Announcing the 2nd Annual, Buyers & Builders Oshawa Meet & Greet (BBOMG)
This August we (Camaro enthusiasts) will once again be hosting a meet and greet with the Assembly workers of GM Oshawa August 20th 22nd. This event is a way for owners to say "thanks" to the people who spend their days putting our beloved cars together. Over the last year of turmoil the wonderful people of GM Oshawa have produced strong numbers of the Impala, continued to impress with the 2008 North American Car of the year the Malibu and sent shockwaves through the industry with the 2010 Camaro building nearly 100,000 units in its first year of production! And they did all this while maintaining some of the highest build-standards in the industry
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Last year we focused on 2010 Camaros - This year we would like to see ALL YEARS in attendance! Of course we expect a big showing of Camaros and Firebirds, but we wont turn away any GM car enthusiast.
ATTENTION!! SCHEDULE OF EVENTS HAS CHANGED!!!:
Thursday August 19th
Hotel arrivals...
8:00pm - Socialize at hotel
9:00pm - Showing of Ultimate Factories:Camaro
Friday August 20th
8:00 10:30 am More hotel arrivals
10:30 am Depart for Martinrea Ajax
11:00 am 1:30 pm Martinrea Ajax plant tours & BBQ (650 Finley Ave, Ajax)
1:30 pm Depart for GM Oshawa Autoplex
2:00 5:00pm Meet & Greet with the men & women of GM Oshawa
GM Oshawa Assembly, Stamping, Engineers, Managers, Impala all welcome (Lot in front of Gate 5 of GM Oshawa, across from South Main Office, Park Rd. Oshawa)
5:00 pm Depart for Hotel
5:30 - 7:00 pm Downtime
7:00 9:00 pm BBOMG Group Buffet Dinner Guild Hall / Holiday Inn
9:00pm - ???? Parking lot party? Field trip to fine local establishment?
Saturday August 21st
8:00 9:00am - Breakfast at hotel
9:00am Depart for Nurse Chevrolet Cadillac
9:30 am 2:00pm Show n shine at Nurse Chevrolet Cadillac (1530 Dundas Street East, Whitby)
2:00 - Depart for Canadian Automotive Museum (99 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa)
2:30 4:00 pm - Tour of the Canadian Automotive Museum
4:00pm Depart for Hotel
4:30 8:30 pm Downtime and/or Dinner cruise (optional)
8:30 pm ??? 2nd annual BBOMG evening social event
Oshawa Assembly, Stamping, Engineers, Impala all welcome Durham Hall / Holiday Inn
Sunday August 22nd
8:00 10:00am - Breakfast at hotel & checkout
10:30am ? TBD (Possible group trip to the CCFBG North York Car Show)
Registration:
Attendance - Please email
buyersandbuildersregister@gmail.com with the following information: Your name, # of people attending, year and model of car(s) attending, # of people attending the buffet.
You MUST send the email to be registered; If you just post here you are not yet registered. Note this is NOT the hotel reservations (you must make your own reservations)
Cost There is NO ENTRANCE FEE to attend this event;
Group Buffet Dinner The group buffet dinner is the only exception to the above point. The cost per person for the buffet dinner is $35 and must be paid in advance.
Host Hotel Information:
Holiday Inn Oshawa Whitby Conference Centre
1011 BLOOR STREET EAST
Oshawa, Ontario
L1H 7K6 CANADA
Ways to make your reservation:
1 Call the hotel directly (905-576-5101): quote the group name Camaro Group / group code CAM (THIS is the only way to "maybe" still get the group rate)
Convoys:
Please contact the following members for convoy information:
West (Detroit) - little_bank_robber (PM)
South (Buffallo) - Trm0002 (PM or email at
camaroconvoy@ejmckenica.com)
East (Montreal /Ottawa / Kingston ) - RickRay (check out this thread:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...04#post2113804 )
Letters to the Builders:
Similar to last year we are asking all those who are happy with their cars to spend a moment and write a letter to the plant workers expressing how this car has brought you joy and share stories about the car (of course were focusing on Oshawa-built vehicles here). These letters will be published in the plant newsletter. Send your letters to
buyersandbuildersstories@gmail.com
A special thanks goes out to the corporate sponsors and supporters of this year's BBOMG including:
Others I should mention include:
- North Oshawa Lions Club
- Limestone Emroidery (Kingston)
- Many others that I can't remember right now
and,
- All of you! The Owners!