we would like to know if you would consider donating a portion of it to the Humane Society since the show did not happen. Please email to let us know if you're willing to donate and how much. Those of you who paid via PayPal will be refunded through them. Registration payments made by check or money order will receive their refunds via U.S. mail.
One last closing item of business, if you made room reservations at the Holiday Inn Express, don't forget to cancel. We very much look forward to seeing everyone at other shows this summer and welcome any positive input you may want to pass along.
Mike and Laurie Leggio
Doug and Paula Bousley
Event Organizers for GLRFG
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