Re: Car Club

Tony Leeming (tleeming(at)mail.island.net)
Mon, 20 Jul 1998 19:25:06 -0700

Roger Gibbs wrote: >
> kurt.eckert(at)tfn.com wrote:
> >
> snip
> > We have the makings of a great club right here and I would suggest that we build
> > it from the group we have sitting right here. Can anyone think of another club
> > where you effectively meet everyday? Yes, I agree not everyone has a computer at
> snip
> >
> > I think that the time has come for the electronic car club. In other
> > words.....What Rex said :)
> >
> > Kurt Eckert
>
> I think that Kurt may be on to something. I have heard this referred to as
> "lateral thinking" or "out of the box thinking". Here we all are talking about a
> Alpine club, when maybe we already have one. I know that this kind of club does
> not allow face to face meetings for a discussion over a beer, but seems to me that
> we cannot have that with this group anyway (at least not for everyone). Those of
> us here in So Cal evidently have enough numbers to make this happen, but the
> contributors to this group are worldwide.
>
> So to follow on with Kurts thinking, let me suggest that we consider:
>
> 1. The formation of conventional clubs might work out well for some of this list's
> members.
>
> 2. For others there may be some real benefit if we add the next dimension to this
> group. Any ideas as to what is missing ?
>
> Your thoughts ?
>
> -Roger

Yep - I agree with Roger. I spent the weekend at a car show in Redmond with two guys that I originally met on the Net; Chuck and Rob. Dick Saunders was also there. 6 of the 7 Alpines on display had owners that had Internet access. My experience is that the more formal the Club becomes, the less people will want to conform to its rules.

Personally, the All British Field Meets are an excellent way for Alpines owners to get together if they want to make the effort. These events are run by some other club with far more resources... all you have to do is pay your entrance fee and show up. What could be simpler than that? I try to show up at 3 events; Vancouver, Redmond and Portland, but there are other events that VITAC and the OECC put on locally on Vancouver Island which I attend with other LBC's. VITAC is very informal.

I have been to 3 Sunbeam Northwest's and they are great events..Alpine owners stay away in droves...why is that? I posted all the info on the Net last week about SNW 98 in Eugene and nobody said diddly.

All the talk this last weekend was about SUNI 99. How about we start right now and try to recruit as many Alpine owners who are on this list to show up in Big Sky, Montana and we can have one great big beer drinking Internet party (if my wife reads this, I'm toast). And Chuck, you can suspend the asphalt business for a week!!

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