[TR] Car club meetings

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Hi Marty;
 
To a certain extent, we have the same problem but also have several regular 
 successes a year that draws a good crowd.
 
In our experience, the better-attended ones are the multi-club events.  
We'll pair up with the local MG Club, the Jaguar Club, etc. If you just have a  
"British Car Club", then why not do a joint event with the Italian Car Club 
or  the very popular Icelandic Car Club (what?).
 
This still poses a problem for us. Generally, the local Triumph  club gets 
between 5 and 10 cars on a driving/touring event. The MG Club  often has 50 
cars. Now, in my mind 50 MG's is not an event, it's a traffic jam.  However, 
15 or 20 of a mix of cars might be nice, as long at the MG's can keep  up.
 
Finally, nothing seems to draw people out like a good party. We always have 
 the annual club winter bash at my place and it's one of the best attended. 
No  Triumph's show up, of course, for it's January in Ontario and it always 
seems to  happen on the coldest day of the year. However, the principle is 
there.
 
Sorry I can't offer more.
 
Tim
 
Tim Dyer,  Proprietor
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