Ah Noel-
So sorry to have botched your name.
Should have read Noel Esporo.
Matthew
On Sunday, April 20, 2003, at 12:13 PM, Matthew Rehrer wrote:
> What a wonderful experience. As a first time event
> co-chair I was blown away by how pleasant it was to
> contribute in this roll. Sure there was lots to do but
> there were also willing folks at every turn (so to speak)
> who would volunteer to take a second work assignment
> or what ever else was needed.
>
> I can whole heartily recommend chairing an event to
> everyone out there who is just nervous about trying.
> You will have a cast of many who will make all the
> difficult bits possible and best of all you will have a
> great feeling for your contribution. I would however
> recommend more than 4 hours of sleep the night
> before. ;)
>
> I am certain that I will miss some folks in this list but
> here goes just the same:
>
> First and foremost I really need to thank Tony
> Tobacco for taking me on as a co-chair and doing all
> of the real heavy lifting. As many have already mentioned
> Tony's course was fun and challenging.
>
> Also as many of you may not have noticed Tony's wife
> handled the waiver job at the gate for the ENTIRE event.
> Unfortunately she was so isolated all day that I did not
> get a chance to meet her. She even worked during fun
> runs to satisfy the airport security folks.
>
> Bryan Nemy had the motorhome on site before I even
> arrived.
>
> The setup crew was prompt, efficient, and speedy. They
> had the course up and ready to run ahead of schedule.
> From this point on we where ahead of the game.
>
> Ed Rito, Don Ebaugh, Paul Morel, Durk Edwards, Arnold
> Escano, Jerry Mouton, and Don Lew
>
> Our safety people were out in force. Filling this role at
> the event we had Stan Guidero, Noel Espero, MJ Dunlop,
> and Bryan Nemy (there is that name again).
>
> Due to all the efforts of these folks (and many others I
> cannot name at the moment) everyone got 4 runs and
> we had massive quantities of fun runs at the end of the day.
> Special thanks to those that stayed for the super speedy
> tear down.
>
> And finally last but not least Rob and Chris Boynton. Rob
> was so kind as to take me for a run in their phenomenal
> Porsche GT2. What an amazing experience that I can only
> describe as religious.
>
> Now if you will all excuse me I need to find three more
> day jobs so I can start saving for my own GT2...
>
> Thanks and take care,
>
> Matthew
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