Colin,
I am new to Morgans and I think it is a great idea. One club I belong to is
the New England MG T Register and even though the name implies only New
England, it serves as a national club with local chapters being affiliates
of the NEMGTR. The NEMGTR puts out a regular glossy magazine called the
Sacred Octagon that publishes articles on the major events. Of these major
events they have two a year. They have a spring and a fall GOF (gathering of
the faithful). These are major gatherings that people often drive their cars
thousands of miles to reach. An award is handed out for the longest distance
traveled. The California people also have a separate GOF West each year in
one of the western states. During my years in Colorado it was held there
several times.
So I am looking forward to the fall Mog gathering since this will be my
first major Morgan event since acquiring my Morgan last fall.
Phil Roettjer
67 +4
67 MGB
and former 54 MGTF owner
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colin Cobb [SMTP:cobmeister@zianet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 2:11 PM
> To: Morgan Mailing List
> Subject: ConMogCon?
>
> Hey Gang,
>
> Visiting that great website that GoMoG has developed got me to thinkin'
> again...
>
> Janet and I have owned our '66 Plus 4 for nearly twenty years, have put
> many,
> many thousands of miles on it, have driven it to and shown it at numerous
> shows and conclaves, but have never gone to a National Morgan Convention.
> Why
> not? Well, mainly 'cause there ain't none...
>
> Have you ever asked yourself why there is not a huge (well, largish
> anyway)
> Morgan Club in North America? The advantages--parts availability, regalia,
> international conclaves, regional conclaves, a slick Morgan Monthly, etc.,
> etc, etc,--seem so obvious.
>
> I've always believed it is because we are so spread out over here that
> communication was just too big a problem to handle. Because of the
> internet I
> think that may be changing.
>
> Nowadays it would be possible to structure a North American Moggie Club so
> that each specific club (GoMog or MogMog or whatever)
> retains it's status as a local or regional club undiminished
> while becoming a club chapter in a national club. Members
> joining the national club would have the option of affiliating with the
> Chapter of
> their choice and most would affiliate with the nearest chapter. Local
> chapters could charge a nominal extra fee to cover whatever costs the
> local
> chapter thinks are not recovered by the rebate of dues from national.
>
> Individuals who do not have a close local chapter could still join the
> national
> club and participate as much as they could. Personally, I have little
> doubt
> that most members could and would make it to at least some of the
> "Continental
> Morgan Conventions." The lure of a couple of hundred Mogs gathered on the
> grass would pull strong at the heartstrings...
>
> Most chapters would still publish a small newsletter with local info but
> the big
> effort and expense would be in a slick national mag which would be
> published
> monthly and very
> professionally by the national club. "National" could collect all dues and
> rebate a portion
> to the chapters based on the number of affiliates.
>
> Both National and Chapter websites could and would flourish through "net
> rings." There would be both National and
> Chapter activities but the Premier Event would be an annual Continental
> Convention conducted at rotating sites in the US and Canada. At the annual
> Convention, Chapters would "bid" to host
> the next (open) convention date (which would be scheduled several years in
> advance)
> and the membership would select the site. First year, maybe Philadelphia,
> then
> maybe L.A, then Toronto, then Dallas, whatever, you get the idea...
>
> Chapters (and unaffiliated members) would elect National Board members;
> the
> elected Board members would select
> officers from their own ranks and the board would appoint "special" chairs
> as
> needed (competition, regalia, membership, model registry, etc., etc.).
>
> The benefits and advantages seem self-evident. Why wouldn't something like
> this work for Morgans? Anybody have any thoughts?
>
> --Colin Cobb, Las Cruces, NM, USA
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