IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to the popularity of the Central National Meet, we are sold out of our events.This includes the riverboat cruise on the Julia Belle Swain, and the Thursday banquet (attendees can still participate in the award presentation), the Thursday driving tour to Elmer’s Museum, and the Alternate event guided history bus tour.

You can still register for the Meet and enter your car in the Concourse, and have a very enjoyable week in Winona. There are hotels in the area that would welcome you, and there is plenty to do on your own. You can purchase Meet merchandise using the Registration form as well.

For our registered guests, we look forward to welcoming you to Winona!

An updated registration form is available by clicking on the link:

Revised Registration Form

The Great River Rendezvous is progressing extremely well, and our plans are starting to take shape. Response to the Meet has been excellent, and we are looking forward to a terrific week in Winona, MN! However, we want to alert all EFV8CA members of several key updates. Simply click on this link Rendezvous Update to obtain important updates regarding the Host Hotel, and several popular “sold out” events.

We are pleased to announce several local artists that have agreed to join us at the Central National Meet in the “Minnesota Room� on Tuesday, July 17, 2007. These include Arlen Olson, Dan Cragg, and TCRG’s Ron Long. Click here here to print a copy of the Event Announcement.

We have just loaded the Event Details to the website! You can find it by clicking at left on Great River Rendezvous “Information” link.

Great news, here are the Registration Forms and Vehicle / Judging Forms for the Winona, Minnesota Meet! Simply click and print”, fill out and send in the form and your check to our Registration Captain noted on the form. We look forward to coordinating a great V-8 week!
Registration Form
Vehicle Form Form

The Central National Meet Committee met on June 7th where we mapped out plans for the Meet. Each Committee Lead discussed where they were and the team agreed on plans going forward. Congratulations (and thanks!) Ron Long who found time in his busy schedule to create a terrific Meet logo. The committee voted unanimously to adopt the Logo and slogan “Great River Rendezvous”?. Glad that is behind us! Now we have an identity.

Enclosed in this month’s Rumble Sheet is a teaser advertisement written by Gordy Ditmanson, that includes Ron’s Logo. We are in the process of using this announcement to invite other Regional Groups to the Meet. Also, Bruce Nelson will be taking a stack of these to the Eastern National Meet in New York to solicit support for the Meet as well. Thanks Gordy, and great job!!! We have more of these available. Feel free to contact Bill, Mary or Mark if you would like some.
Our next meeting in July we will continue to add more detail to the plans, develop a legitimate budget, and figure out exactly where we need help from the Club membership. We look forward to getting as many members involved as possible, so nobody has to work too hard. Please contact any of the committee members if you would like to help. You won’t be turned away!

Friday 8:00 AM Mark, Denny, Bill Blood, Bruce and myself headed for Winona on a fact finding tour to see first hand what it was we were promoting for the 2007 Meet. After a very enjoyable 2 hour ride down the scenic highway 61 pacing Amtrack at 65MPH. We pulled into Winona and the Tourist Information Center.

We had a very nice chat with the volunteer lady and she in turn got us hooked up with 2 cases of “Visit Winona Minnesotaâ€? brochures and 200 maps of the area. We also loaded up on literature for all kinds of things to see and do in and around town. Denny was talking with her figuring out who they both knew. (more…)