[JONAT] AGM report

[Fazal Cader]

Just one thing I'm a bit confused about. It seemed to me that JCNA is saying 
it is not a sanctioned event, yet they are giving the go ahead for planning 
the event.  Isn't that like being a little bit pregnant?   Is it a JCNA 
event, or not?

Fazal

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Stephenson" <marks@jaguarot.com>


> Fazal, I think that's perilously close to "biting off more than I can 
> chew."
> :-) Thanks for the support. Same to you Christina.
>
> I'm back from the AGM. As I looked through some old e-mails I recognized
> some names of people I met at the AGM. Bill Borrusch and Dave Belanger are
> up for the tour in 2006, which is good news because they are still active.
> Russell Glace from South Florida suggested we start in the Keys. It would
> certainly be an interesting drive, and would definitely make a good link 
> if
> we can't add it to the loop.
>
> That opens up an interesting tour construct. We're going to have a bunch 
> of
> clubs and individuals offer to do a sector, however, I'm almost positive
> that we aren't going have all of them fall in a perfect loop around the
> country. There will be some we just can't include. However, we can create
> links. Arizona sort of pioneered this last year, but for a different 
> reason.
> Our club's home, Phoenix, was not on the route, so we had to set up a 
> route
> for the members to connect. As may be the case with South Florida, the
> entire sector would be the link. What will be great about it is that we'd
> have three sectors converging on one point.
>
> Christina, you may have to opportunity to do both the ocean and the 
> mountain
> routes.
>
> Dennis Eynon, a fellow Jaguar Club of Central Arizona guy, my roommate at
> the AGM, and the presenter of the tour to the Board of Directors, came up
> with a great idea.
>
> The 2006 Annual General Meeting, where we have about 150 members 
> assembled,
> is set for Seattle, WA about this time next year. The Western States Meet,
> probably the biggest single event in the country in 2006, will be held in
> Portland, OR in mid-July. (Christina do you know the dates?) I don't think
> there could be a better start and end. It may create a bit of an overlap 
> or
> gap depending on the route, but close enough, IMHO. We'd run the continent
> counter-clockwise this time. These dates give us an extra two or three
> weeks, which, if clubs hold events like concours on the weekends, will 
> slow
> down the run, but make it more interesting.
>
> Mike P., I'm with you on the circles. We did that last year and we had a
> successful run. (See route maps below.) I'd be willing to bet that the 
> other
> successful SCs did the same. That was the predominant suggestion from a
> number of people who, for the remainder of the AGM, came up to me with
> ideas. I was grateful for the suggestions and pleased that there were so
> many. (More below.)
>
> Here's a little timetable information to give everyone an idea of what we
> have ahead of us. Clubs need to sanction events (concours, slalom, rally)
> four months in advance and set the date. That means that we really need to
> juggle about three things simultaneously.
>
> We need to find out what clubs are interested and if they want to have a
> sanctioned event in conjunction with the tour, then we need to have them
> hold off requesting the sanctioned date until we get the route set. 
> However,
> we are going to need to find out which clubs are on board, before we can 
> set
> the handoff dates. This means that we really need to have the handoffs set
> by October 2005 at the latest. Tweaking between two sectors might be
> possible by mutual agreement after that, but we can't allow that tweaking 
> to
> affect the other sectors down the line. Working backwards, we're probably
> going to have to have the clubs committed by August and a working route
> established. Moving even closer to the present, we'll start with a really
> general outline which will get more and more specific as time goes on.
> Preceding that, we really need to get the website up and running. If 
> anyone
> has a direct e-mail to Greg Meboe, have him e-mail me or Pascal
> (pascal@jcna.com). I think Greg's sector pages as in my signature line 
> were
> excellent, allowing SCs to enter their own route information and
> descriptions, tracking signups, with the security of keeping the entrant's
> full name secret. I definitely want he and Pascal to talk about 
> transferring
> or setting up the same thing on the JCNA website, and transferring the 
> JONAT
> I over if that's agreeable to everyone. Pascal can set up forums for us,
> too. Once that's done, we can make a big announcement to all the clubs.
> (Pascal, see
> <http://jonat.org/sector/info.cfm?sequence=7.0> for Greg's really cool
> pages.)
>
> I think as we build up steam, we'll need to split lists into two and 
> perhaps
> three, so management and SCs don't lose e-mail in what I expect will be a
> very busy list.
>
> In some places, particularly the East Coast, clubs are quite close 
> together.
> I'm going to suggest that we don't have any one-day segments. The
> administrative hassle isn't going to be worth it. Two day segments would 
> be
> rare, and only if one of the contiguous segments is long. If more than one
> club within a reasonable proximity wants a segment, I'm going to suggest
> that the multiple clubs work together and create a single segment. They 
> can
> each set up a day or two of the sector, but there will be one point of
> contact for the segment. Does that sound like a good idea?
>
> Now back to those other suggestions. We can keep them in mind for future
> tours.
>
> I received the spoke suggestion that's been mentioned here, and that's
> something we can consider for the future, but if we plan for links, that 
> is
> sort of a combination of the two.
>
> One was having pins for each sector like the Harley people do. (I had that
> in my handout, although I don't think we'll have the numbers to justify 
> it.
> That first pin costs a whole lot, but after that they're cheap.) However, 
> I
> think stickers for the route book would be a good idea. Most areas of the
> country that have some distinguishing feature have stickers of that, so if
> it's Seattle, it might be the a Space Needle sticker, Boston might have a
> bean, or maybe the North Church, etc. Clubs could probably buy a sheet for 
> a
> couple bucks.) Then again, I've seen inexpensive generic pins for the same
> things, so that might be worth looking into.
>
> Another person referred to another marque club that had a "pass the baton"
> tour (sounds like us with Jay) except the segments didn't have to link
> temporally with the next. Each ran a tour then got the "baton" to the next
> club. That would add flexibility, but I like the continuity.
>
> I've mentioned the route book binder with the tour and the sponsors
> emblazoned on it. I've mentioned local clubs obtaining sponsors if they'd
> like to cover sector costs. We'll have some sort of identifying insignia
> cling, magnet, plate or something. A flat entry fee will get you those 
> items
> for as many sectors as you take. Anyone have any other ideas? The nice 
> thing
> about JCNA affiliation is that we'll have front money, so while I don't 
> want
> to make it too complex or get too involved with memorabilia (unless we can
> get a memorabilia volunteer), we do have more options.
>
> OK, I've realized that I've created a short novel here, so I'm going to
> silence myself. We're in the brainstorming phase for a little while, so
> throw out your ideas and we can discuss them.
>
> Mark Stephenson, Sector Coordinator - Arizona
> Jaguar Owners North American Tour (www.jonat.org)
> AZ Sector Home Page - http://jonat.org/sector/info.cfm?sequence=7.0
> Arizona Sector Report - http://jonat.org/mark/JONAT07AZReport
> Route details - http://jonat.org/mark/secdetail/secdetail.htm
> Printable maps - http://www.jonat.org/mark/routemaps.pdf
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jonat-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:jonat-admin@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Fazal Cader
> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 7:25 AM
> To: jonat@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [JONAT] JCNA
>
> Mark, looks like you've really got the 'bit between the teeth' on this 
> one!
> And, I'll be happy to help where I can - and I'll start saving my pocket
> money for 06.
> Which leads me to suggest that we start working on firstly, setting a 
> start/
> finish date (at least start date) so that clubs can start planning their
> rallies and other club events and, secondly, a draft route. I'll start the
> ball rolling with a start from PAG, Irvine on 14th April, heading East.
>
> Cheers
>
> Fazal
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