There hasn't been a whole lot of incentive for me to set up events recently, and I've been terribly busy. In the first few weeks of 2008 I plan on mounting a full assult to resurge non-oval events in FL.

Tropicana: JC and I figured out a good course for it, but proximity to other events and a high level of costs made it difficult, at best, to run.

Huge lot on MLK: It's owned by the Bucs. I've been trying to get it forever and am still trying.

I have a massive list of venues that need the I's dotted and the T's crossed. The problem is that doing events is not a profitable endeavor. Many times even at full registration there is very little or no money left over. There have been instances where I've needed to set aside hundreds of dollars from my own pocket to ensure that an event will go on as planned (I'm not looking for anything but drifting in return regardless). Mix this financial uncertianty with the hours spent tracking down, scoping out, and setting up a venue and event and you end up commiting a lot of resources. If you don't have those resources, events don't happen.

Big ups to those who do put on events, and I'd strongly suggest that people don't speak poorly about ____, because love it or hate it at least having something at all is a step in the right direction.