Future National Meets
The 100th Anniversary Meet is now history. Thanks to everyone who invested their time, money and spirit into making the meet a resounding success. This was my first National meet to be fortunate enough to participate since the Salt Lake City meet.
On the way home, I was able to stop and visit Miller Motor Company in Ypsilanti and also the Hostetler Hudson Museum in Shipshewana, Indiana. Jack's place was a step back into history and certainly worth visiting. Plus, I wanted to see where my old buddy Jack Miller hangs out. The Hostetler museum facility is totally mind boggling in scope. Not only does it have a myriad of wonderful Hudsons to enjoy, but it is set up as a self-contained site for holding large events such as a National HET meet. I think our club is doing itself a vast injustice by not utilizing the Hostetler complex as a site for future National meets. The grounds are beautiful, complete with a grass field for parking the Hudsons and holding the swap meet. There is an on-site water park for the kids, a very nice on-site Hotel and enough other hotels in town to handle any overflow. The banquet facilities are large enough to handle 800 people without half of them having to view the event via video monitors. Add all of this to the fact that Shipshewana is in a rural area devoid of the massive traffic jams which plague the suburban sites normally utilized for our National meets. I don't know about everyone else, but that's a huge factor to me.
The folks at Hostetler's Hudson Museum are eager to host us. I am quite certain that they will even do most of the work necessary to put such a meet together. I ask all those in position to make such decisions to take a look at the Hostetler facility and schedule the next National HET meet there when it is once again time for the meet to be held in the Central Region.
On the way home, I was able to stop and visit Miller Motor Company in Ypsilanti and also the Hostetler Hudson Museum in Shipshewana, Indiana. Jack's place was a step back into history and certainly worth visiting. Plus, I wanted to see where my old buddy Jack Miller hangs out. The Hostetler museum facility is totally mind boggling in scope. Not only does it have a myriad of wonderful Hudsons to enjoy, but it is set up as a self-contained site for holding large events such as a National HET meet. I think our club is doing itself a vast injustice by not utilizing the Hostetler complex as a site for future National meets. The grounds are beautiful, complete with a grass field for parking the Hudsons and holding the swap meet. There is an on-site water park for the kids, a very nice on-site Hotel and enough other hotels in town to handle any overflow. The banquet facilities are large enough to handle 800 people without half of them having to view the event via video monitors. Add all of this to the fact that Shipshewana is in a rural area devoid of the massive traffic jams which plague the suburban sites normally utilized for our National meets. I don't know about everyone else, but that's a huge factor to me.
The folks at Hostetler's Hudson Museum are eager to host us. I am quite certain that they will even do most of the work necessary to put such a meet together. I ask all those in position to make such decisions to take a look at the Hostetler facility and schedule the next National HET meet there when it is once again time for the meet to be held in the Central Region.
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I'd agree 100%. There is no reason why the Hostetler Museum could not be used for a National meet. I'd go to one there in a minute!0
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What is the number of hotel rooms available in the town? Just curious.0
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While this is a novel idea, I have personally been to the museum and know there are not enough of the other necessities available to make for a successful national meet. For example, food, lodging, and entertainment just to name a few. But thanks for the comment.0
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aminard wrote:While this is a novel idea, I have personally been to the museum and know there are not enough of the other necessities available to make for a successful national meet. For example, food, lodging, and entertainment just to name a few. But thanks for the comment.
The local web site is located at this link: http://www.shipshewana.com/
Short count on hotel rooms .... 180 without the Country suites.... which appears to be the biggest hotel.0 -
Heart_Of_Texas wrote:The local web site is located at this link: http://www.shipshewana.com/
Short count on hotel rooms .... 180 without the Country suites.... which appears to be the biggest hotel.
The next closest hotel with a decent room count would be the Essenhaus Inn, located in Middlebury - about a 10 minute drive from Shipshewana. There are a few small motels in Shipshewana as well.
http://www.essenhaus.com
I was at the Hudson Homecoming this past May. The locale is beautiful and the museum is making great strides. But in reality, it does not have enough of the amenities needed to host an event as long as, or on the scale of, an HET National.
The Hudson Homecoming Meet is to be an annual event and I would heartily encourage any and all to make the trip, if they can.0 -
The on-site Hotel, which is brand new and NICE has 160 rooms all by itself. I will do some investigation as to other rooms available. The staff seemed to think there were ample rooms available in the town. As to entertainment, there is an on-site water park for the kids. There are many Amish attractions locally. What else is required? These meets are CAR meets, are they not? I for one would welcome the rural setting and lack of traffic. It's possible that no location can handle a meet the size of this year's 100th Anniversary event, but how often is the HET National so large? I think this site should at least be considered.0
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The mid west nationals are generally pretty good sized. It would be interesting to see the national meet planing book to see what the requirements really are.
On another matter, I have always tried to figure out why the Shipsy meet is called the Hudson Homecoming. Wouldnt the Homecoming be Detroit? As far as I know no Hudson was ever built in Amishville in Northern Indiana.0 -
frank spring wrote:The mid west nationals are generally pretty good sized. It would be interesting to see the national meet planing book to see what the requirements really are.
On another matter, I have always tried to figure out why the Shipsy meet is called the Hudson Homecoming. Wouldnt the Homecoming be Detroit? As far as I know no Hudson was ever built in Amishville in Northern Indiana.
I think there were some commercial bodies built somewhere in Indiana - who can confirm that!!!!
Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN0 -
We attended the great meet in Auburn in 2007 and thought the cruise to the Hostetler was outstanding. I thought that worked well...I don't see a big advantage over that meet in actually holding the meet at the museum... .020
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Sam, the advantage over the Auburn meet would be that the meet wouldn't have the car show spread out over 3 different hotel parking lots. And if it isn't a plus to be able to park the cars on grass instead of asphalt or concrete, then I must be looney tunes. Here are just a few of the items listed in the Shipshewana Brochure:
*Shipshewana Flea Market--1,100 vendors
*Amish handcrafted furniture stores plus more than 100 specialty stores downtown.
*Cheesemaking Shops
*Woodworking shops
*Factory and working mill tours
*Backroad driving tours perfect for all "classics"
*Splash Universe WanaWaves Water Park
*Local Festivals
*Blue Gate Theater for outstanding entertainment
*Conference, meeting, and exposition space
*Comfortable accommodations in an array of lodging establishments.
*Menno-Hot Culture Center
*Within three hours of Chicago, Detroit, And Indianapolis
*5 auto museums located within 50 minute drive from Shipshewana
*view some of the Hudsons in museum www.hostetlershudsons.com
*contact person for group tours: cforbes@shipshewanatowncenter.com or call 260-768-30210 -
Steve:
You've done your homework, I think you deserve an A.
I visited Shipshewana and South Bend prior to going to Pontiac and enjoyed the side trip, two museums and didnt hear about the Gilmore(sp) till later. Good food at Shipshewana. Thanks, Bob0 -
Here is another useful website about the museum and the Shipshewana Town Center. http://shipshewanatowncenter.com/0
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Arkie, don't forget the Gilmore complex in rural Michigan, just 90 minutes away from Shipshewana. It holds the official CCCA museum as well as the Pierce Arrow museum and several other collections. We drove there after visiting Shipshewana following the HET National. You mentioned the several that are within 50 minutes of Shipshewana ... the Studebaker museum would have to be at or near the top of that list. It's a really well done showing and telling of Studebaker history.0
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How about trying a Central Regional Meet in Shipshewana at some point. Evaluate how everything goes, check with the people who attend, then decide if it really is a spot capable of hosting a National Meet. I have also been to the Hostetler Hudson Museum-great place, and many fantastic rare Hudsons, but I don't know about 4-6 days there.0
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I just love how people love to get a project going !!! If you want a meet national or reagional stand up put your name on the project and do it! not say we should or they should but you step up and do it! It takes up 2 to 3 to 4years of your life to pull off a national with a lot of help . The central reagion will be up for a national in 2013 any one wanting to put on a meet should start planning now AS FOR GRASS OVER A PAVED PARKING LOT THAT WILL WORK JUST FINE AS LONG AS YOU HAVE DRY WEATHER IF IT RAINS IT COULD BE A REAL PROBLEM MUD!!!! STUCK SHOW CARS, FLEA MARKET IN THE MUD IS NO FUN THINK ABOUT WANT YOU WISH FOR. I WISH YOU LUCK AND I'LL BE THERE WITH MY CARS AND PARTS
HUDSONLY
PAUL SCHUSTER0 -
PAULARGETYPE wrote:I just love how people love to get a project going !!! If you want a meet national or reagional stand up put your name on the project and do it! not say we should or they should but you step up and do it! It takes up 2 to 3 to 4years of your life to pull off a national with a lot of help . The central reagion will be up for a national in 2013 any one wanting to put on a meet should start planning now AS FOR GRASS OVER A PAVED PARKING LOT THAT WILL WORK JUST FINE AS LONG AS YOU HAVE DRY WEATHER IF IT RAINS IT COULD BE A REAL PROBLEM MUD!!!! STUCK SHOW CARS, FLEA MARKET IN THE MUD IS NO FUN THINK ABOUT WANT YOU WISH FOR. I WISH YOU LUCK AND I'LL BE THERE WITH MY CARS AND PARTS
HUDSONLY
PAUL SCHUSTER
Paul;
You have some great points - especially about the grass and good weather! The thread started as Shipshewana should be considered as a spot for the National. Having just worked with the Home Chapter on the past National, I agree with you on the amount of time and effort necessary to run these meets. My point was, before thinking big, start on a smaller scale (such as a regional meet). I think there are many people on this board who don't understand how the club handles this process, and thinks it is only a few people who make these decisions. Perhaps someone who has more experience than me, can explain how the process for getting a Regional or National Meet works...then people can make a choice to 'put-up or shut-up'!!
Joe Delaney
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I had a go around with a member of a National organizing team years ago. In very nice fashion, I'll admit, this member brought up a lot of points that go into putting a National together.
For a short time, before I left New England, I was involved in helping put the New England National together - mostly on doing the web site so don't really have the info on what it actually took to put this together.
At the time I talked to the member above I said somebody should sit down and write an article for the WTN on what actually goes on, what is needed to put a National on, the nuts and bolts of the operation. I think this would not only prepare people who are thinking about putting on a National, but give the membership an idea of just what's involved.
Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN0 -
One thought I had, and I know logistics may be tough, but I think it would be neat to have a one week build session. Tech sessions are great, but sometimes you don't get it until you've done it yourself. It would be like going to a meet at a local chapter members home to help them with their build, but having a week to tinker on it. One of the local speedshops does that here, you can sign up and pay to come in every Saturday for a month and work on a project car they have there to get hands-on experience, unfortunately I work weekends. I know there's a lot of new skills I'd like to take on, but where do I start? Each National could have a different area of restoration to focus on: the art of welding, body repair, brakes, engine swapout/rebuild, interiors, electrical... just a thought... or if someone just wants to take me under their wings, I'm up for the challenge!0
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Sarah Young wrote:One thought I had, and I know logistics may be tough, but I think it would be neat to have a one week build session. Tech sessions are great, but sometimes you don't get it until you've done it yourself. It would be like going to a meet at a local chapter members home to help them with their build, but having a week to tinker on it. One of the local speedshops does that here, you can sign up and pay to come in every Saturday for a month and work on a project car they have there to get hands-on experience, unfortunately I work weekends. I know there's a lot of new skills I'd like to take on, but where do I start? Each National could have a different area of restoration to focus on: the art of welding, body repair, brakes, engine swapout/rebuild, interiors, electrical... just a thought... or if someone just wants to take me under their wings, I'm up for the challenge!
Where do I sign up? I'll take ten of you right now, and you don't have to pay me a dime. I'll task and teach and the 'vert will be done ahead of schedule. LOL!:D0 -
RL Chilton wrote:Where do I sign up? I'll take ten of you right now, and you don't have to pay me a dime. I'll task and teach and the 'vert will be done ahead of schedule. LOL!:D
If you would have stayed in WVA I would be there Saturday.:rolleyes:.0 -
SRCraftsman2 wrote:If you would have stayed in WVA I would be there Saturday.:rolleyes:.
Hey Pat! I was actually in northern VA, just east of the Blue Ridge, but it's not that much further. Maybe I should've stayed. Here in South Central Texas, we've had the hottest July in recorded history. Out of the last 28 days, 26 of them have been 100 or better. Today's schedule: 104 with a heat index of 112. I think when I get rich and famous, (oh, heck, I'll just take rich), I'm gonna move to Montana in the summers and come back down here in Winter. I'm disliking the intense heat here about as much as the winters in VA.0 -
"As a rule, man's a fool. When its hot he wants it cool, when its cool he wants it hot. Always wanting what is not."
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