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way ahead of you. in fact....waaaay ahead of you. i have a bar across the street that likes my leftovers.... amongst other thingsYou're required to have a beverage in hand when your phone rings around 7. It's in the team rules or something...
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Many guests do make small donations to the team (ranges from $20 to $250) as a thanks for the hospitality but in no way is it required or even expected. We do ask that people tip the bartenders and the booze is all free but they usually work for tips 
. For those who don't know, these are the best bands to get as they allow 24hr access to the park, plus you can enter/exit freely with anything you want. Most folks get stopped and searched at the gates. If you have an airplane bottle of booze in your purse it's getting tossed. Meanwhile anyone with a 24hr band can ride in on a cart full of kegs with a handle of Jack Daniel's in each hand and they just wave you through.
Hey buddy I had to meet with the team for everyone to get on the same page on crap. I'll holla at you tomorrow and touch base. You guys thinking about coming up?
Fo sure!
4.5... man I don't know what that is. Peabody Maybe (awesome location)? EDIT: Looks like Peabody Hotel. Great location.
Sorry for the delay guys. :(
I can see it now - hundreds of dead catfish washing up on the shore of the Mississippi downstream with bellies full of golf balls.
I have rooms booked at the sheraton for my brother and I. Once again, we would be more that happy to help with anything you all need. Booking flight in Feb when my bonus comes in. Quick question: Do we need to rent a car or is it close enough for cabs or uber back and forth? We planned on hanging around the tent most of the time. Second, i have a buddy that is a partial owner of tequila http://www.lunamalvada.com/homepage/ Do you want me to see if they would like to be a sponser? Worst case, i can probably get him to donate 6-12 bottles of highend tequila.
Excellent! What nights did you book?
We had an amicable split, with about 1/3 of the team leaving with us. The team was essentially two groups of friends so the split went down "party lines" so to speak. We told them before last year's festival to be up front about everything and to make sure they had enough time to backfill our spots on the team roster. Unfortunately for them, the 6-7 guys in our group did about 70-75% of the work required.
That sucks for the old team. It is amazing how the 80/20 rule seems to work out in every real life situation. Sounds like you have a good core and with tipsy as the pitmaster you all should not skip a beat....I have posted before that my bro and I plan to come...if you need any help pre event i would definately be willing to pitch in....No task is to small or insignificant.
Yeah it really is kinda a downer regarding Slab's issues. The problem is that they picked up too many members who were just warm bodies willing to pay dues. Thats' fine and dandy, but this event takes work... and the guys doing the work are only going to pull double their weight for so long before they get sick of it. The 80/20 rule really does seem to be highly apparent in SO many aspects of life.
Anytime, GB.
This is going to be the greatest weekend in memphis ever. Very good idea! By the way, my bro and i are going sponser a table. Need to get you the $$.
Those guys throw a pretty good party but are much more about the cooking. They have an interesting system where they post up on BBQ Bretheren and other more local cooking forums recruiting guys who can cook... then they break out the dishes and form teams (ribs team, chicken team, etc). Bring in a bunch of cookers and do a communal thing. It's actually a really good approach if you're more about the cooking and less about the party.
Me... I'm about the party too
Sooo...I Had a brainstorm last night...
Most/All of the guys on the team are coupled up, but everyone knows a party sucks unless it's well stocked with female talent. Sooooooo I'm going to set up a Facebook account for the team, log into Tinder with it.
Next, Set the profile photo as a flyer for the booth "3 stories, life DJ, open bar, biggest party booth at bbqfest, etc....Swipe right to see if you've made the guestlist cut". Throw up some pictures of the food/party/DJ...more detailed description about the event in the description area.
Then set it to search for 21-35yo women within an hours drive (BBQfest pulls EASILY from that far out)... get the guys together, project the app onto a big-screen, crack some beers and have a "selection party".... picking the gals who we want in the booth based on their pics/descriptions.
For those that don't know how Tinder works, when you give a girl a 'Thumbsup" it checks to see if she's done the same. If she has, it lets you know you've got a match, and opens a chat thread. At that point it's easy to get names for guest-list...Inform them that these are special "pink pass" wristbands that are only good for ladies (though these gals are single, which is why they're on Tinder)... Then have a guestlist on iPad with off duty cop working door.
I've never seen anything like this done. I anticipate us being able to EASILY hand-select 50-100 attractive single women while pre-screening based on appearance, personality, etc.
Best way to "stock the pond" ever IMO
What are the sponsorship options again?
I don't want to oversell it too much, but it really is so over the top ridiculous for a "barbecue contest". I still remember Tipsy's face the first day out there... he was just wide eyed with perma-grin saying stuff like "this is insane" and such.
This is our current sponsorship form... kinda a guideline or starting point for discussions, typically. That said it varies wildly based on what folks are looking for (entertainment, exposure, etc).
