good news and great news

two BIG pieces of information, you decide which is great and which is good:

1.) my roommates and I have secured our new home and enough of us have agreed to open it up to FM for the 24h relay! Yes, some of you have heard the rumors of what I was planning and now its a go!

However, I'll introduce #2, which may be more awesome (i'll get back to #1 later):

2.) Tonight while breaking the good news to a few kids, an amazing suggestion popped up: Has anyone thought about having Atlanta Brewing Company host the relay? They are in a prime location, have ample space for sleepers, drinkers, spectators, and racers, and they have the beer thing nailed down. This is seriously the most amazing idea, even more than 97E (me thinks). I think 2-3 people need to step up and talk to them to try and make this happen. If not we can fall back to #1.

1. cont') Most of you already know about our new space because I have been looking for roommates. Well now we have them and we want to make this thing happen. To refresh your memory:
-6500 square feet open space with built in bar, which provides ample space for bike storage, sleeping space, drinking space, pre/post relay group discussion, and dispersing (not cooking) donated food. We will be moving in 1-3 days before the relay and will keep everything as if no one yet lives there. All of our bedrooms lock from the outside so we can completely lock down our apt. We arent' worried about anyone trashing our stuff because the unit will still be 99% empty.

We request several things:
1.)We are NOT “hosting the relay”. Faster Mustache is hosting the relay; we are “providing a location.” This is for the same reasons that this is a “relay” and not a “race.”
2.)No mention of our street address in print or internet media. We don't want someone to be able to Google our address and get info about the relay. All advertisements will sent people to the website and from there people will know of the address
3.)Absolutely 100% alcohol consumption will happen in doors, in our apartment. Even though we will have some outdoor activities (registration, lap checkin), anyone with alcohol outside will be forced to leave.
4.)Absolutely zero % under-age drinking. We will be enforcing this with wrist bands available at the registration table.
5.)While we will be providing alcohol, we will not be selling alcohol. We are going to opperate exactly like an ABC/Sweetwater tour. You pay for a cup; the cup has tickets in it; you trade the tickets for a beer.
6.)Castleberry Hill quiet hours will be enforced. When the time comes, everyone except 2-3 people manning the lap checkin table, will be required to be inside.
7.)Absolutely zero car parking on site. Our neighbors are only upset by parking issues. We will find close by parking in the next couple of days and let everyone know where.
8.)Most importantly: This is not a party! This is a bicycle relay to promote bicycle awareness.

We will (try to) front money for the following: port-o-let, cups, wristbands, ice. In return, we need to be refunded for these things.

We also want the relay to be seperate from the location/alcohol. FM needs to man the registration booth and lap checkin. We'll man the bar. Entry into the race doesn't automatically give you a cup. You will need to buy one seperately.

If we can get beer sponsors to donate kegs, we can offer cups for very cheep (i.e. $1 for a cup with three tickets). Otherwise, we'll have to front money for kegs of PBR and charge like $5 for a cup with 3 tickets.

I think this covers 100% of the serious concerns. Now, like I said before, its up to the rest of you to get the little details figured out that will turn this RELAY from good into great. I've done enough; I need to spend the rest of my time training!

oh yeah: our place is located here