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Hey guys,

Just shot a couple e-mails back and forth with Mark Scotch.  He was part of a documentary about the Arrowhead 135 adventure race.

No details yet but he's wondering if we would be interested in doing a showing as a fundrasier.  They just sold out 250 seats for a show in Minneapolis.

Very likely zero cost to CORP.

Here's the trailer:

Among the Wild: The Arrowhead 135 Trailer from AdventureMNFilms on Vimeo

Trailer? Did not come through for me....

Sounds like a cool event though. I would like to see how these crazy folks rode and survived a 135 mile race in 20 below temperatures

Chuck, this film wasn't about this year's race.  It features Scotch on skis...from last year I believe. 

At any rate, I think it's a cool idea and would like to see it.

The trailer is showing up for me in Firefox.  Maybe try a different browser?

Rick fixed the link. It's something with vimeo.

Any possibility we can screen this for our first social meeting in Jan?

Any possibility we can screen this for our first social meeting in Jan?

It would be cool to do this as a social meeting / fundraiser. Lord knows we need to find new and creative ways to raise $ for new trails and equipment. And it should be a lot of fun as well.
Maybe we could mark this $ to get trail grooming equipment for snowbiking? Just a thought as it would seem to pertain....

We need a venue with minimal fees....any suggestions?

It would be cool to do this as a social meeting / fundraiser. Lord knows we need to find new and creative ways to raise $ for new trails and equipment. And it should be a lot of fun as well.
Maybe we could mark this $ to get trail grooming equipment for snowbiking? Just a thought as it would seem to pertain....
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Lovin the idea of getting some snow grooming equipment.  How much $ would it take to get something out at CamRock do you think Chuck?

Richard Schick brought up a great point - bring in other user groups to expand the potential audience. 

I am reasonably sure we could get a couple race participants to be present for a question/answer after the movie.

bring in other user groups to expand the potential audience. 

MadNorSki?

This might be a good thing to engage REI about.  A significant portion of their customers might be interested so maybe they'd be willing to foot some or all of the bill for a venue in exchange for the advertising.  A school or church would be other venues to consider.

Couple of questions:

1.  Who owns the video and how do we get permission to show it?

2.  What type of venue do we want to use/how to show video

3.  Can we tie showing/entry fee to winter riding in some way?

4.  Do we want to be the primary on this and solicit smaller sponsors, or get a big sponsor like REI to take care of logistics?

I have contact information for Adventure Minnesota.  A screening can range from a small group to a large venue.  Fee would be reasonable and based on projected attendance.

The east side club may be a possibility.  They have a big banquet room with a bar and they are right on the lake, more than a few lake rides have taken an extended pit stop there.

The east side club may be a possibility.  They have a big banquet room with a bar and they are right on the lake, more than a few lake rides have taken an extended pit stop there.

Not a bad idea.  We need to: 1) decide for sure if we are doing this; 2) get an ad hoc committee together and divide up tasks; 3) figure out a date for this (January is not that far off); and 4) decide who we want to partner with for a sponsor.  I like the REI idea. 
 
Rich, can you see what the club's availability in January, and cost/capacity?