[Caevlist] National Plug-In Day 2013

[Charles Bonville]

Hello! 


Today I talked with Christine Hackenbruck, Exec. Director of the Fall Festival, about National Plug-In Day and the interest of the local electric vehicle drivers to host an event at the Festival. Christine gave it due consideration, but was unable to determine a location in the Festival that we could display approximately 6 EVs. (One of you suggested the street in front of the Library, but that is the food court area.) 


My next avenue is to contact the city and find out if I can get an event permit that entitles me to cordon off 6 parking spaces on a street that borders the Festival blocks, but is not controlled by the Festival permit. Once I see what options there are, I will advise you further. 


I do note that the designated Festival parking area is the Avery Square lot on 9th, with a dedicated shuttle making the rounds. If nothing else, I suspect we could self-organize at that parking lot, if we get there early enough to get a block of contiguous parking spaces (perhaps a 2 x 3 area is best, not 6 x 1). 
http://corvallisfallfestival.org/visit/ Even with this option, I would intend to make arrangements with Avery Square management so that we can get a guaranteed area and thus be able to publicize the Plug-in Day event in the local media in advance. 


Thanks, 
Charles 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Bonville" <charlesbonville at comcast.net> 
To: caevlist at caevclub.org 
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 3:10:26 PM 
Subject: Re: [Caevlist] National Plug-In Day 2013 


Hello! 


3 of you have replied so far, indicating interest in participation on Saturday, 28 September. 


Most of you mentioned the Corvallis Fall Festival, so I have reached out to the Festival organizer to inquire where we could get space to congregate 6 to 10 EVs for a Plug-In Day event. I'll let you know what they say. 


Meanwhile... I'm still looking for more of you to volunteer to participate. The festival hours are 10 AM to 6 PM, but I think it would be reasonable for us to target a primary event time of 10 to 2. (For example, the Portland event is 10 to 1.) I'm interested in your feedback about this detail. 


Thanks, 
Charles 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Bonville" <charlesbonville at comcast.net> 
To: caevlist at caevclub.org 
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 7:43:24 AM 
Subject: [Caevlist] National Plug-In Day 2013 


NPiD 2013 is coming up on September 28. I'm more than surprised that the only Oregon event is in Portland.... nothing in Salem, Eugene or Corvallis. 


http://www.pluginday.org/events.php 


With 10 days to go... I don't think it's entirely too late to organize an EV gathering somewhere in Corvallis, preferably at a high-visibility location. 


If you are willing to give a few hours on Saturday, 28 September to show your EV and answer questions... let's talk! 


I'd like to see if we have "critical mass" before I take action to volunteer to organize a local event. (See http://www.pluginday.org/volunteer.php ) 




Thanks, 


Charles 
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