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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / April 2008Good idea turns bad
Although we getr a good turnout of members for our monthly meetings, we seldom have more that two Studebaker driven to it. At the last meeting, in a desire to have a good showing at our visit to The San Diego Collection (a consignment shop of very expensive cars -see their site) we voted to pay for the meal (for drivers onlty) to follow the visit. Best gathering of cars since we hosted the ZM a few years ago. Now, where do we get the $ to pay for the meals? Karl Huh? Pretty pathetic chapter if you have to pay to get people to drive to the meetings. (Without injecting any sarcasm...) I think the chapter board needs to do a serious internal review about what the chapter is all about. What has the chapter done to make it enjoyable for the chapter members to participate? Not just museums, but fun stuff. I'd do a roster search of Stude's to find out what SDC members are NOT in the local chapter and contact them directly and ask them why. San Diego is not Montana, where weather and geography are a major factor. Something is up (or not up) with the chapter (imoho)... Jeff > Although we getr a good turnout of members for our monthly meetings, > we seldom have more that two Studebaker driven to it. At the last [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > where do we get the $ to pay for the meals? > Karl We have the same problem here in Houston. The traffic sucks, the humidity sucks, gas is outa site, and it rains all of the time so folks leave the Studes at home, if they come at all. In addition, we have a long-time member who has made such an a.s of himself that many do not want to be in the club. He is better in recent years, but folks continue to stay away.(no, it ain't me-lol) Barry'd in Studes Huh? Pretty pathetic chapter if you have to pay to get people to drive to the meetings. (Without injecting any sarcasm...) I think the chapter board needs to do a serious internal review about what the chapter is all about. What has the chapter done to make it enjoyable for the chapter members to participate? Not just museums, but fun stuff. I'd do a roster search of Stude's to find out what SDC members are NOT in the local chapter and contact them directly and ask them why. San Diego is not Montana, where weather and geography are a major factor. Something is up (or not up) with the chapter (imoho)... Jeff > Although we getr a good turnout of members for our monthly meetings, > we seldom have more that two Studebaker driven to it. At the last [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > where do we get the $ to pay for the meals? > Karl > We have the same problem here in Houston. The traffic sucks, the humidity > sucks, gas is outa site, and it rains all of the time so folks leave the [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > - Show quoted text - We get a good turn=out at our monthly meetings and just about all chip in, be it fixing food ot stacking the chairs. Night time meetings always end in the dark and are at a local neighbourhood rec center, so maybe it's fear of car damage. (Actually, I'm just about the only volunteer who drives an older car to the car museum. Maybe it's a SoCal thing.) It's just nice to see another Studebaker once-in-a-while. |
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