Don't even think about it!! lol!!:no:

 

I come back from Japshow Finale and every thread with club suggestions is deleted and/or closed!!

 

You lot can't be left on your own for five minutes!!! And as for the members....:whistling: Only kidding!

 

Right so, back to the point -

 

For me, it's simple.

 

1. The club bank account grows by "an amount" per year. Fact. the figures are here http://300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=94723 but I can't tell if it's £1,500 or £2,500 after expenses per year. This is great news!!

2. The club account presently has £25,000 of the members money in it. Fact

3. Since the inception of the club there has never been a £25,000 emergency. Fact.

 

What a great position to be in!!

 

We have £25,000 in the bank and we have never needed to use it!!

 

I'm sure we have insurance so it should not be needed anyway.

 

My suggestion is that we stop growing the deposit by what ever it is per year and instead spend the net amount from the previous year on this years members in the way of Japanese car events or events of some description.

 

Let's divide this left over budget into each region and see what events we all want to attend by a member poll. This should result in more localised meets and I expect that each region will want to attend some of the same events such as JAE, Japshow etc. So not only are we doing more regionally but also nationally.

 

As for the £25,000 I would like to see some of this invested in capital equipment such as banners for each region and gas BBQ's. Yes I love my food!

 

What do the REO's think? What does the NEO think?

 

What do the members in each region think??

 

Cheers!

"Andy Isherwood, moddest Man 2011, 300zx.co.uk"

Nice stuff in there!!

 

Here's a good one. The prize could be an embroidered polo shirt with your name on - handy to wear at club events, the club name and also what you won to get it!!!!!

 

So it would say something like -

 

"Andy Isherwood, Sexiest Man 2011, 300zx.co.uk"

 

Or "Pablito, Slimmer of the Quarter, Q1 20012"

 

or "Daffy, Most Indecisive Member, 2012" Actually, not sure about that one?

 

Or, "300zx_666, Musical Chairs, Champion, JAE 2012"

 

This way you get something nice to wear, people can see your name and you can proudly wear your prize for all to see!!

 

I'm sure Kim can get the shirts sorted.

 

What do you all think?

 

Any other ideas for example categories?

 

Well I'm the Insomnia Champ 2011, should be recognosed for that..lol

"Andy Isherwood, moddest Man 2011, 300zx.co.uk"

 

Isherward...indeed a modest man... read between the lines peewee!

 

those ladies have been talking again.:oops:

Well I'm the Insomnia Champ 2011, should be recognosed for that..lol

 

Yeah, what ever.

 

I'm off to bed!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What you up to?

Yeah, what ever.

 

I'm off to bed!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What you up to?

 

git. lol. I'll stay up a wee while yet :lol:

I won musical chairs this year but no-one saw it....:cowboy:.....:lol:

These are all great ideas :-) heres my input.....

how about a Z scalextric league????? (sorry, random) would be fun at the regional meets?

 

I set up a big slot racing circuit at a previous National zed meet and no went near it all weekend???

How about a forum trackday?

Oh wait, i tried that, nobody came!

I set up a big slot racing circuit at a previous National zed meet and no went near it all weekend???

 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwhhhhh.

 

Where's my little violin?

 

Do you need a hug?

 

Are you ok?

 

I like you, even if no one else does.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actually that's not entirely true!

How about a forum trackday?

Oh wait, i tried that, nobody came!

 

See my last post!

 

Maybe you and croeso should go on a date?

Edited September 19, 201114 yr by Andy Isherwood
****ing and typing error

These are all great ideas :-) heres my input.....

 

the club calender is a must! and would be better sold at cost(ish) price rather than totally subsidised by the club. im sure folk wont mind paying a couple of quid for a good quality Zeddy calender :-) heres some prices but there just the first on google lol, so there must be loads of competition, possibly a club member works in a printers and could sort out some discount???

 

i think possibly getting some funding towards entry tickets to regional events or days out would help get people together, maybe things like dyno days, track days and possibly some other days like karting or paintballing?? just an idea as i know its hard to get people together for little meets, i could have done more as REO this year i know, after my little one was born the summer just seems to have passed me by a little :-( but ill endeavour to get a few more things going :-) having a bit of fundage for this kind of thing would just make the odd change from pub carpark meets etc i think for the local regular meets you just gotta keep trying as its rare to find dates everyone is free, but if the ones who are free still attend each one then eventually youl get more turn out i reckon.

 

 

the conjoined gazebo idea is great too, would make for gr8 bbqs etc in the summer, and could all transform into one massive super-powerful gazebo at national events, if we could get them embroidered or printed on then all the better, again, may have a member who works in this field??

 

club competitions with small prizes for subbed members are also a great idea, the prizes wouldn't have to be massive, and it would help build club spirit etc etc. the type of competitions should be varied too to keep things interesting and fair. maybe an annual lottery type thing would also be a good idea with the tickets being distributed for free to subbed members, again the prizes wouldn't need to be massive.

 

If any money was going to be spent it definitely needs to be of some benefit to the members who dont get to meets for whatever their reasons. and making the site more accessible to smartphones would be a really good idea as there becoming so popular these days (poll added) Even as i type this there are some interesting figures in the poll.

 

very vague idea here, but could some kind of deal be cut with 'club vetted' local garages for slightly cheaper service in exchange for club advertising??????

 

how about a Z scalextric league????? (sorry, random) would be fun at the regional meets?

 

 

Hmmmm, im sure there was more when i started this lol, im tired now lol.

 

ide just like to close by saying i thought vods did a great job at JAE, admittedly i was only there for the one day but i enjoyed it heaps :-) also i still think this is one of the friendliest car clubs out there (the ones where you keep your clothes on anyways:tt2:) there's never going to be a club where everyone agrees 100% of the time so i think we do pretty well :-)

 

We all know you and blokes that works in this field?? Sheepless nights.....lol:lol::lol::lol:

See my last post!

 

Maybe you and croeso should go on a date?

 

How do you know we haven't been on one???

How do you know we haven't been on one???

 

I thought his breath smelt funny!

I Actually love the idea of scalextric or equivalent, hell we could just set it up as a drag strip as well and have drag attacks and a leader board with knock out contests. winner at the end of the meet/event gets a prize lol

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwhhhhh.

 

Where's my little violin?

 

Do you need a hug?

 

Are you ok?

 

I like you, even if no one else does.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actually that's not entirely true!

No thanks, I know where your hug leads to. Andy If I've told you once I've told you a hundred times, I'm not going to sleep with you..! oops..! were dragging this of thread :surrender: My Bad :wink:

I Actually love the idea of scalextric or equivalent, hell we could just set it up as a drag strip as well and have drag attacks and a leader board with knock out contests. winner at the end of the meet/event gets a prize lol

 

Sounds like that could be a right laugh. we could also do a modified version for people that have tuned their cars.

Some pics of an R/C drift circuit that was set up at this years Swiss Tuning show. I only grabbed some pics for reporting purposes, As I was more interested in the real cars and bikini clads..:yes:

 

Can you get a Scalextric 300zx?

Think ill give the scalextrics a miss

Can you get a Scalextric 300zx?

 

ive been looking lol, no joy yet :-(

I have been reading through this thread and i have a few ideas!

 

I think this club is basically a 1 show club at the mo being JAE. I think if this site made as much effort to attend say 3/4 shows like JAE a year like japfest for example and have a better turn out and not have the need to piggy back of the zclub stand then not only would we raise the club profile you may get new members.

 

I think you are trying to over complicate local events. anthonyd arranged a local event where they meet at a local sevices drove to another services to meet a few more members and then on to the beech and from the looks of the photos they had a great day. This is all you need for local events no need to spend money from the kitty all the time.

 

I think the kitty should be used to encourge memebers to get out in there zed and attend the 3/4 shows a year we push a stand at. What shows the club attends should be voted for at the start of the year.

 

I think discount should be offered for the show's we decide to have a stand at as this helps members towrads there costs of attending the shows. I feel a stagered discount needs setting up ie 10% off a ticket for new memebers 20% off for members in the secound year and so up to what ever the budget can handle.

 

And finally the mods needs to look at why registered memebers are not becoming full members! We have a lot of members but not as many paid members we need to find out why. I personal belive that they dont see much beneift from becoming a member. a welcome pack and being able to sell stuff plus a extra places to post is not a huge incentive to join. Discount on shows etc i think will help

 

just my thoughts

Well you know your all welcome to the seaside, got a friend with a couple of hotels who puts on an excellent breakfast (for you Andy) and is very accomadating with his Bar (for you Pablito) who I know would do it at excellent rates. A bucket and a hose, and then a cruise round the seafront??? And there is always the possibilitie of the use of the local road race circuit (I`d have to find out more about that, but I know it`s been done before).

 

On another note, I`m definatley up for a track day or similar, these cars still have engineering way ahead of most modern cars and I for one would love to see what they`re capable of on the track!

Having chatted to Andy Ish at a meet tonight about this thread and the subjects he has raised I can confirm that he truly has the best intentions of the Zed community and this club at heart.

He is passionate beyond belief about the 300zx and the club. And as much as it pains me to say it, He's not a bad bloke.

Having chatted to Andy Ish at a meet tonight about this thread and the subjects he has raised I can confirm that he truly has the best intentions of the Zed community and this club at heart.

He is passionate beyond belief about the 300zx and the club. And as much as it pains me to say it, He's not a bad bloke.

 

Cheers Bud,

 

It was good to have a good old civilised discussion with you!

 

I'm still laughing about the two bloke from Pabb's golf club over hearing us call him Pedobear!!!

 

Explain that one on the green!!

He is passionate beyond belief about the 300zx and the club. And as much as it pains me to say it, He's not a bad bloke.

 

Daff mate.. he's an knob jockey.

 

Davegt40 I like the idea of a trip to the beach

 

Oi Brokeback it's more the fact that at the last committee meeting they asked me to run the junior section that worries me!