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Hi All
Wow, how hot has this weather been of late. From what I hear it seems there is little chance of cooler weather any time soon. This heat affects us all in different ways and perhaps that may have been the reason for our low attendance at our February club meeting. Thank you to those that did make the effort to attend, as well as to those people who contacted us and gave their apologies. With the disappointing low numbers in attendance this forum was potentially not the ideal time to discuss topics such as National Meetings.
The topic of the National Meet was raised with particular concerns to the overall drop in attendance at past and present National Meetings. We are particularly keen to highlight the issues our members as well as those of other clubs are having. We openly discussed possible reasons for this decline.
I think it is time I ask our Members’ feelings on the National meeting in general and I would like to hear from you all on this issue. Over the past few months I have had emails as well as discussion with members on this topic however I would like to hear from anybody else with an opinion of the problem. So please give me a call or an email - I would love to hear from you. Some of the reasons that are being flagged are; The overall cost; the distance to travel to and from the event; suffering from the effects of members going to Bathurst for Easter. Is it a flow on from the recent economical down turn or a combination of all? We would hope with Newcastle MG Car Club hosting the 2011 meet a number of these issues shouldn’t be of concern; your Committee is very interested in finding out our members’ opinions.
This brings to me to further matters relating to the National Meet, is it time for Hunter MG to make our club’s feeling known to the rest of the MG Clubs around the country?
At this stage in time and in my opinion we as a club would struggle to host another National Meet. Your comments are important and essential for the committee to make an informed decision as to hosting any future event.
Well now that is off my chest - what a great month February was. A little of everything, a very friendly club night, a great club run/economy run, Interclub challenge (hill climb for the sporty members) and a wonderful natter night (well weekend for some, day/night for others). Thanks to John and Judy Woolmer for the effort- golf, swimming, a little natter and a few drinks what more could we want.
March brings some fantastic events of a Motorkhana at Honeysuckle (Steve Jones will have details in his segment), remember this is a great fun day and a great fun way to introduce young people and new members to MG’ing. We need as many participants as we can get and those of you that don’t want to participate we need your help too as starters/timer’s , BBQ’ers and Scrutineers. So pencil in Saturday March the 13th starting 8am.
During February a group of club members went to the Edinburgh Tattoo in Sydney organised on the Club’s behalf by Lyn and Geoff Smith and what a great job they did - rain, hail and I think we had some shine and certainly didn’t dampen the spirits. Although I think we all got a little damp at some time or other. Lyn and Geoff on behalf of the club thank you for the job well done.
Well that’s all from me folks just remember you will never never know if you never never come and join in.
Peter Currie
President
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