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how can we go forward if no one puts any thing in ? if some can travel fron the NE and far SE then where were all the rest of you ? we all came away a bit more informed and with some new ideas.a nice wander around the heritage centre was a bonus ! 
going for some cider see if that will do the trick, so not a complete waste then I hoped it would be better as we really do need to keep the dream alive.^^^ Similarly in the north west, its a pity regarding the small turn out at the AGM - can't say I fancied a 400 mile round trip! Instead of shaming those who didn't go why not involve us with some of the info gleaned??& then rather than have to wait & contact the area organisers at a later date so slowing down the process even further. A huge thanks must go to those who bothered to attend, some travelling many hundreds of miles to help ensure their club moves forward & progresses, thanks also to Jo, Stuart & Richard who all chaired the meeting with professionalism. On Stuart's request we cant openly discuss matters that were reached, on an open Forum for all to see, this will all appear in the club mag when its published. The venue was superb & all that did attend had a great day, cheers, Jinxy
- will have to wait for the next clubmag 
- but had to drop my Mk1 which I sold on ebay off in Plymouth - so did a fair bit of driving instead!!"If in doubt - just make the numbers up!" 
---just because most members choose not to attend the AGM it does not give you the right to talk down to them like naughty schoolchildren . so you feel you should be able to enjoy all the benefits you have listed and encourage everyone else to do the same but add nothing in return. you expect a very small minority to give up most of their free time so you do not have to do anything.as for the argument that they do not have to do it you are right, but then if everybody took that view there would be no club.my comments were a personal view and i was ashamed at the poor turn out. i believe if you take something you give back in return."slight" issues with my race car ](./images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif "Brick wall"){kind=small}
, and with no days off between yesterday and the next race we had to get it fixed. and it hasnt completly so i wish i came to the agm anyway.& Pete Kyte was further still & we all gave our free time to do it... why ? because we ALL had a duty as club members to have our say & put something back into our club. Its far too easy to sit back on our arses & reap the benefits & let eveyone else do the work, sorry but its attitudes like that, that p1$$ me off. 
im sorry, but your out of line on this one bud.(well not EVERYONE!) . I agree with Tony and Kev as above, it is always the same faces attending events and involving themselves in club matters. When Jo Walker can devote her whole summer (yes the whole summer) to organising fantastic events and only a handful can be bothered to turn up, this is just not on. "active" members who could not attend, not a problem as you come to a lot of other events, to the others who pay their subscription and dont help the club in any way ... shame on you. (cant remember where he is from but if his accent is anything to go by then pretty far up North!!!) then why cannot other members make the effort? =D> =D> The minutes will be published in the club mag.- it's a shame you couldn't turn up to help us set issues straight.- no matter how small an issue, i think things will benefit members as a whole.
At first I was pre-booked yesterday, but that was cancelled last minute - by the time I found out, it would have been one big rush to get there for 11 (Bedford -> Reading to pick up car -> AGM) - ideally I'd have gone to Reading on Saturday night... but I didn't know I'd be able to come at that time... I was just wondering though, if the Mk1 site is going to get a rebuild (obviously as I wasn't there yesterday I don't know the details of this) could we not create a members only area in there for things like this?(started at 1 and that was hard enough for me to make it to on time!) and represented the Mk1 club for the London Run... (although I think I should'a put up some kind of advertising for it as my Mk1 definately looked out of place!) Well I'm very glad to say that I was wrong and I understand it was a very constructive meeting. 
mean you would like to see the moderators have a list of ACTIVE members and if any critisism came from someone not on the list then it should be censored out? --there fore why lump them all together? The club needs more active members. Nobody is wanting to point the finger at individuals who dont attend. All the club wants is for members to try and attend events, be it national or locally organised events. Granted some will have personal circumstances to prevent them attending , but I'm sure most of us are able to attend at least 1 or 2 events a year.