So then Ladies and Gents,
I have given a bit of thought during the year about club meets, both interest and attendance. We have had volunteers who have taken the lead and organised meets to fall at the hurdle with little interest and very few attendees, this can be quite demoralizing for the meet leader.
Talking to some members its down to a few reasons, they may not like some of the people who will be attending the meets, this is purely a personal issue, people may not like the type of event/meet planned, others just cherry pick the meets that they want to go on and finally the group who may feel a bit intimidated by some of the more senior club members.
I have met and listened to a number of WR1OC meet attendees over the last two years and it’s difficult to actually pinpoint why we can get enough members together at least a few time a year. It also seems to be a problem to get a proper meet coordinator; Frazer made a valiant attempt with a great Highlands tour planed where he obviously put a lot of thought and time into the route, hotels, ferries and even fuel stops for those pick people who wanted V power. As usual, this failed due to lack if attendees and some people say cost.
Equally, we have had some great meets where we have had great turnout, such as Bruntingthorpe, the DSA Rolling road day, and a couple of Christmas and social do’s.
I am therefore going to have a go for 2009 and arrange a number of club events that are open and agreed by all members. Given the events I would propose that we agree meet leaders for specific events and they can plan the detail and using the lead from Rosy and Chris and there Bruntingthorpe meets, can lobby and gee up the attendance.
The following proposed events list is a start, I kindly ask if people can review the list and add there names, I sagest that we pick the top six events that people want to attend and then start the planning. I would also like to see volunteers for the meet leader for specific events, I have taken the liberty of adding meet leaders to a couple of the events below, I hope you don’t mined but please feel free to amend. I have not added meet dates; I think we can do this when we know the kind of events that we are planning.
1-Social Meets
North
Midlands
South
2-Rolling Road Day (Leader-Bro)
3-Track Days
Donnington
Silverstone (Leader-Robin)
Brandshatch
4-WR1OC 5th Anniversary Party (Leader-Mac-1 & 1 other)
5-Bruntingthorpe (Leader-Rosy & Chris B)
6-Road Trips/Tours (1 Day events)
A5 Road Trip (Leader EVO 3695)
Derbyshire
Yorkshire
7-Weekend Meets
Stirling
Cornwall (Leader-Imposter)
8-Spa & Ring (Leader-Dan)
9-Other
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