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Member Discussion (Private) / Re: Venue Ideas

« on: April 29, 2016, 10:51:27 AM »

It sounds like the park & jet lot may still be worth at least driving by and checking out - any other venues from the lists posted here sound interesting?

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Member Discussion (Private) / Re: Venue Ideas

« on: April 29, 2016, 06:48:44 AM »

I am wondering if anything every happened with that target lot for this year

The Target lot - a.k.a. Eleven Points Logistics, a.k.a. Sobeys' new distribution center?
Gary from Corvettes Unlimited was relentless in pursuing this lot and unfortunately after all of his hard work (seriously, he was after them for weeks!) they declined.

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SASC Events / Re: 2016 Solo Season Update

« on: April 16, 2016, 12:20:08 PM »

The first event of the season is only a week away.  We should probably get numbers sorted out before then to avoid frustration.  Should I take Murray's list and post it on our forums and ask our members to confirm their numbers there?  Would anybody from the SASC like to coordinate number reservation with the CSCC?  How do you guys want to deal with conflicts?

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Other Events / Re: 2016 Montana events

« on: April 07, 2016, 10:30:27 AM »

Nick - perhaps you have the same name as somebody who has been in trouble in the past?

I agree on the inconsistency.  Sometimes I'm grilled, lied to and needlessly hassled, other times they just wave me through with $1000 of declared things that I should owe GST and duty on...  On one trip they told the person I was traveling with that he had to pay duty on all of the parts he was picking up because they were FOR an import car.  Country of origin doesn't matter, they're FOR a Subaru and a Nissan, therefore you pay duty.  I got the next person over at the desk and they didn't even check country of origin on any of my stuff (which is nice because most of it should have owed duty on top of the GST as well as tire tax) and just wrote up my invoice as "groceries" and I paid GST only.

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Other Events / Re: 2016 Montana events

« on: April 07, 2016, 07:44:29 AM »

I seem to get hassled by the border guards every time I go down there... last time the guard was screaming at me "WHAT DID YOU GET ARRESTED FOR SIR" over and over. So I pretty much refuse to go to the US anymore

I would imagine if you answered the question they would stop asking it

Seriously though, I've been given a hard time at the border crossing in Sweetgrass as well.  One time we were making a trip to MSO and I decided to bring my oldest daughter along so she could be completely bored out of her mind and appreciate the fun things she can do at home more.  I had my passport and my daughter's birth certificate but unknown to me I also had to get a signed letter from my wife to take her with me.  I probably shouldn't have asked the border guard if my wife would need one to take our daughter without me present, or mentioned that nobody could possibly kidnap our daughter AND make it 3 hours out of town without returning her because that seemed to have made the guy extra angry and I got berated by him about how child abduction isn't a joke.  Eventually he decided that I didn't look like I was abducting her, or maybe he just got tired of shouting and stopped caring, either way he let me through.

Of course, on the next crossing I made sure to bring a letter with me and the guy I got that time didn't ask for it or care at all when I mentioned I had it.

They are very inconsistent there, and also somewhat hostile.

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SASC Events / Re: 2016 Solo Season Update

« on: April 02, 2016, 01:46:23 PM »

Thanks for putting that list together Murray!

What is the SASC procedure for reserving numbers? 
Typically we would have a number reservation thread on our forum as well but I can see how that would lead to different people trying to pick the same number on different forums.  Perhaps I'll make a thread suggesting that people either confirm the number listed in Murray's post for them (thereby avoiding any possibility of a collision) or submit a request for a number also citing second and third choices, then we could set a cutoff date and combine lists after that, resolving conflicts at that time?

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Member Discussion (Private) / Re: Venue Ideas

« on: March 26, 2016, 09:13:23 PM »

I drove over to the ex-DeVry lot (now Altalink) to check it out today.  There is a pretty steep slope from one corner to the other and way more cement islands than I am comfortable with.  I think we have to rule that lot out.

I also drove by the Crossroads Furniture Market - that place is still in operation and is open Sundays.  I mean maybe we could convince them to use only a corner of the lot for customer parking but without some way of convincing them to do this I think that using this lot is exceedingly unlikely.

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SASC Events / Re: 2016 Solo Season Update

« on: March 26, 2016, 09:06:16 PM »

I see the schedule on the forum main page makes no reference to there being a joint championship for this year.  Is that off the table?

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SASC Events / Re: Timing and scoring volunteers for the 2016 season

« on: March 21, 2016, 01:05:46 PM »

I still need to poll for volunteers within our club but if you are talking about holding a volunteer training session could I perhaps sneak a person or two (or more if I can find them) from our club in on this as well?  I feel like I know a reasonable bit about the software and using it but it never hurts to hear it straight from the guy who wrote the thing

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Member Discussion (Private) / Re: Venue Ideas

« on: March 17, 2016, 03:40:56 PM »

Any updates on the park & jet location?

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General Discussion / Re: Inter Club Meeting

« on: March 16, 2016, 07:32:15 AM »

Having Fort MacLeod back on the schedule for this year takes some of the urgency away from finding a new venue but I still feel like this is something we need to address this year and we cannot let it slide.  I have found 2 other people within the CSCC who are willing to help in the quest for new venues, has the SASC done the same?  Can we move ahead with setting an agenda for this meeting and scheduling a time?

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SASC Events / Re: 2016 Solo Season Update

« on: March 15, 2016, 06:42:29 AM »

Nice work!

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General Discussion / Re: Inter Club Meeting

« on: March 13, 2016, 11:16:07 PM »

ASA runs at Castrol in the evenings ... and we are looking at some others ... and Fort Macleod is not dead yet ... Town council meeting next Monday.

Please keep us posted as soon as you hear anything!  Has anything been successful with regards to trying to gather local support for our cause?

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Member Discussion (Private) / Re: Stoney Nakoda Resort

« on: March 07, 2016, 01:04:56 PM »

I got an answer from them today - they like the idea of holding events however they are simply not able to dedicate the space we would require.  They are talking about potentially expanding in the future and I will check back with them later in the year or in early 2017 depending on what we see for construction out there.

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General Discussion / Re: Inter Club Meeting

« on: March 06, 2016, 11:09:53 PM »

I don't see how anybody could feel it's not necessary.  Even if the decision in Fort MacLeod is a positive one we can't complacently sit by and let things carry on as they are.  I've rounded up one person from our club already who wants to help and am working on finding another.  I'm obviously in as well, it sounded like the WCMA was interested in helping us from an advisory standpoint.

I'm not yet sure about the RDSCC, from their perspective I am worried they might be in a position where they are comfortable and might not want to invest the time or effort on this, how can we best introduce this idea to them to give us the best chance of getting everybody working together?  Did you want to approach them or should I?

I also feel out of date on any initiatives that may be taking place to help improve the SASCs odds at Fort MacLeod, are you guys busy with that?  Would you prefer to wait until after March 14?