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Originally Posted by woOdy

We had a chat with the guys that turned up over the summer series what they wanted to do, they said that they wanted to carry on with what we are doing but they want to help out more. They wanted to be apart of the evry day running of the club and also wanted to be apart of every weekend racing. Setting up the track and packing it away and even learning abit of running the meeting. Yes I know you help alittle finding and helping set up for winter but you do race with us over the summer at all and when there is something else on that clashes with our meeting you race elsewhere. The guys that want to be on the committee dont want to race anywhere else. Not even regionals. Thats why. Sorry if this affends but other people get affended to you know.

Yes you well know, with the exception of one meeting (worksop which i had pre-paid for, muzzy changed the dates...) in the length of time this indoor series has been running i have been involved with sorting the venue, collecting stuff, carpet etc from Southport, all jumps and taking my time to move stuff to chadderton using the works big van, all in my own time.. im there every sat to help set up (even the sat before the meeting i missed i helped!) im always there to clear away..so to hear " i help a little " well you can imagine what i thought!!

I race when i can at Bury in the summer months, as you will know i do the Mid West regional series as they have more people attending and so run separtate 2wd and 4wd meets rather than together.. and as you also know Mid West has one of the strongest regions with competition. For 2010 im also doing 1/8th Nitro (thanks to Neil Skull @ Kyosho) so will have less time available..

First let me say I appreciate all the organizing and transporting you have done for the Chadderton venue and this is reflected by your free racing. (You may also remember you won a raffle on your first meeting)

Throughout my 26 years (approximately,) of racing, 19 at committee level, I have found no matter how many people turn up for indoor events it does not improve summer attendances. And it is Club member numbers and attendances that local authorities base their worth for the clubs existence. Our club constitution says we are an off road buggy club with facilities OUTSIDE at the Goshen. Even running a National does not increase the numbers turning up on a club day.
The club does not have "lots" of active members. Last year we had 11 plus Stuart and myself. Currently we have 11, Stuart and me with Andy and Tyson as committee members.
Generally a committee is elected from members of the club and voting also by members.
It was at an informal meeting amongst members that Tyson and Andy volunteered.

We run six meetings through the winter but about twenty six through the summer and on average get about a dozen racing outdoors. Computer records show you raced one Regional and one club meeting on 26april at Bury and it’s for this reason you were not considered.

Roger… I appreciate your words.. and see where you are coming from.. but i hope you understand where i was coming from.. ( I started to call you but had to go as i got a shop full of people walk in!)

I appreciate what you say about numbers not turning out for the outdoor events.. Surely this can rectified with the club pushing itself forward and becoming more active?

Anyway see you tomorrow..

Cheers

Nick