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cak010

Thu 15 Apr 2010 : 14:03

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UPDATE:
This will be happening August 20-22.

Schedule:
Friday, August 20th - Evening Gym session
Saturday, August 21st - UCLA Session
Sunday, August 22nd - More training (possibly Santa Monica or Fullerton)

--Info on the gym--
LA School of Gymnastics
8450 Higuera Street
Culver City, 90232
google map

Show up around 8:30pm

Also, you MUST fill out a liability waiver. If you are under 18, you must have a legal guardian sign it. You can download the waiver here and bring it with the day of. LASG_Release_Form. Fill out the first half. On the second half we just need emergency contact info (located toward the bottom). No need for driver's license info and that stuff.

--Info on UCLA--
Meet at the fountain area at the corner of Westwood Blvd. and Le Conte Ave. (North-East corner of the intersection, diagonal from Burger King)
Map
Here's a Campus Map if you want it.

Time: 10am

Possible post-session BBQ:
Once we stop training, we can head to a park just down the road from UCLA that has places to BBQ. It's Westwood Park map. Someone would have to volunteer to do run the BBQ, money would have to be collected for food, someone would have to pick up the food, etc.
Who's up for it?

--Info on Sunday--
TBD

--Housing and Transportation--
As far as places to stay go...if you are looking to stay with someone, I think at least one person here volunteered to house people.
Anyone else willing to house people? If so, how many an stay at your place?

- Ty (aka Beast) has volunteered to house 5-6 people

Beast wrote ...
ok. i put in for the time off, and friday/saturday night, i can house like, 5-6 people. im here in La Habra Heights, about 15 minutes from Hillcrest/Fullerton. my phone number is 562-217-1230. text me, as when i'm at work, i can't reallly talk on the phone, but can sneak info via text. so yeah, there ya go. :) Albert and Michael and a few others stayed at my place last year

Beast still has a few spots left that haven't been claimed if anyone needs a place to stay.

Hostels in the Santa Monica/Venice, West Hollywood/Hollywood area are good. Here are a few good ones:
Santa Monica -link-
Hollywood - -link-
Venice - -link-
West Hollywood - -link-
If you are a girl and want a hostel that is all girls and proven to be safe, check out this one in Hollywood bordering Downtown (getting a little far from UCLA if you don't have a ride) -link-

As for hotels/motels, search for something in one of these areas to be near UCLA: Westwood, Century City, Santa Monica, Culver City, Venice, West LA, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, or Brentwood.
UCLA has a "Guest House" Hotel which can be useful if you are splitting the cost or don't mind paying a bit more. Then again hotels in the area are not generally inexpensive. Motels will be less expensive. If you have any questions about a particular area and safety, post up and I'll let you know my thoughts.

Of course depending on where you are will determine your transportation needs. There are a few bus systems in LA that work though it can be difficult to navigate. One has to know what buses and times before going to a bus stop as there is rarely a schedule at the actual bus stop itself. Google Maps is a good place to start for bus directions if you have addresses. Also, LA Metro goes virtually everywhere in LA but can get confusing. Santa Monica has an efficient bus system called the Big Blue Bus. Culver City has the Culver City Bus. Hollywood/West Hollywood has the "Dash" but effective August 1st it won't service that area anymore but the area will still be covered by LA Metro.
Of course there are local taxis but I don't know how expensive that will get.

Also, I'm sure some people are willing to offer rides as well as long as they know you need it so post up! NoFlo already offered to give a ride to those who may need it.

--Parking--
Here's the general parking situation for Westwood and UCLA:

Parking in Westwood can be quite challenging. It's actually one of the most complained about issues in the area. There are various parking lots in the area as well as parking in the UCLA lots. Free parking is a rare thing to find.
I don't know the prices for any of the lots.

Westwood parking lots/structures/street
There is a parking structure and a parking lot right across the street from each other on Broxton Ave: See map here.
There is a parking lot at the corner of Le Conte Ave and Broxton Ave (entrance on Le Conte) See map here
There is metered parking spread throughout Westwood if you want to go that route. Most of Westwood now uses those numbered spots with pay kiosks as opposed to individual meters per spot so be aware of that. Again, watch your time if you do park at one as parking enforcement does issue citations.

UCLA lots/structures
Here's a general UCLA Parking Map
Parking in a UCLA lot can be done in a couple ways depending on the lot itself. Parking Pay Stations can be found in some lots and structures throughout campus. Please read the posted signs and screen prompts for Pay by Space or Pay and Display directions. Pay Stations allow you to select the time you need to spend on campus and pay accordingly (all-day passes can also be purchased).
Daily Permits are available by stopping at the Information & Parking booth located on Westwood in the median across from Parking lot 9. They can actually tell you all your parking options within UCLA. There are other Info booths around campus if needed and they are indicated by the "i" symbols on the general UCLA Parking map linked above.

Other
There's the slightest chance you may be able to find some free street parking (don't count on it) in the residential areas but be very careful. Limits are strict and parking enforcement really does patrol the area and will ticket you if you are parked longer than the allotted time, IF you are even allowed to park there in the first place. So read all posted signs carefully.

For BBQ:
Westwood Park
As for parking at Westwood Park, there is street parking (again be mindful of posted signs) as well as two free lots. One small lot is located at the Veteran Ave entrance and one at the Sepulveda Blvd entrance.

I hope that helps.

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BAPK did it last year and are turning to PKCali to host this year. It's no simple task. I've got a lot on my plate at the moment, so I ask you all to help out. Let's start planning....

Ideas on dates, locations, housing, etc.

[ Edited Fri 20 Aug 2010 : 18:07 ]

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cak010

Fri 23 Apr 2010 : 19:36

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Keep in mind there could be a LOT of people. This can and probably should span multiple days.

[ Edited Fri 23 Apr 2010 : 19:36 ]

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plastic

Fri 23 Apr 2010 : 23:30

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Let's start with some examples from last year. What were the spacifics on that? How long did it go for? Where did people stay? Do you have a link to an onld thread?

SafeNSure

Sat 24 Apr 2010 : 02:30

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...sure thing: here you go!
;)

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Stumpy

Sat 24 Apr 2010 : 16:05

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i think it should be right in the middle of CA, like san fran (last years location for those who dont know).
as for dates, early summer would probably be the best, or late, either way be before or after the major heat

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Sat 24 Apr 2010 : 17:05

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Just a thought but, do we know where most of the people are going to be coming from? This might help us choose a better location for people. I.e. if most of the people are coming from SoCal, does it make sense to hold it in San Fran? California gets more spread out as you get farther north, so maybe somewhere a little farther south would allow more people to be able to carpool without affecting the people who have to fly.

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cak010

Tue 27 Apr 2010 : 15:05

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Since it was hosted in San Fran last year, I think the idea is to have it more south this year. It's mostly Cali people. Those who will fly in from other locations will be flying so it's not a huge difference for them.

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plastic

Tue 27 Apr 2010 : 15:41

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How about LA? it's close enough to everywhere to make it fair for everybody.

cak010

Tue 27 Apr 2010 : 20:21

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I have no problem with LA. If it's in LA, I could probably get a night of play at the gym I teach at, but people couldn't sleep there.

Here are some things to start discussing/figuring out:

- Which days?
- What specific locations? It needs to be somewhere that can support huge groups possibly divided up into smaller large groups.
- How about housing and transportation?
In the original discussion that BAPK had, you'll notice a list of various people who were willing/able to house people and drive people as well as hostels and public transportation info.
- Where/when would you have a BBQ or some sort of non-training get-together

Thoughts?

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Stumpy

Tue 27 Apr 2010 : 22:26

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god damn it. i can make it to sanfran no problem. oh well ill do some overtime and get down to LA :)
i dont know ne of the area down there so im just gunna watch the thread from here on out. GL guys :)

Rebel_City_4K

Wed 28 Apr 2010 : 07:25

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I don't have enough space to house...but I'm a damned good cook! If I know specific dates, I don't mind workin the grill.

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Wed 28 Apr 2010 : 07:30

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Well I'd really like to make it out, gotta know the dates so I could figure out the cost to fly...

SafeNSure

Wed 28 Apr 2010 : 13:58

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Last year it took place around Memorial week-end (last Monday in May).
I know many people are going to be in Ohio and it might be too late anyway to set it up on those dates this year.

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Corndogg

Wed 28 Apr 2010 : 14:31

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There was just the big CA Jam in SF recently as well so I definitely think it should be in the south somewhere!

There's a thread on APK with all the big jam dates - -link- , make sure it doesn't conflict and also post these dates there as well!

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Lonnie

Mon 03 May 2010 : 15:36

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Yes! SOCAL for the win. LA is probably the most centralized if we're going to do it down south this year.

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plastic

Tue 04 May 2010 : 13:49

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So first we need to figure out where. Then when, which of course will need to end up being after the Ohio Yamakasi meet.
We'll want locations centralized around jam spots able to take a group of 75 (adjust?), public transportation routs, and locations of people willing to house, in that order of importance.

1) So who knows the LA area? Let's get a list of known LA area jam locations on this thread. I'll overlap a map of them onto local transit routs.

2) Who's willing to house? Now that we have a general idea of the area we'll be in, let's start hearing in from those willing to house Tracuers. The sooner we start taking down locations, the more we'll have.

Let's get this thread advertised on the home page too.

[ Edited Tue 04 May 2010 : 13:51 ]

plastic

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SafeNSure

Fri 07 May 2010 : 11:10

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Thread linked from our local community...
Let's see if we get some enthusiasm going.

UrbanBallerina

Fri 07 May 2010 : 12:16

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I think L.A. would be cool. Could we have it before the last week of August? That's when school starts up.

cak010

Fri 07 May 2010 : 17:53

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So I'm thinking UCLA and downtown. Anyone else have suggestions?

Anyone have preferred dates they like for this? Anyone have dates they don't like for this?

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Fri 07 May 2010 : 19:52

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We should definitely stick to corn dogg's recommendation of avoiding those larger jam's. If anyone else has any contribution on dates to avoid, please say so.

Other than that I think that it'd be best to figure out When after we get down the Where and How so that we have time to figure out the details before committing to a certain date.

I'm going to sift through the sessions listing and find a bunch of spots in LA and make a list with addresses so I can start that reference map. if anybody wants to help, please do.

Rebel_City_4K

Mon 10 May 2010 : 02:54

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Id hit up Jo on PKLA...he is versed in most, if not all the large group spots...parkour.meetup.com or google pkla

N o F l o

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Dwntwn LA would be fun, but might be challenging with an especially large group unless we break into smaller groups and rotate to the hotspots within. I believe it's mostly private property down there. Pershing Square might be a good meet spot too.

[ Edited Mon 10 May 2010 : 09:27 ]

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Mon 10 May 2010 : 11:10

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Most out-of-towners will be flying in or driving, but probably spend one night there. In an area large as LA/Hollywood/UCLA, their possibilities for accommodation and reasonable access to spots should be considered, if possible.

cak010

Mon 10 May 2010 : 17:02

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NoFlo - I was figuring that's how'd we'd have to approach any spot.

SafeNSure - That is definitely something to take into consideration. Thanks. Assuming we do this in LA, since LA is a bit sprawled, transportation will be a major point.

One thing to add on, once we figure out the dates, I'll schedule that Friday night for a gym session at the gym in which I teach.

[ Edited Mon 10 May 2010 : 17:03 ]

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