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Originally Posted by Hpi_guy
The expedition is to go to equador and help out local communities to maintain and renovate essential parts of the community such as schools and sanitation, I have a sponsor in mind for a big prize, planning shouldn't be a issue as the people on my local council are level headed but I will have to think of a way to do the insurance
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That sounds a very worth while cause Will and fair play and credit for you wanting to such a thing to help.
When it comes to having anyone on your property for an event you cannot 'scrimp' to get by... everything has to be above board and legal.
You may think the local council are level headed... but will the locals be? are they going to be impressed with a track being built nearby? we may think they are cool but others outside the hobby may not be impressed.
or noise from traffic and P.A system (another cost) or generators etc?
I'll openly say it.... this is what i consider a selfish hobby... it's an expensive indulgence for racers... we spend lots of money on expensive toys making them faster and look prettier than our mates... when it comes to paying money for race fees/travelling to meetings etc we get tight fisted.
Are the majority going to happily pay towards this project for you unless you can seriously offer something special?
I'm being careful on this one... but i've previously raced at meetings that were for charities that i didn't exactly want to support or agree with (i'm not against charity guys... have and will happily support causes which i think are deserving) and to be honest a lot of the racers were in agreement from their own opinions... so in this way we were racing for our own selfish reasons rather than to support what was in the background behind it.
You could only sensibly run 200 drivers maximum at a meeting... and that is some feat.
it's ok thinking you can easily get prizes etc... but you need to be able to offer the companies involved something worthwhile and back it up... i've organised meetings with charity raffles and the UK r/c companies/businesses are very generous and easy toapproach/work with... but it needs to work both ways... they need marketing and publicity and a well organised run meeting by someone they can trust to represent their company.... can you deliver that?
you do realise that clubs and charities are non-profit making organisations and therefore do not pay tax on their income but still have to keep financial accounts and be registered/hold legal bank accounts etc?
What you are proposing is making profit to use for another activity.... i can't see it coming under the charity you will be doing the Equador challenge unless they are backing/representing it?
If you need advice matey i'll help you out... plenty of experience and know a fair amount of industry contacts/racers.
but it's best you be sensible and realistic before jumping in and wrecking someones field and not being able to achieve your goals when there may be easier options to raise the funds... just probably not as fun as racing.
Rather than build your own venue.... rent an existing venue?
that way you have the marketing/organisation work to do... which is not easy either... but a lot easier than having to build a track!