National Run at Borrego Springs 2024 - All Hands On Deck

My Two Cents Worth

From Richard Coffin, Treasurer, SOCAL AMCA

Next year, we’ve been approved for a National Run at Borrego Springs for February 28 through March 3rd of 2024.  This marks our 50th anniversary of being an AMCA Chapter.  So we have been thinking of doing something worthy of that mark.  Hence a National Run.  To make this happen we need to call upon you to help in the following ways/areas.  If you have experience or willing to try please sign up now for one or more committees that we will need.  A response to the socalamcanewsletter@yahoo.com telling us what you would like to help with is much appreciated.

We need volunteers for:

-Soliciting and securing sponsorships to help defer costs and or to provide “swag bag” give outs, and as door prizes.

-Trouble trucks, trailers, both drivers and equipment.  If we have two routes offered (depending on how far one wants to ride) per day we should have at least 3 better 4 trucks for the first two days.

-Route planners, routes could be short or long but have a spot for lunch.  Saturday’s route is set as is the lunch stop but we need routes for Thursday and Friday.  Alternates in the event the weather doesn’t cooperate with us.

-Suggestions for lunch stops, dinners, do you know any caterers that we could hire for a lunch at a park or ????  We need ideas.  Does anyone have connections with the Julian Pie company where we can buy gift certificates a discounted cost?  Anyone have any restaurants in the areas that we could have a lunch or dinner.  I’ve checked with American Legion and they can’t due to lack of personnel, but maybe someone reading this has an idea.

-We need 4-5 people to handle the registration, setting up the pop up tents manning the tables, handing out packets/bags to riders, setting up the breakfast (continental) and making sure the coffee is ready. Keeping tabs on the hospitality room etc.…

-We need people that can help with transportation of gear from orange county to Borrego and back, things like shirts, plagues, tents, any signage, etc.…

-Speaking of signs does anyone make or know of where we can get a banner or two made to celebrate our 50th anniversary run?

-Pictures, anyone that is a photographer or do you know one to take photos for each rider at a predetermined place as well as a group photo to be given to each rider.  Also photos for the magazine and run write up.  Donations for this would help keep our costs down.  It would be good to have printed photos available by the Saturday banquet.  Frames for the photos, any leads?

Share your thoughts! It would be good if you have ideas for the run to bring them with you to our monthly breakfasts.  There are more things I’ve missed I’m sure but these above are some of the biggies.  Mahalo for your assistance in making it a great run and remember it will be the first one of the year so we get to set the standard, let’s set the bar high.

Richard