Having coordinated several custom/street rod shows, I've seen the various ways they can be organized. As an experiment, I did do one show where I forced the cars into designated parking areas, by class. It was alot of work estimating the spaces needed, expanding and shrinking areas as needed and just getting the cars into the right spots, but I feel it was the most fairly judged show I'd ever run. As someone mentioned earlier, if a judge can stand in one spot and see every car in the class, comparing and picking the winner is much easier and in the end more fair. (I think it makes it more interesting for the spectators too to be able to compare cars in a given class.) Arranging for this type of layout is much more difficult though. We had a sign company as a sponsor and they created nice little signs for each class that we posted on stantions. Since we had most of our registrations the day of the show, we had to do guestimates of the final size of each class. (Presumably that would be easier with the DCS as most are pre-registered (Ken?)) I also spent the entire morning, on my bicycle, shuttling cars around the lot, from the registration table to their class parking area. If space permits, Ken I'll volunteer to help coordinate class-based parking for 2006. One more recommendation: At the PF show, I noticed that while several of the more technical speakers were talking, many people (who I assume weren't interested in nuts and bolts) were talking and making it difficult for others to hear. If the facilities in Chicago permit, I'd suggest holding the seminars in separate rooms as "break-out" sessions separate from the main "social/dining area". This would also allow for more sessions and possibly concurrent ones. Again, this all depends on the facilities. What do you guys (and gals) think? Thanks again for everything Ken! ===== Steve VIN 2650 ("Project Delorean") www.projectdelorean.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/