[ROVERNET - UK] Rover event

Tue May 2 07:19:52 BST 2006

Dirk,

Your get-together idea sounds great. I am doubtful
that my car will be ready in time but I want to 
attend for the food and camaraderie - and ROVER
things.

Thanks.

Richard Elliott
1970 P6B Tobacco Leaf  

--- Dirk Burrowes <dirk at vy-tek.com> wrote:

> Hi Guys thanks for the reply,
> 
> Well a few months back I started a thread about
> getting an east coast Rover
> meet together. It thinking it through with help from
> other netters it seemed
> like a good idea to plan this for spring 2007. See
> my notes below.
> What I am looking for is comments and ideas of what
> people would want in a
> meet.
> 
> I would like this to be more then a few guys from
> the local area getting
> together rather I hope to do enough to attract Rover
> heads from all around
> the country and for that matter anywhere else.
> 
> So ideas for an event are what I need. So let's
> banter this back and forth
> and get some ideas flowing.
> 
> Dirk
> 
> "Gentlemen start rebuilding your engines"
> 
> Ok, so you will never hear those words uttered at
> the Indy 500 BUT for a
> 2007 Rover event you better get started on that
> Rover project to be done in
> time.
> 
> I have to admit that I got a little distracted since
> I last raised the
> possibility of a gathering but a call from Kent and
> a kick in the butt from
> has got me back on track. I am now serious and want
> to nail down a 2007
> event schedule for the Rover car event of century.
> Yes, I am hyping it and
> it may only end up being a few cars but it sounded
> good when I thought it
> up. So in our last episode I raised the possibility
> of hosting a Rover
> meeting here in the northeast. I am now looking for
> event dates and to
> attract Rover nuts far and wide.
> 
> As before I am willing to do whatever I can to
> assist in getting together as
> many Rover fanatics that will not let the marquee
> rest and have a weekend of
> fun and genuine camaraderie. I would like to make
> this as much as possible a
> family event and would like kids, wives, ex wives/
> ex husbands as well as
> past, present and future Rover fans to come and
> enjoy. So if you can spell
> Rover or even if you can't your invited!
> 
> I hope to provide the following:
> 
> A nice location for the event
> 
> Food for some of the event (Count on the best BBQ
> you have ever had and a
> great New England breakfast)!!!!
> 
> Discounts for hotels in the area
> 
> Logistics and transportation to and from an airport,
> if an attendee is not
> bringing a car. It would be great to host and assist
> Canadian, Australian,
> New Zeeland and UK enthusiasts if possible and
> anywhere else a Rover is or
> has been (OK wishful thinking)
> 
> Original Rover movie night
> 
> Afternoon tea event
> 
> Discounted car transportation if you would like to
> have your car transported
> to and from the event
> 
> More if I can think of it or you can suggest it??
> 
> So what I need from everyone who is interested is
> ideas. WHAT DO you want
> for this event? When do you want this event? I was
> thinking May 2007 but I
> am open on this.
> 
> Car contest? Rover ball? What else can you think of?
> 
> So these are my musings for a 2007 Rover event what
> do you want?
> 
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> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:22:16 -0400
> From: "Steven Dibdin" <sdibdin at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] Diirk's get together
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> Hi Dirk,
> 
> I'm certainly interested in your Rover get together
> for next year. I've seen
> 
> the back end of one P5 and a SD1 sometime in the
> late ninties other than 
> that that's it for the nine years I've lived in the
> US. It would be good to 
> know I'm not the only nutter in the Eastern
> seaboard!
> 
> What can I do to help you with this? I'm down in NYC
> but I'd like to get 
> involved if I can.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Steven Dibdin 
> 
> 
> 
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> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:24:23 -0400
> From: "Ali Al-Abbasi" <alialabbasi at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Diirk's get together
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
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> OK who's getting together on the East Coast?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Al in Atlanta, GA
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steven Dibdin" <sdibdin at hotmail.com>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 10:22 PM
> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] Diirk's get together
> 
> 
> > Hi Dirk,
> >
> > I'm certainly interested in your Rover get
> together for next year. I've
> seen
> 
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