[TR] Car club meetings

Kinderlehrer Kinderlehrer at comcast.net
Thu Nov 19 20:56:01 MST 2009


Meeting attendance always seems to be an issue. Triumph Travelers has over 
75 paid up memberships (single, family and life) and we get 25 to 30 people 
at most meetings. Many of our most active members from the past have moved 
out of the area. They stay active by participating in events, but driving 3 
hours each way for a 3 hour meeting is more than we can expect.  A few years 
ago when attendance was dwindling, we set out purposefully to improve that 
situation.  Our goals, as I recall:
1.) Make the meetings an event, not a chore.
2.) Have the meetings at as central a location as possible.
3.) Find a venue where people could have dinner if they wanted, didn't have 
to if they didn't want to
4.) Adequate safe parking for people that drove their Triumphs.
5.) There could be no overhead cost to the club. ie, Room rental

We eneded up finding a Carrow's that would give us the back room for free, 
no minimum food orders. Although not ideally located for everyone - never 
could be,  it is easy to get to and has a big parking lot.

People start arriving around 7:00 to socialize and order something to eat or 
drink if they want to. Meeting starts at 8:00 and is mostly about past and 
upcoming events. Issues and details of running the club are mostly handled 
by the exec. committee and mostly via emails or telephone. Keeps the 
meetings friendly, fun, non-contentious and mostly about socializing. There 
is a break for more socializing and for buying raffle tickets for a few 
bucks on a chance to win a bottle of wine, some beer, a few trinkets from 
harbour freight or something. Nothing valualble but it raises a few dollars 
and people seem to enjoy it.  Good and welfare and I've got a problem end 
the meeting and I'm genreally home by 10:00.

We set out to make the meetings something people looked forward to rather 
than felt obligated to attend and I think, for the most part, we succeded. 
Hope there are some ideas in here that you find helpful.

Bob



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "marty sukey" <trmarty at hotmail.com>
To: "Triumph List" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 6:43 PM
Subject: [TR] Car club meetings


> Looking for some ideas. Our local British club has been in place for a 
> couple
> of decades. Same core people hang around. Some come, some go. Seems like 
> as
> time goes on more go than come though. Years ago our monthly meeting used 
> to
> be pretty good. Now they are pretty stagnant. Could be because we have 
> been
> following the same exact format for years. Maybe it time to try something
> different. You folks that attend local car club meetings, what do other 
> groups
> do that makes the meetings something that folks want to attend and 
> participate
> in?
>
> Thanks,
> Marty


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