So why has he not organised any(?) events? Why is it that Lee and Dawn are organising the ND? Why is it that I had to enter events to the calender? In fact, incredibly, after several weeks or more of being on the committee, Steve asked was there an email address for events!!!! I'd spent quite a bit of time giving him all the info when he was appointed and he'd not collected ANY club events emails. I wasn't just me that was aghast. If it were not for Ashy asking about the ND in Jan there possibly wouldn't be one. That's when we contacted Miller to find out if he'd done anything about it and was told months earlier he'd asked Steve to do it. Why is it that you're taking Steves lack of involvement with the committee personally? It plain for all to see that you've not got a clue what you're talking about.
Gee whiz you don't get it at all. We want someone to ORGANISE OFFICIAL RTOC EVENTS all over the UK, and loads of them, not just turn up and join in with a few!!! Or for that matter only organise the ones you want to go to.
I'm not the events organiser. My work as Treasurer is done from home, making sure sufficient money is where is needs to be to pay the various bills. If we get credit card facilities it'll be me that spends hours and hours making it happen. My work as web server, email server, website and general infrastructure overseer is done from home. I also organise the advertising get the designs done and liaise with the magazines. Fed them a few mini feature items for publication. I also take and deal with various member and non member enquiries about various aspects or problems. I also poke around in the shop from time to time and wrote and re-list the eBay ad for the dials, made the fuller dials fitting guide that in the articles section, previously wrote nearly 30 articles, update the many various articles. Spent a week or more 'properly' doing the latest buyers guide after Steves good start. Sadly they published the rough draught that Steve sent them instead of the final version. The list goes on and on. And I've scaled back a lot in the last couple of years mainly due to on-going bad health problems. Many of these mentioned items individually are trivialities, but together they add up and are on-going. It might be the case that I put more time in per month, and maybe even some weeks, that Steve has so far with official business since he's been on the committee. It's fair to say though that were I not un-well I would expect to have a lot less time available for this club than I've had. I'm one of those people who naturally notice things that need doing and are being left and tend to do them myself. I've been trying to do less for this club in recent times as I need to do more for myself.
I've put in 60 hours per week, for weeks or even months at a time for this club in the past. And I'm not talking about going to some social events. It laughable to say that's how you're helping the club out at management level, just by turning up to a few socials.
Steve's input the to committee regarding this was to say he'd been to the curry night with Mart, Bill, Penfold, etc and they suggested joining with in someone else' trackday. That was done in 2007 with the FCS and we got a lot of complaints that members wanted their own exclusive day. The committee in general felt that was what they still wanted and should be done this year. By extreme contrast, when Miller first got the job in 2006, he phoned all the tracks, examined all the options, amassed data and presented me and then other club officers and then the new committee, that I and he had just formed, with all that data tabulated, high lighted, costs, benefits, disadvantages.
As far as the inner machinations of the RTOC goes, you're a clueless ignorant bystander who's now chosen to lock horns with someone who's been a leading figure, and at times a 'rock', at the core of running this club for nearly 10 years. Sometimes a committee members spouse does know what goes due to the depth of their partners involvement. This is evidently not the case here. I for one expected you'd have seen the committee boards and how active I am on there, for years it's been just about the only place I post and am doing so nearly every day. In a way it's a shame the members don't get to see that area of the club as an educated understanding of who does what over the last 4 1/2 years at least would then be possible and I'm not talking about just myself but in general. There are other key workers who are holding things together which is not apparent from members forums.
I'd still be very happy for Steve to delivery the goods regarding organising 'official' events and small local ones. We all want him to but it's May now and it's just not happening. I don't know why. He cites lack of time. On the plus site he organised the orange dials group buy, though that was motivated by his own need, and non official RTOC Nurburgring trip(s) but again motivated by his own need. He did start the buyers guide and I've seen some thread asking members who wants to attend something but it's just too little. Several committee have made it plain they were very disappointed with the lack of events organised. Even if only 5 members turn up, as least it's an organised club presence rather than just those 5 parking in the out field and being spectators.
Then Enfield Motor Pageant local to me is ideal for concourse and interesting old cars like this club is brimming with and has many clubs there. There was some of Renault club there last time I went with cars from the 50's with an early C1J type engine. A weekend event, with auto jumble, traders, shows but no RTOC. There are shows like this all over the UK. This club has evidently withered badly in the last two years. It needs events organiser(s) to take it places and make other people know it exists. Steve has the car but it seems not the time.
As far as talking bluntly goes, yes I'm aware of my plain speaking, and for the larger part, lack of ability to couch it so as to not offend some peoples stunted and or mixed up emotions. People who know me, however, know that I'm usually not being malicious but far from that.
Originally Posted by MATT C Ringworm Tuning
I remember not so long ago the club had 1000+ paid members. Surely the £25 joining fee needs to reviewed again? 
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