Update .... Sorry that should have been the 17th of October for RTE’s around the country side. Pockey gave me a bum steer but I didn’t double check so that’s on me
I completely understand the disappointment by many about the tough choice we have made in postponing until March(ish) 2021.
Without going into the extensive behind the scenes details of National Rally organisation there is simply so many individual pieces of Swiss cheese that needs to be aligned starting first thing next month to pull off National Rally.
One of the bigger concerns is fiscal.....we as a group take your registration money to pre-pay for non-fundable Rally items from suppliers who may or may not exist (some are Chinese based) when the time to order closes 2 months prior to Rally while OzSToc also commits to previous years business rules of refunding your money 6 weeks prior to the event. Now while refunding a few members registration as we have in the past is no big deal and we can absorb, image half the registered members rightly asking for the return of their money just on Rally pack supplies alone. Not to mention Venues, buses, catering, sponsors money, dinner speaker etc that OzSTOC arranges and pre-pays behind the scenes.
So many registered clubs are looking at clauses in their business rules and constitutions at the moment to cover their collective a$$es.
So to keep it simple and liability free, OzSToc postponed the event. But note we encouraged the member driven option of RTE’s all over the place as a replacement.
So if your keen for a ride to a place like Mudgee in October 2020 as an RTE that would be a tremendous gathering.