Alright, heres the deal. This past weekend, a bunch of students from Gwinnett Tech competed in a Statewide Career Development Conference for Delta Epsilon Chi, a marketing group for technical college students. We had 5 people place first and 3 place second. We all have the great opportunity to go to Anaheim, California to take place in the International Career Development Conference, held at the Anaheim Hilton. Here is where it gets complicated.

To get 8 students and our advisor out there, we are looking at a little over $8,000 roughly. It is a little out of the schools budget, so we need to come up with a way to raise money. I know fellow car enthusiasts are always willing to help out for a good cause, and this is for a great cause.

I was thinking of having a meet/car show/cookout (MAYBE) either at GTC or somewhere else to raise funds for GTC. Im ironing out details, and I have to check with our director of student affairs to make sure we could use the parking lot, but I dont see why we couldnt use it on like a Saturday or Sunday.

The cost is to be determined, I wanted to keep it low at about $10 a car so people would be more willing to come out since it wouldnt cost an arm and a leg. 100% of the proceeds will go into the colleges DEX (Delta Epsilon Chi) club funds to help fund this trip.

I guess Im just seeing how many people would be willing to do something like this, to help out for a good cause and have some fun and hang out in the meantime. We would love to raffle off some prizes or have a couple trophies for the cars people like the most, but again all of these details will be determined. Im just gauging interest to see how many people would be willing to do this to help out.

Please vote in the poll and throw up any suggestions/comments, and whether or not you would be willing to come and why. I know there are a lot of GTC students on here, I am going to try to get with some of the auto tech instructors and see if we can tie in with them.

I know the date and time would have a lot to do with if people would attend or not, but its just the general idea, if you would be willing to help out if you are available at the time of the event and whatnot. Lets hear it!