Month: March 2020

From Friday, march 6th to Sunday March 08th it was meeting time. The meeting was held at our Crew Chiefs location in Germany. The focus was on:

• Promotion of mutual understanding
• Impartment and discussion of the RAAM-Rules, the US traffic rules and specific means of behavior in the US
• Determination and Discussion of organizational and tactical issues
• Fitting of the Team clothing
• Analysis of the current state of affairs

With the Team Meeting held this is already done:

• Team building is completed (4 Racer / 10 Crew / 2 Media)
• An official Team Name (DRIVING THE WORLD) is found
• All official registration issues are done
• all official Appointments are booked
• All vehicles (3 Vans / 2 Recreation Vehicle) are booked
• All Flights are booked
• Team Material is almost complete
• Fitting of Team clothing is completed
• Team Mates are aware of the Processes prior, during and after the Race
• Team Mates are familiar with the RAAM-Rules & the specifics of the US Traffic Rules

What is still to do until our departure June 14th 2020:

• Finalizing the Applies for Visa Waiver Programm (ESTA-Status)
• A Plan for the proportional distribution of Team Material and Team clothing for the flights has to be finalized
• Concerning the Corona-Issue, a Backup Plan for 2021 has to be discussed and finalized

Some more miscellaneous impressions of the Meeting:

Dag GRUNDSETH joined the team. He is an expert on media. Together with Ingar STORFJELL he will be responsible for the documentation of our adventure RAAM 2020. Welcome to the Team – Dag. Good to have you here.