For those in New Englad & northeast Sunday September 28 is Mercrdes Day at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum, two weeks after chowdahQ. Maybe we vould have a second gathering there. Dimitri won an award for his Pagoda last year. On May 2, 2014 3:48 PM, "clay" <redgh...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Yeah, the Seattle section was overly heavy on the social stuff for a > number of years due to a lack of somebody with a tech interest. The > leadership and drivers were content to have three or four drives each year. > Maybe an annual awards meeting and holiday dinner to augment the August > Show and Shine. > > Last year things picked up. We had events with other sections, went to > private collector garages, racing shops, LeMay car museum, more local > dealerships, and more of the restoration variety. > > clay > > > On May 2, 2014, at 9:54 AM, Dan Penoff wrote: > > > I tried this approach some years back when I first arrived in the area. > I was met with so much resistance despite Scott's assistance and > encouragement that I tossed in the towel and left. The membership of the > local section was so heavily engaged in having social events and had no > interest whatsoever in car related activities, or for that matter, tech > related things to the point where they considered my efforts a threat. > > > > This was part of the impetus for my involvement at the national level > with Kathy and the semiannual tech sessions. > > > > Dan > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > >> On May 2, 2014, at 11:31 AM, David Bruckmann < > bruckma...@transcontinental.ca> wrote: > >> > >> The event frequency really depends on the region, and the weather. > >> > >> The SF Bay Area section has something just about every month, and there > are also the monthly "First Sunday Drives" which are very well done. > >> > >> We've toured numerous local sites, some of which were car-related but > most of which weren't. Everything from visiting the Tesla factory (and > driving the cars!) to walking amongst the elephant seals on the beach, > visiting goat farms, wineries, museums etc. > >> > >> It's worth remembering that all of this is volunteer-driven. So the > solution to having more events is simple: organize them yourself as a > member. > >> > >> Having been a member of many clubs for various marques, the level of > activity is always a simple reflection of certain members who always end up > doing all the work. > >> > >> If your club section is inactive, it's probably because the handful of > people who had been organizing everything for years finally burnt out and > gave up. That's what typically happens. Then people start to wonder why the > club exists. > >> > >> So the best way to change this is to become active instead of waiting > for someone else to do everything for you. > >> > >> An active membership begets an active membership: self-fulfilling cycle. > >> > >> D. > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
