quote:Originally posted by Si Targa:
Hi Charlie.
I was in contact with Thomas Tornblom, the new swedish event manager of this meeting.
He told me, he will organize only for swedish people. They are very limited to 30 rooms and they need nearly all the rooms for their own people.
Participants from other countries have to book their hotel by themselves anywhere in the pampa.
The only program over the weekend is to watch the race and there are no activities with your own car.
I think this is NOT an international De Tomaso meeting. It is only a swedish club meeting, with a few "second class" guests from the rest of the world.
Franz
As I understand it, reservations are being handled on a "first come, first served" basis, regardless of nationality. I got my reservation in and I know of other non-Swedes attending. Before declaring it a "Swede only" event, I'd see if there is still room. You can't say that they won't let you attend if you haven't asked to do so!
There has been a changing of the guard in the Swedish club, that is clear, and Mats will no longer be the driving force behind the meetings. There was some concern that the meetings would die completely because nobody would be willing to put forth the effort to organize the thing. Will this meeting be smaller than past meetings? Smaller than some, but larger than others (remember that the 2001 meeting organized by the Factory had a limit of 20 cars).
Personally, I'm glad to see SOMEONE has stepped forward to organize something. They've been up front about the fact that it isn't a luxury hotel, but in past years when I've gone to Le Mans I have slept in a tent so I'm just happy there's running water ;-)
By the way - why did the Swedes end up organizing most of the details? Because nobody stepped up to help organize a meeting, like Sebastian did last time (and a great job he did).
Signed,
"My glass is half full".