[jrussell]

David,
Way to go in posting the topic. I agree, I think a lot of people voiced concerns about the number of cars im the garage, and to take it a bit further and since we have outgrown the garage, WHY even go there? The benefit of having everyone parked together will be lost and since we seem to be planning the picture at the hotel, why not keep it simple and just start and end the poker run there? This takes the pressure off Stretch and we can use the donations elsewhere. I do understand tradition, but who wants to park underneath without benefit of the security?? Not me.
Steve, remember our first president- Stretch- didn't have a Cobra so that should be a non-issue.
Blake, we tried early on to have multiple events a year, with one here in Dallas and Paul's in Corpus( we didn't have anything going on in Houston at the time). What we found out was as we moved further away from the center of the state in any direction attandance suffered, so we decided to just hold regional monthly meetings and keep the integrity of our yearly event in Austin.
These are just answers to questions posed on a rather slow day at the office.
John Russell