Dean is correct about the insurance for events but there are lots of other
reasons why your club should be affiliated. North American MGB Register is
the only MGB, Midget, 1100/1300 and Post-Abington MG organization in North
America recognized by MG Car Club of England (the original factory supported
MG Club). NAMGBR will plug your organization's events in the "MGB Driver"
and supply up to two free memberships per year for use as door
prizes/raffles. We're all into these cars together and you can not find a
club that gives you more quality, consistency, dedication and enthusiasm.
NORTH AMERICAN MGB REGISTER is run BY the members, FOR the members. BTW
elections for NAMGBR officers will be held in October in Chicago at the
Annual General Meeting. I'll be standing for the position of Vice Chairman
at that time. The Vice Chairman's main agenda is to address the concerns of
the affiliated chapters. If elected I'll be looking to improve the lines of
communication with all the affiliated clubs.
The only thing I'd say about that other "Association" is that if you define
a "club" as an organization run by it's members w/ officers elected by it's
membership, then they are not a "club". I feel that being a "member" of
something means that you have a say in what and how things are run and if
you don't then you are a "subscriber" not a member and the "Association" is
a business not a club.
There's my nickle's worth. Anyone wishing more info on North American MGB
Register can visit http://www.namgbr.org/namgbr/ . You will find a
membership form there and if you print it out and fax it to the 800 # w/
credit card payment I'll process it and have your initial membership stuff
to you with in a couple of weeks.
Thanks for asking and Safety Fast,
David Deutsch - Membership Coordinator - North American MGB Register
Subject: Re: Club Affiliation
> One advantage has to do with insurance. I understand if you have a car
show
> and notify the national club then that may cover you under their group
> policy and your local club will not have to buy insurance for the event
> yourself. They require that a certain number...usually about five to ten
> members of the club are member of the national club, but unusually there
are
> that many anyway.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Dean
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Frank Krajewski <frankk@intap.net>
> To: mglist <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 12:12 PM
> Subject: Club Affiliation
>
>
> > As President of a large New England based LBC club (British MotorCars of
> > New England) I am curious if any of you(or your local clubs) have had
> > the opportunity to affiliate with national MG clubs like AMGBA or
> > NAMGBR. I have been a member of NAMGBR since its inception and would
> > appreciate hearing the pros and cons of smaller clubs like ours becoming
> > "chapters" of the national clubs. It has recently come to my attention
> > that we are a "Chapter" of the AMGBA organization. I have been President
> > since Oct. 1998 and just found this out when I received my first ever
> > issue of the AMGBA OCTAGON and saw my club listed in their "Chapters"
> > section. Personally, I would prefer affiliation with NAMGBR. Don't
> > intend to start a turf war here, it's just my personal preference just
> > like my membership in the MGOC (MG Owner's Club in the motherland!) as
> > opposed to the "other" GB based MG club. Is David Deutsch out there
> > somewhere and can he offer he some help!
> > Frank "Swamp Yankee" Krajewski
> > <http://www.bmcne.com>
> >
>
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