Stay Upright Group Courses

We're trying to arrange some group training sessions with Stay Upright since that would be fun and useful and incurs a 20% discount. In the works at present are:

Advanced

[ Description ]
The course will be at Amaroo Park, Feb 18th, 08:30. There will be a 4(?) hour seminar on Wed 15th at the Huntley Hotel in Rosehill, James Ruse Drive.
Contact Thomas Cohen <thos@nms.otc.com.au> for more information:

Stay Upright have faxed me some additional details on the Advanced course. They like to have about 20 riders on the course. This means that unless we can get agreement from 20 netters/assoc netters on a mid-week course time we'll have to just attend a normal course (which is not exactly a hardship).

Another thing is that since they use a racetrack and a weekend together, they are getting booked out quickly - they already seem to be taking courses for early March...

[ some days later Thomas Cohen wrote ... ]
I've spoken to Stay Upright this morning, and we have to get 15 or more to have a weekday course. Problem with this is that it is more difficult for people to attend a weekday course, but it is easier to get a free circuit. Weekend courses are better for attendance, but getting Amaroo isn't so easy. Anyway, they have a new course on the 18th Feb. It already has 5 people on it, so only has room for 15-17 more. Filling fast, you could say.

So what I'll do is send Stay Upright a cheque for $500, and the first 9 people who get me a cheque for $50 will be on the course. Later cheques will be returned. Or I can see if there are still vacancies and do the appropriate things.
(I'm only booking 10 places because in the way of these things some will drop out).

[ more days later ... ]
What has happened so far (03jan95) is that I have paid for 10 deposits for the Feb 18th course. The first 9 other people to get me the $50 deposit will get their place on that course.
So far (05jan95) I have the following confirmed attendees:

	Thomas Cohen (Ducati 900S2) <thos@nms.otc.com.au>
	Steve Chey (Mike Hailwood Replica) <SChey@nibuisg.ccdn.otc.com.au>
	Ron Russell (GSXR750H) <RA.Russell@uws.EDU.AU>
	Colin Panisset <colinp@nms.otc.com.au>
	Patrick Jordan <pjordan@rp.CSIRO.AU>
	Mike Wolff (FJ1200) <hinton@geko.com.au>
	Alastair Rankine (VFR750) <alastair@jolt.mpx.com.au>
and verbal commitments from:
	David Bilbow (BMW K100RS) <dnb@unitract.dialix.oz.au>
	Damian Carvolth <damian@dap.CSIRO.AU> (dependent on bike availability)
So, only 4 places left that I've booked. The place/person to send the cheques to is:
	Thomas Cohen
	186 Annandale St
	Annandale,  2038.
I'd prefer it if the cheque was made out to "Munchkin Software Pty Ltd", but if your cheque is already on the way don't worry about it, I'll use it as a company loan or something equally dubious...

If your circumstances have changed and you can no longer attend the course, please let me know and I'll take you off this list.

It may help if you email me as you send your money - so far there has been a fairly deafening silence.

thos - Thomas Cohen, DoD 1034 <thos@nms.otc.com.au>


Below is the list of people who expressed interest:
	Thomas Cohen (Ducati 900S2) <thos@nms.otc.com.au>
	David Bilbow <dnb@unitract.dialix.oz.au>
		maybe his friend Steve, too
	Colin Panisset <colinp@nms.otc.com.au>
	Steve Chey (Mike Hailwood Replica) <SChey@nibuisg.ccdn.otc.com.au>
	Ron Russell (GSXR750H) <RA.Russell@uws.EDU.AU>
		available any day in January (as I'm on holidays)
	Craig Moore (FJ1200) <craig@nimrod.itg.telecom.com.au>
	Peter Howard <pjh@iassf.easams.com.au> (prefer mid-January)
	Damian Carvolth <damian@dap.CSIRO.AU> (dependent on bike availability)
	Patrick Jordan <pjordan@rp.CSIRO.AU>
	Alvian Tam (ZXR750) <atm@newt.phys.unsw.edu.au>
	Mike Wolff (FJ1200) <hinton@geko.com.au>
	John Turner (GPX600R) <u9238026@uow.edu.au>

Performance

[ Description ]
At present we haven't settled on dates as we're still canvasing replies. My favoured possibility is to lurk until a few months after the others do the Advanced course, and then really go en mass. This isn't as daft as it sounds; Ron Russell reports that the scheduling for the Performance courses is:
	Thursday  16th Feb 1995
	Wednesday  5th July 1995
	Thursday   5th October 1995
	Venue: Eastern Creek  Cost: $265.00
Mayhap July is a good time. Note that the above are the theory nights, with the practical component the following weekend.
Contact Cameron Simpson <cameron@dap.csiro.au> for information.
Interested parties so far:
	Cameron Simpson <cameron@dap.csiro.au>
		maybe Sharon
	Robert Mitchell <robertm@syd.csa.com.au>
	Brent Curtis <brent@titanic.mpce.mq.edu.au>
	BEV <dick@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>

[ 13jan95 ]
Anthony Bevern <dick@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> has booked in for the 16feb95 course and, carried off with enthusiasm, so have I. He has reserved about 5 places, so contact him if you'd like to come to that one. If it's close to the course date, perhaps it would be better to contact Stay Upright direct.