[JONAT] AGM report

Tue Apr 5 09:03:03 2005

Hi, Bob and everyone...just wanted to let you know that I have a PAG contact
and would be happy to coordinate with him...he was most gracious last year
in hosting the JONAT with a lunch and video promo as well as a tour of the
building.

I need to get through some more of these e-mails before I can add more
value, but I would like to see San Diego stay on as part of the main route,
not a spur...we had one of the most active segments on the tour with over 21
Jags on the roll up to PAG (we are only an hour+ away from Irvine).

Hazel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob" <engl@accesscomm.ca>
To: <jonat@autox.team.net>
Cc: "'Pascal Gademer'" <pascal@jcna.com>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 7:02 PM
Subject: RE: [JONAT] AGM report

> Mark
>
> I didn't comment yet on your ideas, so I thought I could ad my $us1.5
cents:
>
> I like your idea about the start/finish in the Pacific northwest as it
seems
> there are a couple of great tie-in events.  One thing we (someone?) has to
> do is put together a tentative route (i.e. very early starting point for
> discussion) and put some real rough dates on it.  We found in '04 that we
> had to juggle the too-hot desert areas with the too cold northern and
> mountain areas to make the timing a best fit best for all.  This should be
> started fairly shortly as it will take several months of messaging to come
> up with even a rough schedule around which clubs can start planning
events.
> Last year it was done by the Route Coordinator (me), but I'm not up to
that
> task for '06.
>
> Getting the clubs on board as you suggest is one of the early tasks.  In
> '04, some sector organizers came on board fairly late in the day and in
> fairness didn't have enough time to plan/publicise events.
>
> Regarding lists, we currently have two lists on autox.team.net, although
we
> are only using the [JONAT] one.  Perhaps Pascal might be interested in
> becoming the keeper of these lists (?) rather than myself?  (Another task
> I'd like to shed for '06).  Or perhaps JCNA has lists and we can transfer
> these lists there (?)
>
> The pins and binder ideas we thought were great ideas for '04, but never
did
> get those going.  I still think they are worth merit - I'm moving my
office
> to the same building a fairly large pin company is in and can check on
some
> costs if appropriate.
>
> I really thought that Jay added to the character of the Tour (I got some
> real interesting looks carrying around a stuffed Jaguar with a cowboy hat
at
> the dinosaur museum and at Goodwood!)
>
> One thing to keep in mind is corporate sponsorship timing.  If we want
some
> participation by Jaguar, JDHT, or other such large organizations they have
> very long gestation times for their budgets, and we might want to start
> thinking about making those contacts sooner than later.  Last year I had
the
> good fortune of making contacts with people at Jaguar Canada and the
Jaguar
> Daimler Heritage Trust, and would be more than happy to follow up with
those
> individuals if appropriate.  It think some others made a few good contacts
> with Jaguar in California (but I'm not sure if we made any with PAG -
anyone
> out there remember)?
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jonat-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:jonat-admin@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Mark Stephenson
> Sent: April 4, 2005 1:05 AM
> To: jonat@autox.team.net
> Cc: 'Pascal Gademer'
> Subject: [JONAT] AGM report
>
> 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
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