AC Owners Club Forum
AC Owners Club Forum => General Forum => Topic started by: Exowner on July 19, 2016, 11:40:53
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Hi all, A short post to see if there is any interest in establishing a monthly meeting in the New Forest area. This is a toe in the water exercise to see if there is anyone out there who would like a get-together. There are 2 monthly meeting within 25 miles of each other in the Surrey area, which makes me a little jealous! If I miss the Sprint, and the National day is too far, I can go the whole year with only the forum to keep me company. Any interested members should reply to this post, that way we will all know who's showing interest and from that a venue suitable to all can be agreed upon. I have very recently been through this palaver with the Morgan 3-wheeler club. Out of the 35-40 MTWC members who live in the area, only 5 replied positively! Hopefully the ACOC will be more responsive.
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Anyone?????????????????????????????
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I could be up up for a meet and drive in the new forest...
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I thought I'd give it one more go before I have a rant in ACtion concerning the lack of response.
Everyone keeps telling me about our ageing membership and how our cars are going to be beyond the pockets of the next generation of members.
Then someone tries to arrange a monthly meeting in an area bereft of any AC activities, and I get 1 reply.
No wonder our club is doomed with the enthusiasm at this level.
I'd like to thank Morgy for the reply back in August.
ps - I don't expect any constructive response to this posting - so I don't know why I bothered.
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Glen
I am sorry you have not had much of a response, but I would be interested in attending a meeting, I have no idea of how many member/owners there are in the area so maybe you would be willing to persevere a little longer, I basically have PVT cars & make Weller engines if that helps.
Regards
Robin
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I think the forum has a very limited number viewing, have you already put something in Action? (I'm a non member so wouldn't know!)
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Robin, good to hear from you, we've spoken before, so I know who you are! If anything does get off the ground I'll be sure to let everyone in the the club know by the means of both the forum and ACtion.
In reply to Jam2's response - circa 340 people had read this post and only 1 reply prior to this latest call! So far I have put nothing in ACtion, and at this rate I can't see the point other than giving Terry something to fill half a page. I may change my user name to 'disillusioned of New Milton'
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Originally posted by BE1058
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In reply to Jam2's response - circa 340 people had read this post and only reply prior to this latest call! ...
Hi Glenn,
340 people does not mean 340 ACOC members, as this Forum is open to non-ACOC members ....
I would go the ACtion way also .. don't get desperate so quickly.
Cheers
Constant
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Sorry, but I don't believe 340 people is correct. If you divide the 340 reads by the 6 posts up to that point, that gives you less than 60 people. Even less if some people read the posts more than once. And how many of those would be from the geographic region you are referring to?
So I think an article in ACtion gives you the best return for your efforts. Good luck.
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BE774 - sorry but circa 340 people have read the post. When they read it has nothing to do with it. I posted a post asking for interest in forming a new monthly meeting and 340 people read it - simple . People don't read posts without knowing the initial subject , unless it's one with multiple pages and the subject may have wandered from the thread.
Anyway, I wish I'd got as many responses first time round, or are those registered more interested in being pedantic???
It's not luck that's needed, it's an interest in getting together with other AC owners on monthly basis that's needed, still I'll probably be deemed to 'prickly' after this post---bye
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Wish I was nearer, Glenn, but Anglesey is a bit of a trek!
Keep at it though; remember, even if only 2 gather, it`s still enough to perform the Parrot Sketch!
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Well that put me in my place. I was only trying to be helpful. I thought that you meant the whole thread had been read on 340 occasions, not just the first post. I'll crawl back under my stone...
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Quite frankly, is not this all (without wishing to offend anyone) a bit silly? Someone comes up with the very laudable idea of a new monthly meeting but instead of airing this via ACtion which is the Club's official means of communication to its members, puts it on the Forum and then is upset because of the poor response. The Forum is much inhabited by a peripheral fringe lurking on the sidelines who do not wish to subscribe financially to the Club's welfare and the services it offers but yet they may wish to obtain information from and use the Club's resources for their benefit or exchange views for free. I have been a member of the Club since 1968 and know a great many people, some of whom are close friends. Of all those I know, I am aware of only two people who look at the Forum. It is a totally false assumption that the Forum is the mainstay of the Club's way of broadcasting information to the Membership. If an idea for a new area meeting is to be suggested then the best means of reaching the Membership is via ACtion.
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SBB, I expect you will have offended a number of people! (I'm not so sensitive) I have no idea how many who have posted on this thread are non members. I am a non member, having parted with my last AC over 20 years ago, but had been a member for the previous 20 years. The forum being open to all should be of benefit to members, I hope that on occasions I might have given some helpful information.
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Glenn, I really think the whole ACOC forum is great pity. As you well know I own a Mk IV. I've posted over 20 posts with very few responses. Quite disheartening because it seems to me that many of my fellow Mk IV owners simply don't care to frequent these forums. There may also be some who own the cars but don't use them at all. But then there are only 78 rhd cars. Many of the posts are when people are seeking technical help or about car values, but that's about it. There was only one post, that got any form of conversation going and that was stopped by a moderator who said the dialogue was going off topic. Brilliant! I think sadly when a forum is inactive, nobody looks at it very often. It would help greatly if posters could be mailed if somebody responded and also if photos could be posted direct from your device. I'd pay a few more quid on my membership for that, because right now it's the US Club Cobra I frequent to get any form of chat going. As for getting somebody to turn up at a meet.......
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Glenn, I'm putting a few words in the November ACtion to see if this will help get a New Forest regional meeting off the ground. Certainly its a super idea.
Terry
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Thanks Terry, though I'm not optimistic - seems people don't want to commit to anything these days!?!!?