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Chicken Rally 2013 and Beyond ...
Had a question posted on the BMW Motorcycle Owners of Alabama FaceBook page where it was asked :
"hey, so whats the status on the Chicken Rally now? is it done
i heard there was going to be something different in the future...."
Here is the F.Y.I. for anyone else who may have heard this rumor ...
The Chicken Rally is still a 100% go for 2013, - but, each year, there has been no guarantee that there will be a rally the following year, until it is voted upon by the general membership at our annual business meeting held on the last Sunday in January, (a mere four months before the Chicken Rally would happen on Memorial Day weekend.) ... However, due to steadily declining annual attendance, and steadily increasing costs, a Committee was recently formed to seek potential alternatives, - from a change of format, to a change of venue, to a change of date, to a reduction to a two-day Friday/Saturday rally, to an entire change of formula. It is still very possible that nothing will change, and there will be the exact same thing for 2014, - but so far, the Committee has agreed that they want to try to keep the same Memorial Day weekend, and they want to try to keep a "chicken" theme. Other venues are being scouted to see if there is a location with better amenities for a lesser cost, and the option of hiring an outside caterer is being looked at to reduce the workload upon aging Club volunteers who have been doing this every year for most of the last 25 years. ... Once the best options have been discovered, the options will be presented to the general membership at the January 2014 annual business meeting for them to vote what they want to keep, or change.
https://www.facebook.com/events/476669112394975/
"hey, so whats the status on the Chicken Rally now? is it done
i heard there was going to be something different in the future...."Here is the F.Y.I. for anyone else who may have heard this rumor ...
The Chicken Rally is still a 100% go for 2013, - but, each year, there has been no guarantee that there will be a rally the following year, until it is voted upon by the general membership at our annual business meeting held on the last Sunday in January, (a mere four months before the Chicken Rally would happen on Memorial Day weekend.) ... However, due to steadily declining annual attendance, and steadily increasing costs, a Committee was recently formed to seek potential alternatives, - from a change of format, to a change of venue, to a change of date, to a reduction to a two-day Friday/Saturday rally, to an entire change of formula. It is still very possible that nothing will change, and there will be the exact same thing for 2014, - but so far, the Committee has agreed that they want to try to keep the same Memorial Day weekend, and they want to try to keep a "chicken" theme. Other venues are being scouted to see if there is a location with better amenities for a lesser cost, and the option of hiring an outside caterer is being looked at to reduce the workload upon aging Club volunteers who have been doing this every year for most of the last 25 years. ... Once the best options have been discovered, the options will be presented to the general membership at the January 2014 annual business meeting for them to vote what they want to keep, or change.
https://www.facebook.com/events/476669112394975/
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