01/05/2007

The Great COFE for CF is becoming a documentary! We are currently in discussion with producers!

The New Year started off with terrific news! Did anyone hear or notice the news item on January 1 that Bulgaria and Romania have joined the European Union?? Since a large portion of the ride is on the border between these two countries that will make life a lot easier! The benefit of these countries joining the EU means that travelling through them, crossing from one to the other and back again, taking the support vehicle in and out will be a simple matter of driving across the border! Typically crossing from one EU to another EU country requires no formalities; once you're in the EU you're in! This was going to be a major headache for us to contact the embassies, arrange for car documents, tourist visas for all of us (from varying nationalities)... Who would've guessed this could've happened! I'll still clear it with the embassies just in case!

Journalist Alice Hansen from Hobart has written a magazine style article and COFE's own reporter Heather Lea has written a 'press release' for the ride.I have also received some fantastic letters of support! These will greatly enhance our chances of getting good sponsorship. These documents plus photos that I have prepared and printed are to be included with the sponsor packs as well, letters have been drafted to be mailed out to the pharmaceutical and other companies and within a week these will start going out.

Find the above mentioned materials here: www.vanpraag.info/cofe1

Walter------------