My name is Steve Seekins. I am a long time (one of the founders actually) member of VCOA. Naomi and I have recently come to Maine after over 25 years in Virginia near Washington, DC. I used to write the Shade Tree Mechanic column in Rolling, and you may know Naomi from the Volvo Avenger column she wrote for several years.<p>I am working with Tom Roane to re-vitalize the Maine Chapter of VCOA and have started working on planning some events for 2006. I would love to get some input from you folks on what type of events you would like and where you would like to hold them. Some of the ideas that I would suggest are below and I would love to get any new ideas that you might have.<p>• Gathering – get together at interesting location for showing off cars and camaraderie<p>• Tech Session – specific topics of interest with experts.<p>• DIY – meet at local shops with facilities so you can do projects on your own cars with experts available. Normally these are things that can be done in about 3 hours, you must provide your own tools and parts, though we might be able to arrange for parts desk to be open and special tools to be available (like the bushing tools for 240s).<p>• Drive & Dine – scenic drive and dinner at a nice restaurant<p>• Show – come to event where cars are concourse judged by either judges or popular vote by attendees<p>• Competition driving events – Autocross, Gymkhana, …<p>• Other?<p>I would like to at least start off the season with an event in mid-May to get everyone out. I have a $400 gift certificate toward a set of Ronal wheels that we can use for a door prize for this event, and I would hope to get more goodies before the event as well. I would like to keep this event a casual and fun event. I am looking for nominations for locations with adequate parking, nearby food facilities, great scenery or other attraction, easy access.<p>• Other things that I need from you folks:<p>• Someone to help with writing short articles on Maine Chapter activities (with pictures) for Rolling.<p>• One or more folks to assist with activities planning and organizing.<p>If any of you are in the vicinity of Mid-Coast, please drop by anytime; we are in St. George, just outside of Thomaston and Rockland and abut 5 miles from the Owls Head Transportation Museum:<p>Steve Seekins & Naomi Howe<br>267 Clark Island Road<br>Spruce Head, ME 04859<br>207-594-9749<br>[email protected]<p>Current vehicles – 68 122S 2-dr, 74 164E, 04 V70R, 2000 Chinook R/V (4WD), Toyota pickup, 97 BMW K1100LT<br>