THE KOOTENAY RAID 2008 IN NELSON IS HAPPENING!!

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Kootenay RAID 2008
Where:Nelson, BC
When: July 17-20, 2008

Accommodations
Danny Rickaby - New Grand Hotel
Please book online -
http://www.newgrandhotel.ca/reservation.htm

Put (Triumph) after your name to get the discount, i.e. “Sammy Sprint (Triumph)”

Danny is making arrangements with other hotels in Nelson for bookings to accommodate all with a discount rate.If The Grand Hotel is full, Danny will send you info on the other accommodations.

Event Registration
Island RAT of Vancouver Island is handling registrations. Please download the form from http://members.shaw.ca/islandratinfo/KootenayRAID.pdf. Complete the form and mail to Mike Gebler, Pack Leader Island RATs, along with your payment as described in the registration form.

Why a difference in organization for the ’08 Raid?
Seems a conflict in dates has led up to change for this year. Not to worry, RAT NA will be back on board in ’09 in a bigger and better way. The weekend of the 11-13 of July in Nelson was already booked by another group. RAT NA had proposed a date in August, however, a good majority of people book their holidays around the July Raid dates.

Danny took the lead and booked the 17-20 July for the Raid. This is the same weekend as the Triumph Dealers Meeting in England; consequently RAT NA could not make a presence in Nelson so the Raid goes on as a non-sanctioned event.

Initial Organizing
Because of the situation at Triumph, Danny Rickaby of the New Grand Hotel in Nelson and Island RATs of Victoria, BC, with assistance from other BC Packs, have taken up the banner for organizing the Kootenay RAID 2008 – Year of the RAT.
Danny has the weekend booked in Nelson. The tents as well as other interface items are rented. A band will be on the scene. Secure parking will once again in place. And we know the food will be good.

Mike Gebler of Island RATs will be organizing the registration, T-shirts, and the mole hills. This year we will be offering ladies T-shirts.

The BC RAT Pack Leaders have been asked to approach local Triumph Dealers to ask assistance in providing prizes for the banquet. The organizing of prizes does not have to stop at the dealers. Perhaps you have contacts with after market companies that would support the Kootenay RAID. Perhaps you wish to bring a prize made up from what you have laying around. If there are no cages or trailer queens coming, prizes can be sent to:

2008 Kootenay Raid
c/o The New Grand Hotel
616 Vernon Street
Nelson, British Columbia
CANADA V1L 4G1

Finances
Island RAT will be dealing with the Registration, T-shirt ordering, tickets, etc.Please see below for “Financial Accountability”.

To avoid the transaction costs and various other nausea associated with opening up a short term business account.Mike has created a new account in his name for deposits.We do not have access to Charge Card online registration, so, are asking you to go that extra mile.Please send payments as follows: from Canada: Cheque, Money Order, etc. From the US of A: Money Order, Bank Draft etc. preferably in Canadian Funds.To save on transaction fees for you, please do not send cheques with Canadian Funds written on them.Write “RAID” somewhere on the payment.

Registration will be $55.00 per person for RAT Members and non members We feel $55.00 is fair considering the unknowns.See “Financial Accountability” for distribution of excess.Early registration is what we ask as seating, food etc. requires a certain amount of lead time.And you get your T-shirt on-site.
On-site registration will be $60.00.

Pre-Registration cut-off will be the 30th of June. That is, your registration must be received by Mike Gebler by June 30. This will ensure the T-shirts are printed and shipped on time.

A note to our American friends: Mail delivery can take up to 10 days to Canada from the U.S.

Financial Accountability
As mentioned earlier, this is a non-sanctioned event and RAT NA will be on-site next year. The intent is to have a zero ($0) balance at the end of the day.The registration was increased to $55.00 as we cannot do a true cost assessment in advance.

50/50 Payouts
To cover the grey areas there will be a 50/50 draw. Tickets will be available at each registration session and during the banquet. The final draws will be the 50/50 payouts. Each ticket draw winner will be awarded $55.00 until any surplus funds are gone. The remainder will be deposited into the Raid account.

Post Raid
Once all the costs have been finalized and the bills paid, should there be funds remaining in the account, this money will be divided into $55.00 prizes and drawn for from the list of Raid registered attendees. The winners will be contacted and the prizes will be mailed out. The draw will take place at the Island RAT Pack September meeting in Victoria, B.C.
The financial spreadsheet will be available mid-September, for those who request a copy.

Questions?
Please forward any questions to Mike Gebler, Pack Leader of Island RATs, at islandratinfo@shaw.ca

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